A method for producing an electrophotographic photosensitive member including an electrically conductive substrate and a photosensitive layer, the method comprising: applying an application liquid for photosensitive layer formation containing a solvent, a binder resin, and a hole transport material directly or indirectly onto the electrically conductive substrate, and removing a portion of the solvent by heat treatment at a temperature of at least 40°C and no greater than 150°C for at least 3 minutes and no greater than 120 minutes, to form the photosensitive layer, wherein the solvent contains a first solvent that is an alcohol having a carbon number of at least 1 and no greater than 3, and a second solvent containing at least one of methylene chloride, chloroform, tetrahydrofuran, and 1,3-dioxolane, the content proportion of the first solvent in the solvent is at least 0.5 mass% and no greater than 5.0 mass%, and the binder resin includes a polyarylate resin that is a polymerization product of monomers including a first monomer represented by general formula and a second monomer including a compound represented by chemical formula, in the general formula, R 11 and R 12 each independently represent a hydrogen atom or an alkyl group having a carbon number of at least 1 and no greater than 4, and R 13 and R 14 each independently represent a hydrogen atom, an alkyl group having a carbon number of at least 1 and no greater than 4, or a phenyl group, or R 13 and R 14 taken together represent a divalent group represented by general formula, in the general formula, R 20 represents a monovalent substituent, p represents an integer of at least 1 and no greater than 6, and q represents an integer of at least 0 and no greater than 5, applying an application liquid for photosensitive layer formation containing a solvent, a binder resin, and a hole transport material directly or indirectly onto the electrically conductive substrate, and removing a portion of the solvent by heat treatment at a temperature of at least 40°C and no greater than 150°C for at least 3 minutes and no greater than 120 minutes, to form the photosensitive layer, wherein the solvent contains a first solvent that is an alcohol having a carbon number of at least 1 and no greater than 3, and a second solvent containing at least one of methylene chloride, chloroform, tetrahydrofuran, and 1,3-dioxolane, the content proportion of the first solvent in the solvent is at least 0.5 mass% and no greater than 5.0 mass%, and the binder resin includes a polyarylate resin that is a polymerization product of monomers including a first monomer represented by general formula and a second monomer including a compound represented by chemical formula, in the general formula, R 11 and R 12 each independently represent a hydrogen atom or an alkyl group having a carbon number of at least 1 and no greater than 4, and R 13 and R 14 each independently represent a hydrogen atom, an alkyl group having a carbon number of at least 1 and no greater than 4, or a phenyl group, or R 13 and R 14 taken together represent a divalent group represented by general formula, R 11 and R 12 each independently represent a hydrogen atom or an alkyl group having a carbon number of at least 1 and no greater than 4, and R 13 and R 14 each independently represent a hydrogen atom, an alkyl group having a carbon number of at least 1 and no greater than 4, or a phenyl group, or R 13 and R 14 taken together represent a divalent group represented by general formula, in the general formula, R 20 represents a monovalent substituent, p represents an integer of at least 1 and no greater than 6, and q represents an integer of at least 0 and no greater than 5,