diff --git a/sphinx/templates/epub2/container.xml b/sphinx/templates/epub2/container.xml
deleted file mode 100644
index 326cf15fa..000000000
--- a/sphinx/templates/epub2/container.xml
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,6 +0,0 @@
-<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
-<container version="1.0" xmlns="urn:oasis:names:tc:opendocument:xmlns:container">
-  <rootfiles>
-    <rootfile full-path="content.opf" media-type="application/oebps-package+xml"/>
-  </rootfiles>
-</container>
diff --git a/sphinx/templates/epub2/content.opf_t b/sphinx/templates/epub2/content.opf_t
deleted file mode 100644
index 5169d0551..000000000
--- a/sphinx/templates/epub2/content.opf_t
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,37 +0,0 @@
-<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
-<package xmlns="http://www.idpf.org/2007/opf" version="2.0"
-      unique-identifier="%(uid)s">
-  <metadata xmlns:opf="http://www.idpf.org/2007/opf"
-        xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/">
-    <dc:language>{{ lang }}</dc:language>
-    <dc:title>{{ title }}</dc:title>
-    <dc:creator opf:role="aut">{{ author }}</dc:creator>
-    <dc:publisher>{{ publisher }}</dc:publisher>
-    <dc:rights>{{ copyright }}</dc:rights>
-    <dc:identifier id="{{ uid }}" opf:scheme="{{ scheme }}">{{ id }}</dc:identifier>
-    <dc:date>{{ date }}</dc:date>
-    {%- if cover %}
-    <meta name="cover" content="{{ cover }}"/>
-    {%- endif %}
-  </metadata>
-  <manifest>
-    <item id="ncx" href="toc.ncx" media-type="application/x-dtbncx+xml" />
-    {%- for item in manifest_items %}
-    <item id="{{ item.id }}" href="{{ item.href }}" media-type="{{ item.media_type }}" />
-    {%- endfor %}
-  </manifest>
-  <spine toc="ncx">
-    {%- for spine in spines %}
-    {%- if spine.linear %}
-    <itemref idref="{{ spine.idref }}" />
-    {%- else %}
-    <itemref idref="{{ spine.idref }}" linear="no" />
-    {%- endif %}
-    {%- endfor %}
-  </spine>
-  <guide>
-    {%- for guide in guides %}
-    <reference type="{{ guide.type }}" title="{{ guide.title }}" href="{{ guide.uri }}" />
-    {%- endfor %}
-  </guide>
-</package>
diff --git a/sphinx/templates/epub2/mimetype b/sphinx/templates/epub2/mimetype
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index 57ef03f24..000000000
--- a/sphinx/templates/epub2/mimetype
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1 +0,0 @@
-application/epub+zip
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/sphinx/templates/epub2/toc.ncx_t b/sphinx/templates/epub2/toc.ncx_t
deleted file mode 100644
index 9bb701908..000000000
--- a/sphinx/templates/epub2/toc.ncx_t
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,15 +0,0 @@
-<?xml version="1.0"?>
-<ncx version="2005-1" xmlns="http://www.daisy.org/z3986/2005/ncx/">
-  <head>
-    <meta name="dtb:uid" content="{{ uid }}"/>
-    <meta name="dtb:depth" content="{{ level }}"/>
-    <meta name="dtb:totalPageCount" content="0"/>
-    <meta name="dtb:maxPageNumber" content="0"/>
-  </head>
-  <docTitle>
-    <text>{{ title }}</text>
-  </docTitle>
-  <navMap>
-{{ navpoints }}
-  </navMap>
-</ncx>
