diff --git a/libs/ardour/wscript b/libs/ardour/wscript
index 4231691d17..96932495f4 100644
--- a/libs/ardour/wscript
+++ b/libs/ardour/wscript
@@ -245,8 +245,6 @@ def configure(conf):
     autowaf.configure(conf)
     autowaf.check_pkg(conf, 'aubio', uselib_store='AUBIO',
                       atleast_version='0.3.2')
-    autowaf.check_pkg(conf, 'jack', uselib_store='JACK',
-                      atleast_version='0.118.2')
     autowaf.check_pkg(conf, 'libxml-2.0', uselib_store='XML')
     autowaf.check_pkg(conf, 'lrdf', uselib_store='LRDF',
                       atleast_version='0.4.0')
@@ -297,9 +295,6 @@ def configure(conf):
     conf.check(header_name='sys/vfs.h', define_name='HAVE_SYS_VFS_H',mandatory=False)
     conf.check(header_name='sys/statvfs.h', define_name='HAVE_SYS_STATVFS_H',mandatory=False)
 
-    conf.check(header_name='jack/session.h', uselib = [ 'JACK' ],
-               define_name='HAVE_JACK_SESSION')
-
     conf.check(header_name='unistd.h', define_name='HAVE_UNISTD',mandatory=False)
 
     if flac_supported():
@@ -336,7 +331,7 @@ def build(bld):
     obj.name         = 'ardour'
     obj.target       = 'ardour'
     obj.uselib       = ['GLIBMM','GTHREAD','AUBIO','SIGCPP','XML','UUID',
-                        'JACK','SNDFILE','SAMPLERATE','LRDF','AUDIOUNITS',
+                        'SNDFILE','SAMPLERATE','LRDF','AUDIOUNITS',
                         'OSX','BOOST','CURL','DL']
     obj.use          = ['libpbd','libmidipp','libevoral','libvamphost',
                         'libvampplugin','libtaglib','librubberband',
@@ -403,7 +398,7 @@ def build(bld):
         testcommon.includes     = obj.includes + ['test', '../pbd', '..']
         testcommon.source       = ['test/test_globals.cc', 'test/testrunner.cc', 'test/test_needing_session.cc',
                                    'test/test_common.cc', 'test/dummy_lxvst.cc', 'test/audio_region_test.cc', 'test/test_util.cc']
-        testcommon.uselib       = ['CPPUNIT','SIGCPP','JACK','GLIBMM','GTHREAD',
+        testcommon.uselib       = ['CPPUNIT','SIGCPP','GLIBMM','GTHREAD',
                                    'SAMPLERATE','XML','LRDF','COREAUDIO']
         testcommon.use          = ['libpbd','libmidipp','libevoral','libvamphost',
                                    'libvampplugin','libtaglib','librubberband',
@@ -479,7 +474,7 @@ def build(bld):
 
         session_load_tester.includes  = obj.includes
         session_load_tester.includes.append ('test')
-        session_load_tester.uselib    = ['CPPUNIT','SIGCPP','JACK','GLIBMM','GTHREAD',
+        session_load_tester.uselib    = ['CPPUNIT','SIGCPP','GLIBMM','GTHREAD',
                              'SAMPLERATE','XML','LRDF','COREAUDIO']
         session_load_tester.use       = ['libpbd','libmidipp','ardour']
         session_load_tester.name      = 'libardour-session-load-tester'
@@ -514,7 +509,7 @@ def build(bld):
 
             profilingobj.includes  = obj.includes
             profilingobj.includes.append ('test')
-            profilingobj.uselib    = ['CPPUNIT','SIGCPP','JACK','GLIBMM','GTHREAD',
+            profilingobj.uselib    = ['CPPUNIT','SIGCPP','GLIBMM','GTHREAD',
                              'SAMPLERATE','XML','LRDF','COREAUDIO']
             profilingobj.use       = ['libpbd','libmidipp','ardour']
             profilingobj.name      = 'libardour-profiling'
@@ -541,7 +536,7 @@ def create_ardour_test_program(bld, includes, name, target, sources):
     testobj              = bld(features = 'cxx cxxprogram')
     testobj.includes     = includes + ['test', '../pbd', '..']
     testobj.source       = sources
-    testobj.uselib       = ['CPPUNIT','SIGCPP','JACK','GLIBMM','GTHREAD',
+    testobj.uselib       = ['CPPUNIT','SIGCPP','GLIBMM','GTHREAD',
                             'SAMPLERATE','XML','LRDF','COREAUDIO']
     testobj.use          = ['libpbd','libmidipp','libevoral','libvamphost',
                             'libvampplugin','libtaglib','librubberband',