diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 5db4bb6..cb425c7 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -61,9 +61,7 @@ show up until at least one user ID is verified.
 Building
 --------
 
-Hagrid consists of a Rust and a NPM project. While the web server is
-implemented in Rust, templates and CSS is bundled using NPM and Webpack.
-Building the Rust part requires a working nightly Rust toolchain. The
+Building Hagrid requires a working nightly Rust toolchain. The
 easiest way to get the toolchain is to download [rustup](https://rustup.rs).
 After rustup is installed, get the nightly compiler and tools:
 
@@ -85,15 +83,7 @@ After compilation a binary is placed in `target/release/` called
 cp target/release/hagrid /usr/local/bin
 ```
 
-Bundling the web assets requires npm 8 or later. After you have npm installed
-fetch all dependencies and build the assets:
-
-```bash
-npm install
-npm run build
-```
-
-The web assets are placed in `dist/`. To deploy the key server copy all
+To deploy the key server copy all
 directories under `public/` to a writable location. Then start the server with
 the _absolute_ path to the directory as argument:
 
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
deleted file mode 100644
index 2e8e2c6..0000000
--- a/package.json
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,39 +0,0 @@
-{
-  "name": "hagrid",
-  "version": "1.0.0",
-  "description": "A Verifying OpenPGP Key Server",
-  "main": "",
-  "scripts": {
-    "build": "webpack",
-    "test": "echo \"Error: no test specified\" && exit 1"
-  },
-  "repository": {
-    "type": "git",
-    "url": "git+ssh://git@gitlab.com/sequoia-pgp/hagrid.git"
-  },
-  "author": "kai@sequoia-pgp.org",
-  "license": "GPL-3.0",
-  "bugs": {
-    "url": "https://gitlab.com/sequoia-pgp/hagrid/issues"
-  },
-  "homepage": "https://gitlab.com/sequoia-pgp/hagrid",
-  "dependencies": {
-    "bootstrap": "^4.1.3",
-    "jquery": "^3.3.1",
-    "popper.js": "^1.14.4"
-  },
-  "devDependencies": {
-    "autoprefixer": "^9.2.1",
-    "bootswatch": "^4.1.3",
-    "copy-webpack-plugin": "^4.5.3",
-    "css-loader": "^1.0.0",
-    "extract-text-webpack-plugin": "^4.0.0-beta.0",
-    "html-webpack-plugin": "^3.2.0",
-    "node-sass": "^4.9.4",
-    "postcss-loader": "^3.0.0",
-    "sass-loader": "^7.1.0",
-    "style-loader": "^0.23.1",
-    "webpack": "^4.21.0",
-    "webpack-cli": "^3.1.2"
-  }
-}
diff --git a/webpack.config.js b/webpack.config.js
deleted file mode 100644
index 8845d20..0000000
--- a/webpack.config.js
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,55 +0,0 @@
-const path = require('path');
-const html = require('html-webpack-plugin');
-const text = require('extract-text-webpack-plugin');
-const copy = require('copy-webpack-plugin')
-
-module.exports = {
-  mode: 'production',
-  entry: './templates/index.js',
-  output: {
-    filename: 'site.js',
-    path: path.resolve(__dirname, 'dist', 'public', 'assets'),
-    publicPath: '/assets'
-  },
-  module: {
-    rules: [
-      {
-        test:/\.(s*)css$/,
-        use: text.extract({
-          fallback: 'style-loader',
-          use: [
-            'css-loader',
-            'sass-loader',
-            {
-              loader: 'postcss-loader',
-              options: {
-                plugins: function () { // post css plugins, can be exported to postcss.config.js
-                  return [
-                    require('autoprefixer')
-                  ];
-                }
-              }
-            }
-          ]
-        })
-      }
-    ]
-  },
-  plugins: [
-    new html({
-      filename: '../../templates/layout.html.hbs',
-      template: 'templates/layout.html.hbs',
-    }),
-    new text({
-      filename: 'site.css'
-    }),
-    new copy([
-      {
-        from: 'templates/*.hbs',
-        to: path.resolve(__dirname, 'dist', "templates"),
-        ignore: [ 'layout.html.hbs' ],
-        flatten: true
-      }
-    ])
-  ]
-};