diff --git a/doc/conf.py b/doc/conf.py
index 268f553a7..4b125e699 100644
--- a/doc/conf.py
+++ b/doc/conf.py
@@ -41,7 +41,7 @@ sys.path.insert(0, curr_path)
 
 # -- mock out modules
 import mock
-MOCK_MODULES = ['scipy', 'scipy.sparse', 'sklearn', 'pandas']
+MOCK_MODULES = ['scipy', 'scipy.sparse', 'pandas']
 for mod_name in MOCK_MODULES:
   sys.modules[mod_name] = mock.Mock()
 
diff --git a/doc/requirements.txt b/doc/requirements.txt
index 4bb33443a..b27d03ac7 100644
--- a/doc/requirements.txt
+++ b/doc/requirements.txt
@@ -6,3 +6,4 @@ sh>=1.12.14
 matplotlib>=2.1
 graphviz
 numpy
+scikit-learn