diff --git a/docs/source/_static/overrides.css b/docs/source/_static/overrides.css
index c6a64ff837..b23c6343ee 100644
--- a/docs/source/_static/overrides.css
+++ b/docs/source/_static/overrides.css
@@ -1,3 +1,9 @@
-:root {
-  --header-height: 0rem;
+/* TODO: in rc3, uncomment this out.
+body {
+  --qiskit-top-nav-bar-height: 0px;
 }
+
+qiskit-ui-shell {
+  display: none;
+}
+*/
diff --git a/docs/source/_templates/layout.html b/docs/source/_templates/layout.html
deleted file mode 100644
index 4b7c22a808..0000000000
--- a/docs/source/_templates/layout.html
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,187 +0,0 @@
-{# Sphinx template variable setup #}
-{%- if not embedded and docstitle %}
-  {%- set titlesuffix = " &mdash; "|safe + docstitle|e %}
-{%- else %}
-  {%- set titlesuffix = "" %}
-{%- endif %}
-{%- set lang_attr = 'en' if language == None else (language | replace('_', '-')) -%}
-
-<!DOCTYPE html>
-  <html class="no-js" lang="{{ lang_attr }}" >
-<head>
-  <meta charset="{{ encoding }}">
-  <meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width, initial-scale=1.0">
-  {{ metatags }}
-  {%- block htmltitle %}
-  <title>{{ title|striptags|e }}{{ titlesuffix }}</title>
-  {%- endblock %}
-  {%- if favicon_url %}
-  <link rel="shortcut icon" href="{{ favicon_url }}" />
-  {%- endif %}
-
-  {#- CSS #}
-  {%- for css in css_files %}
-    {%- if css|attr("rel") %}
-  <link rel="{{ css.rel }}" href="{{ pathto(css.filename, 1) }}" type="text/css"{% if css.title is not none %} title="{{ css.title }}"{% endif %} />
-    {%- else %}
-  <link rel="stylesheet" href="{{ pathto(css, 1) }}" type="text/css" />
-    {%- endif %}
-  {%- endfor %}
-  {%- for cssfile in extra_css_files %}
-  <link rel="stylesheet" href="{{ pathto(cssfile, 1) }}" type="text/css" />
-  {%- endfor -%}
-
-  <!-- SEGMENT ANALYTICS -->
-  {%- if analytics_enabled %}
-    <script>
-      (function () {
-        window._analytics = {
-          segment_key: 'ffdYLviQze3kzomaINXNk6NwpY9LlXcw',
-          coremetrics: false,
-          optimizely: false,
-          googleAddServices: false,
-          fullStory: false,
-          autoPageEventSpa: false,
-          autoFormEvents: false,
-          autoPageView: false
-        }
-
-        window.digitalData = {
-          page: {
-            pageInfo: {
-              productTitle: 'IBM Q Experience',
-              analytics: {
-                category: 'Qiskit.org'
-              }
-            }
-          }
-        }
-      }());
-    </script>
-    <script src="https://cloud.ibm.com/analytics/build/bluemix-analytics.min.js"></script>
-    <script>
-      (function () {
-        'use strict'
-
-        if (!window.bluemixAnalytics || !window.digitalData) { return }
-
-        const category = window.digitalData.page.pageInfo.analytics.category
-        const productTitle = window.digitalData.page.pageInfo.productTitle
-        const routeName = 'documentation'
-
-        window.bluemixAnalytics.pageEvent(category, routeName, {
-          navigationType: 'pushState',
-          productTitle: productTitle,
-          title: document.title
-        })
-
-        window.trackCta = (action) => {
-          if (!window.bluemixAnalytics || !window.digitalData) { return }
-
-          const category = window.digitalData.page.pageInfo.analytics.category
-          const productTitle = window.digitalData.page.pageInfo.productTitle
-
-          window.bluemixAnalytics.trackEvent('CTA Clicked', {
-            productTitle,
-            category,
-            CTA: action
-          })
-        }
-
-      }());
-    </script>
-  {%- endif -%}
-
-</head>
-<body class="pytorch-body">
-  {% block extrabody %} {% endblock %}
-
-    <!-- LEFT SIDE BAR -->
-
-    <!-- if translations available, display language dropdown menu -->
-    {% include "languages.html" %}
-
-    <!-- Menu becomes dropdown in mobile view -->
-    <div class="table-of-contents-link-wrapper">
-      <span>Table of Contents</span>
-      <a href="#" class="toggle-table-of-contents" data-behavior="toggle-table-of-contents"></a>
-    </div>
-
-    <!-- left side bar main content -->
-    {% include "sidebar.html" %}
-
-    <div class="pytorch-container">
-
-      <!-- BREADCRUMB MINI MENU BELOW TOP NAV BAR -->
-      <div class="pytorch-page-level-bar" id="pytorch-page-level-bar">
-        <div class="pytorch-breadcrumbs-wrapper">
-          {% include "breadcrumbs.html" %}
-        </div>
-      </div>
-
-      <!-- MAIN CENTRE CONTENT -->
-      <section data-toggle="wy-nav-shift" id="pytorch-content-wrap" class="pytorch-content-wrap">
-
-        <div class="pytorch-content-left">
-        {%- block content %}
-          <div class="rst-content">
-            <div role="main" class="main-content" itemscope="itemscope" itemtype="http://schema.org/Article">
-            {%- block document %}
-             <article itemprop="articleBody" id="pytorch-article" class="pytorch-article">
-              {% block body %}{% endblock %}
-             </article>
-            </div>
-            {%- endblock %}
-            {% include "footer.html" %}
-          </div>
-        {%- endblock %}
-        </div>
-
-        <!-- RIGHT SIDE AUTOSUMMARY MENU -->
-        <div class="pytorch-content-right" id="pytorch-content-right">
-          <div class="pytorch-right-menu" id="pytorch-right-menu">
-            <div class="pytorch-side-scroll" id="pytorch-side-scroll-right">
-              {{ toc }}
-            </div>
-          </div>
-        </div>
-      </section>
-    </div>
-
-{%- block footer %} {% endblock %}
-
-  <!-- MOBILE MENU FOR SIDEBAR -->
-    <script type="text/javascript" id="documentation_options" data-url_root="{{ pathto('', 1) }}" src="{{ pathto('_static/documentation_options.js', 1) }}"></script>
-    {%- for scriptfile in script_files %}
-      {{ js_tag(scriptfile) }}
-    {%- endfor %}
-
-    <script src="https://cdnjs.cloudflare.com/ajax/libs/list.js/1.5.0/list.min.js"></script>
-    <script type="text/javascript" src="{{ pathto('_static/js/theme.js', 1) }}"></script>
-
-  <!-- enable language dropdown menu expand -->
-  <script type="text/javascript">
-    jQuery(function () {
-        SphinxRtdTheme.Navigation.enable({{ 'true' if theme_sticky_navigation|tobool else 'false' }});
-    });
-  </script>
-
-  <script type="text/javascript">
-    $(document).ready(function() {
-      mobileMenu.bind();
-      mobileTOC.bind();
-      sideMenus.bind();
-      scrollToAnchor.bind();
-      highlightNavigation.bind();
-      mainMenuDropdown.bind();
-      filterTags.bind();
-
-      // Add class to links that have code blocks, since we cannot create links in code blocks
-      $("article.pytorch-article a span.pre").each(function(e) {
-        $(this).closest("a").addClass("has-code");
-      });
-    })
-  </script>
-
-</body>
-</html>
diff --git a/docs/source/_templates/theme_variables.jinja b/docs/source/_templates/theme_variables.jinja
deleted file mode 100644
index 625a44f17a..0000000000
--- a/docs/source/_templates/theme_variables.jinja
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,8 +0,0 @@
-{%- set external_urls = {
-  'github': 'https://github.com/Qiskit/retworkx',
-  'docs': 'https://retworkx.readthedocs.io/en/stable/',
-  'slack': 'https://qiskit.slack.com',
-  'home': 'https://qiskit.org/',
-  'resources': 'https://qiskit.org/learn',
-}
--%}
diff --git a/docs/source/conf.py b/docs/source/conf.py
index 72998d3be9..2126f36d19 100644
--- a/docs/source/conf.py
+++ b/docs/source/conf.py
@@ -94,13 +94,7 @@
 """
 
 # HTML Output Options
-html_theme = 'qiskit_sphinx_theme'
-html_theme_options = {
-    'logo_only': False,
-    'display_version': True,
-    'prev_next_buttons_location': 'bottom',
-    'style_external_links': True,
-}
+html_theme = 'qiskit'
 htmlhelp_basename = 'rustworkx'
 
 
diff --git a/docs/source/requirements.txt b/docs/source/requirements.txt
index 32b3c6359c..57f12b388a 100644
--- a/docs/source/requirements.txt
+++ b/docs/source/requirements.txt
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ jupyter-sphinx
 pydot
 pillow>=4.2.1
 reno>=3.4.0
-qiskit-sphinx-theme~=1.12.0
+qiskit-sphinx-theme~=1.13.0rc2
 matplotlib>=3.4
 sphinx-reredirects
 sphinxemoji
