diff --git a/docs/conf.py b/docs/conf.py
index 45f49e78bd..07c39b9154 100644
--- a/docs/conf.py
+++ b/docs/conf.py
@@ -306,11 +306,12 @@ source_suffix = {
 
 # Temporary workaround to remove multiple build warnings caused by upstream bug.
 # See https://github.com/zulip/zulip/issues/13263 for details.
+from commonmark.node import Node
 from recommonmark.parser import CommonMarkParser
 
 
 class CustomCommonMarkParser(CommonMarkParser):
-    def visit_document(self, node):
+    def visit_document(self, node: Node) -> None:
         pass
 
 def setup(app: Any) -> None:
diff --git a/mypy.ini b/mypy.ini
index c523d92ba2..7f33dbb660 100644
--- a/mypy.ini
+++ b/mypy.ini
@@ -36,11 +36,6 @@ warn_unreachable = True
 #
 #
 
-# We suppress all errors in a handful of files, all of them config files.
-
-[mypy-conf]  # For docs/conf.py.
-ignore_errors = True
-
 # zerver.tornado.autoreload is a slightly-patched piece of upstream Tornado.
 [mypy-zerver.tornado.autoreload]
 ignore_errors = True