diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
index e07f8591c21..431d5e39c31 100644
--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -234,7 +234,6 @@ endif()
 pkg_check_modules(DRM REQUIRED IMPORTED_TARGET libdrm)
 pkg_check_modules(EGL REQUIRED IMPORTED_TARGET egl)
 pkg_check_modules(EPOXY REQUIRED IMPORTED_TARGET epoxy)
-pkg_check_modules(GFlags REQUIRED IMPORTED_TARGET gflags)
 pkg_check_modules(GIO REQUIRED IMPORTED_TARGET gio-2.0 gio-unix-2.0)
 pkg_check_modules(GLESv2 REQUIRED IMPORTED_TARGET glesv2)
 pkg_check_modules(GLIB REQUIRED IMPORTED_TARGET glib-2.0)
diff --git a/doc/sphinx/.readthedocs.yaml b/doc/sphinx/.readthedocs.yaml
index 3194b3fea06..0ee7825cfaa 100644
--- a/doc/sphinx/.readthedocs.yaml
+++ b/doc/sphinx/.readthedocs.yaml
@@ -25,7 +25,6 @@ build:
   - libglib2.0-dev
   - libgles2-mesa-dev
   - libglm-dev
-  - libgflags-dev
   - libgoogle-glog-dev
   - libinput-dev
   - liblttng-ust-dev
diff --git a/examples/mir_demo_server/CMakeLists.txt b/examples/mir_demo_server/CMakeLists.txt
index 2a05b525f15..38df1744215 100644
--- a/examples/mir_demo_server/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/examples/mir_demo_server/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -28,6 +28,5 @@ target_link_libraries(mir_demo_server
   example-shell-lib
   exampleserverconfig
   PkgConfig::GLog
-  PkgConfig::GFlags
   Boost::system
 )
diff --git a/examples/mir_demo_server/glog_logger.cpp b/examples/mir_demo_server/glog_logger.cpp
index 092c629027c..dfd817c4e94 100644
--- a/examples/mir_demo_server/glog_logger.cpp
+++ b/examples/mir_demo_server/glog_logger.cpp
@@ -17,7 +17,6 @@
 #include "glog_logger.h"
 
 #include <glog/logging.h>
-#include <gflags/gflags.h>
 
 #include <mutex>
 
@@ -27,7 +26,6 @@ namespace
 {
 std::once_flag init_flag;
 std::once_flag shutdown_flag;
-std::once_flag shutdown_flag_gflags;
 
 struct google_glog_guard_t
 {
@@ -41,14 +39,6 @@ struct google_glog_guard_t
         std::call_once(shutdown_flag, google::ShutdownGoogleLogging);
     }
 };
-
-struct google_gflag_guard_t
-{
-    ~google_gflag_guard_t()
-    {
-        std::call_once(shutdown_flag_gflags, google::ShutDownCommandLineFlags);
-    }
-} google_gflag_guard;
 }
 
 
diff --git a/snap/snapcraft.yaml b/snap/snapcraft.yaml
index 98d38cfbce1..87845dce014 100644
--- a/snap/snapcraft.yaml
+++ b/snap/snapcraft.yaml
@@ -63,7 +63,6 @@ parts:
     - libevdev2
     - libfreetype6
     - libgbm1
-    - libgflags2.2
     - libgles2
     - libglibmm-2.4-1v5
     - libglvnd0
diff --git a/spread/build/fedora/task.yaml b/spread/build/fedora/task.yaml
index 0340d442b8f..5b2614f5a9a 100644
--- a/spread/build/fedora/task.yaml
+++ b/spread/build/fedora/task.yaml
@@ -19,7 +19,6 @@ execute: |
         mesa-libGLES-devel \
         glm-devel \
         glog-devel \
-        gflags-devel \
         systemd-devel \
         glib2-devel \
         wayland-devel \