diff --git a/Documentation/_static/.keep_empty b/Documentation/_static/.keep_empty
deleted file mode 100644
index e69de29bb2d1..000000000000
diff --git a/Documentation/_templates/.keep_empty b/Documentation/_templates/.keep_empty
deleted file mode 100644
index e69de29bb2d1..000000000000
diff --git a/Documentation/conf.py b/Documentation/conf.py
index 83d233e51e91..770358198f03 100644
--- a/Documentation/conf.py
+++ b/Documentation/conf.py
@@ -42,7 +42,7 @@ extensions = [
 ]
 
 # Add any paths that contain templates here, relative to this directory.
-templates_path = ['_templates']
+templates_path = []
 
 # The suffix(es) of source filenames.
 # You can specify multiple suffix as a list of string:
@@ -85,7 +85,7 @@ html_theme = 'alabaster'
 # Add any paths that contain custom static files (such as style sheets) here,
 # relative to this directory. They are copied after the builtin static files,
 # so a file named "default.css" will overwrite the builtin "default.css".
-html_static_path = ['_static']
+html_static_path = []
 
 # Custom sidebar templates, must be a dictionary that maps document names
 # to template names.