diff --git a/bootstrap.conf b/bootstrap.conf
index 1c3cc61e6..32bae9387 100644
--- a/bootstrap.conf
+++ b/bootstrap.conf
@@ -50,7 +50,6 @@ bison      2.4
 gettext    0.17
 git        1.4.4
 gperf      -
-gtkdocize  -
 perl       5.5
 wget       -
 "
diff --git a/configure.ac b/configure.ac
index 5057536e5..731558a15 100644
--- a/configure.ac
+++ b/configure.ac
@@ -403,11 +403,6 @@ if test "$enable_fuzzer_target" != "no";then
 	AC_DEFINE([FUZZING_BUILD_MODE_UNSAFE_FOR_PRODUCTION], 1, [Enable fuzzer target -not for production])
 fi
 
-dnl
-dnl check for gtk-doc
-dnl
-GTK_DOC_CHECK([1.14],[--flavour no-tmpl])
-
 AM_GNU_GETTEXT([external])
 AM_GNU_GETTEXT_VERSION([0.19])
 m4_ifdef([AM_GNU_GET][TEXT_REQUIRE_VERSION],[
diff --git a/doc/Makefile.am b/doc/Makefile.am
index fb1390d70..52f0ad9af 100644
--- a/doc/Makefile.am
+++ b/doc/Makefile.am
@@ -33,9 +33,6 @@ IMAGES = \
 	pkcs11-vision.png
 
 SUBDIRS = examples scripts credentials latex
-if ENABLE_GTK_DOC
-SUBDIRS += reference
-endif
 
 -include $(top_srcdir)/doc/doc.mk
 
diff --git a/doc/reference/Makefile.am b/doc/reference/Makefile.am
index f10c8ed3c..b711b58ec 100644
--- a/doc/reference/Makefile.am
+++ b/doc/reference/Makefile.am
@@ -82,13 +82,4 @@ include $(top_srcdir)/gtk-doc.make
 # e.g. EXTRA_DIST += version.xml.in
 EXTRA_DIST += version.xml.in
 
-# Comment this out if you want 'make check' to test you doc status
-# and run some sanity checks
-if ENABLE_GTK_DOC
-TESTS_ENVIRONMENT = \
-  DOC_MODULE=$(DOC_MODULE) DOC_MAIN_SGML_FILE=$(DOC_MAIN_SGML_FILE) \
-  SRCDIR=$(abs_srcdir) BUILDDIR=$(abs_builddir)
-#TESTS = $(GTKDOC_CHECK)
-endif
-
 -include $(top_srcdir)/git.mk