diff --git a/doc/conf.py b/doc/conf.py
index 5d7a4e8a041fb21f1aad1382f73682495b1f6078..42cb63ce4a3801fcd87aaa936e64d66a0787db0b 100644
--- a/doc/conf.py
+++ b/doc/conf.py
@@ -210,6 +210,16 @@ numpydoc_show_class_members = False
 autodoc_member_order = 'bysource'
 autodoc_docstring_signature = False
 
+def process_docstring(app, what, name, obj, options, lines):
+    for i, line in enumerate(lines):
+        if "arg1" in line and "->" in line:
+            lines[i] = ""
+        if "C++ signature :" in line or "graph_tool::Python" in line:
+            lines[i] = ""
+
+def setup(app):
+    app.connect('autodoc-process-docstring', process_docstring)
+
 # plot directive
 import pyenv
 plot_rcparams = pyenv.rcParams
diff --git a/doc/gt_theme/static/gt_style.css b/doc/gt_theme/static/gt_style.css
index c8f2c7ee4c38485565157c38650c1b5f54f25e8c..a62250ce7a3b296b9c31dcecb8d373d50487e3bd 100644
--- a/doc/gt_theme/static/gt_style.css
+++ b/doc/gt_theme/static/gt_style.css
@@ -29,21 +29,21 @@ table.docutils.citation
 }
 
 /* stupid workaround to hide ugly c++ signature stuff from sphinx*/
-dl.method dl.last {
-    visibility: collapse;
-    height: 0px;
-    width: 0px;
-}
-
-dl.method dl.docutils dd {
-    margin-left: 0px;
-    margin-bottom: -10px;
-}
-
-dl.method dl.docutils dt {
-    visibility: collapse;
-    line-height: 0;
-}
+/* dl.function dl.docutils dl.last { */
+/*     visibility: collapse; */
+/*     height: 0px; */
+/*     width: 0px; */
+/* } */
+
+/* dl.function dl.docutils dd { */
+/*     margin-left: 0px; */
+/*     margin-bottom: -10px; */
+/* } */
+
+/* dl.function dl.docutils dt { */
+/*     visibility: collapse; */
+/*     line-height: 0; */
+/* } */
 
 div.align-center {
     text-align: center;