diff --git a/depends/packages/dbus.mk b/depends/packages/dbus.mk
deleted file mode 100644
index 06e820337a..0000000000
--- a/depends/packages/dbus.mk
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,27 +0,0 @@
-package=dbus
-$(package)_version=1.10.18
-$(package)_download_path=https://dbus.freedesktop.org/releases/dbus
-$(package)_file_name=$(package)-$($(package)_version).tar.gz
-$(package)_sha256_hash=6049ddd5f3f3e2618f615f1faeda0a115104423a7996b7aa73e2f36e38cc514a
-$(package)_dependencies=expat
-
-define $(package)_set_vars
-  $(package)_config_opts=--disable-tests --disable-doxygen-docs --disable-xml-docs --disable-shared --without-x
-endef
-
-define $(package)_config_cmds
-  $($(package)_autoconf)
-endef
-
-define $(package)_build_cmds
-  $(MAKE) -j$(JOBS) -C dbus libdbus-1.la
-endef
-
-define $(package)_stage_cmds
-  $(MAKE) -C dbus DESTDIR=$($(package)_staging_dir) install-libLTLIBRARIES install-dbusincludeHEADERS install-nodist_dbusarchincludeHEADERS && \
-  $(MAKE) DESTDIR=$($(package)_staging_dir) install-pkgconfigDATA
-endef
-
-define $(package)_postprocess_cmds
-  rm lib/*.la
-endef
diff --git a/depends/packages/packages.mk b/depends/packages/packages.mk
index 9a08e30892..93f0918fe9 100644
--- a/depends/packages/packages.mk
+++ b/depends/packages/packages.mk
@@ -1,23 +1,23 @@
 packages:=boost openssl libevent
 
 qt_native_packages = native_protobuf
 qt_packages = qrencode protobuf zlib
 
-qt_linux_packages:=qt expat dbus libxcb xcb_proto libXau xproto freetype fontconfig libX11 xextproto libXext xtrans
+qt_linux_packages:=qt expat libxcb xcb_proto libXau xproto freetype fontconfig libX11 xextproto libXext xtrans
 
 rapidcheck_packages = rapidcheck
 
 qt_darwin_packages=qt
 qt_mingw32_packages=qt
 
 wallet_packages=bdb
 
 zmq_packages=zeromq
 
 upnp_packages=miniupnpc
 
 darwin_native_packages = native_biplist native_ds_store native_mac_alias
 
 ifneq ($(build_os),darwin)
 darwin_native_packages += native_cctools native_cdrkit native_libdmg-hfsplus
 endif
diff --git a/doc/dependencies.md b/doc/dependencies.md
index 39f5117289..3d01fec15f 100644
--- a/doc/dependencies.md
+++ b/doc/dependencies.md
@@ -1,32 +1,31 @@
 Dependencies
 ============
 
 These are the dependencies currently used by Bitcoin ABC. You can find instructions for installing them in the `build-*.md` file for your platform.
 
 | Dependency | Version used | Minimum required | CVEs | Shared | [Bundled Qt library](https://doc.qt.io/qt-5/configure-options.html) |
 | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
 | Berkeley DB | [5.3.28](http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/database/database-technologies/berkeleydb/downloads/index.html) | 5.3 | No |  |  |
 | Boost | [1.70.0](https://www.boost.org/users/download/) | 1.58.0 | No |  |  |
 | Clang |  | [3.4](http://llvm.org/releases/download.html) (C++14 support) |  |  |  |
 | CMake |  | [3.13](https://cmake.org/download/) |  |  |  |
-| D-Bus | [1.10.18](https://cgit.freedesktop.org/dbus/dbus/tree/NEWS?h=dbus-1.10) |  | No | Yes |  |
 | Expat | [2.2.6](https://libexpat.github.io/) |  | No | Yes |  |
 | fontconfig | [2.12.6](https://www.freedesktop.org/software/fontconfig/release/) |  | No | Yes |  |
 | FreeType | [2.7.1](http://download.savannah.gnu.org/releases/freetype) |  | No |  |  |
 | GCC |  | [5.0](https://gcc.gnu.org/) (C++14 support) |  |  |  |
 | HarfBuzz-NG |  |  |  |  |  |
 | libevent | [2.1.8-stable](https://github.com/libevent/libevent/releases) | 2.0.22 | No |  |  |
 | libjpeg |  |  |  |  | Yes |
 | libpng |  |  |  |  | Yes |
 | MiniUPnPc | [2.0.20180203](http://miniupnp.free.fr/files) | 1.5 | No |  |  |
 | Ninja |  | [1.5.1](https://github.com/ninja-build/ninja/releases) |  |  |  |
 | OpenSSL | [1.0.1k](https://www.openssl.org/source) |  | Yes |  |  |
 | PCRE |  |  |  |  | Yes |
 | protobuf | [2.6.1](https://github.com/google/protobuf/releases) |  | No |  |  |
 | Python (tests) |  | [3.5](https://www.python.org/downloads) |  |  |  |
 | qrencode | [3.4.4](https://fukuchi.org/works/qrencode) |  | No |  |  |
 | Qt | [5.9.7](https://download.qt.io/official_releases/qt/) | 5.5.1 | No |  |  |
 | XCB |  |  |  |  | Yes (Linux only) |
 | xkbcommon |  |  |  |  | Yes (Linux only) |
 | ZeroMQ | [4.3.1](https://github.com/zeromq/libzmq/releases) | 4.1.5 | No |  |  |
 | zlib | [1.2.11](http://zlib.net/) |  |  |  | No |