diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index fee5c900f..72d7eabb8 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -113,14 +113,6 @@ man/pandoc.1: MANUAL.txt man/pandoc.1.before man/pandoc.1.after
 		--variable footer="pandoc $(version)" \
 		-o $@
 
-doc/lua-filters.md: tools/ldoc.ltp data/pandoc.lua tools/update-lua-docs.lua
-	cp $@ $@.tmp
-	pandoc -t markdown --columns=64 --atx-headers  \
-	       -f markdown -t markdown --standalone\
-         --lua-filter tools/update-lua-docs.lua \
-	       -o $@ $@.tmp
-	rm $@.tmp
-
 README.md: README.template MANUAL.txt tools/update-readme.lua
 	pandoc --lua-filter tools/update-readme.lua --reference-links \
 	      --reference-location=section -t gfm $< -o $@
diff --git a/tools/ldoc.ltp b/tools/ldoc.ltp
deleted file mode 100644
index 3fa96bb0f..000000000
--- a/tools/ldoc.ltp
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,38 +0,0 @@
-# local iter = ldoc.modules.iter
-# local M = ldoc.markup
-
-<h1>Module $(module.name)</h1>
-
-<p>$(M(module.summary))</p>
-
-# for kind, items in module.kinds() do
-
-<h2>$(kind)</h2>
-  <dl>
-#  for item in items() do ldoc.item = item -- provides context for M()
-    <dt><span id="$(item.name)"><code>$(ldoc.display_name(item))</code></span></dt>
-    <dd>
-      <p>$(item.summary)</p>
-#  if item.params and #item.params > 0 then
-      $(module.kinds:type_of(item).subnames):
-      <dl>
-#     for p in iter(item.params) do
-        <dt><code>$(p)</code>:</dt>
-        <dd>$(M(item.params.map[p]))</dd>
-#     end -- for
-      </dl>
-#   end -- if params
-#   if item.ret then
-    <p>Returns: $(item.ret[1])</p>
-#   end -- if returns
-#   if item.usage then
-    <p>Usage:</p>
-    <pre><code>$(item.usage[1])</code></pre>
-#   end -- if usage
-#   if item.see then
-    See also: <a href="#$(item.see[1].label)">$(item.see[1].label)</a>
-
-#   end -- if see
-# end -- for items
-  </dl>
-# end -- for kinds
diff --git a/tools/update-lua-docs.lua b/tools/update-lua-docs.lua
deleted file mode 100644
index 746dce984..000000000
--- a/tools/update-lua-docs.lua
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,49 +0,0 @@
-local in_module_section = false
-
--- Generate tmp folder
-local tmp_folder = os.tmpname()
-os.remove(tmp_folder)
-os.execute("mkdir -p " .. tmp_folder)
-
-function extend(list1, list2)
-  for i = 1, #list2 do
-    list1[#list1 + 1] = list2[i]
-  end
-end
-
-function module_blocks(module_filenames)
-  local blocks = {}
-  for _, filename in pairs(module_filenames) do
-    os.execute("ldoc -q -l tools -d " .. tmp_folder .. " " .. filename)
-    local module_file = io.open(tmp_folder .. "/index.html")
-    local module_html = module_file:read("*a")
-    local module_doc = pandoc.read(module_html, "html")
-    extend(blocks, module_doc.blocks)
-  end
-  return blocks
-end
-
-function Header (el)
-  if in_module_section then
-    if el.level == 1 or
-       -- special case for Module pandoc
-       (el.level == 2 and el.identifier == 'helper-functions') then
-      in_module_section = false
-      return el
-    else
-      return {}
-    end
-  elseif el.identifier == "module-pandoc" then
-    in_module_section = true
-    return module_blocks{'data/pandoc.lua'}
-  elseif el.identifier == "module-pandoc.list" then
-    in_module_section = true
-    return module_blocks{'data/pandoc.List.lua'}
-  end
-end
-
-function Block (el)
-  if in_module_section then
-    return {}
-  end
-end