diff --git a/build.gradle b/build.gradle
index 4e0a5e5b94dd6e2b59d8580bd890145b1a2d9a1b..f7155569da0e0faadf15cc24cfeb2da32bcc7bf9 100644
--- a/build.gradle
+++ b/build.gradle
@@ -47,7 +47,6 @@ configurations {
 apply from: "${projectDir}/gradle/dependencies.gradle"
 apply from: "${projectDir}/gradle/ext.gradle"
 apply from: "${projectDir}/gradle/jar.gradle"
-apply from: "${projectDir}/gradle/javadoc.gradle"
 apply from: "${projectDir}/gradle/repositories.gradle"
 
 sourceCompatibility = JavaVersion.VERSION_11
diff --git a/gradle/javadoc.gradle b/gradle/javadoc.gradle
deleted file mode 100644
index f60205c977e1122f9d98537ab696005e2be41035..0000000000000000000000000000000000000000
--- a/gradle/javadoc.gradle
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,38 +0,0 @@
-/*
- * JavaDoc config
- */
-javadoc {
-  options.setUse(true)
-  options.author(true)
-  options.version(true)
-  options.windowTitle(projectName)
-  options.docTitle(docTitle)
-  options.encoding('UTF-8')
-  options.docEncoding('UTF-8')
-  options.charSet('UTF-8')
-  options.bottom(docFooter)
-  options.addStringOption('Xdoclint:none', '-quiet')
-  options.links(
-      'https://docs.oracle.com/javase/8/docs/api/',
-      'https://google.github.io/guava/releases/23.0/api/docs/',
-      'https://google.github.io/gson/apidocs/')
-  include 'gov/usgs/earthquake/nshmp/**'
-  exclude 'gov/usgs/earthquake/nshmp/www/**'
-  exclude 'gov/usgs/earthquake/nshmp/aws/**'
-  exclude 'gov/usgs/earthquake/nshmp/etc/**'
-  exclude 'gov/usgs/earthquake/nshmp/internal/**'
-  exclude '**/Scratch*'
-  doLast {
-    if (docOut) {
-      delete docOut
-      copy {
-        from 'build/docs/javadoc'
-        into docOut
-      }
-      copy {
-        from 'etc/resources/docs'
-        into docOut + '/resources'
-      }
-    }
-  }
-}