diff --git a/doc/conf.py b/doc/conf.py
index 0140751c..d6f38bd4 100644
--- a/doc/conf.py
+++ b/doc/conf.py
@@ -179,6 +179,13 @@
     "navigation_with_keys": False,
 }
 
+html_sidebars = {
+    "cite": [],
+    "contributing": [],
+    "install": [],
+    "release_notes": [],
+}
+
 # Add any paths that contain custom themes here, relative to this directory.
 # html_theme_path = []