diff --git a/.github/workflows/ci.yaml b/.github/workflows/ci.yaml
index 758affa13..0127c9132 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/ci.yaml
+++ b/.github/workflows/ci.yaml
@@ -140,4 +140,4 @@ jobs:
     uses: nextstrain/.github/.github/workflows/docs-ci.yaml@master
     with:
       docs-directory: docs/
-      environment-file: docs/environment.yml
+      environment-file: docs/conda.yml
diff --git a/DEV_DOCS.md b/DEV_DOCS.md
index 3ddc8974a..3601239d2 100644
--- a/DEV_DOCS.md
+++ b/DEV_DOCS.md
@@ -137,10 +137,10 @@ The Auspice technical reference guide is available at [docs.nextstrain.org/proje
 
 To preview the Auspice documentation locally,
 
-1. Create and activate a Conda environment from `docs/environment.yml`. Example using Mamba:
+1. Create and activate a Conda environment from `docs/conda.yml`. Example:
 
     ```bash
-    mamba env create --file docs/environment.yml
+    conda env create --file docs/conda.yml
     conda activate auspice-docs
     ```
 
diff --git a/docs/environment.yml b/docs/conda.yml
similarity index 100%
rename from docs/environment.yml
rename to docs/conda.yml
diff --git a/readthedocs.yml b/readthedocs.yml
index 34ed69622..d2197e956 100644
--- a/readthedocs.yml
+++ b/readthedocs.yml
@@ -7,4 +7,4 @@ build:
     python: "mambaforge-22.9"
 
 conda:
-  environment: docs/environment.yml
+  environment: docs/conda.yml