1 files changed, 6 insertions, 9 deletions
diff --git a/docs/conf.py b/docs/conf.py
index 21843933c..80ee0d2e5 100644
--- a/docs/conf.py
+++ b/docs/conf.py
@@ -133,18 +133,15 @@ if 'sphinx-build' in ' '.join(sys.argv): # protect against dumb importers
     from subprocess import call, Popen, PIPE
 
     p = Popen('which git', shell=True, stdout=PIPE)
-    git = p.stdout.read().strip()
+
     cwd = os.getcwd()
     _themes = os.path.join(cwd, '_themes')
-
-    if not os.path.isdir(_themes):
-        call([git, 'clone', 'git://github.com/Pylons/pylons_sphinx_theme.git',
-                '_themes'])
+    p = Popen('which git', shell=True, stdout=PIPE)
+    git = p.stdout.read().strip()
+    if not os.listdir(_themes):
+        call([git, 'submodule', '--init'])
     else:
-        os.chdir(_themes)
-        call([git, 'checkout', 'master'])
-        call([git, 'pull'])
-        os.chdir(cwd)
+        call([git, 'submodule', 'update'])
 
     sys.path.append(os.path.abspath('_themes'))