diff --git a/documentation/sphinx-static/switchers.js.in b/documentation/sphinx-static/switchers.js.in
index b1c0812b53..8c016859bc 100644
--- a/documentation/sphinx-static/switchers.js.in
+++ b/documentation/sphinx-static/switchers.js.in
@@ -133,13 +133,7 @@ by https://git.yoctoproject.org/yocto-autobuilder-helper/tree/scripts/run-docs-b
 
   function get_docroot_url() {
     var url = window.location.href;
-    // Try to get the variable from documentation_options.js
     var root = DOCUMENTATION_OPTIONS.URL_ROOT;
-    if (root == null) {
-      // In recent versions of Sphinx, URL_ROOT was removed from
-      // documentation_options.js, so get it like searchtools.js does.
-      root = document.documentElement.dataset.content_root;
-    }
 
     var urlarray = url.split('/');
     // Trim off anything after '/'