diff --git a/configure.ac b/configure.ac
index d70a429cd..d5c067420 100644
--- a/configure.ac
+++ b/configure.ac
@@ -460,19 +460,6 @@ AC_CHECK_HEADER(X11/XKBlib.h, AC_DEFINE(HAVE_X11_XKBLIB_H))
 AH_TEMPLATE([HAVE_TAILQ],[Check if tailq is present.])
 AC_CHECK_HEADER(queue.h, AC_DEFINE(HAVE_TAILQ))
 
-# libbson
-AH_TEMPLATE([HAVE_LIBBSON],[Define if libbson is used.])
-PKG_CHECK_MODULES([libbson], [libbson-1.0],
-[
-	 AC_DEFINE(HAVE_LIBBSON)
-	libbson_LIBS=-lbson-1.0
-],
-[
-	 AC_MSG_ERROR([*** libbson not found.  Install its header files. ***])
-])
-AC_SUBST(libbson_LIBS)
-AC_SUBST(libbson_CFLAGS)
-
 # libevent
 AH_TEMPLATE([HAVE_LIBEVENT],[Define if libevent is used.])
 PKG_CHECK_MODULES([libevent], [libevent >= 2.0],
diff --git a/dev-docs/INSTALL.md b/dev-docs/INSTALL.md
index ea747a09a..457d456d2 100644
--- a/dev-docs/INSTALL.md
+++ b/dev-docs/INSTALL.md
@@ -19,7 +19,6 @@ FVWM3 has the following dependencies.
 
 ## Core dependencies
 
-* libbson-dev (>= 1.16.2)
 * libevent-dev (>= 2.0)
 * libx11-dev
 * libxrandr-dev (>= 1.5)
@@ -50,7 +49,7 @@ Generating documentation
 To generate `fvwm3`'s documentation:
 
 1. Install `asciidoctor`
-2. Pass `--enable-mandoc` to `./configure` (see below(
+2. Pass `--enable-mandoc` to `./configure` (see below)
 
 `fvwm3` won't compile documentation by default, so it's opt-in.
 
diff --git a/fvwm/Makefile.am b/fvwm/Makefile.am
index e2911995f..a4bb6a0b1 100644
--- a/fvwm/Makefile.am
+++ b/fvwm/Makefile.am
@@ -36,14 +36,12 @@ LDADD = \
 	-L$(top_builddir)/libs -lfvwm3 $(Xft_LIBS) $(X_LIBS) $(xpm_LIBS) \
 	$(X_PRE_LIBS) -lXext -lX11 \
 	$(X_EXTRA_LIBS) -lm $(iconv_LIBS) $(Xrender_LIBS) $(Xcursor_LIBS) \
-	$(Bidi_LIBS) $(png_LIBS) $(rsvg_LIBS) $(intl_LIBS) $(XRandR_LIBS) \
-	$(libbson_LIBS)
+	$(Bidi_LIBS) $(png_LIBS) $(rsvg_LIBS) $(intl_LIBS) $(XRandR_LIBS)
 
 AM_CPPFLAGS = \
 	-I$(top_srcdir) $(Xft_CFLAGS) \
 	$(xpm_CFLAGS) $(X_CFLAGS) $(iconv_CFLAGS) $(Xrender_CFLAGS) \
-	$(Bidi_CFLAGS) $(png_CFLAGS) $(rsvg_CFLAGS) $(intl_CFLAGS) \
-	$(libbson_CFLAGS)
+	$(Bidi_CFLAGS) $(png_CFLAGS) $(rsvg_CFLAGS) $(intl_CFLAGS)
 
 AM_CFLAGS = \
 	-DFVWM_MODULEDIR=\"$(FVWM_MODULEDIR)\" \
diff --git a/fvwm/builtins.h b/fvwm/builtins.h
index fa1444330..489c63595 100644
--- a/fvwm/builtins.h
+++ b/fvwm/builtins.h
@@ -3,7 +3,6 @@
 #ifndef FVWM_BUILTINS_H
 #define FVWM_BUILTINS_H
 
-#include <bson.h>
 #include "fvwm.h"
 #include "screen.h"
 
diff --git a/libs/Makefile.am b/libs/Makefile.am
index 0cea15f24..6e0bb21a2 100644
--- a/libs/Makefile.am
+++ b/libs/Makefile.am
@@ -33,4 +33,4 @@ libfvwm3_a_LIBADD = @LIBOBJS@
 
 AM_CPPFLAGS = -I$(top_srcdir) $(xpm_CFLAGS) $(Xft_CFLAGS) $(X_CFLAGS) \
 	$(iconv_CFLAGS) $(Xrender_CFLAGS) $(Bidi_CFLAGS) $(png_CFLAGS) \
-	$(rsvg_CFLAGS) $(intl_CFLAGS) $(XRandR_CFLAGS) $(libbson_CFLAGS)
+	$(rsvg_CFLAGS) $(intl_CFLAGS) $(XRandR_CFLAGS)
diff --git a/modules/FvwmMFL/Makefile.am b/modules/FvwmMFL/Makefile.am
index 1e37bc41e..ba1884ddf 100644
--- a/modules/FvwmMFL/Makefile.am
+++ b/modules/FvwmMFL/Makefile.am
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@ CLEANFILES = $(module_SCRIPTS)
 
 LDADD = -L$(top_builddir)/libs $(X_LIBS) -lfvwm3  \
 	$(X_PRE_LIBS) -lXext -lX11 $(X_EXTRA_LIBS) $(XRandR_LIBS) \
-	$(libevent_LIBS) $(libbson_LIBS) $(Xft_LIBS)
+	$(libevent_LIBS) $(Xft_LIBS)
 
-AM_CPPFLAGS = -I$(top_srcdir) $(X_CFLAGS) $(libbson_CFLAGS) $(Xft_CFLAGS)
+AM_CPPFLAGS = -I$(top_srcdir) $(X_CFLAGS) $(Xft_CFLAGS)