diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index cb2ce683c..451c88310 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -81,7 +81,6 @@ doc/gsm
 doc/gb
 doc/html.tar
 doc/*.tag
-man/*.8
 tags
 
 src/crc*gen.c
diff --git a/Makefile.am b/Makefile.am
index 745d482c4..de5eb35d4 100644
--- a/Makefile.am
+++ b/Makefile.am
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 ACLOCAL_AMFLAGS = -I m4
 
 AM_CPPFLAGS = $(all_includes) -I$(top_srcdir)/include
-SUBDIRS = include src src/vty src/codec src/gsm src/coding src/gb src/ctrl src/sim src/pseudotalloc utils tests man
+SUBDIRS = include src src/vty src/codec src/gsm src/coding src/gb src/ctrl src/sim src/pseudotalloc utils tests
 
 pkgconfigdir = $(libdir)/pkgconfig
 pkgconfig_DATA = libosmocore.pc libosmocodec.pc libosmovty.pc libosmogsm.pc \
diff --git a/configure.ac b/configure.ac
index 529aad1dd..bc3358a02 100644
--- a/configure.ac
+++ b/configure.ac
@@ -77,19 +77,6 @@ AC_ARG_ENABLE(doxygen,
 AC_PATH_PROG(DOXYGEN,doxygen,false)
 AM_CONDITIONAL(HAVE_DOXYGEN, test $DOXYGEN != false && test "x$doxygen" = "xyes")
 
-AC_ARG_ENABLE([man-doc],
-	      [AS_HELP_STRING([--disable-man-doc], [Disable man page documentation])],
-	      [ BUILD_MAN=$enableval ], [ BUILD_MAN="yes" ])
-
-AS_IF([test "x$BUILD_MAN" = "xyes"], [
-      AC_CHECK_PROG(A2X, [a2x], [yes])
-      AS_IF([test "$A2X" != "yes"],
-	    [AC_MSG_ERROR([a2x not found, please install asciidoc or use the
-	     option --disable-man-doc])])
-])
-AM_CONDITIONAL(BUILD_MAN, test "x$BUILD_MAN" = "xyes")
-AC_SUBST(BUILD_MAN)
-
 # check for syscal fallback on glibc < 2.25 - can be removed once glibc version requirement is bumped
 AC_CHECK_DECLS([SYS_getrandom], [], [], [[#include <sys/syscall.h>]])
 
@@ -383,7 +370,6 @@ AC_OUTPUT(
 	libosmoctrl.pc
 	libosmosim.pc
 	include/Makefile
-	man/Makefile
 	src/Makefile
 	src/vty/Makefile
 	src/codec/Makefile
diff --git a/man/Makefile.am b/man/Makefile.am
deleted file mode 100644
index b28771488..000000000
--- a/man/Makefile.am
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,15 +0,0 @@
-if BUILD_MAN
-man_MANS =  osmo-config-merge.8
-endif
-
-ASCIIDOCS = osmo-config-merge.adoc
-
-A2X_OPTS_MANPAGE = --doctype manpage --format manpage -D ${builddir}
-
-%.8 : %.adoc
-		a2x ${A2X_OPTS_MANPAGE} $<
-
-EXTRA_DIST = ${ASCIIDOCS}
-
-CLEANFILES = \
-	     osmo-config-merge.8
diff --git a/man/osmo-config-merge.adoc b/man/osmo-config-merge.adoc
deleted file mode 100644
index 205fb5023..000000000
--- a/man/osmo-config-merge.adoc
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,64 +0,0 @@
-osmo-config-merge(8)
-=====================
-
-NAME
-----
-osmo-config-merge - Merge osmocom config snippets into an existing config
-
-SYNOPSIS
---------
-[verse]
-*osmo-config-merge* <config-file> <config-patch> [--debug]
-
-DESCRIPTION
------------
-This utility allows you to merge an incremental config "patch"
-into an osmocom-style config file.
-
-The patch file follows the same syntax as the original config file.
-
-It works by appending the leaf nodes of the patch file to the respective
-nodes of the input config file.
-
-This process allows configuration file changes/updates to be performed
-in a more stable/reliable way than by means of (unified) diff files,
-as they break every time the context lines break.
-
-osmo-config-merge doesn't suffer from this problem, as it understands
-the tree-like nature of VTY config files.
-
-The resulting config is printed to stdout.
-
-NOTE: This only works with configuration files that have proper
-indenting, i.e. every level in the hierarchy must be indented excatly
-one character, not multiple.
-
-OPTIONS
--------
-*--debug*::
-	Show debugging output when parsing the config tree. Needs to be the last argument.
-
-EXAMPLE USAGE
--------------
-[verse]
-$ osmo-config-merge osmo-msc.cfg.base osmo-msc_change_network.cfg > osmo-msc.cfg
-
-EXIT STATUS
------------
-Exit status is 0 if the command was successful, and 1 in case of a
-wrong/missing argument. If the tool detects an error in the patch file the
-exit status is 2.
-
-SEE ALSO
---------
-The official Osmocom documentation including the VTY config refernce can be
-found at: http://ftp.osmocom.org/docs/latest/
-
-The Osmocom wiki is located at: http://projects.osmocom.org/
-
-
-AUTHORS
--------
-osmo-config-merge was written by Harald Welte.
-
-The man page was written by Daniel Willmann.