diff --git a/Dockerfile b/Dockerfile
index 4161b9789c..d35e4ada53 100644
--- a/Dockerfile
+++ b/Dockerfile
@@ -13,9 +13,8 @@ RUN apt-get update && \
         git \
         bison \
         flex \
-        ruby \
-        wget \
-        ruby-dev && \
+        python3 \
+        wget && \
     wget https://github.com/kkos/oniguruma/archive/v5.9.6.tar.gz -O onig-5.9.6.tar.gz && \
     sha512sum onig-5.9.6.tar.gz | grep 6b048d345e148c9da38af7a8df76d4a358eb3d4db91fa7834076e511f526a63544284f212b0d56badbbd33112c8b458a5fff02bfbbda012ecfe478bc436ea679 && \
     tar zxvf onig-5.9.6.tar.gz && \
@@ -25,8 +24,8 @@ RUN apt-get update && \
         ./configure --prefix=/usr/local && \
         make && \
         make install ) && \
-    gem install bundler && \
-    (cd /app/docs && bundle install) && \
+    pip3 install pipenv && \
+    (cd /app/docs && pipenv sync) && \
     (cd /app && \
         autoreconf -i && \
         ./configure --disable-valgrind --enable-all-static --prefix=/usr/local && \
@@ -43,8 +42,7 @@ RUN apt-get update && \
         bison \
         git \
         flex \
-        ruby \
-        ruby-dev && \
+        python3 && \
     apt-get autoremove -y && \
     rm -rf oniguruma-5.9.6 && \
     rm -rf /var/lib/apt/lists/* /var/lib/gems
diff --git a/docs/Gemfile b/docs/Gemfile
deleted file mode 100644
index 5908be71eb..0000000000
--- a/docs/Gemfile
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,7 +0,0 @@
-source "https://rubygems.org"
-
-gem "rake"
-gem "bonsai"
-gem "maruku"
-gem "ronn"
-gem "mustache", "<1.0" # to support ruby <2.0
diff --git a/docs/Gemfile.lock b/docs/Gemfile.lock
deleted file mode 100644
index 61db44cca4..0000000000
--- a/docs/Gemfile.lock
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,63 +0,0 @@
-GEM
-  remote: https://rubygems.org/
-  specs:
-    activesupport (4.2.3)
-      i18n (~> 0.7)
-      json (~> 1.7, >= 1.7.7)
-      minitest (~> 5.1)
-      thread_safe (~> 0.3, >= 0.3.4)
-      tzinfo (~> 1.1)
-    addressable (2.3.8)
-    bonsai (1.4.9)
-      activesupport (>= 3.0.3)
-      builder (>= 3.0.0)
-      i18n (>= 0.5.0)
-      launchy (>= 0.3.7)
-      liquid (>= 2.2.2)
-      maruku (>= 0.6.0)
-      rack
-      sass
-      sinatra (>= 1.0)
-      tilt (>= 1.3)
-      watch (>= 0.1.0)
-      yui-compressor
-    builder (3.2.2)
-    hpricot (0.8.6)
-    i18n (0.7.0)
-    json (1.8.3)
-    launchy (2.4.3)
-      addressable (~> 2.3)
-    liquid (3.0.6)
-    maruku (0.7.2)
-    minitest (5.8.0)
-    mustache (0.99.8)
-    rack (1.6.4)
-    rack-protection (1.5.3)
-      rack
-    rake (10.4.2)
-    rdiscount (2.1.8)
-    ronn (0.7.3)
-      hpricot (>= 0.8.2)
-      mustache (>= 0.7.0)
-      rdiscount (>= 1.5.8)
-    sass (3.4.16)
-    sinatra (1.4.6)
-      rack (~> 1.4)
-      rack-protection (~> 1.4)
-      tilt (>= 1.3, < 3)
-    thread_safe (0.3.5)
-    tilt (2.0.1)
-    tzinfo (1.2.2)
-      thread_safe (~> 0.1)
-    watch (0.1.0)
-    yui-compressor (0.12.0)
-
-PLATFORMS
-  ruby
-
-DEPENDENCIES
-  bonsai
-  maruku
-  mustache (< 1.0)
-  rake
-  ronn
diff --git a/docs/Rakefile b/docs/Rakefile
deleted file mode 100644
index 93302a21df..0000000000
--- a/docs/Rakefile
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,24 +0,0 @@
-current_dir = File.dirname(__FILE__)
-rakefile_manual = File.expand_path(File.join(current_dir, "Rakefile.manual"))
-rakefile_website = File.expand_path(File.join(current_dir, "Rakefile.website"))
-
-desc "Build the manpage from the bonsai source of the manual"
-task :manpage do
-    system %(#{$0} -f #{rakefile_manual} manpage)
-end
-
-desc "Collect jq unit test cases from the bonsai source of the manual"
-task :mantests do
-    system %(#{$0} -f #{rakefile_manual} mantests)
-end
-
-desc "Build the website from the bonsai sources"
-task :build do
-    system %(#{$0} -f #{rakefile_website} build)
-end
-
-desc "Serve a live view of the website on http://localhost:5000/jq/"
-task :serve do
-    system %(#{$0} -f #{rakefile_website} serve)
-end
-
diff --git a/docs/Rakefile.manual b/docs/Rakefile.manual
deleted file mode 100644
index 03eccb0f14..0000000000
--- a/docs/Rakefile.manual
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,49 +0,0 @@
-require 'ronn'
-require 'tempfile'
-require 'yaml'
-
-def load_manual
-  YAML::load(File.open("content/3.manual/manual.yml"))
-end
-
-task :manpage do
-  Tempfile.open "manpage" do |f|
-    manual = load_manual
-    f.puts manual['manpage_intro']
-    f.puts manual['body']
-    manual['sections'].each do |section|
-
-      f.puts "## #{section['title'].upcase}\n"
-      f.puts section['body']
-      f.puts ""
-      (section['entries'] || []).each do |entry|
-        f.puts "### #{entry['title']}\n"
-        f.puts entry['body']
-        f.puts ""
-        (entry['examples'] || []).each do |example|
-          f.puts "    jq '#{example['program']}'"
-          f.puts "       #{example['input']}"
-          f.puts "    => #{example['output'].join(", ")}"
-          f.puts
-        end
-      end
-      f.puts ""
-    end
-    f.puts manual['manpage_epilogue']
-    f.close
-    puts Ronn::Document.new(f.path).convert('roff').gsub(/<\/?code>/,"")
-  end
-end
-
-task :mantests do
-  load_manual['sections'].each do |section|
-    (section['entries'] || []).each do |entry|
-      (entry['examples'] || []).each do |example|
-        puts example['program'].gsub("\n", " ")
-        puts example['input']
-        example['output'].each do |s| puts s end
-        puts
-      end
-    end
-  end
-end
diff --git a/docs/Rakefile.website b/docs/Rakefile.website
deleted file mode 100644
index efd54ee4c0..0000000000
--- a/docs/Rakefile.website
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,76 +0,0 @@
-require 'bonsai'
-require 'json'
-require 'liquid'
-require 'maruku'
-
-module ExtraFilters
-  def markdownify(input)
-    Maruku.new(input).to_html
-  end
-  def search_id(input)
-    input.gsub(/`/, '')
-  end
-  def section_id(input)
-    input.gsub(/[^a-zA-Z0-9_]/, '')
-  end
-  def entry_id(input)
-    input.gsub(/[ `]/, '')
-  end
-  def no_paragraph(input)
-    input.gsub('<p>', '').gsub('</p>', '')
-  end
-  def json(input)
-    input.to_json
-  end
-  def unique(input)
-    @n = (@n || 0) + 1
-    input + @n.to_s
-  end
-end
-
-Liquid::Template.register_filter(ExtraFilters)
-
-begin
-  `java 2>&1`
-rescue
-  class Bonsai::Exporter
-    def self.compress_assets
-      Bonsai.log "java not found! Not compressing javascript or stylesheets"
-    end
-  end
-end
-
-task :build do
-  Bonsai.root_dir = Dir.pwd
-  Bonsai::Exporter.publish!
-end
-
-task :serve do
-  begin
-    Bonsai.log "Press Control+C to quit"
-
-    require 'rack'
-    require 'sinatra'
-    require 'watch'
-    require 'launchy'
-
-    Bonsai.root_dir = Dir.pwd
-
-    server = fork {
-      app = Rack::Builder.app {
-        map "/jq" do
-          use Bonsai::StaticPassThrough, :root => Bonsai.root_dir + "/output", :urls => ["/"]
-        end
-        run Bonsai::DevelopmentServer
-      }
-      Rack::Handler.default.run(app, :Port => 5000) do
-        Launchy.open("http://localhost:5000/jq/")
-      end
-    }
-    Watch.new("{content,templates,public}/**/*") { Bonsai::Exporter.process! }
-  rescue Interrupt
-    Process.kill("QUIT", server)
-    Process.wait(server)
-    exit
-  end
-end