diff --git a/doc/sphinx-guides/requirements.txt b/doc/sphinx-guides/requirements.txt
deleted file mode 100755
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+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,2 +0,0 @@
-# match version used by Jenkins
-Sphinx==1.5.6
diff --git a/doc/sphinx-guides/source/index.rst b/doc/sphinx-guides/source/index.rst
index f7e81756e5b..6310e97ea85 100755
--- a/doc/sphinx-guides/source/index.rst
+++ b/doc/sphinx-guides/source/index.rst
@@ -3,6 +3,11 @@
    You can adapt this file completely to your liking, but it should at least
    contain the root `toctree` directive.
 
+blargle blargle bloop bloop
+blargle blargle bloop bloop
+blargle blargle bloop bloop
+blargle blargle bloop bloop
+
 Dataverse Documentation v. |version|
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diff --git a/doc/sphinx-guides/source/test b/doc/sphinx-guides/source/test
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