diff --git a/js/misc/config.js.in b/js/misc/config.js.in
index 8ef427037..5684ef69c 100644
--- a/js/misc/config.js.in
+++ b/js/misc/config.js.in
@@ -7,8 +7,6 @@ var PACKAGE_NAME = '@PACKAGE_NAME@';
 var PACKAGE_VERSION = '@PACKAGE_VERSION@';
 /* 1 if networkmanager is available, 0 otherwise */
 var HAVE_NETWORKMANAGER = @HAVE_NETWORKMANAGER@;
-/* 1 if soup2 should be used instead of soup3, 0 otherwise */
-var HAVE_SOUP2 = @HAVE_SOUP2@;
 /* gettext package */
 var GETTEXT_PACKAGE = '@GETTEXT_PACKAGE@';
 /* locale dir */
diff --git a/js/misc/meson.build b/js/misc/meson.build
index 2dff20dec..5aceefac4 100644
--- a/js/misc/meson.build
+++ b/js/misc/meson.build
@@ -4,7 +4,6 @@ jsconf.set('PACKAGE_VERSION', meson.project_version())
 jsconf.set('GETTEXT_PACKAGE', meson.project_name())
 jsconf.set('LIBMUTTER_API_VERSION', mutter_api_version)
 jsconf.set10('HAVE_NETWORKMANAGER', have_networkmanager)
-jsconf.set10('HAVE_SOUP2', have_soup2)
 jsconf.set('datadir', datadir)
 jsconf.set('libexecdir', libexecdir)
 
diff --git a/js/ui/environment.js b/js/ui/environment.js
index 353cd35f6..09c9f031d 100644
--- a/js/ui/environment.js
+++ b/js/ui/environment.js
@@ -33,16 +33,6 @@ imports.gi.versions.TelepathyGLib = '0.12';
 imports.gi.versions.TelepathyLogger = '0.2';
 imports.gi.versions.UPowerGlib = '1.0';
 
-try {
-    if (Config.HAVE_SOUP2)
-        throw new Error('Soup3 support not enabled');
-    const Soup_ = imports.gi.Soup;
-} catch (e) {
-    imports.gi.versions.Soup = '2.4';
-    const { Soup } = imports.gi;
-    _injectSoup3Compat(Soup);
-}
-
 const {Clutter, Gdk, Gio, GLib, GObject, Meta, Polkit, Shell, St} = imports.gi;
 const Gettext = imports.gettext;
 const System = imports.system;
@@ -101,42 +91,6 @@ function _patchLayoutClass(layoutClass, styleProps) {
     }
 }
 
-/**
- * Mimick the Soup 3 APIs we use when falling back to Soup 2.4
- *
- * @param {object} Soup 2.4 namespace
- * @returns {void}
- */
-function _injectSoup3Compat(Soup) {
-    Soup.StatusCode = Soup.KnownStatusCode;
-
-    Soup.Message.new_from_encoded_form =
-        function (method, uri, form) {
-            const soupUri = new Soup.URI(uri);
-            soupUri.set_query(form);
-            return Soup.Message.new_from_uri(method, soupUri);
-        };
-    Soup.Message.prototype.set_request_body_from_bytes =
-        function (contentType, bytes) {
-            this.set_request(
-                contentType,
-                Soup.MemoryUse.COPY,
-                new TextDecoder().decode(bytes.get_data()));
-        };
-
-    Soup.Session.prototype.send_and_read_async =
-        function (message, prio, cancellable, callback) {
-            this.queue_message(message, () => callback(this, message));
-        };
-    Soup.Session.prototype.send_and_read_finish =
-        function (message) {
-            if (message.status_code !== Soup.KnownStatusCode.OK)
-                return null;
-
-            return message.response_body.flatten().get_as_bytes();
-        };
-}
-
 function _makeEaseCallback(params, cleanup) {
     let onComplete = params.onComplete;
     delete params.onComplete;
diff --git a/meson.build b/meson.build
index 7b08fe52d..dd0337486 100644
--- a/meson.build
+++ b/meson.build
@@ -112,8 +112,6 @@ else
   have_systemd = false
 endif
 
-have_soup2 = get_option('soup2')
-
 if get_option('man')
   if fs.exists('man/gnome-shell.1')
     install_man('man/gnome-shell.1')
diff --git a/meson_options.txt b/meson_options.txt
index 46ca8e785..2d317e602 100644
--- a/meson_options.txt
+++ b/meson_options.txt
@@ -39,9 +39,3 @@ option('systemd',
   value: true,
   description: 'Enable systemd integration'
 )
-
-option('soup2',
-  type: 'boolean',
-  value: false,
-  description: 'Use Soup 2.4 instead of Soup 3. Must be in sync with libgweather'
-)