diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index c954a89a2..9d753dbad 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -166,8 +166,6 @@ cython_debug/
 # model output directories
 outputs/
 examples/basic_usage/*.xyz
-!docs/static/*.pt
-!examples/ase/*.pt
 
 # sphinx gallery
 docs/src/examples
diff --git a/.readthedocs.yml b/.readthedocs.yml
index 77976665f..dedfbbbed 100644
--- a/.readthedocs.yml
+++ b/.readthedocs.yml
@@ -11,6 +11,9 @@ build:
   tools:
     python: "3.12"
     rust: "1.75"
+  jobs:
+    pre_build:
+      - set -e && cd examples/ase && bash train.sh
 
 
 # Build documentation in the docs/ directory with Sphinx
@@ -30,15 +33,3 @@ python:
     extra_requirements:
       - soap-bpnn
   - requirements: docs/requirements.txt
-
-build:
-  os: ubuntu-22.04
-  tools:
-    python: "3.12"
-  commands:
-    - bash -c "set -e && cd examples/basic_usage && bash usage.sh"
-    - bash -c "set -e && cd examples/ase && bash train.sh"
-sphinx:
-    builder: html
-    configuration: docs/src/conf.py
-    fail_on_warning: true
diff --git a/examples/ase/train.sh b/examples/ase/train.sh
index 340f267fd..f73b048e6 100755
--- a/examples/ase/train.sh
+++ b/examples/ase/train.sh
@@ -1,4 +1,3 @@
 #!/bin/bash
 
 mtt train options.yaml
-
diff --git a/tox.ini b/tox.ini
index dff062efb..a9d7c7f35 100644
--- a/tox.ini
+++ b/tox.ini
@@ -138,7 +138,7 @@ allowlist_externals =
     bash
 extras = soap-bpnn, gap  # these models is used in the documentation
 commands =
-    # Run .sh scripts in the example folder.
+    # Run example and usage scripts.
     bash -c "set -e && cd {toxinidir}/examples/basic_usage && bash usage.sh"
     bash -c "set -e && cd {toxinidir}/examples/ase && bash train.sh"
     sphinx-build \