diff --git a/.github/workflows/build_docs.yaml b/.github/workflows/build_docs.yaml
index 2aac680..7577a52 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/build_docs.yaml
+++ b/.github/workflows/build_docs.yaml
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-name: Build docs (html/pdf)
+name: Test build of html and latex documentation
 
 # will run in root folder devops/devops/
 # and we will create the following (which will persist until next run):
@@ -98,26 +98,8 @@ jobs:
       working-directory: docs
       run: |
         sphinx-build -b html source build/html
-        # then copy over the plugins.json from psychopy/plugins repo
-        curl -LO https://github.com/psychopy/plugins/raw/refs/heads/main/plugins.json
-        cp plugins.json build/html
 
     - name: Sphinx build latex
       working-directory: docs
       run: |
         sphinx-build -b latex source build/latex
-
-    - name: latex2pdf
-      id: compile-latex-document
-      uses: thomas-chauvet/latex2pdf-action@v2
-      with:
-        output_dir: docs/build
-        main_latex_file: docs/build/latex/PsychopyManual.tex
-        ctan_packages: amsmath amsfonts lua-uni-algos
-        
-    - name: Copy pdf to html folder
-      working-directory: docs/build/latex
-      run: |
-        echo "PDF created"
-        cp PsychopyManual.pdf ../html/PsychoPyManual.pdf  # note the change to capital P!
-        echo "PDF copied to html folder"
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/source/_static/favicon.ico b/source/_static/favicon.ico
index 1a8e5a9..936e5a3 100644
Binary files a/source/_static/favicon.ico and b/source/_static/favicon.ico differ
diff --git a/source/conf.py b/source/conf.py
index 5ea4366..d9c0a2b 100755
--- a/source/conf.py
+++ b/source/conf.py
@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@
 import sys
 import pathlib
 import json
+import psychopy
 
 docs_folder = pathlib.Path(__file__).parent.parent
 extensions_folder = docs_folder / "extensions"
@@ -90,7 +91,7 @@
 # built documents.
 #
 # The short X.Y version.
-release = (docs_folder.parent/'psychopy/VERSION').open('r').read().strip()  # the full version e.g. 2022.1.0.rc2
+release = psychopy.__version__
 version = '.'.join(release.split('.')[0:2])  # the major/mid version e.g 2022.1
 
 # The language for content autogenerated by Sphinx. Refer to documentation
@@ -167,7 +168,7 @@
 # The name of an image file (within the static path) to use as favicon of the
 # docs.  This file should be a Windows icon file (.ico) being 16x16 or 32x32
 # pixels large.
-html_favicon = '_static/favicon.png'
+html_favicon = '_static/favicon.ico'
 
 # Add any paths that contain custom static files (such as style sheets) here,
 # relative to this directory. They are copied after the builtin static files,