diff --git a/meson.build b/meson.build
index f8e65ef05..5dec30872 100644
--- a/meson.build
+++ b/meson.build
@@ -87,16 +87,6 @@ libgvc = subproject(
 )
 libgvc_dep = libgvc.get_variable('libgvc_dep')
 
-libgd = subproject(
-  'libgd',
-  default_options: [
-    'static=true',
-    'with-view-common=true',
-    'with-main-view=true'
-  ]
-)
-libgd_dep = libgd.get_variable('libgd_dep')
-
 goa_req_version = '>= 3.25.3'
 pulse_req_version = '>= 2.0'
 
diff --git a/panels/online-accounts/meson.build b/panels/online-accounts/meson.build
index 597a1ad60..eea6f89ec 100644
--- a/panels/online-accounts/meson.build
+++ b/panels/online-accounts/meson.build
@@ -31,7 +31,6 @@ sources += gnome.compile_resources(
 
 deps = common_deps + [
   goa_dep,
-  libgd_dep,
   dependency('goa-backend-1.0', version: goa_req_version)
 ]
 
diff --git a/panels/region/meson.build b/panels/region/meson.build
index 5bca266c0..3bdfffd14 100644
--- a/panels/region/meson.build
+++ b/panels/region/meson.build
@@ -43,7 +43,6 @@ sources += gnome.compile_resources(
 deps = common_deps + [
   accounts_dep,
   gnome_desktop_dep,
-  libgd_dep,
   liblanguage_dep,
   polkit_gobject_dep
 ]
diff --git a/panels/user-accounts/meson.build b/panels/user-accounts/meson.build
index 49aee3cbb..0b0a4fecf 100644
--- a/panels/user-accounts/meson.build
+++ b/panels/user-accounts/meson.build
@@ -164,7 +164,6 @@ deps = common_deps + [
   accounts_dep,
   gdk_pixbuf_dep,
   gnome_desktop_dep,
-  libgd_dep,
   liblanguage_dep,
   krb_dep,
   m_dep,
diff --git a/shell/cc-window.c b/shell/cc-window.c
index 483beec0d..f7593dc55 100644
--- a/shell/cc-window.c
+++ b/shell/cc-window.c
@@ -31,7 +31,6 @@
 #include <gdk/gdkkeysyms.h>
 #include <gdk/gdkx.h>
 #include <string.h>
-#include <libgd/gd.h>
 
 #include "cc-panel.h"
 #include "cc-shell.h"
diff --git a/shell/meson.build b/shell/meson.build
index ea0116542..d9364521b 100644
--- a/shell/meson.build
+++ b/shell/meson.build
@@ -77,7 +77,6 @@ sources = common_sources + files(
 
 shell_deps = common_deps + [
   libdevice_dep,
-  libgd_dep,
   liblanguage_dep,
   polkit_gobject_dep,
   x11_dep
diff --git a/subprojects/libgd b/subprojects/libgd
deleted file mode 160000
index cc9010753..000000000
--- a/subprojects/libgd
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1 +0,0 @@
-Subproject commit cc90107531640bcba6c3c58e5cf6aec94d498763