diff --git a/embed/ephy-download.c b/embed/ephy-download.c
index 10b010f6f3d5e9f19e4156e13f1ff42ef379657e..1dffe2271ef39db9314e53b004e3164e3f5ef9b3 100644
--- a/embed/ephy-download.c
+++ b/embed/ephy-download.c
@@ -25,7 +25,6 @@
 #include "ephy-embed.h"
 #include "ephy-embed-shell.h"
 #include "ephy-embed-type-builtins.h"
-#include "ephy-evince-document-view.h"
 #include "ephy-file-helpers.h"
 #include "ephy-flatpak-utils.h"
 #include "ephy-prefs.h"
@@ -44,7 +43,6 @@ struct _EphyDownload {
   char *content_type;
 
   gboolean show_notification;
-  gboolean in_document_mode;
 
   EphyDownloadActionType action;
   guint32 start_time;
@@ -635,16 +633,6 @@ download_decide_destination_cb (WebKitDownload *wk_download,
                                 const gchar    *suggested_filename,
                                 EphyDownload   *download)
 {
-  if (download->in_document_mode) {
-    g_autofree gchar *tmp_file = g_strdup_printf ("%s/%s", g_get_user_cache_dir (), suggested_filename);
-    g_autofree gchar *file_uri = g_filename_to_uri (tmp_file, NULL, NULL);
-
-    webkit_download_set_allow_overwrite (wk_download, TRUE);
-    webkit_download_set_destination (wk_download, file_uri);
-
-    return TRUE;
-  }
-
   if (webkit_download_get_destination (wk_download))
     return TRUE;
 
@@ -827,9 +815,3 @@ ephy_download_disable_desktop_notification (EphyDownload *download)
 
   download->show_notification = FALSE;
 }
-
-void
-ephy_download_enable_evince_document_mode (EphyDownload *download)
-{
-  download->in_document_mode = TRUE;
-}
diff --git a/embed/ephy-download.h b/embed/ephy-download.h
index fa6bc917f49116cff254f57f07fb7a377376b7ce..d2435812fc6c81a8c9cd37447364a69e72bc5fd1 100644
--- a/embed/ephy-download.h
+++ b/embed/ephy-download.h
@@ -36,33 +36,32 @@ typedef enum
   EPHY_DOWNLOAD_ACTION_OPEN
 } EphyDownloadActionType;
 
-EphyDownload *ephy_download_new                        (WebKitDownload *download);
-EphyDownload *ephy_download_new_for_uri                (const char     *uri);
+EphyDownload *ephy_download_new                   (WebKitDownload *download);
+EphyDownload *ephy_download_new_for_uri           (const char     *uri);
 
-void          ephy_download_cancel                     (EphyDownload *download);
-gboolean      ephy_download_is_active                  (EphyDownload *download);
-gboolean      ephy_download_succeeded                  (EphyDownload *download);
-gboolean      ephy_download_failed                     (EphyDownload *download,
-                                                        GError      **error);
+void          ephy_download_cancel                (EphyDownload *download);
+gboolean      ephy_download_is_active             (EphyDownload *download);
+gboolean      ephy_download_succeeded             (EphyDownload *download);
+gboolean      ephy_download_failed                (EphyDownload *download,
+                                                   GError      **error);
 
-void          ephy_download_set_destination_uri        (EphyDownload *download,
-                                                        const char *destination);
+void          ephy_download_set_destination_uri   (EphyDownload *download,
+                                                   const char *destination);
 
-WebKitDownload *ephy_download_get_webkit_download      (EphyDownload *download);
+WebKitDownload *ephy_download_get_webkit_download (EphyDownload *download);
 
-const char   *ephy_download_get_destination_uri        (EphyDownload *download);
-const char   *ephy_download_get_content_type           (EphyDownload *download);
+const char   *ephy_download_get_destination_uri   (EphyDownload *download);
+const char   *ephy_download_get_content_type      (EphyDownload *download);
 
-guint32       ephy_download_get_start_time             (EphyDownload *download);
+guint32       ephy_download_get_start_time        (EphyDownload *download);
 
-EphyDownloadActionType ephy_download_get_action        (EphyDownload *download);
-void          ephy_download_set_action                 (EphyDownload *download,
-                                                        EphyDownloadActionType action);
-gboolean      ephy_download_do_download_action         (EphyDownload          *download,
-                                                        EphyDownloadActionType action,
-                                                        guint32                user_time);
+EphyDownloadActionType ephy_download_get_action   (EphyDownload *download);
+void          ephy_download_set_action            (EphyDownload *download,
+                                                   EphyDownloadActionType action);
+gboolean      ephy_download_do_download_action    (EphyDownload          *download,
+                                                   EphyDownloadActionType action,
+                                                   guint32                user_time);
 void          ephy_download_disable_desktop_notification
-                                                        (EphyDownload *download);
-void          ephy_download_enable_evince_document_mode (EphyDownload *download);
+                                                  (EphyDownload *download);
 
 G_END_DECLS
diff --git a/embed/ephy-embed-shell.c b/embed/ephy-embed-shell.c
index 3ed224d0a87bb347460ec12317fdc379bdc5de53..3a97c0193ddddace4637669670d9d5e326d316bf 100644
--- a/embed/ephy-embed-shell.c
+++ b/embed/ephy-embed-shell.c
@@ -1130,9 +1130,7 @@ download_started_cb (WebKitWebContext *web_context,
 {
   EphyEmbedShellPrivate *priv = ephy_embed_shell_get_instance_private (shell);
   EphyDownload *ephy_download;
-  EphyEmbed *embed;
   gboolean ephy_download_set;
-  WebKitWebView *web_view;
 
   /* Is download locked down? */
   if (g_settings_get_boolean (EPHY_SETTINGS_LOCKDOWN,
@@ -1151,14 +1149,7 @@ download_started_cb (WebKitWebContext *web_context,
     return;
 
   ephy_download = ephy_download_new (download);
-
-  web_view = webkit_download_get_web_view (download);
-  embed = EPHY_GET_EMBED_FROM_EPHY_WEB_VIEW (web_view);
-  ephy_embed_download_started (embed, ephy_download);
-
-  if (ephy_embed_get_mode (embed) != EPHY_EMBED_MODE_EVINCE_DOCUMENT)
-    ephy_downloads_manager_add_download (priv->downloads_manager, ephy_download);
-
+  ephy_downloads_manager_add_download (priv->downloads_manager, ephy_download);
   g_object_unref (ephy_download);
 }
 
diff --git a/embed/ephy-embed-utils.c b/embed/ephy-embed-utils.c
index 97b61fcc7d2ca08fd25e2d97c6c861812dd1151f..be93896303a0ee3ff4ffad1b62a7f935970cdbe1 100644
--- a/embed/ephy-embed-utils.c
+++ b/embed/ephy-embed-utils.c
@@ -30,7 +30,6 @@
 #include "ephy-string.h"
 #include "ephy-view-source-handler.h"
 
-#include <evince-document.h>
 #include <glib/gi18n.h>
 #include <jsc/jsc.h>
 #include <libsoup/soup.h>
@@ -416,27 +415,3 @@ ephy_embed_utils_shutdown (void)
   g_clear_pointer (&non_search_regex, g_regex_unref);
   g_clear_pointer (&domain_regex, g_regex_unref);
 }
-
-gboolean
-ephy_embed_utils_mime_type_is_supported_evince_document (const char *mime_type)
-{
-  GList *doc_types = ev_backends_manager_get_all_types_info ();
-  GList *l;
-  gboolean found = FALSE;
-
-  for (l = doc_types; l != NULL && !found; l = l->next) {
-    EvTypeInfo *info = (EvTypeInfo *)l->data;
-    guint i;
-
-    for (i = 0; info->mime_types[i] != NULL; ++i) {
-      if (g_ascii_strcasecmp (mime_type, info->mime_types[i]) == 0) {
-        found = TRUE;
-        break;
-      }
-    }
-  }
-
-  g_list_free (doc_types);
-
-  return found;
-}
diff --git a/embed/ephy-embed-utils.h b/embed/ephy-embed-utils.h
index 4bd0f65028ccc3e11b3c0913bf1f11ddd02e0cde..3f99b7d897266ad4c70517cb7a3df3e1906eedc9 100644
--- a/embed/ephy-embed-utils.h
+++ b/embed/ephy-embed-utils.h
@@ -36,19 +36,18 @@ G_BEGIN_DECLS
 
 #define EPHY_WEBKIT_BACK_FORWARD_LIMIT 100
 
-char*    ephy_embed_utils_link_message_parse                     (const char *message);
-gboolean ephy_embed_utils_address_has_web_scheme                 (const char *address);
-gboolean ephy_embed_utils_address_is_existing_absolute_filename  (const char *address);
-gboolean ephy_embed_utils_address_is_valid                       (const char *address);
-char*    ephy_embed_utils_normalize_address                      (const char *address);
-char *   ephy_embed_utils_autosearch_address                     (const char *search_key);
-char *   ephy_embed_utils_normalize_or_autosearch_address        (const char *address);
-gboolean ephy_embed_utils_url_is_empty                           (const char *location);
-gboolean ephy_embed_utils_is_no_show_address                     (const char *address);
-char    *ephy_embed_utils_get_title_from_address                 (const char *address);
-gboolean ephy_embed_utils_urls_have_same_origin                  (const char *a_url,
-                                                                  const char *b_url);
-void     ephy_embed_utils_shutdown                               (void);
-gboolean ephy_embed_utils_mime_type_is_supported_evince_document (const char *mime_type);
+char*    ephy_embed_utils_link_message_parse                    (const char *message);
+gboolean ephy_embed_utils_address_has_web_scheme                (const char *address);
+gboolean ephy_embed_utils_address_is_existing_absolute_filename (const char *address);
+gboolean ephy_embed_utils_address_is_valid                      (const char *address);
+char*    ephy_embed_utils_normalize_address                     (const char *address);
+char *   ephy_embed_utils_autosearch_address                    (const char *search_key);
+char *   ephy_embed_utils_normalize_or_autosearch_address       (const char *address);
+gboolean ephy_embed_utils_url_is_empty                          (const char *location);
+gboolean ephy_embed_utils_is_no_show_address                    (const char *address);
+char    *ephy_embed_utils_get_title_from_address                (const char *address);
+gboolean ephy_embed_utils_urls_have_same_origin                 (const char *a_url,
+                                                                 const char *b_url);
+void     ephy_embed_utils_shutdown                              (void);
 
 G_END_DECLS
diff --git a/embed/ephy-embed.c b/embed/ephy-embed.c
index 7a1d5a66b9b31831d5f12dd3f87ad367216b4ca6..0cea1428b223b5d8edcc5a99e77bfcef8133879e 100644
--- a/embed/ephy-embed.c
+++ b/embed/ephy-embed.c
@@ -29,7 +29,6 @@
 #include "ephy-embed-prefs.h"
 #include "ephy-embed-shell.h"
 #include "ephy-embed-utils.h"
-#include "ephy-evince-document-view.h"
 #include "ephy-find-toolbar.h"
 #include "ephy-notification-container.h"
 #include "ephy-prefs.h"
@@ -66,7 +65,6 @@ struct _EphyEmbed {
   GtkWidget *floating_bar;
   GtkWidget *progress;
   GtkWidget *fullscreen_message_label;
-  GtkWidget *document_view;
 
   char *title;
   WebKitURIRequest *delayed_request;
@@ -76,9 +74,6 @@ struct _EphyEmbed {
   GSList *messages;
   GSList *keys;
 
-  EphyEmbedMode mode;
-  char *saved_title;
-
   guint seq_context_id;
   guint seq_message_id;
 
@@ -392,7 +387,6 @@ ephy_embed_dispose (GObject *object)
     embed->fullscreen_message_id = 0;
   }
 
-  g_clear_pointer (&embed->saved_title, g_free);
   g_clear_object (&embed->delayed_request);
   g_clear_pointer (&embed->delayed_state, webkit_web_view_session_state_unref);
 
@@ -1024,86 +1018,3 @@ ephy_embed_detach_notification_container (EphyEmbed *embed)
     gtk_container_remove (GTK_CONTAINER (embed->overlay), g_object_ref (GTK_WIDGET (container)));
   }
 }
-
-void
-ephy_embed_set_mode (EphyEmbed *embed, EphyEmbedMode mode)
-{
-  g_assert (EPHY_IS_EMBED (embed));
-
-  if (embed->mode == mode)
-    return;
-
-  switch (mode) {
-  case EPHY_EMBED_MODE_WEB_VIEW:
-    if (embed->document_view != NULL) {
-      gtk_widget_destroy (embed->document_view);
-      embed->document_view = NULL;
-    }
-    gtk_widget_set_visible (GTK_WIDGET (embed->paned), TRUE);
-
-    if (embed->saved_title) {
-      ephy_embed_set_title (embed, embed->saved_title);
-      g_clear_pointer (&embed->saved_title, g_free);
-    }
-    break;
-  case EPHY_EMBED_MODE_EVINCE_DOCUMENT:
-    gtk_widget_set_visible (GTK_WIDGET (embed->paned), FALSE);
-    embed->document_view = ephy_evince_document_view_new ();
-    ephy_evince_document_set_embed (EPHY_EVINCE_DOCUMENT_VIEW (embed->document_view), embed);
-    gtk_box_pack_start (GTK_BOX (embed),
-                        embed->document_view,
-                        TRUE, TRUE, 0);
-    gtk_widget_show_all (embed->document_view);
-    break;
-  }
-
-  embed->mode = mode;
-}
-
-EphyEmbedMode
-ephy_embed_get_mode (EphyEmbed *embed)
-{
-  return embed->mode;
-}
-
-static void
-document_download_failed_cb (WebKitDownload *download,
-                             GError         *error,
-                             EphyEmbed      *embed)
-{
-  /* Error occured: Switch back to web view */
-  ephy_embed_set_mode (embed, EPHY_EMBED_MODE_WEB_VIEW);
-}
-
-static void
-document_download_finished_cb (WebKitDownload *download,
-                               EphyEmbed      *embed)
-{
-  const char *document_uri = webkit_download_get_destination (download);
-
-  if (!embed->document_view)
-    return;
-
-  ephy_evince_document_view_load_uri (EPHY_EVINCE_DOCUMENT_VIEW (embed->document_view),
-                                      document_uri);
-
-  embed->saved_title = g_strdup (embed->title);
-  ephy_embed_set_title (embed, g_path_get_basename (document_uri));
-}
-
-gboolean
-ephy_embed_download_started (EphyEmbed    *embed,
-                             EphyDownload *ephy_download)
-{
-  WebKitDownload *download = ephy_download_get_webkit_download (ephy_download);
-  gboolean ret = FALSE;
-
-  if (embed->mode == EPHY_EMBED_MODE_EVINCE_DOCUMENT) {
-    ephy_download_enable_evince_document_mode (ephy_download);
-    g_signal_connect (download, "failed", G_CALLBACK (document_download_failed_cb), embed);
-    g_signal_connect (download, "finished", G_CALLBACK (document_download_finished_cb), embed);
-    ret = TRUE;
-  }
-
-  return ret;
-}
diff --git a/embed/ephy-embed.h b/embed/ephy-embed.h
index 1eeb39e83c112e146bbc71fe9e59815f3f81fd09..919a6d3662c922acbd7970911aa5bb203a0dcd5f 100644
--- a/embed/ephy-embed.h
+++ b/embed/ephy-embed.h
@@ -37,11 +37,6 @@ typedef enum {
   EPHY_EMBED_TOP_WIDGET_POLICY_DESTROY_ON_TRANSITION
 } EphyEmbedTopWidgetPolicy;
 
-typedef enum {
-  EPHY_EMBED_MODE_WEB_VIEW,
-  EPHY_EMBED_MODE_EVINCE_DOCUMENT
-} EphyEmbedMode;
-
 EphyWebView*     ephy_embed_get_web_view                  (EphyEmbed  *embed);
 EphyFindToolbar* ephy_embed_get_find_toolbar              (EphyEmbed  *embed);
 void             ephy_embed_add_top_widget                (EphyEmbed                *embed,
@@ -59,10 +54,5 @@ gboolean         ephy_embed_inspector_is_loaded           (EphyEmbed *embed);
 const char      *ephy_embed_get_title                     (EphyEmbed *embed);
 void             ephy_embed_attach_notification_container (EphyEmbed *embed);
 void             ephy_embed_detach_notification_container (EphyEmbed *embed);
-void             ephy_embed_set_mode                      (EphyEmbed     *embed,
-                                                           EphyEmbedMode  mode);
-EphyEmbedMode    ephy_embed_get_mode                      (EphyEmbed *embed);
-gboolean         ephy_embed_download_started              (EphyEmbed    *embed,
-                                                           EphyDownload *ephy_download);
 
 G_END_DECLS
diff --git a/embed/ephy-evince-document-view.c b/embed/ephy-evince-document-view.c
deleted file mode 100644
index 6d4ffd401d53e1bdf506d3d888158a9954c56d04..0000000000000000000000000000000000000000
--- a/embed/ephy-evince-document-view.c
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,332 +0,0 @@
-/* -*- Mode: C; tab-width: 2; indent-tabs-mode: nil; c-basic-offset: 2; -*- */
-/* vim: set sw=2 ts=2 sts=2 et: */
-/*
- *  Copyright © 2012 Igalia S.L.
- *  Copyright © 2018 Jan-Michael Brummer
- *
- *  This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
- *  it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
- *  the Free Software Foundation; either version 2, or (at your option)
- *  any later version.
- *
- *  This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
- *  but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
- *  MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
- *  GNU General Public License for more details.
- *
- *  You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
- *  along with this program; if not, write to the Free Software
- *  Foundation, Inc., 51 Franklin Street, Fifth Floor, Boston, MA 02110-1301, USA.
- *
- */
-
-#include "config.h"
-#include "ephy-evince-document-view.h"
-#include "ephy-embed-shell.h"
-
-#include <evince-view.h>
-
-#include <glib/gi18n.h>
-#include <glib/gstdio.h>
-#include <libsoup/soup.h>
-
-struct _EphyEvinceDocumentView {
-  GtkBox parent_instance;
-
-  GtkWidget *view;
-  GtkWidget *current_page;
-  GtkWidget *total_page;
-  GtkWidget *sizing_mode;
-  GtkWidget *popup;
-
-  EphyEmbed *embed;
-
-  EvJob *job;
-  EvDocumentModel *model;
-  SoupURI *uri;
-};
-
-G_DEFINE_TYPE (EphyEvinceDocumentView, ephy_evince_document_view, GTK_TYPE_BOX)
-
-static void
-ephy_evince_document_view_finalize (GObject *object)
-{
-  EphyEvinceDocumentView *self = EPHY_EVINCE_DOCUMENT_VIEW (object);
-
-  if (self->uri != NULL) {
-    g_unlink (self->uri->path);
-
-    g_clear_pointer (&self->uri, soup_uri_free);
-  }
-
-  if (self->job != NULL) {
-    ev_job_cancel (self->job);
-    g_clear_object (&self->job);
-  }
-
-  g_clear_object (&self->model);
-
-  G_OBJECT_CLASS (ephy_evince_document_view_parent_class)->finalize (object);
-}
-
-static void
-on_save_button_clicked (GtkButton              *button,
-                        EphyEvinceDocumentView *self)
-{
-  g_autoptr (GtkFileChooserNative) native = NULL;
-  GtkFileChooser *chooser;
-  GError *error = NULL;
-  gint res;
-  g_autofree gchar *basename = g_path_get_basename (self->uri->path);
-
-  native = gtk_file_chooser_native_new (_("Save File"),
-                                        NULL,
-                                        GTK_FILE_CHOOSER_ACTION_SAVE,
-                                        NULL,
-                                        NULL);
-
-  chooser = GTK_FILE_CHOOSER (native);
-
-  gtk_file_chooser_set_do_overwrite_confirmation (chooser, TRUE);
-
-  gtk_file_chooser_set_current_name (chooser, basename);
-
-  res = gtk_native_dialog_run (GTK_NATIVE_DIALOG (native));
-  if (res == GTK_RESPONSE_ACCEPT) {
-    g_autofree gchar *filename;
-    GFile *source = g_file_new_for_uri (self->uri->path);
-    GFile *dest;
-
-    filename = gtk_file_chooser_get_filename (chooser);
-    dest = g_file_new_for_path (filename);
-
-    if (!g_file_copy (source, dest, G_FILE_COPY_NONE, NULL, NULL, NULL, &error)) {
-      g_warning ("%s(): Could not copy file: %s\n", __FUNCTION__, error->message);
-      g_error_free (error);
-    }
-  }
-}
-
-static void
-view_external_link_cb (EvView                 *view,
-                       EvLinkAction           *action,
-                       EphyEvinceDocumentView *self)
-{
-  EvLinkActionType type = ev_link_action_get_action_type (action);
-  EphyWebView *webview;
-  const gchar *url;
-
-  if (type != EV_LINK_ACTION_TYPE_EXTERNAL_URI)
-    return;
-
-  url = ev_link_action_get_uri (action);
-
-  webview = ephy_embed_get_web_view (self->embed);
-  ephy_web_view_load_url (webview, url);
-}
-
-static void
-ephy_evince_document_view_constructed (GObject *object)
-{
-  EphyEvinceDocumentView *self = EPHY_EVINCE_DOCUMENT_VIEW (object);
-  GtkWidget *box;
-  GtkWidget *entry_box;
-  GtkWidget *save_button;
-  GtkWidget *scrolled_window;
-  GtkWidget *separator;
-
-  G_OBJECT_CLASS (ephy_evince_document_view_parent_class)->constructed (object);
-
-  scrolled_window = gtk_scrolled_window_new (NULL, NULL);
-
-  self->view = ev_view_new ();
-  g_signal_connect (self->view, "external-link", G_CALLBACK (view_external_link_cb), self);
-  gtk_container_add (GTK_CONTAINER (scrolled_window), self->view);
-  gtk_box_pack_start (GTK_BOX (self), scrolled_window, TRUE, TRUE, 0);
-
-  self->model = ev_document_model_new ();
-  ev_view_set_model (EV_VIEW (self->view), self->model);
-
-  separator = gtk_separator_new (GTK_ORIENTATION_HORIZONTAL);
-  gtk_box_pack_start (GTK_BOX (self), separator, FALSE, TRUE, 0);
-
-  box = gtk_box_new (GTK_ORIENTATION_HORIZONTAL, 6);
-  gtk_widget_set_margin_start (box, 6);
-  gtk_widget_set_margin_end (box, 6);
-  gtk_widget_set_margin_top (box, 6);
-  gtk_widget_set_margin_bottom (box, 6);
-  gtk_box_pack_start (GTK_BOX (self), box, FALSE, TRUE, 0);
-
-  entry_box = gtk_box_new (GTK_ORIENTATION_HORIZONTAL, 0);
-  gtk_style_context_add_class (gtk_widget_get_style_context (entry_box), GTK_STYLE_CLASS_LINKED);
-  gtk_style_context_add_class (gtk_widget_get_style_context (entry_box), GTK_STYLE_CLASS_RAISED);
-  gtk_box_pack_start (GTK_BOX (box), entry_box, FALSE, TRUE, 0);
-
-  self->current_page = gtk_entry_new ();
-  gtk_entry_set_width_chars (GTK_ENTRY (self->current_page), 2);
-  gtk_box_pack_start (GTK_BOX (entry_box), self->current_page, FALSE, TRUE, 0);
-
-  self->total_page = gtk_entry_new ();
-  gtk_entry_set_width_chars (GTK_ENTRY (self->total_page), 5);
-  gtk_widget_set_sensitive (self->total_page, FALSE);
-  gtk_box_pack_start (GTK_BOX (entry_box), self->total_page, FALSE, TRUE, 0);
-
-  save_button = gtk_button_new_from_icon_name ("document-save-symbolic", GTK_ICON_SIZE_SMALL_TOOLBAR);
-  g_signal_connect (save_button, "clicked", G_CALLBACK (on_save_button_clicked), self);
-  gtk_box_pack_end (GTK_BOX (box), save_button, FALSE, TRUE, 0);
-
-  self->sizing_mode = gtk_combo_box_text_new ();
-  gtk_combo_box_text_append_text (GTK_COMBO_BOX_TEXT (self->sizing_mode), _("Fit Page"));
-  gtk_combo_box_text_append_text (GTK_COMBO_BOX_TEXT (self->sizing_mode), _("Fit Width"));
-  gtk_combo_box_text_append_text (GTK_COMBO_BOX_TEXT (self->sizing_mode), _("Free"));
-  gtk_combo_box_text_append_text (GTK_COMBO_BOX_TEXT (self->sizing_mode), _("Automatic"));
-  gtk_box_pack_end (GTK_BOX (box), self->sizing_mode, FALSE, TRUE, 0);
-}
-
-static void
-ephy_evince_document_view_class_init (EphyEvinceDocumentViewClass *klass)
-{
-  GObjectClass *object_class = G_OBJECT_CLASS (klass);
-
-  object_class->constructed = ephy_evince_document_view_constructed;
-  object_class->finalize = ephy_evince_document_view_finalize;
-}
-
-static void
-ephy_evince_document_view_init (EphyEvinceDocumentView *self)
-{
-}
-
-GtkWidget *
-ephy_evince_document_view_new (void)
-{
-  return g_object_new (EPHY_TYPE_EVINCE_DOCUMENT_VIEW,
-                       "orientation", GTK_ORIENTATION_VERTICAL,
-                       NULL);
-}
-
-static void
-on_page_changed (EvDocumentModel        *model,
-                 gint                    old_page,
-                 gint                    new_page,
-                 EphyEvinceDocumentView *self)
-{
-  g_autofree gchar *page = g_strdup_printf ("%d", new_page + 1);
-
-  gtk_entry_set_text (GTK_ENTRY (self->current_page), page);
-}
-
-static void
-on_current_page_activate (GtkEntry               *entry,
-                          EphyEvinceDocumentView *self)
-{
-  const gchar *text = gtk_entry_get_text (entry);
-  gint page = atoi (text);
-
-  ev_document_model_set_page (self->model, page - 1);
-}
-
-static void
-on_sizing_mode_changed (GtkComboBox            *widget,
-                        EphyEvinceDocumentView *self)
-{
-  gint index = gtk_combo_box_get_active (widget);
-
-  ev_document_model_set_sizing_mode (self->model, index);
-}
-
-static void
-on_popup_copy_activate (GtkMenuItem            *menuitem,
-                        EphyEvinceDocumentView *self)
-{
-  GtkClipboard *clipboard;
-  g_autofree gchar *selected_text = ev_view_get_selected_text (EV_VIEW (self->view));
-
-  clipboard = gtk_widget_get_clipboard (GTK_WIDGET (self), GDK_SELECTION_CLIPBOARD);
-  gtk_clipboard_set_text (GTK_CLIPBOARD (clipboard), selected_text, strlen (selected_text));
-}
-
-static gboolean
-on_view_popup_cb (EvView                 *view,
-                  GList                  *items,
-                  EphyEvinceDocumentView *self)
-{
-  if (!ev_view_get_has_selection (view))
-    return TRUE;
-
-  if (!self->popup) {
-    GtkWidget *copy = gtk_menu_item_new_with_label (_("Copy"));
-    self->popup = gtk_menu_new ();
-    g_signal_connect (copy, "activate", G_CALLBACK (on_popup_copy_activate), self);
-    gtk_menu_shell_append (GTK_MENU_SHELL (self->popup), copy);
-    gtk_menu_attach_to_widget (GTK_MENU (self->popup), GTK_WIDGET (self), NULL);
-    gtk_widget_show_all (self->popup);
-  }
-
-  gtk_menu_popup_at_pointer (GTK_MENU (self->popup), NULL);
-
-  return TRUE;
-}
-
-static void
-document_load_job_finished (EvJob                  *job,
-                            EphyEvinceDocumentView *self)
-{
-  g_autofree gchar *total_pages = NULL;
-  gint n_pages;
-
-  if (ev_job_is_failed (job)) {
-    g_warning ("Failed to load document: %s", job->error->message);
-    g_error_free (job->error);
-
-    return;
-  }
-
-  ev_document_model_set_document (self->model, job->document);
-  n_pages = ev_document_get_n_pages (job->document);
-
-  /* Translators: Number of x total pages */
-  total_pages = g_strdup_printf (_("of %d"), n_pages);
-  g_signal_connect (self->model, "page-changed", G_CALLBACK (on_page_changed), self);
-  g_signal_connect (self->current_page, "activate", G_CALLBACK (on_current_page_activate), self);
-  gtk_entry_set_text (GTK_ENTRY (self->total_page), total_pages);
-  gtk_entry_set_text (GTK_ENTRY (self->current_page), "1");
-  g_signal_connect (self->sizing_mode, "changed", G_CALLBACK (on_sizing_mode_changed), self);
-  gtk_combo_box_set_active (GTK_COMBO_BOX (self->sizing_mode), ev_document_model_get_sizing_mode (self->model));
-
-  g_signal_connect_object (self->view, "popup", G_CALLBACK (on_view_popup_cb), self, 0);
-}
-
-void
-ephy_evince_document_view_load_uri (EphyEvinceDocumentView *self,
-                                    const char             *uri)
-{
-  g_return_if_fail (EPHY_EVINCE_DOCUMENT_VIEW (self));
-  g_return_if_fail (uri != NULL);
-
-  if (self->uri != NULL) {
-    if (strcmp (self->uri->path, uri) != 0)
-      g_unlink (self->uri->path);
-
-    g_clear_pointer (&self->uri, soup_uri_free);
-  }
-
-  if (self->job != NULL) {
-    ev_job_cancel (self->job);
-
-    g_clear_object (&self->job);
-  }
-
-  self->uri = soup_uri_new (uri);
-
-  self->job = ev_job_load_new (uri);
-  g_signal_connect_object (self->job, "finished", G_CALLBACK (document_load_job_finished), self, 0);
-  ev_job_scheduler_push_job (self->job, EV_JOB_PRIORITY_NONE);
-}
-
-void
-ephy_evince_document_set_embed (EphyEvinceDocumentView *self,
-                                EphyEmbed              *embed)
-{
-  self->embed = embed;
-}
diff --git a/embed/ephy-evince-document-view.h b/embed/ephy-evince-document-view.h
deleted file mode 100644
index 6f9b0617f838e6580dc6770b7cbe11e28abc4342..0000000000000000000000000000000000000000
--- a/embed/ephy-evince-document-view.h
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,47 +0,0 @@
-/* -*- Mode: C; tab-width: 2; indent-tabs-mode: nil; c-basic-offset: 2; -*- */
-/* vim: set sw=2 ts=2 sts=2 et: */
-/*
- *  Copyright © 2012 Igalia S.L.
- *  Copyright © 2018 Jan-Michael Brummer
- *
- *  This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
- *  it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
- *  the Free Software Foundation; either version 2, or (at your option)
- *  any later version.
- *
- *  This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
- *  but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
- *  MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
- *  GNU General Public License for more details.
- *
- *  You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
- *  along with this program; if not, write to the Free Software
- *  Foundation, Inc., 51 Franklin Street, Fifth Floor, Boston, MA 02110-1301, USA.
- *
- */
-
-#ifndef _EPHY_EVINCE_DOCUMENT_VIEW_H
-#define _EPHY_EVINCE_DOCUMENT_VIEW_H
-
-#include <gtk/gtk.h>
-
-#include "ephy-embed.h"
-
-G_BEGIN_DECLS
-
-#define EPHY_TYPE_EVINCE_DOCUMENT_VIEW (ephy_evince_document_view_get_type ())
-
-G_DECLARE_FINAL_TYPE (EphyEvinceDocumentView, ephy_evince_document_view, EPHY, EVINCE_DOCUMENT_VIEW, GtkBox)
-
-
-GType      ephy_evince_document_view_get_type (void);
-
-GtkWidget *ephy_evince_document_view_new (void);
-void       ephy_evince_document_view_load_uri (EphyEvinceDocumentView *self,
-                                               const char             *uri);
-void       ephy_evince_document_set_embed (EphyEvinceDocumentView *self,
-                                           EphyEmbed              *embed);
-
-G_END_DECLS
-
-#endif /* _EPHY_EVINCE_DOCUMENT_VIEW_H */
diff --git a/embed/ephy-web-view.c b/embed/ephy-web-view.c
index ae9b2a2dc8f75789b3a3e890737cf5f6db905f61..2155d482be7f77f77c5feab66904c4e399dc12b1 100644
--- a/embed/ephy-web-view.c
+++ b/embed/ephy-web-view.c
@@ -1053,10 +1053,9 @@ static gboolean
 run_readability_js_if_needed (gpointer data)
 {
   EphyWebView *web_view = data;
-  EphyEmbed *embed = EPHY_GET_EMBED_FROM_EPHY_WEB_VIEW (web_view);
 
-  /* Internal pages and document mode should never receive reader mode. */
-  if (!ephy_embed_utils_is_no_show_address (web_view->address) && ephy_embed_get_mode (embed) != EPHY_EMBED_MODE_EVINCE_DOCUMENT) {
+  /* Internal pages should never receive reader mode. */
+  if (!ephy_embed_utils_is_no_show_address (web_view->address)) {
     webkit_web_view_run_javascript_from_gresource (WEBKIT_WEB_VIEW (web_view),
                                                    "/org/gnome/epiphany/readability.js",
                                                    NULL,
@@ -1431,12 +1430,6 @@ decide_policy_cb (WebKitWebView           *web_view,
   response = webkit_response_policy_decision_get_response (response_decision);
   mime_type = webkit_uri_response_get_mime_type (response);
 
-  if (ephy_embed_utils_mime_type_is_supported_evince_document (mime_type)) {
-    EphyEmbed *embed = EPHY_GET_EMBED_FROM_EPHY_WEB_VIEW (web_view);
-
-    ephy_embed_set_mode (embed, EPHY_EMBED_MODE_EVINCE_DOCUMENT);
-  }
-
   /* If WebKit can't handle the mime type start the download
      process */
   if (webkit_response_policy_decision_is_mime_type_supported (response_decision))
@@ -1892,7 +1885,6 @@ load_changed_cb (WebKitWebView  *web_view,
                  gpointer        user_data)
 {
   EphyWebView *view = EPHY_WEB_VIEW (web_view);
-  EphyEmbed *embed = EPHY_GET_EMBED_FROM_EPHY_WEB_VIEW (web_view);
   GObject *object = G_OBJECT (web_view);
 
   g_object_freeze_notify (object);
@@ -1902,7 +1894,6 @@ load_changed_cb (WebKitWebView  *web_view,
       const char *loading_uri = NULL;
 
       view->load_failed = FALSE;
-      ephy_embed_set_mode (embed, EPHY_EMBED_MODE_WEB_VIEW);
 
       if (view->snapshot_timeout_id) {
         g_source_remove (view->snapshot_timeout_id);
diff --git a/embed/meson.build b/embed/meson.build
index fad2a2956e97ce48df8ae67597140971d82cf0c6..c3c11704f6b92c8fdedddee04640283f333be767 100644
--- a/embed/meson.build
+++ b/embed/meson.build
@@ -22,7 +22,6 @@ libephyembed_sources = [
   'ephy-embed-utils.c',
   'ephy-encoding.c',
   'ephy-encodings.c',
-  'ephy-evince-document-view.c',
   'ephy-file-monitor.c',
   'ephy-filters-manager.c',
   'ephy-find-toolbar.c',
@@ -35,8 +34,6 @@ libephyembed_sources = [
 libephyembed_deps = [
   libdazzle_dep,
   ephymisc_dep,
-  evince_document_dep,
-  evince_view_dep,
   gio_dep,
   glib_dep,
   gtk_dep,
diff --git a/flatpak/org.gnome.Epiphany.json b/flatpak/org.gnome.Epiphany.json
index 0b4ed5ad2275c9fc4e15de1e74141124f3ce9e78..6d00eadee01d3d9cf7eeb1b81cada93f6c954df6 100644
--- a/flatpak/org.gnome.Epiphany.json
+++ b/flatpak/org.gnome.Epiphany.json
@@ -68,31 +68,6 @@
                 }
             ]
         },
-        {
-            "name" : "evince",
-            "buildsystem" : "meson",
-            "config-opts" : [
-                "-Dplatform=gnome",
-                "-Dviewer=false",
-                "-Dpreviewer=false",
-                "-Dthumbnailer=false",
-                "-Dnautilus=false",
-                "-Dgtk_doc=false",
-                "-Dintrospection=false",
-                "-Ddbus=false",
-                "-Dkeyring=disabled",
-                "-Dgtk_unix_print=disabled",
-                "-Dthumbnail_cache=disabled",
-                "-Dgspell=disabled",
-                "-Dsystemduserunitdir=no"
-            ],
-            "sources" : [
-                {
-                    "type" : "git",
-                    "url" : "https://gitlab.gnome.org/GNOME/evince.git"
-                }
-            ]
-        },
         {
             "name" : "epiphany",
             "config-opts" : [
diff --git a/meson.build b/meson.build
index 956e6ad6b5a91b219e879aa0b88a1fa6386b15cc..12623a28b2b3c8347d5af0e529a870b6a6f893dc 100644
--- a/meson.build
+++ b/meson.build
@@ -85,8 +85,6 @@ nettle_requirement = '>= 3.4'
 webkitgtk_requirement = '>= 2.21.92'
 
 cairo_dep = dependency('cairo', version: '>= 1.2')
-evince_document_dep = dependency('evince-document-3.0')
-evince_view_dep = dependency('evince-view-3.0')
 gcr_dep = dependency('gcr-3', version: '>= 3.5.5')
 gdk_dep = dependency('gdk-3.0', version: gtk_requirement)
 gdk_pixbuf_dep = dependency('gdk-pixbuf-2.0', version: '>= 2.36.5')
diff --git a/src/ephy-action-bar-end.c b/src/ephy-action-bar-end.c
index 9074392d07ab4da691a909bc2a48a41da7e9ac6c..d20f10b433e07c2305b0ab41e8a1d2fcf923ec96 100644
--- a/src/ephy-action-bar-end.c
+++ b/src/ephy-action-bar-end.c
@@ -23,8 +23,6 @@
 
 #include "ephy-downloads-popover.h"
 #include "ephy-downloads-progress-icon.h"
-#include "ephy-embed.h"
-#include "ephy-embed-container.h"
 #include "ephy-shell.h"
 #include "ephy-window.h"
 
@@ -46,19 +44,6 @@ struct _EphyActionBarEnd {
 
 G_DEFINE_TYPE (EphyActionBarEnd, ephy_action_bar_end, GTK_TYPE_BOX)
 
-static gboolean
-is_document_view_active (void)
-{
-  EphyShell *shell = ephy_shell_get_default ();
-  GtkWindow *window;
-  EphyEmbed *embed;
-
-  window = gtk_application_get_active_window (GTK_APPLICATION (shell));
-  embed = ephy_embed_container_get_active_child (EPHY_EMBED_CONTAINER (window));
-
-  return ephy_embed_get_mode (embed) == EPHY_EMBED_MODE_EVINCE_DOCUMENT;
-}
-
 static void
 remove_downloads_button_attention_style (EphyActionBarEnd *self)
 {
@@ -101,9 +86,6 @@ download_added_cb (EphyDownloadsManager *manager,
   GtkAllocation rect;
   DzlBoxTheatric *theatric;
 
-  if (is_document_view_active ())
-    return;
-
   if (!action_bar_end->downloads_popover) {
     action_bar_end->downloads_popover = ephy_downloads_popover_new (action_bar_end->downloads_button);
     gtk_menu_button_set_popover (GTK_MENU_BUTTON (action_bar_end->downloads_button),
diff --git a/src/ephy-main.c b/src/ephy-main.c
index 0796393c8c2f1b940ecce47a1879568380ed2fd0..8779520752243ec502d81e31f02b448f003f5765 100644
--- a/src/ephy-main.c
+++ b/src/ephy-main.c
@@ -33,7 +33,6 @@
 #include "ephy-web-app-utils.h"
 
 #include <errno.h>
-#include <evince-document.h>
 #include <glib/gi18n.h>
 #include <glib-unix.h>
 #include <gtk/gtk.h>
@@ -409,7 +408,6 @@ main (int   argc,
   }
 
   hdy_init (&argc, &argv);
-  ev_init ();
 
   _ephy_shell_create_instance (mode);
 
@@ -435,7 +433,6 @@ main (int   argc,
   if (notify_is_initted ())
     notify_uninit ();
 
-  ev_shutdown ();
   ephy_settings_shutdown ();
   ephy_file_helpers_shutdown ();
   xmlCleanupParser ();
diff --git a/src/ephy-window.c b/src/ephy-window.c
index d6d34c85c45ef511e2c29afcbe7d2456895c7258..c6065e4cff431d9822fe0bb26f2c8559e5ed7abf 100644
--- a/src/ephy-window.c
+++ b/src/ephy-window.c
@@ -2602,18 +2602,12 @@ static void
 download_only_load_cb (EphyWebView *view,
                        EphyWindow  *window)
 {
-  EphyEmbed *embed = EPHY_GET_EMBED_FROM_EPHY_WEB_VIEW (view);
-
-  /* Do not close tab if evince document mode is active */
-  if (ephy_embed_get_mode (embed) == EPHY_EMBED_MODE_EVINCE_DOCUMENT)
-    return;
-
   if (gtk_notebook_get_n_pages (window->notebook) == 1) {
     ephy_web_view_load_homepage (view);
     return;
   }
 
-  g_idle_add (delayed_remove_child, embed);
+  g_idle_add (delayed_remove_child, EPHY_GET_EMBED_FROM_EPHY_WEB_VIEW (view));
 }
 
 static void
diff --git a/src/window-commands.c b/src/window-commands.c
index 9e53f69e21f48fc89c17e519c7a07f083235f485..ba230af99181f9dfbca9c04a3a549a19561fe283 100644
--- a/src/window-commands.c
+++ b/src/window-commands.c
@@ -668,13 +668,7 @@ window_cmd_navigation (GSimpleAction *action,
   web_view = EPHY_GET_WEBKIT_WEB_VIEW_FROM_EMBED (embed);
 
   if (strstr (g_action_get_name (G_ACTION (action)), "back")) {
-    gboolean in_document_mode = ephy_embed_get_mode (embed) == EPHY_EMBED_MODE_EVINCE_DOCUMENT;
-
-    if (in_document_mode)
-      ephy_embed_set_mode (embed, EPHY_EMBED_MODE_WEB_VIEW);
-    else
-      webkit_web_view_go_back (web_view);
-
+    webkit_web_view_go_back (web_view);
     gtk_widget_grab_focus (GTK_WIDGET (embed));
   } else {
     webkit_web_view_go_forward (web_view);