diff -Naur a/configure.ac b/configure.ac
--- a/configure.ac	2018-01-31 11:06:08.000000000 -0800
+++ b/configure.ac	2018-12-05 16:32:04.016734637 -0800
@@ -2,13 +2,6 @@
 AC_CONFIG_SRCDIR(rules/base.xml.in)
 AM_INIT_AUTOMAKE([foreign dist-bzip2])
 
-# Require X.Org macros 1.12 or later for XORG_WITH_XSLTPROC
-m4_ifndef([XORG_MACROS_VERSION],
-          [m4_fatal([must install xorg-macros 1.12 or later before
-          running autoconf/autogen])])
-XORG_MACROS_VERSION(1.12)
-XORG_MANPAGE_SECTIONS
-XORG_WITH_XSLTPROC
 AC_PROG_SED
 
 AC_SUBST(VERSION)
diff -Naur a/man/Makefile.am b/man/Makefile.am
--- a/man/Makefile.am	2018-01-31 11:06:08.000000000 -0800
+++ b/man/Makefile.am	2018-12-05 16:35:35.787618428 -0800
@@ -1,18 +1,2 @@
 EXTRA_DIST = man.xsl
 
-if HAVE_XSLTPROC
-miscmandir = $(MISC_MAN_DIR)
-miscman_PRE = xkeyboard-config.man
-miscman_DATA = $(miscman_PRE:man=@MISC_MAN_SUFFIX@)
-CLEANFILES = $(miscman_DATA) $(miscman_PRE)
-SUFFIXES = .$(MISC_MAN_SUFFIX) .man
-MAN_SUBSTS += -e 's|__xkb_base__|$(xkb_base)|g'
-
-xkeyboard-config.man: $(top_srcdir)/rules/evdev.xml $(srcdir)/man.xsl
-	$(XSLTPROC) -nonet $(srcdir)/man.xsl $(top_srcdir)/rules/evdev.xml > $@
-
-# First sed swaps @appmansuffix@ back to __appmansuffix__ for the MAN_SUBSTS
-.man.$(MISC_MAN_SUFFIX):
-	$(SED) -e 's|@\(\<[a-z_]*\>\)@|__\1__|g' < $< | $(SED) $(MAN_SUBSTS) > $@
-
-endif