Index: pelican-4.11.0/pelican/readers.py
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--- pelican-4.11.0.orig/pelican/readers.py
+++ pelican-4.11.0/pelican/readers.py
@@ -266,9 +266,9 @@ class RstReader(BaseReader):
             extra_params.update(user_params)
 
         pub = docutils.core.Publisher(
+            reader="standalone", parser="restructuredtext",
             writer=self.writer_class(), destination_class=docutils.io.StringOutput
         )
-        pub.set_components("standalone", "restructuredtext", "html")
         pub.process_programmatic_settings(None, extra_params, None)
         pub.set_source(source_path=source_path)
         pub.publish()