diff --git a/sphinx/templates/quickstart/Makefile_t b/sphinx/templates/quickstart/Makefile_t
index 4639a982b..2858d9bf7 100644
--- a/sphinx/templates/quickstart/Makefile_t
+++ b/sphinx/templates/quickstart/Makefile_t
@@ -27,7 +27,6 @@ help:
 	@echo "  applehelp   to make an Apple Help Book"
 	@echo "  devhelp     to make HTML files and a Devhelp project"
 	@echo "  epub        to make an epub"
-	@echo "  epub3       to make an epub3"
 	@echo "  latex       to make LaTeX files, you can set PAPER=a4 or PAPER=letter"
 	@echo "  latexpdf    to make LaTeX files and run them through pdflatex"
 	@echo "  latexpdfja  to make LaTeX files and run them through platex/dvipdfmx"
@@ -122,12 +121,6 @@ epub:
 	@echo
 	@echo "Build finished. The epub file is in $(BUILDDIR)/epub."
 
-.PHONY: epub3
-epub3:
-	$(SPHINXBUILD) -b epub3 $(ALLSPHINXOPTS) $(BUILDDIR)/epub3
-	@echo
-	@echo "Build finished. The epub3 file is in $(BUILDDIR)/epub3."
-
 .PHONY: latex
 latex:
 	$(SPHINXBUILD) -b latex $(ALLSPHINXOPTS) $(BUILDDIR)/latex
diff --git a/sphinx/templates/quickstart/make.bat_t b/sphinx/templates/quickstart/make.bat_t
index 8438b5f7e..230977488 100644
--- a/sphinx/templates/quickstart/make.bat_t
+++ b/sphinx/templates/quickstart/make.bat_t
@@ -29,7 +29,6 @@ if "%1" == "help" (
 	echo.  qthelp     to make HTML files and a qthelp project
 	echo.  devhelp    to make HTML files and a Devhelp project
 	echo.  epub       to make an epub
-	echo.  epub3      to make an epub3
 	echo.  latex      to make LaTeX files, you can set PAPER=a4 or PAPER=letter
 	echo.  text       to make text files
 	echo.  man        to make manual pages
@@ -153,14 +152,6 @@ if "%1" == "epub" (
 	goto end
 )
 
-if "%1" == "epub3" (
-	%SPHINXBUILD% -b epub3 %ALLSPHINXOPTS% %BUILDDIR%/epub3
-	if errorlevel 1 exit /b 1
-	echo.
-	echo.Build finished. The epub3 file is in %BUILDDIR%/epub3.
-	goto end
-)
-
 if "%1" == "latex" (
 	%SPHINXBUILD% -b latex %ALLSPHINXOPTS% %BUILDDIR%/latex
 	if errorlevel 1 exit /b 1