diff --git a/Makefile.config.in b/Makefile.config.in
index 53bdbbf61..6e12afbce 100644
--- a/Makefile.config.in
+++ b/Makefile.config.in
@@ -30,6 +30,5 @@ pkglibdir = $(libdir)/$(PACKAGE_NAME)
 prefix = @prefix@
 storedir = @storedir@
 sysconfdir = @sysconfdir@
-w3m = @w3m@
 xmllint = @xmllint@
 xsltproc = @xsltproc@
diff --git a/configure.ac b/configure.ac
index a449ac82f..bb0ab5a23 100644
--- a/configure.ac
+++ b/configure.ac
@@ -138,7 +138,6 @@ NEED_PROG(bash, bash)
 NEED_PROG(patch, patch)
 AC_PATH_PROG(xmllint, xmllint, false)
 AC_PATH_PROG(xsltproc, xsltproc, false)
-AC_PATH_PROG(w3m, w3m, false)
 AC_PATH_PROG(flex, flex, false)
 AC_PATH_PROG(bison, bison, false)
 NEED_PROG(perl, perl)
diff --git a/release.nix b/release.nix
index 3e741660c..e14c8ccc3 100644
--- a/release.nix
+++ b/release.nix
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@ let
         inherit officialRelease;
 
         buildInputs =
-          [ curl bison flex perl libxml2 libxslt w3m bzip2
+          [ curl bison flex perl libxml2 libxslt bzip2
             tetex dblatex nukeReferences pkgconfig sqlite git
           ];