diff --git a/build_tools/circle/build_doc.sh b/build_tools/circle/build_doc.sh
index 6e84254ad9865b48a580d38e05588db95bd52ea3..28bab1ccbbea027b2e0c1a2aba57179d2f324a3f 100755
--- a/build_tools/circle/build_doc.sh
+++ b/build_tools/circle/build_doc.sh
@@ -115,8 +115,6 @@ popd
 
 # Configure the conda environment and put it in the path using the
 # provided versions
-# Using sphinx 1.4 for now until sphinx-gallery has a fix for sphinx 1.5
-# See https://github.com/sphinx-gallery/sphinx-gallery/pull/178 for more details
 conda create -n testenv --yes --quiet python numpy scipy \
   cython nose coverage matplotlib sphinx pillow
 source activate testenv