diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index 74071460bc77b1e1623498b98f9a575fd607e965..b5e96b59a97ccb1a53c231e2fc01c86129d05ba5 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -71,9 +71,7 @@ docs: ## generate Sphinx HTML documentation, including API docs
 	sphinx-apidoc -o docs/ flatland
 	$(MAKE) -C docs clean
 	$(MAKE) -C docs html
-	# N.B. HOME variable required by pydeps!
-	export HOME=${PWD}
-	pydeps flatland -o docs/_build/html/flatland.svg
+	pydeps --no-config flatland -o docs/_build/html/flatland.svg
 	$(BROWSER) docs/_build/html/index.html
 
 servedocs: docs ## compile the docs watching for changes