diff --git a/gub/sources.py b/gub/sources.py
index 8e5c5c731..e8663ca4e 100644
--- a/gub/sources.py
+++ b/gub/sources.py
@@ -40,7 +40,6 @@
 icoutils = join (nongnu, 'icoutils/icoutils-0.26.0.tar.gz')
 libpng = join (sf, 'libpng/libpng-1.2.8-config.tar.gz')
 mftrace = join (lp, 'mftrace/mftrace-1.2.14.tar.gz')
-netpbm = join (gub, 'netpbm-patched-10.35.tar.bz2')
 pkg_config = 'https://pkg-config' + join (freedesktop, 'pkg-config-0.29.2.tar.gz')
 potrace = join (sf, 'potrace/potrace-1.7.tar.gz')
 python = 'https://www.python.org/ftp/python/%(version)s/Python-2.4.2.tar.bz2'
diff --git a/gub/specs/lilypond-doc.py b/gub/specs/lilypond-doc.py
index 3dd811d69..9a72067d5 100644
--- a/gub/specs/lilypond-doc.py
+++ b/gub/specs/lilypond-doc.py
@@ -9,7 +9,6 @@
 class LilyPond_doc (lilypond.LilyPond_base):
     dependencies = (lilypond.LilyPond_base.dependencies
                 + [
-                'tools::netpbm',
                 'tools::imagemagick',
                 'tools::rsync', # ugh, we depend on *rsync* !?
                 #'tools::texlive',
diff --git a/gub/specs/lilypond-test.py b/gub/specs/lilypond-test.py
index a1cc80042..b7f318740 100644
--- a/gub/specs/lilypond-test.py
+++ b/gub/specs/lilypond-test.py
@@ -8,7 +8,6 @@ class LilyPond_test (lilypond.LilyPond_base):
     dependencies = (lilypond.LilyPond_base.dependencies
                 + [
                 'tools::imagemagick',
-                'tools::netpbm',
                 'tools::fonts-dejavu',
                 'tools::fonts-libertine',
                 'tools::fonts-bitstream-charter',
diff --git a/gub/specs/netpbm.py b/gub/specs/netpbm.py
deleted file mode 100644
index 3ba3f84fc..000000000
--- a/gub/specs/netpbm.py
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,41 +0,0 @@
-from gub import misc
-from gub import tools
-
-class Netpbm__tools (tools.AutoBuild):
-    source='https://sourceforge.net/projects/netpbm/files/super_stable/10.47.71/netpbm-10.47.71.tgz'
-    parallel_build_broken = True
-    dependencies = ['flex', 'libjpeg', 'libpng', 'libtiff', 'zlib'] #libxml2? libx11-dev
-    def configure (self):
-        self.shadow ()
-        self.dump ('\n'*3 + 'static\n' + '\n'*11, '%(builddir)s/answers')
-        self.system ('cd %(builddir)s && sh %(srcdir)s/configure < answers')
-    make_flags = misc.join_lines ('''
-CC=gcc
-CFLAGS='-O2 -fPIC'
-LDFLAGS='-L%(system_prefix)s/lib %(rpath)s -L%(builddir)s/pbm -L%(builddir)s/pgm -L%(builddir)s/pnm -L%(builddir)s/ppm'
-LADD='-lm -lz'
-LINUXSVGALIB=NONE
-XML2LD=NONE
-XML2_LIBS=NONE
-XML2_CFLAGS=NONE
-X11LIB=NONE
-''')
-    def install (self):
-        # Great.  netpbm's install will not create any parent directories
-        self.system ('mkdir -p %(install_prefix)s')
-        # but demands that the toplevel install directory does not yet exist.
-        # It's a feature! :-)
-        self.system ('rmdir %(install_prefix)s')
-
-        self.system ('cd %(builddir)s && make package pkgdir=%(install_prefix)s %(make_flags)s')
-        # Huh, we strip stuff in installer.py, no?  Hmm.
-        self.system ('''rm -rf %(install_prefix)s/misc 
-rm -rf %(install_prefix)s/README
-rm -rf %(install_prefix)s/VERSION
-rm -rf %(install_prefix)s/link
-rm -rf %(install_prefix)s/misc
-rm -rf %(install_prefix)s/man
-rm -rf %(install_prefix)s/pkginfo
-rm -rf %(install_prefix)s/config_template
-''')
-    license_files = '%(srcdir)s/README'
diff --git a/sourcefiles/lilypond.README b/sourcefiles/lilypond.README
index 3804892fb..483571729 100644
--- a/sourcefiles/lilypond.README
+++ b/sourcefiles/lilypond.README
@@ -44,7 +44,6 @@ Website/documentation build requirements (lilypond-doc package):
 
   mftrace, http://www.cs.uu.nl/people/hanwen/mftrace
   potrace, http://potrace.sourceforge.net
-  netpbm, http://netpbm.sourceforge.net
   t1utils, http://www.lcdf.org/~eddietwo/type/
 
 Recommended website/documentation build requirements:
diff --git a/web/applications.html b/web/applications.html
index 85edac619..b913f9bdf 100644
--- a/web/applications.html
+++ b/web/applications.html
@@ -157,7 +157,6 @@ <h2>GUB Build specifications</h2>
       <a href="https://github.com/gperciva/gub/tree/master/gub/specs/mpfr.py">gub/specs/mpfr.py</a></br>
       <a href="https://github.com/gperciva/gub/tree/master/gub/specs/msys.py">gub/specs/msys.py</a></br>
       <a href="https://github.com/gperciva/gub/tree/master/gub/specs/ncurses.py">gub/specs/ncurses.py</a></br>
-      <a href="https://github.com/gperciva/gub/tree/master/gub/specs/netpbm.py">gub/specs/netpbm.py</a></br>
       <a href="https://github.com/gperciva/gub/tree/master/gub/specs/noweb.py">gub/specs/noweb.py</a></br>
       <a href="https://github.com/gperciva/gub/tree/master/gub/specs/nsis.py">gub/specs/nsis.py</a></br>
       <a href="https://github.com/gperciva/gub/tree/master/gub/specs/osx-lilypad.py">gub/specs/osx-lilypad.py</a></br>