diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index 9ca0305bc..435114a13 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -16,9 +16,7 @@ TAR ?= tar
 INSTALL ?= install
 RM ?= rm -f
 
-ifneq ($(HAVE_MAN),no)
 MAN_TARGET = man
-endif
 
 ifneq ($(HAVE_CONTRIB_INSTALL),no)
 CONTRIB_TARGET = contrib
@@ -274,13 +272,11 @@ ifeq ($(HAVE_APPARMOR),-DHAVE_APPARMOR)
 	$(INSTALL) -m 0755 -d $(DESTDIR)$(sysconfdir)/apparmor.d/abstractions/base.d
 	$(INSTALL) -m 0644 -t $(DESTDIR)$(sysconfdir)/apparmor.d/abstractions/base.d etc/apparmor/firejail-base
 endif
-ifneq ($(HAVE_MAN),no)
 	# man pages
 	$(INSTALL) -m 0755 -d $(DESTDIR)$(mandir)/man1
 	$(INSTALL) -m 0644 -t $(DESTDIR)$(mandir)/man1 $(MANPAGES1_GZ)
 	$(INSTALL) -m 0755 -d $(DESTDIR)$(mandir)/man5
 	$(INSTALL) -m 0644 -t $(DESTDIR)$(mandir)/man5 $(MANPAGES5_GZ)
-endif
 	# bash completion
 	$(INSTALL) -m 0755 -d $(DESTDIR)$(datarootdir)/bash-completion/completions
 	$(INSTALL) -m 0644 src/bash_completion/firejail.bash_completion $(DESTDIR)$(datarootdir)/bash-completion/completions/firejail
diff --git a/config.mk.in b/config.mk.in
index 2c97eaef9..c74a19ca6 100644
--- a/config.mk.in
+++ b/config.mk.in
@@ -28,7 +28,6 @@ BUSYBOX_WORKAROUND=@BUSYBOX_WORKAROUND@
 HAVE_CONTRIB_INSTALL=@HAVE_CONTRIB_INSTALL@
 HAVE_FATAL_WARNINGS=@HAVE_FATAL_WARNINGS@
 HAVE_GCOV=@HAVE_GCOV@
-HAVE_MAN=@HAVE_MAN@
 
 # MANFLAGS
 HAVE_APPARMOR=@HAVE_APPARMOR@
diff --git a/configure b/configure
index 6866d4ff8..4b11f358d 100755
--- a/configure
+++ b/configure
@@ -657,7 +657,6 @@ HAVE_NETWORK
 HAVE_CHROOT
 HAVE_PRIVATE_LIB
 HAVE_PRIVATE_HOME
-HAVE_MAN
 HAVE_USERTMPFS
 HAVE_OUTPUT
 HAVE_DBUSPROXY
@@ -738,7 +737,6 @@ enable_landlock
 enable_dbusproxy
 enable_output
 enable_usertmpfs
-enable_man
 enable_private_home
 enable_private_lib
 enable_chroot
@@ -1397,7 +1395,6 @@ Optional Features:
   --disable-dbusproxy     disable dbus proxy
   --disable-output        disable --output logging
   --disable-usertmpfs     disable tmpfs as regular user
-  --disable-man           disable man pages
   --disable-private-home  disable private home feature
   --disable-private-lib   disable private lib feature
   --disable-chroot        disable chroot
@@ -4327,25 +4324,6 @@ then :
 
 fi
 
-HAVE_MAN="no"
-
-# Check whether --enable-man was given.
-if test ${enable_man+y}
-then :
-  enableval=$enable_man;
-fi
-
-if test "x$enable_man" != "xno"
-then :
-
-	HAVE_MAN="-DHAVE_MAN"
-	if test "x$GAWK" = "x"
-then :
-  as_fn_error $? "*** gawk not found ***" "$LINENO" 5
-fi
-
-fi
-
 HAVE_PRIVATE_HOME=""
 
 # Check whether --enable-private-home was given.
@@ -5759,7 +5737,6 @@ Features:
    enable --output logging: $HAVE_OUTPUT
    file transfer support: $HAVE_FILE_TRANSFER
    Landlock support: $HAVE_LANDLOCK
-   manpage support: $HAVE_MAN
    network: $HAVE_NETWORK
    private home support: $HAVE_PRIVATE_HOME
    private lib support: $HAVE_PRIVATE_LIB
diff --git a/configure.ac b/configure.ac
index 68c306fcd..2d9c24e64 100644
--- a/configure.ac
+++ b/configure.ac
@@ -137,15 +137,6 @@ AS_IF([test "x$enable_usertmpfs" != "xno"], [
 	HAVE_USERTMPFS="-DHAVE_USERTMPFS"
 ])
 
-HAVE_MAN="no"
-AC_SUBST([HAVE_MAN])
-AC_ARG_ENABLE([man],
-    [AS_HELP_STRING([--disable-man], [disable man pages])])
-AS_IF([test "x$enable_man" != "xno"], [
-	HAVE_MAN="-DHAVE_MAN"
-	AS_IF([test "x$GAWK" = "x"], [AC_MSG_ERROR([*** gawk not found ***])])
-])
-
 HAVE_PRIVATE_HOME=""
 AC_SUBST([HAVE_PRIVATE_HOME])
 AC_ARG_ENABLE([private-home],
@@ -301,7 +292,6 @@ Features:
    enable --output logging: $HAVE_OUTPUT
    file transfer support: $HAVE_FILE_TRANSFER
    Landlock support: $HAVE_LANDLOCK
-   manpage support: $HAVE_MAN
    network: $HAVE_NETWORK
    private home support: $HAVE_PRIVATE_HOME
    private lib support: $HAVE_PRIVATE_LIB
diff --git a/test/compile/compile.sh b/test/compile/compile.sh
index 717698dd5..7c3ee845d 100755
--- a/test/compile/compile.sh
+++ b/test/compile/compile.sh
@@ -26,17 +26,16 @@ arr[8]="8: compile --disable-file-transfer"
 arr[9]="9: compile --enable-apparmor"
 arr[10]="10: compile --enable-busybox-workaround"
 arr[11]="11: compile --disable-private-home"
-arr[12]="12: compile --disable-man"
-arr[13]="13: compile --disable-usertmpfs"
-arr[14]="14: compile --disable-sandbox-check"
-arr[15]="15: compile --disable-landlock"
-arr[16]="16: compile --disable-output"
-arr[17]="17: compile --disable-man"
-arr[18]="18: compile --disable-private-lib"
-arr[19]="19: compile --disable-suid"
-arr[20]="20: compile --enable-contrib-install"
-arr[21]="21: compile --enable-only-syscfg-profiles"
-arr[22]="22: compile --enable-force-nonewprivs"
+arr[12]="12: compile --disable-usertmpfs"
+arr[13]="13: compile --disable-sandbox-check"
+arr[14]="14: compile --disable-landlock"
+arr[15]="15: compile --disable-output"
+arr[16]="16: compile --disable-man"
+arr[17]="17: compile --disable-private-lib"
+arr[18]="18: compile --disable-suid"
+arr[19]="19: compile --enable-contrib-install"
+arr[20]="20: compile --enable-only-syscfg-profiles"
+arr[21]="21: compile --enable-force-nonewprivs"
 
 print_title() {
 	echo
@@ -312,31 +311,9 @@ cd ..
 #*****************************************************************
 # TEST 12
 #*****************************************************************
-# - disable manpages
-#*****************************************************************
-print_title "${arr[12]}"
-cd firejail || exit 1
-
-./configure --enable-fatal-warnings --disable-man 2>&1 | tee output
-if grep -E '(WARNING|ERROR)' output; then
-    echo "TESTING ERROR";
-    exit 1
-fi
-
-make -j4 2>&1 | tee output
-if grep -E -i 'error:' output; then
-    echo "TESTING ERROR";
-    exit 1
-fi
-make distclean
-cd ..
-
-#*****************************************************************
-# TEST 13
-#*****************************************************************
 # - disable tmpfs as regular user"
 #*****************************************************************
-print_title "${arr[13]}"
+print_title "${arr[12]}"
 cd firejail || exit 1
 
 ./configure --enable-fatal-warnings --disable-usertmpfs 2>&1 | tee output
@@ -354,11 +331,11 @@ make distclean
 cd ..
 
 #*****************************************************************
-# TEST 14
+# TEST 13
 #*****************************************************************
 # - disable sandbox check
 #*****************************************************************
-print_title "${arr[14]}"
+print_title "${arr[13]}"
 cd firejail || exit 1
 
 ./configure --enable-fatal-warnings --disable-sandbox-check 2>&1 | tee output
@@ -376,11 +353,11 @@ make distclean
 cd ..
 
 #*****************************************************************
-# TEST 15
+# TEST 14
 #*****************************************************************
 # - disable landlock
 #*****************************************************************
-print_title "${arr[15]}"
+print_title "${arr[14]}"
 cd firejail || exit 1
 
 ./configure --enable-fatal-warnings --disable-landlock 2>&1 | tee output
@@ -398,11 +375,11 @@ make distclean
 cd ..
 
 #*****************************************************************
-# TEST 16
+# TEST 15
 #*****************************************************************
 # - disable --output logging
 #*****************************************************************
-print_title "${arr[16]}"
+print_title "${arr[15]}"
 cd firejail || exit 1
 
 ./configure --enable-fatal-warnings --disable-output 2>&1 | tee output
@@ -419,11 +396,11 @@ fi
 cd ..
 
 #*****************************************************************
-# TEST 17
+# TEST 16
 #*****************************************************************
 # - disable man pages
 #*****************************************************************
-print_title "${arr[17]}"
+print_title "${arr[16]}"
 cd firejail || exit 1
 
 ./configure --enable-fatal-warnings --disable-man 2>&1 | tee output
@@ -441,11 +418,11 @@ make distclean
 cd ..
 
 #*****************************************************************
-# TEST 18
+# TEST 17
 #*****************************************************************
 # - disable private-lib
 #*****************************************************************
-print_title "${arr[18]}"
+print_title "${arr[17]}"
 cd firejail || exit 1
 
 ./configure --enable-fatal-warnings --disable-private-lib 2>&1 | tee output
@@ -463,11 +440,11 @@ make distclean
 cd ..
 
 #*****************************************************************
-# TEST 19
+# TEST 18
 #*****************************************************************
 # - disable suid
 #*****************************************************************
-print_title "${arr[19]}"
+print_title "${arr[18]}"
 cd firejail || exit 1
 
 ./configure --enable-fatal-warnings --disable-suid 2>&1 | tee output
@@ -485,11 +462,11 @@ make distclean
 cd ..
 
 #*****************************************************************
-# TEST 20
+# TEST 19
 #*****************************************************************
 # - enable contrib install
 #*****************************************************************
-print_title "${arr[20]}"
+print_title "${arr[19]}"
 cd firejail || exit 1
 
 ./configure --enable-fatal-warnings --enable-contrib-install 2>&1 | tee output
@@ -507,11 +484,11 @@ make distclean
 cd ..
 
 #*****************************************************************
-# TEST 21
+# TEST 20
 #*****************************************************************
 # --enable-only-syscfg-profile
 #*****************************************************************
-print_title "${arr[21]}"
+print_title "${arr[20]}"
 cd firejail || exit 1
 
 ./configure --enable-fatal-warnings --enable-only-syscfg-profiles 2>&1 | tee output
@@ -529,11 +506,11 @@ make distclean
 cd ..
 
 #*****************************************************************
-# TEST 22
+# TEST 21
 #*****************************************************************
 # - enable force nonewprivs
 #*****************************************************************
-print_title "${arr[22]}"
+print_title "${arr[21]}"
 cd firejail || exit 1
 
 ./configure --enable-fatal-warnings  --enable-force-nonewprivs 2>&1 | tee output