diff --git a/docs/Makefile.am b/docs/Makefile.am
index ece0b947e..5c03209a3 100644
--- a/docs/Makefile.am
+++ b/docs/Makefile.am
@@ -34,10 +34,7 @@ SCAN_OPTIONS=--rebuild-types --deprecated-guards="HB_DISABLE_DEPRECATED" \
 # Header files or dirs to ignore when scanning. Use base file/dir names
 # e.g. IGNORE_HFILES=gtkdebug.h gtkintl.h private_code
 IGNORE_HFILES=`cd $(top_srcdir)/src; find . -path './*/*.h' | sed 's@^.*/@@'`
-if HAVE_GOBJECT
-else
 IGNORE_HFILES+=hb-gobject.h hb-gobject-enums.h hb-gobject-structs.h
-endif
 
 # Extra options to supply to gtkdoc-mkdb.
 # e.g. MKDB_OPTIONS=--xml-mode --output-format=xml
diff --git a/docs/harfbuzz-docs.xml b/docs/harfbuzz-docs.xml
index e7456d90a..111b054d2 100644
--- a/docs/harfbuzz-docs.xml
+++ b/docs/harfbuzz-docs.xml
@@ -90,7 +90,6 @@
         <xi:include href="xml/hb-coretext.xml"/>
         <xi:include href="xml/hb-ft.xml"/>
         <xi:include href="xml/hb-glib.xml"/>
-        <xi:include href="xml/hb-gobject.xml"/>
         <xi:include href="xml/hb-graphite2.xml"/>
         <xi:include href="xml/hb-icu.xml"/>
         <xi:include href="xml/hb-uniscribe.xml"/>
diff --git a/docs/harfbuzz-sections.txt b/docs/harfbuzz-sections.txt
index 3e4171f23..6b5866223 100644
--- a/docs/harfbuzz-sections.txt
+++ b/docs/harfbuzz-sections.txt
@@ -394,78 +394,6 @@ hb_glib_script_to_script
 hb_glib_blob_create
 </SECTION>
 
-<SECTION>
-<FILE>hb-gobject</FILE>
-HB_GOBJECT_TYPE_BLOB
-HB_GOBJECT_TYPE_BUFFER
-HB_GOBJECT_TYPE_BUFFER_CONTENT_TYPE
-HB_GOBJECT_TYPE_BUFFER_DIFF_FLAGS
-HB_GOBJECT_TYPE_BUFFER_FLAGS
-HB_GOBJECT_TYPE_BUFFER_SERIALIZE_FLAGS
-HB_GOBJECT_TYPE_BUFFER_SERIALIZE_FORMAT
-HB_GOBJECT_TYPE_DIRECTION
-HB_GOBJECT_TYPE_FACE
-HB_GOBJECT_TYPE_FONT
-HB_GOBJECT_TYPE_FONT_FUNCS
-HB_GOBJECT_TYPE_GLYPH_FLAGS
-HB_GOBJECT_TYPE_MAP
-HB_GOBJECT_TYPE_MEMORY_MODE
-HB_GOBJECT_TYPE_OT_COLOR_PALETTE_FLAGS
-HB_GOBJECT_TYPE_OT_LAYOUT_GLYPH_CLASS
-HB_GOBJECT_TYPE_OT_MATH_CONSTANT
-HB_GOBJECT_TYPE_OT_MATH_GLYPH_PART
-HB_GOBJECT_TYPE_OT_MATH_GLYPH_PART_FLAGS
-HB_GOBJECT_TYPE_OT_MATH_GLYPH_VARIANT
-HB_GOBJECT_TYPE_OT_MATH_KERN
-HB_GOBJECT_TYPE_SCRIPT
-HB_GOBJECT_TYPE_SHAPE_PLAN
-HB_GOBJECT_TYPE_UNICODE_COMBINING_CLASS
-HB_GOBJECT_TYPE_UNICODE_FUNCS
-HB_GOBJECT_TYPE_UNICODE_GENERAL_CATEGORY
-HB_GOBJECT_TYPE_BUFFER_CLUSTER_LEVEL
-HB_GOBJECT_TYPE_FEATURE
-HB_GOBJECT_TYPE_GLYPH_INFO
-HB_GOBJECT_TYPE_GLYPH_POSITION
-HB_GOBJECT_TYPE_SEGMENT_PROPERTIES
-HB_GOBJECT_TYPE_SET
-HB_GOBJECT_TYPE_USER_DATA_KEY
-hb_gobject_blob_get_type
-hb_gobject_buffer_content_type_get_type
-hb_gobject_buffer_diff_flags_get_type
-hb_gobject_buffer_flags_get_type
-hb_gobject_buffer_get_type
-hb_gobject_buffer_serialize_flags_get_type
-hb_gobject_buffer_serialize_format_get_type
-hb_gobject_direction_get_type
-hb_gobject_face_get_type
-hb_gobject_font_funcs_get_type
-hb_gobject_font_get_type
-hb_gobject_glyph_flags_get_type
-hb_gobject_map_get_type
-hb_gobject_memory_mode_get_type
-hb_gobject_ot_color_palette_flags_get_type
-hb_gobject_ot_layout_glyph_class_get_type
-hb_gobject_ot_math_constant_get_type
-hb_gobject_ot_math_glyph_part_get_type
-hb_gobject_ot_math_glyph_part_flags_get_type
-hb_gobject_ot_math_glyph_variant_get_type
-hb_gobject_ot_math_kern_get_type
-hb_gobject_script_get_type
-hb_gobject_shape_plan_get_type
-hb_gobject_unicode_combining_class_get_type
-hb_gobject_unicode_funcs_get_type
-hb_gobject_unicode_general_category_get_type
-hb_gobject_buffer_cluster_level_get_type
-hb_gobject_feature_get_type
-hb_gobject_glyph_info_get_type
-hb_gobject_glyph_position_get_type
-hb_gobject_segment_properties_get_type
-hb_gobject_set_get_type
-hb_gobject_user_data_key_get_type
-<SUBSECTION Private>
-HB_GOBJECT_H_IN
-</SECTION>
-
 <SECTION>
 <FILE>hb-graphite2</FILE>
 HB_GRAPHITE2_TAG_SILF
diff --git a/docs/meson.build b/docs/meson.build
index 9f2c84b64..73d9521fd 100644
--- a/docs/meson.build
+++ b/docs/meson.build
@@ -40,15 +40,12 @@ html_images = [
   'HarfBuzz.svg',
 ]
 
-ignore_headers = []
-if not have_gobject
-  ignore_headers += [
-    'hb-gobject.h',
-    'hb-gobject-enums.h',
-    'hb-gobject-enums-tmp.h',
-    'hb-gobject-structs.h',
-  ]
-endif
+ignore_headers = [
+  'hb-gobject.h',
+  'hb-gobject-enums.h',
+  'hb-gobject-enums-tmp.h',
+  'hb-gobject-structs.h',
+]
 
 gnome.gtkdoc('harfbuzz',
   main_sgml: 'harfbuzz-docs.xml',
@@ -65,5 +62,5 @@ gnome.gtkdoc('harfbuzz',
   content_files: content_files,
   html_assets: html_images,
   ignore_headers: ignore_headers,
-  dependencies: [libharfbuzz_dep, libharfbuzz_gobject_dep],
+  dependencies: [libharfbuzz_dep],
   install: true)
diff --git a/src/hb-gobject-structs.h b/src/hb-gobject-structs.h
index 6fad8d701..9a6c6d855 100644
--- a/src/hb-gobject-structs.h
+++ b/src/hb-gobject-structs.h
@@ -40,47 +40,22 @@ HB_BEGIN_DECLS
 
 /* Object types */
 
-/**
- * hb_gobject_blob_get_type:
- *
- * Since: 0.9.2
- **/
 HB_EXTERN GType
 hb_gobject_blob_get_type (void);
 #define HB_GOBJECT_TYPE_BLOB (hb_gobject_blob_get_type ())
 
-/**
- * hb_gobject_buffer_get_type:
- *
- * Since: 0.9.2
- **/
 HB_EXTERN GType
 hb_gobject_buffer_get_type (void);
 #define HB_GOBJECT_TYPE_BUFFER (hb_gobject_buffer_get_type ())
 
-/**
- * hb_gobject_face_get_type:
- *
- * Since: 0.9.2
- **/
 HB_EXTERN GType
 hb_gobject_face_get_type (void);
 #define HB_GOBJECT_TYPE_FACE (hb_gobject_face_get_type ())
 
-/**
- * hb_gobject_font_get_type:
- *
- * Since: 0.9.2
- **/
 HB_EXTERN GType
 hb_gobject_font_get_type (void);
 #define HB_GOBJECT_TYPE_FONT (hb_gobject_font_get_type ())
 
-/**
- * hb_gobject_font_funcs_get_type:
- *
- * Since: 0.9.2
- **/
 HB_EXTERN GType
 hb_gobject_font_funcs_get_type (void);
 #define HB_GOBJECT_TYPE_FONT_FUNCS (hb_gobject_font_funcs_get_type ())
@@ -97,11 +72,6 @@ HB_EXTERN GType
 hb_gobject_shape_plan_get_type (void);
 #define HB_GOBJECT_TYPE_SHAPE_PLAN (hb_gobject_shape_plan_get_type ())
 
-/**
- * hb_gobject_unicode_funcs_get_type:
- *
- * Since: 0.9.2
- **/
 HB_EXTERN GType
 hb_gobject_unicode_funcs_get_type (void);
 #define HB_GOBJECT_TYPE_UNICODE_FUNCS (hb_gobject_unicode_funcs_get_type ())