diff --git a/mkdocs.yml b/mkdocs.yml
index 966cd45f74a32a86c4e58d8c475250d087da2647..aa261c087a5d88b047bbeb941e72de32282068da 100644
--- a/mkdocs.yml
+++ b/mkdocs.yml
@@ -19,6 +19,7 @@ strict: true
 theme:
   name: readthedocs 
   prev_next_buttons_location: none
+  highlightjs: false
   #name: null
   #custom_dir: 'themes-third-party/mkdocs-gitbook-theme/mkdocs_gitbook'
   #navigation_depth: 3