diff --git a/CHANGES b/CHANGES
index 70f06ef4b..d2567dca3 100644
--- a/CHANGES
+++ b/CHANGES
@@ -17,7 +17,8 @@ Dependencies
   which in Ubuntu xenial are provided by package ``fonts-freefont-otf``, and
   e.g. in Fedora 29 via package ``texlive-gnu-freefont``.
 * requests 2.5.0 or above
-* The six package is no longer a dependency.
+* The six package is no longer a dependency
+* The sphinxcontrib-websupport package is no longer a dependency
 * Some packages are separated to sub packages:
 
   - sphinxcontrib.jsmath
@@ -55,6 +56,7 @@ Incompatible changes
   from LaTeX preamble now get overwritten.  Use ``\sphinxtableofcontentshook``
   to insert custom user definitions.  See :ref:`latex-macros`.
 * quickstart: Simplify generated ``conf.py``
+* websupport: unbundled from sphinx core. Please use sphinxcontrib-websupport
 
 Deprecated
 ----------
diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
index be4097b70..473b85788 100644
--- a/setup.py
+++ b/setup.py
@@ -33,10 +33,6 @@ extras_require = {
     ':sys_platform=="win32"': [
         'colorama>=0.3.5',
     ],
-    'websupport': [
-        'sqlalchemy>=0.9',
-        'whoosh>=2.0',
-    ],
     'test': [
         'mock',
         'pytest',
diff --git a/sphinx/application.py b/sphinx/application.py
index 5744e4e94..e4aa9de86 100644
--- a/sphinx/application.py
+++ b/sphinx/application.py
@@ -77,7 +77,6 @@ builtin_extensions = (
     'sphinx.builders.singlehtml',
     'sphinx.builders.texinfo',
     'sphinx.builders.text',
-    'sphinx.builders.websupport',
     'sphinx.builders.xml',
     'sphinx.config',
     'sphinx.domains.c',
diff --git a/sphinx/builders/websupport.py b/sphinx/builders/websupport.py
deleted file mode 100644
index e5117861e..000000000
--- a/sphinx/builders/websupport.py
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,29 +0,0 @@
-"""
-    sphinx.builders.websupport
-    ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
-
-    Builder for the web support package.
-
-    :copyright: Copyright 2007-2019 by the Sphinx team, see AUTHORS.
-    :license: BSD, see LICENSE for details.
-"""
-
-if False:
-    # For type annotation
-    from typing import Any, Dict  # NOQA
-    from sphinx.application import Sphinx  # NOQA
-
-
-def setup(app):
-    # type: (Sphinx) -> Dict[str, Any]
-    try:
-        from sphinxcontrib.websupport.builder import WebSupportBuilder
-        app.add_builder(WebSupportBuilder)
-    except ImportError:
-        pass
-
-    return {
-        'version': 'builtin',
-        'parallel_read_safe': True,
-        'parallel_write_safe': True,
-    }
diff --git a/sphinx/environment/__init__.py b/sphinx/environment/__init__.py
index a40b68ce1..e2e4d7ab8 100644
--- a/sphinx/environment/__init__.py
+++ b/sphinx/environment/__init__.py
@@ -27,7 +27,6 @@ from sphinx.util import logging
 from sphinx.util.docutils import LoggingReporter
 from sphinx.util.i18n import find_catalog_files
 from sphinx.util.nodes import is_translatable
-from sphinx.util.websupport import is_commentable
 
 if False:
     # For type annotation
@@ -76,8 +75,7 @@ CONFIG_CHANGED_REASON = {
 versioning_conditions = {
     'none': False,
     'text': is_translatable,
-    'commentable': is_commentable,
-}
+}  # type: Dict[str, Union[bool, Callable]]
 
 
 class NoUri(Exception):
@@ -273,6 +271,7 @@ class BuildEnvironment:
         raise an exception if the user tries to use an environment with an
         incompatible versioning method.
         """
+        condition = None  # type: Union[bool, Callable]
         if callable(method):
             condition = method
         else:
diff --git a/sphinx/themes/basic/static/websupport.js b/sphinx/themes/basic/static/websupport.js
deleted file mode 100644
index 3b4999ebf..000000000
--- a/sphinx/themes/basic/static/websupport.js
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,808 +0,0 @@
-/*
- * websupport.js
- * ~~~~~~~~~~~~~
- *
- * sphinx.websupport utilities for all documentation.
- *
- * :copyright: Copyright 2007-2019 by the Sphinx team, see AUTHORS.
- * :license: BSD, see LICENSE for details.
- *
- */
-
-(function($) {
-  $.fn.autogrow = function() {
-    return this.each(function() {
-    var textarea = this;
-
-    $.fn.autogrow.resize(textarea);
-
-    $(textarea)
-      .focus(function() {
-        textarea.interval = setInterval(function() {
-          $.fn.autogrow.resize(textarea);
-        }, 500);
-      })
-      .blur(function() {
-        clearInterval(textarea.interval);
-      });
-    });
-  };
-
-  $.fn.autogrow.resize = function(textarea) {
-    var lineHeight = parseInt($(textarea).css('line-height'), 10);
-    var lines = textarea.value.split('\n');
-    var columns = textarea.cols;
-    var lineCount = 0;
-    $.each(lines, function() {
-      lineCount += Math.ceil(this.length / columns) || 1;
-    });
-    var height = lineHeight * (lineCount + 1);
-    $(textarea).css('height', height);
-  };
-})(jQuery);
-
-(function($) {
-  var comp, by;
-
-  function init() {
-    initEvents();
-    initComparator();
-  }
-
-  function initEvents() {
-    $(document).on("click", 'a.comment-close', function(event) {
-      event.preventDefault();
-      hide($(this).attr('id').substring(2));
-    });
-    $(document).on("click", 'a.vote', function(event) {
-      event.preventDefault();
-      handleVote($(this));
-    });
-    $(document).on("click", 'a.reply', function(event) {
-      event.preventDefault();
-      openReply($(this).attr('id').substring(2));
-    });
-    $(document).on("click", 'a.close-reply', function(event) {
-      event.preventDefault();
-      closeReply($(this).attr('id').substring(2));
-    });
-    $(document).on("click", 'a.sort-option', function(event) {
-      event.preventDefault();
-      handleReSort($(this));
-    });
-    $(document).on("click", 'a.show-proposal', function(event) {
-      event.preventDefault();
-      showProposal($(this).attr('id').substring(2));
-    });
-    $(document).on("click", 'a.hide-proposal', function(event) {
-      event.preventDefault();
-      hideProposal($(this).attr('id').substring(2));
-    });
-    $(document).on("click", 'a.show-propose-change', function(event) {
-      event.preventDefault();
-      showProposeChange($(this).attr('id').substring(2));
-    });
-    $(document).on("click", 'a.hide-propose-change', function(event) {
-      event.preventDefault();
-      hideProposeChange($(this).attr('id').substring(2));
-    });
-    $(document).on("click", 'a.accept-comment', function(event) {
-      event.preventDefault();
-      acceptComment($(this).attr('id').substring(2));
-    });
-    $(document).on("click", 'a.delete-comment', function(event) {
-      event.preventDefault();
-      deleteComment($(this).attr('id').substring(2));
-    });
-    $(document).on("click", 'a.comment-markup', function(event) {
-      event.preventDefault();
-      toggleCommentMarkupBox($(this).attr('id').substring(2));
-    });
-  }
-
-  /**
-   * Set comp, which is a comparator function used for sorting and
-   * inserting comments into the list.
-   */
-  function setComparator() {
-    // If the first three letters are "asc", sort in ascending order
-    // and remove the prefix.
-    if (by.substring(0,3) == 'asc') {
-      var i = by.substring(3);
-      comp = function(a, b) { return a[i] - b[i]; };
-    } else {
-      // Otherwise sort in descending order.
-      comp = function(a, b) { return b[by] - a[by]; };
-    }
-
-    // Reset link styles and format the selected sort option.
-    $('a.sel').attr('href', '#').removeClass('sel');
-    $('a.by' + by).removeAttr('href').addClass('sel');
-  }
-
-  /**
-   * Create a comp function. If the user has preferences stored in
-   * the sortBy cookie, use those, otherwise use the default.
-   */
-  function initComparator() {
-    by = 'rating'; // Default to sort by rating.
-    // If the sortBy cookie is set, use that instead.
-    if (document.cookie.length > 0) {
-      var start = document.cookie.indexOf('sortBy=');
-      if (start != -1) {
-        start = start + 7;
-        var end = document.cookie.indexOf(";", start);
-        if (end == -1) {
-          end = document.cookie.length;
-          by = unescape(document.cookie.substring(start, end));
-        }
-      }
-    }
-    setComparator();
-  }
-
-  /**
-   * Show a comment div.
-   */
-  function show(id) {
-    $('#ao' + id).hide();
-    $('#ah' + id).show();
-    var context = $.extend({id: id}, opts);
-    var popup = $(renderTemplate(popupTemplate, context)).hide();
-    popup.find('textarea[name="proposal"]').hide();
-    popup.find('a.by' + by).addClass('sel');
-    var form = popup.find('#cf' + id);
-    form.submit(function(event) {
-      event.preventDefault();
-      addComment(form);
-    });
-    $('#s' + id).after(popup);
-    popup.slideDown('fast', function() {
-      getComments(id);
-    });
-  }
-
-  /**
-   * Hide a comment div.
-   */
-  function hide(id) {
-    $('#ah' + id).hide();
-    $('#ao' + id).show();
-    var div = $('#sc' + id);
-    div.slideUp('fast', function() {
-      div.remove();
-    });
-  }
-
-  /**
-   * Perform an ajax request to get comments for a node
-   * and insert the comments into the comments tree.
-   */
-  function getComments(id) {
-    $.ajax({
-     type: 'GET',
-     url: opts.getCommentsURL,
-     data: {node: id},
-     success: function(data, textStatus, request) {
-       var ul = $('#cl' + id);
-       var speed = 100;
-       $('#cf' + id)
-         .find('textarea[name="proposal"]')
-         .data('source', data.source);
-
-       if (data.comments.length === 0) {
-         ul.html('<li>No comments yet.</li>');
-         ul.data('empty', true);
-       } else {
-         // If there are comments, sort them and put them in the list.
-         var comments = sortComments(data.comments);
-         speed = data.comments.length * 100;
-         appendComments(comments, ul);
-         ul.data('empty', false);
-       }
-       $('#cn' + id).slideUp(speed + 200);
-       ul.slideDown(speed);
-     },
-     error: function(request, textStatus, error) {
-       showError('Oops, there was a problem retrieving the comments.');
-     },
-     dataType: 'json'
-    });
-  }
-
-  /**
-   * Add a comment via ajax and insert the comment into the comment tree.
-   */
-  function addComment(form) {
-    var node_id = form.find('input[name="node"]').val();
-    var parent_id = form.find('input[name="parent"]').val();
-    var text = form.find('textarea[name="comment"]').val();
-    var proposal = form.find('textarea[name="proposal"]').val();
-
-    if (text == '') {
-      showError('Please enter a comment.');
-      return;
-    }
-
-    // Disable the form that is being submitted.
-    form.find('textarea,input').attr('disabled', 'disabled');
-
-    // Send the comment to the server.
-    $.ajax({
-      type: "POST",
-      url: opts.addCommentURL,
-      dataType: 'json',
-      data: {
-        node: node_id,
-        parent: parent_id,
-        text: text,
-        proposal: proposal
-      },
-      success: function(data, textStatus, error) {
-        // Reset the form.
-        if (node_id) {
-          hideProposeChange(node_id);
-        }
-        form.find('textarea')
-          .val('')
-          .add(form.find('input'))
-          .removeAttr('disabled');
-	var ul = $('#cl' + (node_id || parent_id));
-        if (ul.data('empty')) {
-          $(ul).empty();
-          ul.data('empty', false);
-        }
-        insertComment(data.comment);
-        var ao = $('#ao' + node_id);
-        ao.find('img').attr({'src': opts.commentBrightImage});
-        if (node_id) {
-          // if this was a "root" comment, remove the commenting box
-          // (the user can get it back by reopening the comment popup)
-          $('#ca' + node_id).slideUp();
-        }
-      },
-      error: function(request, textStatus, error) {
-        form.find('textarea,input').removeAttr('disabled');
-        showError('Oops, there was a problem adding the comment.');
-      }
-    });
-  }
-
-  /**
-   * Recursively append comments to the main comment list and children
-   * lists, creating the comment tree.
-   */
-  function appendComments(comments, ul) {
-    $.each(comments, function() {
-      var div = createCommentDiv(this);
-      ul.append($(document.createElement('li')).html(div));
-      appendComments(this.children, div.find('ul.comment-children'));
-      // To avoid stagnating data, don't store the comments children in data.
-      this.children = null;
-      div.data('comment', this);
-    });
-  }
-
-  /**
-   * After adding a new comment, it must be inserted in the correct
-   * location in the comment tree.
-   */
-  function insertComment(comment) {
-    var div = createCommentDiv(comment);
-
-    // To avoid stagnating data, don't store the comments children in data.
-    comment.children = null;
-    div.data('comment', comment);
-
-    var ul = $('#cl' + (comment.node || comment.parent));
-    var siblings = getChildren(ul);
-
-    var li = $(document.createElement('li'));
-    li.hide();
-
-    // Determine where in the parents children list to insert this comment.
-    for(var i=0; i < siblings.length; i++) {
-      if (comp(comment, siblings[i]) <= 0) {
-        $('#cd' + siblings[i].id)
-          .parent()
-          .before(li.html(div));
-        li.slideDown('fast');
-        return;
-      }
-    }
-
-    // If we get here, this comment rates lower than all the others,
-    // or it is the only comment in the list.
-    ul.append(li.html(div));
-    li.slideDown('fast');
-  }
-
-  function acceptComment(id) {
-    $.ajax({
-      type: 'POST',
-      url: opts.acceptCommentURL,
-      data: {id: id},
-      success: function(data, textStatus, request) {
-        $('#cm' + id).fadeOut('fast');
-        $('#cd' + id).removeClass('moderate');
-      },
-      error: function(request, textStatus, error) {
-        showError('Oops, there was a problem accepting the comment.');
-      }
-    });
-  }
-
-  function deleteComment(id) {
-    $.ajax({
-      type: 'POST',
-      url: opts.deleteCommentURL,
-      data: {id: id},
-      success: function(data, textStatus, request) {
-        var div = $('#cd' + id);
-        if (data == 'delete') {
-          // Moderator mode: remove the comment and all children immediately
-          div.slideUp('fast', function() {
-            div.remove();
-          });
-          return;
-        }
-        // User mode: only mark the comment as deleted
-        div
-          .find('span.user-id:first')
-          .text('[deleted]').end()
-          .find('div.comment-text:first')
-          .text('[deleted]').end()
-          .find('#cm' + id + ', #dc' + id + ', #ac' + id + ', #rc' + id +
-                ', #sp' + id + ', #hp' + id + ', #cr' + id + ', #rl' + id)
-          .remove();
-        var comment = div.data('comment');
-        comment.username = '[deleted]';
-        comment.text = '[deleted]';
-        div.data('comment', comment);
-      },
-      error: function(request, textStatus, error) {
-        showError('Oops, there was a problem deleting the comment.');
-      }
-    });
-  }
-
-  function showProposal(id) {
-    $('#sp' + id).hide();
-    $('#hp' + id).show();
-    $('#pr' + id).slideDown('fast');
-  }
-
-  function hideProposal(id) {
-    $('#hp' + id).hide();
-    $('#sp' + id).show();
-    $('#pr' + id).slideUp('fast');
-  }
-
-  function showProposeChange(id) {
-    $('#pc' + id).hide();
-    $('#hc' + id).show();
-    var textarea = $('#pt' + id);
-    textarea.val(textarea.data('source'));
-    $.fn.autogrow.resize(textarea[0]);
-    textarea.slideDown('fast');
-  }
-
-  function hideProposeChange(id) {
-    $('#hc' + id).hide();
-    $('#pc' + id).show();
-    var textarea = $('#pt' + id);
-    textarea.val('').removeAttr('disabled');
-    textarea.slideUp('fast');
-  }
-
-  function toggleCommentMarkupBox(id) {
-    $('#mb' + id).toggle();
-  }
-
-  /** Handle when the user clicks on a sort by link. */
-  function handleReSort(link) {
-    var classes = link.attr('class').split(/\s+/);
-    for (var i=0; i<classes.length; i++) {
-      if (classes[i] != 'sort-option') {
-	by = classes[i].substring(2);
-      }
-    }
-    setComparator();
-    // Save/update the sortBy cookie.
-    var expiration = new Date();
-    expiration.setDate(expiration.getDate() + 365);
-    document.cookie= 'sortBy=' + escape(by) +
-                     ';expires=' + expiration.toUTCString();
-    $('ul.comment-ul').each(function(index, ul) {
-      var comments = getChildren($(ul), true);
-      comments = sortComments(comments);
-      appendComments(comments, $(ul).empty());
-    });
-  }
-
-  /**
-   * Function to process a vote when a user clicks an arrow.
-   */
-  function handleVote(link) {
-    if (!opts.voting) {
-      showError("You'll need to login to vote.");
-      return;
-    }
-
-    var id = link.attr('id');
-    if (!id) {
-      // Didn't click on one of the voting arrows.
-      return;
-    }
-    // If it is an unvote, the new vote value is 0,
-    // Otherwise it's 1 for an upvote, or -1 for a downvote.
-    var value = 0;
-    if (id.charAt(1) != 'u') {
-      value = id.charAt(0) == 'u' ? 1 : -1;
-    }
-    // The data to be sent to the server.
-    var d = {
-      comment_id: id.substring(2),
-      value: value
-    };
-
-    // Swap the vote and unvote links.
-    link.hide();
-    $('#' + id.charAt(0) + (id.charAt(1) == 'u' ? 'v' : 'u') + d.comment_id)
-      .show();
-
-    // The div the comment is displayed in.
-    var div = $('div#cd' + d.comment_id);
-    var data = div.data('comment');
-
-    // If this is not an unvote, and the other vote arrow has
-    // already been pressed, unpress it.
-    if ((d.value !== 0) && (data.vote === d.value * -1)) {
-      $('#' + (d.value == 1 ? 'd' : 'u') + 'u' + d.comment_id).hide();
-      $('#' + (d.value == 1 ? 'd' : 'u') + 'v' + d.comment_id).show();
-    }
-
-    // Update the comments rating in the local data.
-    data.rating += (data.vote === 0) ? d.value : (d.value - data.vote);
-    data.vote = d.value;
-    div.data('comment', data);
-
-    // Change the rating text.
-    div.find('.rating:first')
-      .text(data.rating + ' point' + (data.rating == 1 ? '' : 's'));
-
-    // Send the vote information to the server.
-    $.ajax({
-      type: "POST",
-      url: opts.processVoteURL,
-      data: d,
-      error: function(request, textStatus, error) {
-        showError('Oops, there was a problem casting that vote.');
-      }
-    });
-  }
-
-  /**
-   * Open a reply form used to reply to an existing comment.
-   */
-  function openReply(id) {
-    // Swap out the reply link for the hide link
-    $('#rl' + id).hide();
-    $('#cr' + id).show();
-
-    // Add the reply li to the children ul.
-    var div = $(renderTemplate(replyTemplate, {id: id})).hide();
-    $('#cl' + id)
-      .prepend(div)
-      // Setup the submit handler for the reply form.
-      .find('#rf' + id)
-      .submit(function(event) {
-        event.preventDefault();
-        addComment($('#rf' + id));
-        closeReply(id);
-      })
-      .find('input[type=button]')
-      .click(function() {
-        closeReply(id);
-      });
-    div.slideDown('fast', function() {
-      $('#rf' + id).find('textarea').focus();
-    });
-  }
-
-  /**
-   * Close the reply form opened with openReply.
-   */
-  function closeReply(id) {
-    // Remove the reply div from the DOM.
-    $('#rd' + id).slideUp('fast', function() {
-      $(this).remove();
-    });
-
-    // Swap out the hide link for the reply link
-    $('#cr' + id).hide();
-    $('#rl' + id).show();
-  }
-
-  /**
-   * Recursively sort a tree of comments using the comp comparator.
-   */
-  function sortComments(comments) {
-    comments.sort(comp);
-    $.each(comments, function() {
-      this.children = sortComments(this.children);
-    });
-    return comments;
-  }
-
-  /**
-   * Get the children comments from a ul. If recursive is true,
-   * recursively include childrens' children.
-   */
-  function getChildren(ul, recursive) {
-    var children = [];
-    ul.children().children("[id^='cd']")
-      .each(function() {
-        var comment = $(this).data('comment');
-        if (recursive)
-          comment.children = getChildren($(this).find('#cl' + comment.id), true);
-        children.push(comment);
-      });
-    return children;
-  }
-
-  /** Create a div to display a comment in. */
-  function createCommentDiv(comment) {
-    if (!comment.displayed && !opts.moderator) {
-      return $('<div class="moderate">Thank you!  Your comment will show up '
-               + 'once it is has been approved by a moderator.</div>');
-    }
-    // Prettify the comment rating.
-    comment.pretty_rating = comment.rating + ' point' +
-      (comment.rating == 1 ? '' : 's');
-    // Make a class (for displaying not yet moderated comments differently)
-    comment.css_class = comment.displayed ? '' : ' moderate';
-    // Create a div for this comment.
-    var context = $.extend({}, opts, comment);
-    var div = $(renderTemplate(commentTemplate, context));
-
-    // If the user has voted on this comment, highlight the correct arrow.
-    if (comment.vote) {
-      var direction = (comment.vote == 1) ? 'u' : 'd';
-      div.find('#' + direction + 'v' + comment.id).hide();
-      div.find('#' + direction + 'u' + comment.id).show();
-    }
-
-    if (opts.moderator || comment.text != '[deleted]') {
-      div.find('a.reply').show();
-      if (comment.proposal_diff)
-        div.find('#sp' + comment.id).show();
-      if (opts.moderator && !comment.displayed)
-        div.find('#cm' + comment.id).show();
-      if (opts.moderator || (opts.username == comment.username))
-        div.find('#dc' + comment.id).show();
-    }
-    return div;
-  }
-
-  /**
-   * A simple template renderer. Placeholders such as <%id%> are replaced
-   * by context['id'] with items being escaped. Placeholders such as <#id#>
-   * are not escaped.
-   */
-  function renderTemplate(template, context) {
-    var esc = $(document.createElement('div'));
-
-    function handle(ph, escape) {
-      var cur = context;
-      $.each(ph.split('.'), function() {
-        cur = cur[this];
-      });
-      return escape ? esc.text(cur || "").html() : cur;
-    }
-
-    return template.replace(/<([%#])([\w\.]*)\1>/g, function() {
-      return handle(arguments[2], arguments[1] == '%' ? true : false);
-    });
-  }
-
-  /** Flash an error message briefly. */
-  function showError(message) {
-    $(document.createElement('div')).attr({'class': 'popup-error'})
-      .append($(document.createElement('div'))
-               .attr({'class': 'error-message'}).text(message))
-      .appendTo('body')
-      .fadeIn("slow")
-      .delay(2000)
-      .fadeOut("slow");
-  }
-
-  /** Add a link the user uses to open the comments popup. */
-  $.fn.comment = function() {
-    return this.each(function() {
-      var id = $(this).attr('id').substring(1);
-      var count = COMMENT_METADATA[id];
-      var title = count + ' comment' + (count == 1 ? '' : 's');
-      var image = count > 0 ? opts.commentBrightImage : opts.commentImage;
-      var addcls = count == 0 ? ' nocomment' : '';
-      $(this)
-        .append(
-          $(document.createElement('a')).attr({
-            href: '#',
-            'class': 'sphinx-comment-open' + addcls,
-            id: 'ao' + id
-          })
-            .append($(document.createElement('img')).attr({
-              src: image,
-              alt: 'comment',
-              title: title
-            }))
-            .click(function(event) {
-              event.preventDefault();
-              show($(this).attr('id').substring(2));
-            })
-        )
-        .append(
-          $(document.createElement('a')).attr({
-            href: '#',
-            'class': 'sphinx-comment-close hidden',
-            id: 'ah' + id
-          })
-            .append($(document.createElement('img')).attr({
-              src: opts.closeCommentImage,
-              alt: 'close',
-              title: 'close'
-            }))
-            .click(function(event) {
-              event.preventDefault();
-              hide($(this).attr('id').substring(2));
-            })
-        );
-    });
-  };
-
-  var opts = {
-    processVoteURL: '/_process_vote',
-    addCommentURL: '/_add_comment',
-    getCommentsURL: '/_get_comments',
-    acceptCommentURL: '/_accept_comment',
-    deleteCommentURL: '/_delete_comment',
-    commentImage: '/static/_static/comment.png',
-    closeCommentImage: '/static/_static/comment-close.png',
-    loadingImage: '/static/_static/ajax-loader.gif',
-    commentBrightImage: '/static/_static/comment-bright.png',
-    upArrow: '/static/_static/up.png',
-    downArrow: '/static/_static/down.png',
-    upArrowPressed: '/static/_static/up-pressed.png',
-    downArrowPressed: '/static/_static/down-pressed.png',
-    voting: false,
-    moderator: false
-  };
-
-  if (typeof COMMENT_OPTIONS != "undefined") {
-    opts = jQuery.extend(opts, COMMENT_OPTIONS);
-  }
-
-  var popupTemplate = '\
-    <div class="sphinx-comments" id="sc<%id%>">\
-      <p class="sort-options">\
-        Sort by:\
-        <a href="#" class="sort-option byrating">best rated</a>\
-        <a href="#" class="sort-option byascage">newest</a>\
-        <a href="#" class="sort-option byage">oldest</a>\
-      </p>\
-      <div class="comment-header">Comments</div>\
-      <div class="comment-loading" id="cn<%id%>">\
-        loading comments... <img src="<%loadingImage%>" alt="" /></div>\
-      <ul id="cl<%id%>" class="comment-ul"></ul>\
-      <div id="ca<%id%>">\
-      <p class="add-a-comment">Add a comment\
-        (<a href="#" class="comment-markup" id="ab<%id%>">markup</a>):</p>\
-      <div class="comment-markup-box" id="mb<%id%>">\
-        reStructured text markup: <i>*emph*</i>, <b>**strong**</b>, \
-        <code>``code``</code>, \
-        code blocks: <code>::</code> and an indented block after blank line</div>\
-      <form method="post" id="cf<%id%>" class="comment-form" action="">\
-        <textarea name="comment" cols="80"></textarea>\
-        <p class="propose-button">\
-          <a href="#" id="pc<%id%>" class="show-propose-change">\
-            Propose a change &#9657;\
-          </a>\
-          <a href="#" id="hc<%id%>" class="hide-propose-change">\
-            Propose a change &#9663;\
-          </a>\
-        </p>\
-        <textarea name="proposal" id="pt<%id%>" cols="80"\
-                  spellcheck="false"></textarea>\
-        <input type="submit" value="Add comment" />\
-        <input type="hidden" name="node" value="<%id%>" />\
-        <input type="hidden" name="parent" value="" />\
-      </form>\
-      </div>\
-    </div>';
-
-  var commentTemplate = '\
-    <div id="cd<%id%>" class="sphinx-comment<%css_class%>">\
-      <div class="vote">\
-        <div class="arrow">\
-          <a href="#" id="uv<%id%>" class="vote" title="vote up">\
-            <img src="<%upArrow%>" />\
-          </a>\
-          <a href="#" id="uu<%id%>" class="un vote" title="vote up">\
-            <img src="<%upArrowPressed%>" />\
-          </a>\
-        </div>\
-        <div class="arrow">\
-          <a href="#" id="dv<%id%>" class="vote" title="vote down">\
-            <img src="<%downArrow%>" id="da<%id%>" />\
-          </a>\
-          <a href="#" id="du<%id%>" class="un vote" title="vote down">\
-            <img src="<%downArrowPressed%>" />\
-          </a>\
-        </div>\
-      </div>\
-      <div class="comment-content">\
-        <p class="tagline comment">\
-          <span class="user-id"><%username%></span>\
-          <span class="rating"><%pretty_rating%></span>\
-          <span class="delta"><%time.delta%></span>\
-        </p>\
-        <div class="comment-text comment"><#text#></div>\
-        <p class="comment-opts comment">\
-          <a href="#" class="reply hidden" id="rl<%id%>">reply &#9657;</a>\
-          <a href="#" class="close-reply" id="cr<%id%>">reply &#9663;</a>\
-          <a href="#" id="sp<%id%>" class="show-proposal">proposal &#9657;</a>\
-          <a href="#" id="hp<%id%>" class="hide-proposal">proposal &#9663;</a>\
-          <a href="#" id="dc<%id%>" class="delete-comment hidden">delete</a>\
-          <span id="cm<%id%>" class="moderation hidden">\
-            <a href="#" id="ac<%id%>" class="accept-comment">accept</a>\
-          </span>\
-        </p>\
-        <pre class="proposal" id="pr<%id%>">\
-<#proposal_diff#>\
-        </pre>\
-          <ul class="comment-children" id="cl<%id%>"></ul>\
-        </div>\
-        <div class="clearleft"></div>\
-      </div>\
-    </div>';
-
-  var replyTemplate = '\
-    <li>\
-      <div class="reply-div" id="rd<%id%>">\
-        <form id="rf<%id%>">\
-          <textarea name="comment" cols="80"></textarea>\
-          <input type="submit" value="Add reply" />\
-          <input type="button" value="Cancel" />\
-          <input type="hidden" name="parent" value="<%id%>" />\
-          <input type="hidden" name="node" value="" />\
-        </form>\
-      </div>\
-    </li>';
-
-  $(document).ready(function() {
-    init();
-  });
-})(jQuery);
-
-$(document).ready(function() {
-  // add comment anchors for all paragraphs that are commentable
-  $('.sphinx-has-comment').comment();
-
-  // highlight search words in search results
-  $("div.context").each(function() {
-    var params = $.getQueryParameters();
-    var terms = (params.q) ? params.q[0].split(/\s+/) : [];
-    var result = $(this);
-    $.each(terms, function() {
-      result.highlightText(this.toLowerCase(), 'highlighted');
-    });
-  });
-
-  // directly open comment window if requested
-  var anchor = document.location.hash;
-  if (anchor.substring(0, 9) == '#comment-') {
-    $('#ao' + anchor.substring(9)).click();
-    document.location.hash = '#s' + anchor.substring(9);
-  }
-});
diff --git a/sphinx/util/websupport.py b/sphinx/util/websupport.py
deleted file mode 100644
index dff9093d7..000000000
--- a/sphinx/util/websupport.py
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,16 +0,0 @@
-"""
-    sphinx.util.websupport
-    ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
-
-    :copyright: Copyright 2007-2019 by the Sphinx team, see AUTHORS.
-    :license: BSD, see LICENSE for details.
-"""
-
-try:
-    from sphinxcontrib.websupport.utils import is_commentable  # NOQA
-except ImportError:
-    from docutils import nodes  # NOQA
-
-    def is_commentable(node):
-        # type: (nodes.Node) -> bool
-        raise RuntimeError
diff --git a/sphinx/writers/websupport.py b/sphinx/writers/websupport.py
deleted file mode 100644
index 121ad3596..000000000
--- a/sphinx/writers/websupport.py
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,11 +0,0 @@
-"""
-    sphinx.writers.websupport
-    ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
-
-    sphinx.websupport writer that adds comment-related annotations.
-
-    :copyright: Copyright 2007-2019 by the Sphinx team, see AUTHORS.
-    :license: BSD, see LICENSE for details.
-"""
-
-from sphinxcontrib.websupport.writer import WebSupportTranslator  # NOQA