diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index 8ed99e905..d5366b9f6 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -1161,79 +1161,6 @@ haddock: \
 # in subsequent rules, allow automatic variables to be used in prerequisites (use $$)
 .SECONDEXPANSION:
 
-########################
-# man pages
-
-MANPAGES=\
-	hledger-lib/hledger_csv.5 \
-	hledger-lib/hledger_journal.5 \
-	hledger-lib/hledger_timeclock.5 \
-	hledger-lib/hledger_timedot.5 \
-	hledger/hledger.1 \
-	hledger-ui/hledger-ui.1 \
-	hledger-web/hledger-web.1 \
-
-manpages: $(MANPAGES) \
-		$(call def-help,manpages, generate man pages )
-
-# %.1 %.5: $$@.md doc/manpage.template
-# 	pandoc $< -t man -s --template doc/manpage.template -o $@ \
-# 		--filter tools/pandocCapitalizeHeaders.hs \
-# 		--filter tools/pandocRemoveNotes.hs \
-# 		--filter tools/pandocRemoveLinks.hs \
-# 		--filter tools/pandocRemoveHtmlBlocks.hs \
-# 		--filter tools/pandocRemoveHtmlInlines.hs \
-
-# much faster when compiled
-# but note, filters need to be compiled with a version of
-# pandoc-types compatible with the pandoc you run them with
-# (filters compiled for pandoc 1.15 broke with pandoc 1.16)
-%.1 %.5: $$@.md doc/manpage.template
-	pandoc $< -t man -s --template doc/manpage.template -o $@ \
-		--filter tools/pandocCapitalizeHeaders \
-		--filter tools/pandocRemoveNotes \
-		--filter tools/pandocRemoveLinks \
-		--filter tools/pandocRemoveHtmlBlocks \
-		--filter tools/pandocRemoveHtmlInlines \
-
-clean-manpages:
-	rm -f $(MANPAGES)
-
-########################
-# web manual 2, man page synced
-
-# how to generate the web-based user manual and man pages from one source ?
-
-# plan 1:
-#
-# core docs are maintained as multiple pandoc-style man-markdown files
-#  eg hledger/hledger.1.md, hledger-ui/hledger-ui.1.md, hledger-lib/hledger_journal.5.md etc.
-#
-# to generate a man page, apply filters:
-#  strip html blocks and inline html
-#
-# to generate web manual content,
-#  extract marked content (inside <div class="userguide">)
-#  and apply filters:
-#   demote headings 4 steps
-
-site/manual2-1.md: site/manual-start.md site/manual-end.md $(MANPAGES) \
-		$(call def-help,site/manual2.md, generate combined user manual )
-	cat site/manual-start.md >$@ && \
-	pandoc \
-		--filter tools/pandocRemoveManpageBlocks \
-		hledger-ui/hledger-ui.1.md -w markdown >>$@ && \
-	cat site/manual-end.md >>$@
-#--template doc/userguide.template \
-
-# plan 2:
-#
-# split web manual into pages corresponding to man pages, at least initially
-
-# %.1.html %.5: $$@.md doc/webmanual.template
-# 	echo pandoc $< -t man -s --template doc/webmanual.template -o $@
-# too hard, see Shake.hs
-
 ########################
 # 2017 changelog process: 
 # at release time, in each package dir, make changes-show >CHANGES.org, edit, move to CHANGES. Eg: