diff --git a/.build.yml b/.build.yml
index 1c1bc12..59bc722 100644
--- a/.build.yml
+++ b/.build.yml
@@ -1,7 +1,6 @@
 image: alpine/edge
 packages:
   - meson
-  - pango-dev
   - cairo-dev
   - wayland-dev
   - wayland-protocols
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index bae1753..3f30cd5 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -34,7 +34,6 @@ Install dependencies:
 * wayland
 * wayland-protocols \*
 * libxkbcommon
-* pango
 * cairo
 * gdk-pixbuf2 \*\*
 * pam (optional)
diff --git a/background-image.c b/background-image.c
index d2ab03b..c765bdf 100644
--- a/background-image.c
+++ b/background-image.c
@@ -1,5 +1,4 @@
 #include <assert.h>
-#include <stdbool.h>
 #include "background-image.h"
 #include "cairo.h"
 #include "log.h"
@@ -30,7 +29,7 @@ cairo_surface_t *load_background_image(const char *path) {
 	if (!pixbuf) {
 		swaylock_log(LOG_ERROR, "Failed to load background image (%s).",
 				err->message);
-		return false;
+		return NULL;
 	}
 	image = gdk_cairo_image_surface_create_from_pixbuf(pixbuf);
 	g_object_unref(pixbuf);
diff --git a/include/pool-buffer.h b/include/pool-buffer.h
index 54f5be0..0ebf787 100644
--- a/include/pool-buffer.h
+++ b/include/pool-buffer.h
@@ -1,7 +1,6 @@
 #ifndef _SWAY_BUFFERS_H
 #define _SWAY_BUFFERS_H
 #include <cairo/cairo.h>
-#include <pango/pangocairo.h>
 #include <stdbool.h>
 #include <stdint.h>
 #include <wayland-client.h>
@@ -10,7 +9,6 @@ struct pool_buffer {
 	struct wl_buffer *buffer;
 	cairo_surface_t *surface;
 	cairo_t *cairo;
-	PangoContext *pango;
 	uint32_t width, height;
 	void *data;
 	size_t size;
diff --git a/meson.build b/meson.build
index c937e19..3255d39 100644
--- a/meson.build
+++ b/meson.build
@@ -38,8 +38,6 @@ wayland_client = dependency('wayland-client')
 wayland_protos = dependency('wayland-protocols', version: '>=1.14')
 xkbcommon      = dependency('xkbcommon')
 cairo          = dependency('cairo')
-pango          = dependency('pango')
-pangocairo     = dependency('pangocairo')
 gdk_pixbuf     = dependency('gdk-pixbuf-2.0', required: get_option('gdk-pixbuf'))
 libpam         = cc.find_library('pam', required: get_option('pam'))
 crypt          = cc.find_library('crypt', required: not libpam.found())
@@ -120,8 +118,6 @@ dependencies = [
 	client_protos,
 	gdk_pixbuf,
 	math,
-	pango,
-	pangocairo,
 	xkbcommon,
 	wayland_client,
 ]
diff --git a/pool-buffer.c b/pool-buffer.c
index 2eadb4f..b3f1ef2 100644
--- a/pool-buffer.c
+++ b/pool-buffer.c
@@ -2,7 +2,6 @@
 #include <assert.h>
 #include <cairo/cairo.h>
 #include <fcntl.h>
-#include <pango/pangocairo.h>
 #include <stdio.h>
 #include <stdlib.h>
 #include <string.h>
@@ -93,7 +92,6 @@ static struct pool_buffer *create_buffer(struct wl_shm *shm,
 	buf->surface = cairo_image_surface_create_for_data(data,
 			CAIRO_FORMAT_ARGB32, width, height, stride);
 	buf->cairo = cairo_create(buf->surface);
-	buf->pango = pango_cairo_create_context(buf->cairo);
 
 	wl_buffer_add_listener(buf->buffer, &buffer_listener, buf);
 	return buf;
@@ -109,9 +107,6 @@ void destroy_buffer(struct pool_buffer *buffer) {
 	if (buffer->surface) {
 		cairo_surface_destroy(buffer->surface);
 	}
-	if (buffer->pango) {
-		g_object_unref(buffer->pango);
-	}
 	if (buffer->data) {
 		munmap(buffer->data, buffer->size);
 	}
diff --git a/unicode.c b/unicode.c
index 5070e08..3d81a34 100644
--- a/unicode.c
+++ b/unicode.c
@@ -13,41 +13,6 @@ size_t utf8_chsize(uint32_t ch) {
 	return 4;
 }
 
-static const uint8_t masks[] = {
-	0x7F,
-	0x1F,
-	0x0F,
-	0x07,
-	0x03,
-	0x01
-};
-
-uint32_t utf8_decode(const char **char_str) {
-	uint8_t **s = (uint8_t **)char_str;
-
-	uint32_t cp = 0;
-	if (**s < 128) {
-		// shortcut
-		cp = **s;
-		++*s;
-		return cp;
-	}
-	int size = utf8_size((char *)*s);
-	if (size == -1) {
-		++*s;
-		return UTF8_INVALID;
-	}
-	uint8_t mask = masks[size - 1];
-	cp = **s & mask;
-	++*s;
-	while (--size) {
-		cp <<= 6;
-		cp |= **s & 0x3f;
-		++*s;
-	}
-	return cp;
-}
-
 size_t utf8_encode(char *str, uint32_t ch) {
 	size_t len = 0;
 	uint8_t first;