diff --git a/_delb/xpath/__init__.py b/_delb/xpath/__init__.py
index efb1804d..b7cffbf3 100644
--- a/_delb/xpath/__init__.py
+++ b/_delb/xpath/__init__.py
@@ -167,7 +167,7 @@ def size(self) -> int:
 # TODO make cachesize configurable via environment variable?
 @lru_cache(maxsize=64)
 def _css_to_xpath(expression: str) -> str:
-    return _css_translator.css_to_xpath(expression, prefix="descendant-or-self::")
+    return _css_translator.css_to_xpath(expression, prefix="descendant::")
 
 
 def evaluate(
diff --git a/docs/conf.py b/docs/conf.py
index a07204dc..919b0648 100644
--- a/docs/conf.py
+++ b/docs/conf.py
@@ -276,7 +276,7 @@ def predicate(self, name, attr, meta):
             and meta.get("category") is None
             and is_really_public(name)
             # deprecation wrapper from 961b8b822ed9d8e33a4f9a63b71e64f30188cc67
-            and not attr.__qualname__.startswith("_better")
+            and not getattr(attr, "__qualname__", "").startswith("_better")
         )
 
 
diff --git a/docs/rtd-dependencies.txt b/docs/rtd-dependencies.txt
index e9cc7b0b..5c58325a 100644
--- a/docs/rtd-dependencies.txt
+++ b/docs/rtd-dependencies.txt
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
-autoclasstoc>=1.1.1
-requests
-sphinx>=3
+autoclasstoc @ git+https://github.com/kalekundert/autoclasstoc.git@ba868daf4fecc72bd1a8957c565760d4c41eb71a
+httpx[http2]
+sphinx
 sphinxcontrib-fulltoc
 sphinx-readable-theme
diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
index 481fc3f5..1cdeb427 100644
--- a/pyproject.toml
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -107,9 +107,10 @@ dependencies = ["cff-from-621"]
 skip-install = true
 
 [tool.hatch.envs.docs]
-python = "3.10"  # TODO drop when a successor of 1.5.2 is released, also mind .github/workflows/quality-checks.yml
+ # TODO drop when a successor of 1.5.2 is released, also mind .github/workflows/quality-checks.yml and docs/rtd-dependencies.txt
+python = "3.10"
 dependencies = [
-    # TODO switch to PyPI when this is fixed:
+    # TODO switch to PyPI when this is fixed: https://github.com/kalekundert/autoclasstoc/issues/33
     "autoclasstoc @ git+https://github.com/kalekundert/autoclasstoc.git@ba868daf4fecc72bd1a8957c565760d4c41eb71a",
     "sphinxcontrib-fulltoc",
     "sphinx-readable-theme"
diff --git a/tests/test_attributes.py b/tests/test_attributes.py
index ab8b3beb..4fecc31d 100644
--- a/tests/test_attributes.py
+++ b/tests/test_attributes.py
@@ -63,7 +63,7 @@ def test_attribute_object():
 
 def test_delete_namespaced_attribute():
     root = Document('<root><node xmlns:p="ns" p:a="1" p:b="2"/></root>').root
-    node = root.css_select("root > node")[0]
+    node = root.css_select("node").first
     assert len(node.attributes) == 2
     del node.attributes["ns":"a"]
     assert len(node.attributes) == 1
diff --git a/tests/test_css_select.py b/tests/test_css_select.py
index 57e2f4c2..f4dfe5fc 100644
--- a/tests/test_css_select.py
+++ b/tests/test_css_select.py
@@ -1,4 +1,7 @@
+import pytest
+
 from delb import Document
+from _delb.xpath import _css_to_xpath
 
 
 def test_css_considers_xml_namespace(files_path):
@@ -21,8 +24,13 @@ def test_css_select_or(files_path):
     assert {x.local_name for x in result} == {"author", "title"}
 
 
+@pytest.mark.parametrize(("_in", "out"), (("metadata", "descendant::metadata"),))
+def test_css_to_xpath(_in, out):
+    assert _css_to_xpath(_in) == out
+
+
 def test_quotes_in_css_selector():
-    document = Document('<a href="https://super.test/123"/>')
+    document = Document('<root><a href="https://super.test/123"/></root>')
     assert document.css_select('a[href^="https://super.test/"]').size == 1
     assert document.css_select('a[href|="https://super.test/123"]').size == 1
     assert document.css_select('a[href*="super"]').size == 1
diff --git a/tests/test_transform.py b/tests/test_transform.py
index d3be0f99..b362fc9f 100644
--- a/tests/test_transform.py
+++ b/tests/test_transform.py
@@ -137,14 +137,15 @@ def test_transformation_sequence_sequence():
         </cast>""",
         parser_options=ParserOptions(collapse_whitespace=True),
     )
-    root = Document("<body><ul/></body>").root
+    root = Document("<doc><body><ul/></body></doc>").root
     transformation = TransformationSequence(
         DoNothing,
         TransformationSequence(ResolveItems, DoNothing()),
         TransformationSequence(ResolveItemList),
     )
     assert str(transformation(root, document)) == (
-        "<body><ul><li>abla fahita</li><li>caro</li><li>boudi</li></ul></body>"
+        "<doc><body><ul><li>abla fahita</li>"
+        "<li>caro</li><li>boudi</li></ul></body></doc>"
     )
 
     with pytest.raises(TypeError):
diff --git a/tests/test_xpath_results.py b/tests/test_xpath_results.py
index 1935c01c..2206ca65 100644
--- a/tests/test_xpath_results.py
+++ b/tests/test_xpath_results.py
@@ -1,5 +1,3 @@
-import pytest
-
 from delb import Document
 
 from tests.utils import assert_nodes_are_in_document_order
@@ -38,9 +36,6 @@ def test_equality():
     assert word_nodes == word_nodes.as_list()
     assert word_nodes == tuple(reversed(word_nodes.as_list()))
     assert word_nodes != 2 * word_nodes.as_list()
-    assert [document.root] == document.css_select("root")
-    with pytest.raises(TypeError):
-        document.css_select("root") == document.root
 
 
 def test_filtered_by(queries_sample):