diff --git a/Documentation/compiling/COMPILING.txt b/Documentation/compiling/COMPILING.txt
index 6041043023..e47c307ff8 100644
--- a/Documentation/compiling/COMPILING.txt
+++ b/Documentation/compiling/COMPILING.txt
@@ -95,10 +95,6 @@ or more recent (Older versions have a print function which does not work).
 Verify that wx-config is in your path by running it from a command prompt.
 Linux users then go to next step.
 
-Note also wxWidgets must be compiled with the wxWebView support.
-This is the default when building wxWidgets, but only if the libwebkitgtk-dev is installed
-before building wxWidgets (sudo apt-get install libwebkitgtk-dev)
-
 Install CMake
 -------------
 On windows, download the installation binary for windows from cmake.org.
diff --git a/Documentation/compiling/build-config.txt b/Documentation/compiling/build-config.txt
index d4c0579e03..02d17f7063 100644
--- a/Documentation/compiling/build-config.txt
+++ b/Documentation/compiling/build-config.txt
@@ -181,16 +181,6 @@ Default: ON
 This option enables or disables building KiCad with a pcbnew plugin for loading
 footprints from a GitHub repository.
 
-KICAD_USE_WEBKIT (ON/OFF)
-----------------------------
-Default: ON (and OFF when BUILD_GITHUB_PLUGIN is OFF)
-
-This option enables or disables building a web viewer used if the
-footprint library table wizard to easily add footprints library entries
-to this tables when libraries are on a GitHub repository.
-This option need the full support of wxWebview/WebKit in wxWidgets, which is not
-always the case on Linux.
-
 
 KICAD_REPO_NAME (STRING)
 ------------------------
diff --git a/scripts/kicad-install.sh b/scripts/kicad-install.sh
index 3d3f3c095e..a0f9781a04 100755
--- a/scripts/kicad-install.sh
+++ b/scripts/kicad-install.sh
@@ -47,13 +47,6 @@ REVISION=$TESTING
 # CMake Options
 OPTS="$OPTS -DBUILD_GITHUB_PLUGIN=ON"       # needed by $STABLE revision
 
-# Uncomment this line if you have issues to build kicad with a wxWidgets with is not built
-# with webkit/webview support, i.e. if you have this error:
-# error "wxWidgets must be built with wxWebView support enabled. Please rebuild wxWidgets"
-# but you will lose the wizard which allows you to easily add .pretty libs on github server
-# (you will need to enter by hand their url in footprint lib table dialog)
-#OPTS="$OPTS -DKICAD_USE_WEBKIT=OFF"
-
 # Python scripting, uncomment only one to enable:
 
 # Basic python scripting: gives access to wizards like footprint wizards (recommended)