diff --git a/docs/requirements.txt b/docs/requirements.txt
index db3bc09e4c..be6a44fcf8 100644
--- a/docs/requirements.txt
+++ b/docs/requirements.txt
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 
 sphinx==2.4.4
 sphinx-multiversion==0.1.1
-lunr==0.5.6
+# lunr==0.5.6
 
 # recommonmark custom branch with evennia-specific fixes
 git+https://github.com/evennia/recommonmark.git@evennia-mods#egg=recommonmark
diff --git a/docs/source/_static/js/lunr/search.js b/docs/source/_static/js/lunr/search.js
deleted file mode 100644
index 124809e12b..0000000000
--- a/docs/source/_static/js/lunr/search.js
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,95 +0,0 @@
-//
-// Using the pre-generated index file, set up a dynamic
-// search mechanims that returns quick suggestions of the
-// best matches you start to enter.
-//
-
-var lunrIndex,
-    $results,
-    documents;
-
-function initLunr() {
-  // retrieve the index file
-  $.getJSON("_static/js/lunr/search_index.json")
-    .done(function(index) {
-
-        lunrIndex = lunr.Index.load(index)
-
-        // documents = index;
-
-        // lunrIndex = lunr(function(){
-        //   this.ref('url')
-        //   this.field('body')
-
-        //   this.field("title", {
-        //       boost: 10
-        //   });
-
-        //   documents.forEach(function(doc) {
-        //     try {
-        //       this.add(doc)
-        //     } catch (e) {}
-        //   }, this)
-        // })
-    })
-    .fail(function(jqxhr, textStatus, error) {
-        var err = textStatus + ", " + error;
-        console.error("Error getting Lunr index file:", err);
-    });
-}
-
-function search(query) {
-  return lunrIndex.search(query).map(function(result) {
-    return documents.filter(function(page) {
-      try {
-        console.log(page)
-        return page.href === result.ref;
-      } catch (e) {
-        console.log('Error in search. ' + e)
-      }
-    })[0];
-  });
-}
-
-function renderResults(results) {
-  if (!results.length) {
-    return;
-  }
-
-  // show first ten results
-  results.slice(0, 10).forEach(function(result) {
-    var $result = $("<li>");
-
-    $result.append($("<a>", {
-      href: result.url,
-      text: "» " + result.title
-    }));
-
-    $results.append($result);
-  });
-}
-
-function initUI() {
-  $results = $("#lunrsearchresults");
-
-  $("#lunrsearch").keyup(function(){
-    // empty previous results
-    $results.empty();
-
-    // trigger search when at least two chars provided.
-    var query = $(this).val();
-    if (query.length < 2) {
-      return;
-    }
-
-    var results = search(query);
-
-    renderResults(results);
-  });
-}
-
-initLunr();
-
-$(document).ready(function(){
-  initUI();
-});
diff --git a/docs/source/_templates/searchbox.html b/docs/source/_templates/searchbox.html
deleted file mode 100644
index 5dd5fab1a0..0000000000
--- a/docs/source/_templates/searchbox.html
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,31 +0,0 @@
-{#
-    basic/searchbox.html
-    ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
-
-    Variant for lunrJS search
-
-#}
-{%- if pagename != "search" and builder != "singlehtml" %}
-<div id="searchbox" style="display: none" role="search">
-  <h3 id="searchlabel">{{ _('Quick search') }}</h3>
-    <div class="searchformwrapper">
-    <form class="search" action="{{ pathto('search') }}" method="get">
-      <input type="text" name="q" aria-labelledby="searchlabel" />
-      <input type="submit" value="{{ _('Go') }}" />
-    </form>
-    </div>
-</div>
-<script>$('#searchbox').show(0);</script>
-{%- endif %}
-
-{#
-
-  Lunr indexed quick search
-
-#}
-<p><input id="lunrsearch" type="text" placeholder="type something here"></p>
-<ul id="lunrsearchresults"></ul>
-
-<script src="https://code.jquery.com/jquery-2.1.3.min.js"></script>
-<script src="https://unpkg.com/lunr/lunr.js"></script>
-<script src="_static/js/lunr/search.js"></script>
diff --git a/docs/source/conf.py b/docs/source/conf.py
index eb3773fc1f..6218568e49 100644
--- a/docs/source/conf.py
+++ b/docs/source/conf.py
@@ -61,7 +61,8 @@ extensions = [
     "sphinx_multiversion",
     "sphinx.ext.napoleon",
     "sphinx.ext.autosectionlabel",
-    "sphinx.ext.viewcode"
+    "sphinx.ext.viewcode",
+    # "sphinxcontrib.lunrsearch",
 ]
 
 # make sure sectionlabel references can be used as path/to/file:heading