diff --git a/mkdocs.yml b/mkdocs.yml
index 387310a1a..9eac85083 100644
--- a/mkdocs.yml
+++ b/mkdocs.yml
@@ -52,9 +52,9 @@ plugins:
     execute: false
     ignore_h1_titles: true
   search: {}
-  mkdocs-simple-hooks:
-    hooks:
-      on_env: "docs.hooks:on_env"
+
+hooks:
+  - mkdocs/hooks.py
 
 markdown_extensions:
   admonition: {}
diff --git a/docs/hooks.py b/mkdocs/hooks.py
similarity index 100%
rename from docs/hooks.py
rename to mkdocs/hooks.py
diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
index 7b74cee55..3eccd6648 100644
--- a/pyproject.toml
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -94,7 +94,6 @@ experiment-runner-recruitment-manager-prolific = [
 
 docs = [
   "autora-core[docs]",
-  "mkdocs-simple-hooks",
 ]
 
 test = [