diff --git a/docs/source/conf.py b/docs/source/conf.py
index 812d976fe14bd48ddd9d762e399d819ba5fd2bbd..19c14091888489634ba9b25aaf5121f47a5923b9 100644
--- a/docs/source/conf.py
+++ b/docs/source/conf.py
@@ -15,7 +15,6 @@
 # sys.path.insert(0, os.path.abspath('.'))
 
 from importlib import import_module
-from typing import List
 
 from docutils.parsers.rst import Directive
 from docutils import nodes
@@ -82,7 +81,7 @@ templates_path = ['_templates']
 # List of patterns, relative to source directory, that match files and
 # directories to ignore when looking for source files.
 # This pattern also affects html_static_path and html_extra_path.
-exclude_patterns: List[str] = []
+exclude_patterns: list[str] = []
 
 
 # -- Options for HTML output -------------------------------------------------