diff --git a/docs/Makefile b/docs/Makefile
index f5b3ef705..57fada28e 100644
--- a/docs/Makefile
+++ b/docs/Makefile
@@ -60,7 +60,6 @@ html:
 	rm -rf $(BUILDDIR)/html/_images
 	#rm -rf _build/doctrees/
 	$(SPHINXBUILD) -b html $(ALLSPHINXOPTS) $(BUILDDIR)/html
-	python fix_search.py
 	touch $(BUILDDIR)/html/.nojekyll
 	@echo
 	@echo "Build finished. The HTML pages are in $(BUILDDIR)/html."
diff --git a/docs/conf.py b/docs/conf.py
index 070dfb538..706267aaf 100644
--- a/docs/conf.py
+++ b/docs/conf.py
@@ -77,6 +77,7 @@
     "sphinx.ext.napoleon",
     "sphinx.ext.linkcode",
     "sphinx.ext.extlinks",
+    "sphinxcontrib.jquery",  # Needed by sphinx_rtd_theme
     # Custom
     "sphinx_copybutton",
 ]
diff --git a/docs/fix_search.py b/docs/fix_search.py
deleted file mode 100644
index 1c7d84e0b..000000000
--- a/docs/fix_search.py
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,20 +0,0 @@
-"""
-A temporary fix for #953 while waiting for upstream sphinx_rtd_theme to fix/remove their
-dependency on jQuery.
-"""
-
-from pathlib import Path
-import re
-
-search_html = Path("./_build/html/search.html")
-assert search_html.exists()
-
-with open(search_html) as fp:
-    html = fp.read()
-
-pat = r"(<script>\s+jQuery.+searchindex\.js.+\s+<\/script>)"
-repl = r'<script src="searchindex.js" defer></script>'
-html_fixed = re.sub(pat, repl, html)
-
-with open(search_html, "w") as fp:
-    fp.write(html_fixed)
diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
index df605c747..20f646736 100644
--- a/pyproject.toml
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -65,7 +65,7 @@ sqlalchemy = { version = "^2.0", optional = true }
 [tool.poetry.extras]
 apps = ["sqlalchemy"]
 dev = ["asv", "black", "codespell", "coverage", "mypy", "pyfakefs", "pytest", "pytest-cov", "ruff", "sqlalchemy"]
-docs = ["numpydoc", "sphinx", "sphinx-copybutton", "sphinx-rtd-theme"]
+docs = ["numpydoc", "sphinx", "sphinx-copybutton", "sphinx-rtd-theme", "sphinxcontrib-jquery"]
 tests = ["coverage", "pyfakefs", "pytest", "pytest-cov", "sqlalchemy"]
 
 [tool.poetry.scripts]