diff --git a/.gitlab-ci/org.gnome.Fractal.CiTest.json b/.gitlab-ci/org.gnome.Fractal.CiTest.json
index 2400cb1a..4f92d565 100644
--- a/.gitlab-ci/org.gnome.Fractal.CiTest.json
+++ b/.gitlab-ci/org.gnome.Fractal.CiTest.json
@@ -38,21 +38,6 @@
                 }
             ]
         },
-    	{
-            "name" : "libspelling",
-            "buildsystem" : "meson",
-            "config-opts" : [
-                "-Ddocs=false",
-                "-Dvapi=false"
-            ],
-            "sources" : [
-                {
-                    "type" : "archive",
-                    "url" : "https://download.gnome.org/sources/libspelling/0.2/libspelling-0.2.0.tar.xz",
-                    "sha256" : "fdc5609e02818eca6fc172ff164caa8e52dba638d7590130af3dfb1f28b53421"
-                }
-            ]
-        },
         {
             "name": "fractal",
             "buildsystem": "meson",
diff --git a/Cargo.lock b/Cargo.lock
index 9214af50..b8e70306 100644
--- a/Cargo.lock
+++ b/Cargo.lock
@@ -1515,7 +1515,6 @@ dependencies = [
  "indexmap 2.1.0",
  "libadwaita",
  "libshumate",
- "libspelling",
  "matrix-sdk",
  "matrix-sdk-ui",
  "mime",
@@ -3040,35 +3039,6 @@ dependencies = [
  "system-deps",
 ]
 
-[[package]]
-name = "libspelling"
-version = "0.1.0"
-source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "850363056ea48497686407e7e583c50c793896c151bbe7139ad4ea02fbf15e76"
-dependencies = [
- "gio",
- "glib",
- "gtk4",
- "libc",
- "libspelling-sys",
- "sourceview5",
-]
-
-[[package]]
-name = "libspelling-sys"
-version = "0.1.0"
-source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "377675d9465da676ebc05742743d5e5bc53a49be1138f463583181aea97da3c6"
-dependencies = [
- "gio-sys",
- "glib-sys",
- "gobject-sys",
- "gtk4-sys",
- "libc",
- "sourceview5-sys",
- "system-deps",
-]
-
 [[package]]
 name = "libsqlite3-sys"
 version = "0.26.0"
diff --git a/Cargo.toml b/Cargo.toml
index 30708897..497979c7 100644
--- a/Cargo.toml
+++ b/Cargo.toml
@@ -72,7 +72,6 @@ gst_video = { version = "0.21", package = "gstreamer-video" }
 gtk = { package = "gtk4", version = "0.7", features = ["v4_10"] }
 shumate = { package = "libshumate", version = "0.4" }
 sourceview = { package = "sourceview5", version = "0.7" }
-spelling = { package = "libspelling", version = "0.1" }
 
 [dependencies.matrix-sdk]
 git = "https://github.com/matrix-org/matrix-rust-sdk.git"
diff --git a/build-aux/org.gnome.Fractal.Devel.json b/build-aux/org.gnome.Fractal.Devel.json
index 34aa6ca1..72fb84b0 100644
--- a/build-aux/org.gnome.Fractal.Devel.json
+++ b/build-aux/org.gnome.Fractal.Devel.json
@@ -47,21 +47,6 @@
                 }
             ]
         },
-    	{
-            "name" : "libspelling",
-            "buildsystem" : "meson",
-            "config-opts" : [
-                "-Ddocs=false",
-                "-Dvapi=false"
-            ],
-            "sources" : [
-                {
-                    "type" : "archive",
-                    "url" : "https://download.gnome.org/sources/libspelling/0.2/libspelling-0.2.0.tar.xz",
-                    "sha256" : "fdc5609e02818eca6fc172ff164caa8e52dba638d7590130af3dfb1f28b53421"
-                }
-            ]
-        },
         {
             "name": "fractal",
             "buildsystem": "meson",
diff --git a/build-aux/org.gnome.Fractal.Hack.json b/build-aux/org.gnome.Fractal.Hack.json
index da6ada19..a7f6a5dd 100644
--- a/build-aux/org.gnome.Fractal.Hack.json
+++ b/build-aux/org.gnome.Fractal.Hack.json
@@ -53,21 +53,6 @@
                 }
             ]
         },
-    	{
-            "name" : "libspelling",
-            "buildsystem" : "meson",
-            "config-opts" : [
-                "-Ddocs=false",
-                "-Dvapi=false"
-            ],
-            "sources" : [
-                {
-                    "type" : "archive",
-                    "url" : "https://download.gnome.org/sources/libspelling/0.2/libspelling-0.2.0.tar.xz",
-                    "sha256" : "fdc5609e02818eca6fc172ff164caa8e52dba638d7590130af3dfb1f28b53421"
-                }
-            ]
-        },
         {
             "name": "fractal",
             "buildsystem": "meson",
diff --git a/meson.build b/meson.build
index 3f859740..fe2c30f8 100644
--- a/meson.build
+++ b/meson.build
@@ -33,7 +33,6 @@ dependency(
   default_options: ['gtk_doc=false', 'sysprof=false', 'gir=false', 'vapi=false', 'install_tests=false']
 )
 dependency('libpipewire-0.3', version: '>= 0.3.0')
-dependency('libspelling-1', version: '>= 0.2.0')
 dependency('openssl', version: '>= 1.0.1')
 dependency('shumate-1.0', version: '>= 1.0.0')
 dependency('sqlite3', version: '>= 3.24.0')
diff --git a/src/session/view/content/room_history/mod.rs b/src/session/view/content/room_history/mod.rs
index b0a3561a..2538ac8a 100644
--- a/src/session/view/content/room_history/mod.rs
+++ b/src/session/view/content/room_history/mod.rs
@@ -507,15 +507,6 @@ mod imp {
 
             // Tab auto-completion.
             self.completion.set_parent(&*self.message_entry);
-
-            // Spellchecker.
-            let spell_checker = spelling::Checker::default();
-            let adapter = spelling::TextBufferAdapter::new(&buffer, &spell_checker);
-            let extra_menu = adapter.menu_model();
-            self.message_entry.set_extra_menu(Some(&extra_menu));
-            self.message_entry
-                .insert_action_group("spelling", Some(&adapter));
-            adapter.set_enabled(true);
         }
 
         fn setup_drop_target(&self) {