diff --git a/debian/control b/debian/control
index e225c9e8c4..8975d47bcd 100644
--- a/debian/control
+++ b/debian/control
@@ -179,8 +179,6 @@ Recommends: python-dbus
         ,python-cups
 #for ssh transport:
         ,python-paramiko
-#for html5 support:
-        ,websockify
 #the start-session GUI:
         ,python-xdg
 # for webcam support:
@@ -238,8 +236,6 @@ Recommends: python3-dbus
         ,python3-cups
 #for ssh transport:
         ,python3-paramiko
-#for html5 support:
-        ,python3-websockify
 #the start-session GUI:
         ,python3-xdg
 # for webcam support:
diff --git a/osx/Helpers/Websockify b/osx/Helpers/Websockify
deleted file mode 100755
index 8452ba0e09..0000000000
--- a/osx/Helpers/Websockify
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,8 +0,0 @@
-#!/bin/sh
-
-#call the "Python" wrapper:
-exe_name=$(basename $0)
-full_path=$(cd "$(dirname "$0")"; pwd -P)
-PYTHON="$full_path/PythonExecWrapper"
-
-exec "$PYTHON" "$exe_name" -c "import sys;sys.argv[0]=\"$full_path/$exe_name\";import websockify;websockify.websocketproxy.websockify_init()" "$@"
diff --git a/osx/jhbuild/xpra-python.modules b/osx/jhbuild/xpra-python.modules
index faa5182570..f4879f2241 100644
--- a/osx/jhbuild/xpra-python.modules
+++ b/osx/jhbuild/xpra-python.modules
@@ -294,19 +294,6 @@
 	</distutils>
 
 
-	<distutils id="python-websockify">
-		<branch repo="pypi.python.org"
-			module="/packages/source/w/websockify/websockify-0.8.0.tar.gz"
-			hash="md5:8fa547ca4de84a96aa3472d55fbcdd59"
-			version="0.8.0"/>
-		<dependencies>
-			<dep package="python"/>
-		</dependencies>
-		<after>
-			<dep package="python"/>
-		</after>
-	</distutils>
-
 	<distutils id="python-websocket-client">
 		<branch repo="files.pythonhosted.org"
 			module="/packages/35/d4/14e446a82bc9172d088ebd81c0b02c5ca8481bfeecb13c9ef07998f9249b/websocket_client-0.54.0.tar.gz"
@@ -747,7 +734,6 @@
 		  <dep package="python-cython"/>
 		  <dep package="python-numpy"/>
 		  <dep package="python-pycups"/>
-		  <dep package="python-websockify"/>
 		  <dep package="python-websocket-client"/>
 		  <dep package="python-bcrypt"/>
 		  <dep package="python-paramiko"/>
diff --git a/osx/jhbuild/xpra-python3.modules b/osx/jhbuild/xpra-python3.modules
index 1cfaa61a37..3fca411258 100644
--- a/osx/jhbuild/xpra-python3.modules
+++ b/osx/jhbuild/xpra-python3.modules
@@ -308,19 +308,6 @@
 	</distutils>
 
 
-	<distutils id="python3-websockify" python3="1">
-		<branch repo="pypi.python.org"
-			module="/packages/source/w/websockify/websockify-0.8.0.tar.gz"
-			hash="md5:8fa547ca4de84a96aa3472d55fbcdd59"
-			version="0.8.0"/>
-		<dependencies>
-			<dep package="python3"/>
-		</dependencies>
-		<after>
-			<dep package="python3"/>
-		</after>
-	</distutils>
-
 	<distutils id="python3-websocket-client" python3="1">
 		<branch repo="files.pythonhosted.org"
 			module="/packages/35/d4/14e446a82bc9172d088ebd81c0b02c5ca8481bfeecb13c9ef07998f9249b/websocket_client-0.54.0.tar.gz"
@@ -762,7 +749,6 @@
 		  <dep package="python3-cython"/>
 		  <dep package="python3-numpy"/>
 		  <dep package="python3-pycups"/>
-		  <dep package="python3-websockify"/>
 		  <dep package="python3-websocket-client"/>
 		  <dep package="python3-bcrypt"/>
 		  <dep package="python3-paramiko"/>
diff --git a/rpmbuild/python-websockify.spec b/rpmbuild/python-websockify.spec
deleted file mode 100644
index b77a2d03f5..0000000000
--- a/rpmbuild/python-websockify.spec
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,50 +0,0 @@
-%{!?__python2: %define __python2 python2}
-
-Name:           python-websockify
-Version:        0.8.0
-Release:        2%{?dist}
-Summary:        WSGI based adapter for the Websockets protocol
-
-License:        LGPLv3
-URL:            https://github.com/kanaka/websockify
-Source0:        https://github.com/kanaka/websockify/archive/v%{version}.tar.gz#/websockify-%{version}.tar.gz
-BuildArch:      noarch
-BuildRequires:  python-devel
-BuildRequires:  python-setuptools
-Requires:       python-setuptools
-
-%description
-Python WSGI based adapter for the Websockets protocol
-
-%prep
-%setup -q -n websockify-%{version}
-
-# TODO: Have the following handle multi line entries
-sed -i '/setup_requires/d; /install_requires/d; /dependency_links/d' setup.py
-
-%build
-%{__python2} setup.py build
-
-
-%install
-%{__python2} setup.py install -O1 --skip-build --root %{buildroot}
-
-rm -Rf %{buildroot}/usr/share/websockify
-mkdir -p %{buildroot}%{_mandir}/man1/
-install -m 444 docs/websockify.1 %{buildroot}%{_mandir}/man1/
-
-
-%files
-%doc LICENSE.txt docs
-%{_mandir}/man1/websockify.1*
-%{python_sitelib}/websockify/*
-%{python_sitelib}/websockify-%{version}-py?.?.egg-info
-%{_bindir}/websockify
-
-
-%changelog
-* Tue Jul 03 2018 Antoine Martin <antoine@xpra.org> - 0.8.0-2
-- use python2 explicitly
-
-* Wed Jan 17 2018 Antoine Martin <antoine@xpra.org> - 0.8.0-1
-- initial CentOS packaging
diff --git a/rpmbuild/xpra.spec b/rpmbuild/xpra.spec
index 5195093197..9c72a6abd8 100644
--- a/rpmbuild/xpra.spec
+++ b/rpmbuild/xpra.spec
@@ -311,23 +311,19 @@ Requires:			pygtk2
 %{Recommends}:		python2-pynvml
 %endif
 %if 0%{?fedora}
-Recommends:			python2-websockify
 Recommends:			python2-xpra-audio
 Recommends:			cups-pdf
 Recommends:			python2-cups
 Recommends:			python2-uinput
 Recommends:			python2-setproctitle
 %if 0%{?run_tests}
-BuildRequires:      python2-websockify
 BuildRequires:      python2-websocket-client
 %endif
 %endif
 %if 0%{?el7}
 Requires:			python-cups
-Requires:			python-websockify
 Requires:			python-setproctitle
 %if 0%{?run_tests}
-BuildRequires:      python-websockify
 BuildRequires:      python-websocket-client
 %endif
 %endif
@@ -437,14 +433,12 @@ Summary:			python3 build of xpra server
 Group:				Networking
 Requires:			xpra-common-server = %{?epoch_prefix}%{version}-%{release}
 Requires:			python3-xpra = %{?epoch_prefix}%{version}-%{release}
-Requires:			python3-websockify
 Recommends:			cups-filters
 Recommends:			cups-pdf
 Recommends:			python3-cups
 Recommends:			gtk3-immodule-xim
 Recommends:			python3-setproctitle
 %if 0%{?run_tests}
-BuildRequires:      python3-websockify
 BuildRequires:      python3-websocket-client
 %endif
 %if %{with_cuda}