diff --git a/classes/basement/rootrecipe.yaml b/classes/basement/rootrecipe.yaml
index f2ff6889..523fc5f7 100644
--- a/classes/basement/rootrecipe.yaml
+++ b/classes/basement/rootrecipe.yaml
@@ -44,9 +44,6 @@ depends:
           - name: devel::help2man
             use: [tools]
             forward: True
-          - name: devel::texinfo
-            use: [tools]
-            forward: True
           - name: devel::autotools
             use: [tools]
             forward: True
diff --git a/doc/usage.rst b/doc/usage.rst
index 9a799fb1..1a143675 100644
--- a/doc/usage.rst
+++ b/doc/usage.rst
@@ -517,7 +517,6 @@ The following tools can be used by naming them in
 * ninja
 * pkg-config
 * python3
-* texinfo
 * util-linux
 
 They are provided by default by the ``basement::rootrecipe`` class. Usually,
diff --git a/recipes/devel/bootstrap-sandbox.yaml b/recipes/devel/bootstrap-sandbox.yaml
index 8285b67a..dc79f0fa 100644
--- a/recipes/devel/bootstrap-sandbox.yaml
+++ b/recipes/devel/bootstrap-sandbox.yaml
@@ -32,10 +32,6 @@ depends:
         name: devel::help2man
         use: [tools]
         forward: True
-    -
-        name: devel::texinfo
-        use: [tools]
-        forward: True
     -
         name: devel::autotools
         use: [tools]
diff --git a/recipes/devel/host-compat-toolchain.yaml b/recipes/devel/host-compat-toolchain.yaml
index 78d2ded2..a4b63d4e 100644
--- a/recipes/devel/host-compat-toolchain.yaml
+++ b/recipes/devel/host-compat-toolchain.yaml
@@ -27,9 +27,6 @@ depends:
     - name: devel::help2man
       use: [tools]
       forward: True
-    - name: devel::texinfo
-      use: [tools]
-      forward: True
     - name: devel::autotools
       use: [tools]
       forward: True
diff --git a/recipes/devel/sandbox-default.yaml b/recipes/devel/sandbox-default.yaml
index 13f61a99..6b9a0b45 100644
--- a/recipes/devel/sandbox-default.yaml
+++ b/recipes/devel/sandbox-default.yaml
@@ -41,10 +41,6 @@ depends:
         name: devel::help2man
         use: [tools]
         forward: True
-    -
-        name: devel::texinfo
-        use: [tools]
-        forward: True
     -
         name: devel::autotools
         use: [tools]
diff --git a/recipes/devel/texinfo.yaml b/recipes/devel/texinfo.yaml
deleted file mode 100644
index f0965f74..00000000
--- a/recipes/devel/texinfo.yaml
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,22 +0,0 @@
-inherit: [autotools]
-
-metaEnvironment:
-    PKG_LICENSE: "GPL-3.0"
-    PKG_VERSION: "7.2"
-
-checkoutSCM:
-    scm: url
-    url: ${GNU_MIRROR}/texinfo/texinfo-${PKG_VERSION}.tar.xz
-    digestSHA1: "ce3776715e655400485381b8ae94e34c5632e729"
-    stripComponents: 1
-
-buildTools: [host-toolchain]
-buildToolsWeak: [perl]
-buildScript: |
-    autotoolsBuild $1
-
-packageScript: |
-    autotoolsPackageTgt
-
-provideTools:
-    texinfo: usr/bin