diff --git a/docs/_static/theme_overrides.css b/docs/_static/theme_overrides.css
index d4b31645..83afc78e 100644
--- a/docs/_static/theme_overrides.css
+++ b/docs/_static/theme_overrides.css
@@ -1,12 +1,12 @@
 
 /* override table width restrictions */
 .wy-table-responsive table td, .wy-table-responsive table th {
-    white-space: normal;
+    /* !important prevents the common CSS stylesheets from
+       overriding this as on RTD they are loaded after this stylesheet */
+    white-space: normal !important;
 }
 
 .wy-table-responsive {
-    margin-bottom: 24px;
-    max-width: 100%;
-    overflow: visible;
+    overflow: visible !important;
 }