diff --git a/docs/_static/custom.css b/docs/_static/custom.css
index 5ead67f97..744f8c771 100644
--- a/docs/_static/custom.css
+++ b/docs/_static/custom.css
@@ -5,6 +5,10 @@
  * Distributed under terms of the MIT license.
  */
 
+.italic {
+    font-style: italic;
+}
+
 .sidebar-logo {
     max-height: 128px;
 }
diff --git a/docs/conf.py b/docs/conf.py
index f1be8ed47..c82745c93 100644
--- a/docs/conf.py
+++ b/docs/conf.py
@@ -98,11 +98,7 @@ rst_prolog = '''
 .. |kitty| replace:: *kitty*
 .. |version| replace:: VERSION
 .. _tarball: https://github.com/kovidgoyal/kitty/releases/download/vVERSION/kitty-VERSION.tar.xz
-.. role:: green
 .. role:: italic
-.. role:: bold
-.. role:: cyan
-.. role:: title
 
 '''.replace('VERSION', str_version)