diff --git a/docs/requirements.txt b/docs/requirements.txt
index 60cbc4f34..f65f760ce 100644
--- a/docs/requirements.txt
+++ b/docs/requirements.txt
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@ sphinxcontrib-yt
 
 # Package required to convert svg for pdf builder
 #sphinxcontrib-svg2pdfconverter
-sphinxcontrib-ext-imgconverter
+sphinx-ext-imgconverter
 
 #Work-around bug "AttributeError: 'Values' object has no attribute 'character_level_inline_markup'" with docutils 0.13.1
 #See:
diff --git a/docs/source/conf.py b/docs/source/conf.py
index d1cf8a57b..d787f0145 100644
--- a/docs/source/conf.py
+++ b/docs/source/conf.py
@@ -39,13 +39,13 @@ except ImportError:
 
 # Import sphinxcontrib.svg2pdfconverter
 #have_sphinxcontrib_svg2pdfconverter = True
-have_sphinxcontrib_ext_imgconverter = True
+have_sphinx_ext_imgconverter = True
 try:
 #    import sphinxcontrib.svg2pdfconverter
-    import sphinxcontrib.ext.imgconverter
+    import sphinx.ext.imgconverter
 except ImportError:
 #    have_sphinxcontrib_svg2pdfconverter = False
-    have_sphinxcontrib_ext_imgconverter = False
+    have_sphinx_ext_imgconverter = False
 
 # -- Project information -----------------------------------------------------
 
@@ -76,7 +76,7 @@ extensions = [
     'sphinx.ext.autosectionlabel',
     'sphinxcontrib.yt',
 #    'sphinxcontrib.svg2pdfconverter',
-    'sphinxcontrib.ext.imgconverter',
+    'sphinx.ext.imgconverter',
 ]
 
 # Add any paths that contain templates here, relative to this directory.