diff --git a/docs/conf.py b/docs/conf.py
index 952791856..223fae81d 100644
--- a/docs/conf.py
+++ b/docs/conf.py
@@ -60,6 +60,7 @@
     "sphinx.ext.linkcode",
     "nbsphinx",
     "IPython.sphinxext.ipython_console_highlighting",
+    "sphinx_toolbox.more_autodoc.autoprotocol",
 ]
 myst_enable_extensions = [
     "html_image",  # So README.md can be used on github and sphinx docs
diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
index 03a409c7e..f6c3b8b09 100644
--- a/pyproject.toml
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -71,6 +71,7 @@ doc = [
     "sphinx-autodoc-typehints>=1.11.0",
     "sphinx-issues",
     "sphinx-copybutton",
+    "sphinx-toolbox",
     "sphinxext.opengraph",
     "nbsphinx",
     "scanpydoc[theme,typehints] >=0.13.4",
@@ -184,9 +185,6 @@ ignore = [
 [tool.ruff.lint.isort]
 known-first-party = ["anndata"]
 required-imports = ["from __future__ import annotations"]
-[tool.ruff.lint.flake8-type-checking]
-exempt-modules = []
-strict = true
 
 [tool.codespell]
 skip = ".git,*.pdf,*.svg"