diff --git a/configure.in b/configure.in
index a037abbe..527e807b 100644
--- a/configure.in
+++ b/configure.in
@@ -3,13 +3,6 @@ AC_CONFIG_SRCDIR(rules/base.xml.in)
 AM_INIT_AUTOMAKE([foreign dist-bzip2])
 AM_MAINTAINER_MODE
 
-# Require X.Org macros 1.8 or later for MAN_SUBSTS set by XORG_MANPAGE_SECTIONS
-m4_ifndef([XORG_MACROS_VERSION],
-          [m4_fatal([must install xorg-macros 1.8 or later before
-          running autoconf/autogen])])
-XORG_MACROS_VERSION(1.8)
-XORG_MANPAGE_SECTIONS
-
 AC_SUBST(VERSION)
 
 AC_PATH_PROG([XKBCOMP], [xkbcomp], [not_found])
@@ -31,13 +24,6 @@ AC_ARG_ENABLE( compat_rules,
                enable_compat_rules="$enableval",
                enable_compat_rules="yes" )
 
-AC_PATH_PROG(SED, [sed])
-AC_PATH_PROG(XSLTPROC, [xsltproc])
-AM_CONDITIONAL([HAVE_XSLTPROC], [test "x$XSLTPROC" != "x"])
-if test "x$XSLTPROC" = "x"; then
-    AC_MSG_WARN([xsltproc not found, needed to generate man page.])
-fi
-
 # xkeyboard-config does not have build-time dependencies. However, it does
 # have run-time dependencies and keyboard layouts may not work without the
 # right libX11 or xproto installed.
diff --git a/rules/Makefile.am b/rules/Makefile.am
index 39351c9c..f2d73ce8 100644
--- a/rules/Makefile.am
+++ b/rules/Makefile.am
@@ -234,11 +234,3 @@ rulesdir = $(xkb_base)/rules
 xmldir = $(rulesdir)
 
 @INTLTOOL_XML_NOMERGE_RULE@
-
-xkeyboard-config.man: evdev.xml
-	$(XSLTPROC) $(top_srcdir)/xslt/man.xsl evdev.xml > $@
-
-xkeyboard-config.7: xkeyboard-config.man
-	$(SED) $(MAN_SUBSTS) < $< > $@
-
-dist_man_MANS = xkeyboard-config.7
diff --git a/xslt/man.xsl b/xslt/man.xsl
deleted file mode 100644
index f0475e04..00000000
--- a/xslt/man.xsl
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,106 +0,0 @@
-<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
-<xsl:stylesheet version="1.0" 
-  xmlns:xsl="http://www.w3.org/1999/XSL/Transform"
-  >
-<xsl:output method="text" encoding="UTF-8" doctype-system="xkb.dtd"/>
-<xsl:template match="/xkbConfigRegistry"><![CDATA[.\" WARNING: this man page is autogenerated. Do not edit or you will lose all your changes.
-.TH XKEYBOARD-CONFIG __miscmansuffix__ __vendorversion__
-.SH NAME
-xkeyboard-config \- XKB data description files
-.SH DESCRIPTION
-xkeyboard-config provides the description files for the X Keyboard
-Extension (XKB). The configuration options below are usually applied with
-setxkbmap.
-.SH MODELS
-.TS
-l l
-___
-lB l.
-model	description ]]>
-<xsl:apply-templates select="modelList"/>
-<![CDATA[
-.TE
-.SH LAYOUTS
-.TS
-l l l
-____
-lB lB l.
-layout	variant	description ]]>
-<xsl:apply-templates select="layoutList"/>
-<![CDATA[
-.TE
-.SH OPTIONS
-]]>
-<xsl:apply-templates select="optionList"/>
-<![CDATA[
-.SH SEE ALSO
-setxkbmap(__appmansuffix__)
-]]>
-</xsl:template>
-
-<!-- split model/description into a normal table -->
-<xsl:template match="modelList">
-    <xsl:for-each select="model">
-        <xsl:value-of select="configItem/name"/><xsl:text>	</xsl:text><xsl:value-of select="configItem/description"/>
-<xsl:text>
-</xsl:text>
-</xsl:for-each>
-</xsl:template>
-
-<!-- split layout/variant/description into a table like this
-
-        layout1                 description
-                variant1        description
-                variant2        description
-        layout2                 description
-                variant1        description
--->
-<xsl:template match="layoutList">
-<xsl:for-each select="layout">
-<xsl:value-of select="configItem/name"/><xsl:text>		</xsl:text><xsl:value-of select="configItem/description"/>
-<xsl:text>
-</xsl:text>
-<xsl:for-each select="variantList/variant">
-<xsl:text>	</xsl:text><xsl:value-of select="configItem/name"/><xsl:text>	</xsl:text><xsl:value-of select="configItem/description"/>
-<xsl:text>
-</xsl:text>
-</xsl:for-each>
-<xsl:text>
-</xsl:text>
-</xsl:for-each>
-</xsl:template>
-
-<!-- split option into a table like this
-
-option description:
-        optarg          description
-        optarg          description
-        optarg          description
-
-option2 description:
-        optarg          description
-        optarg          description
--->
-<xsl:template match="optionList">
-<xsl:for-each select="group">
-<![CDATA[
-.SS]]> <xsl:value-of select="configItem/description"/>
-<![CDATA[
-.BR
-.TS
-l l
-___
-lB l.
-option	description ]]>
-<xsl:for-each select="option">
-<xsl:value-of select="configItem/name"/><xsl:text>	</xsl:text><xsl:value-of select="configItem/description"/>
-<xsl:text>
-</xsl:text>
-</xsl:for-each>
-<![CDATA[
-.TE
-
-]]>
-</xsl:for-each>
-</xsl:template>
-</xsl:stylesheet>