diff --git a/configure.ac b/configure.ac
index feaf025705..9963c4d104 100644
--- a/configure.ac
+++ b/configure.ac
@@ -1109,20 +1109,8 @@ if test -n "$INTROSPECTION_MAKEFILE" -a "$enable_gtk_doc" = "yes"; then
 
     # gtk-doc depends on perl, but we can check for it anyway
     AC_PATH_PROG(PERL, perl, no)
-    # check for needed perl modules (use YAML; YAML::XS is better, but may not be so widespread)
-    required_perl_modules="YAML"
-    for module in $required_perl_modules; do
-      AC_MSG_CHECKING([checking for perl module '$module'])
-      if ${PERL} -e 'use '$module 2>/dev/null ; then
-          AC_MSG_RESULT([Ok])
-          have_perl_modules=yes
-      else
-          AC_MSG_RESULT([Failed])
-          AC_MSG_ERROR([You must have Perl modules to build settings plugin docs: $required_perl_modules.])
-      fi
-    done
 
-    if test "$have_pyobject" = "yes" -a "$have_perl_modules" = "yes"; then
+    if test "$have_pyobject" = "yes"; then
         AC_DEFINE(BUILD_SETTING_DOCS, [1], [Define if you we can build nm-setting-docs.xml, nm-keyfile-docs.xml and nm-ifcfg-rh-docs.xml])
         build_setting_docs=yes
     fi
diff --git a/contrib/fedora/REQUIRED_PACKAGES b/contrib/fedora/REQUIRED_PACKAGES
index 3d5d32eb7a..14d15d2b8b 100644
--- a/contrib/fedora/REQUIRED_PACKAGES
+++ b/contrib/fedora/REQUIRED_PACKAGES
@@ -39,8 +39,6 @@ yum install \
     readline-devel \
     teamd-devel \
     rpm-build \
-    perl-YAML-LibYAML \
-    perl-YAML \
     audit-libs-devel \
     bluez-libs-devel \
     dbus-python \
diff --git a/contrib/fedora/nm-live-vm/build.sh b/contrib/fedora/nm-live-vm/build.sh
index e245dab579..d63a0cb392 100755
--- a/contrib/fedora/nm-live-vm/build.sh
+++ b/contrib/fedora/nm-live-vm/build.sh
@@ -41,7 +41,6 @@ PACKAGES="kernel passwd git autoconf automake libtool intltool gtk-doc libnl3-de
     bash-completion man-db man-pages vim-minimal
     firewalld
     vim
-    perl-YAML
     wget
     gdb valgrind lsof strace nmap-ncat tcpdump
     net-tools bridge-utils vconfig
diff --git a/contrib/fedora/rpm/NetworkManager.spec b/contrib/fedora/rpm/NetworkManager.spec
index 15d31baada..f349c10581 100644
--- a/contrib/fedora/rpm/NetworkManager.spec
+++ b/contrib/fedora/rpm/NetworkManager.spec
@@ -139,7 +139,6 @@ BuildRequires: gettext-devel
 BuildRequires: pkgconfig
 BuildRequires: libnl3-devel >= %{libnl3_version}
 BuildRequires: perl(XML::Parser)
-BuildRequires: perl(YAML)
 BuildRequires: automake autoconf intltool libtool
 BuildRequires: ppp-devel >= 2.4.5
 BuildRequires: nss-devel >= 3.11.7