diff --git a/ghcide/ghcide.cabal b/ghcide/ghcide.cabal
index 2510f04826f..f0bb5a91489 100644
--- a/ghcide/ghcide.cabal
+++ b/ghcide/ghcide.cabal
@@ -27,11 +27,6 @@ source-repository head
     type:     git
     location: https://github.com/haskell/ghcide.git
 
-flag ghc-lib
-  description: build against ghc-lib instead of the ghc package
-  default: False
-  manual: True
-
 library
     default-language:   Haskell2010
     build-depends:
@@ -88,19 +83,10 @@ library
         vector,
         bytestring-encoding,
         opentelemetry >=0.6.1,
-        heapsize ==0.3.*
-    if flag(ghc-lib)
-      build-depends:
-        ghc-lib >= 8.8,
-        ghc-lib-parser >= 8.8
-      cpp-options: -DGHC_LIB
-    else
-      build-depends:
+        heapsize ==0.3.*,
         ghc-boot-th,
         ghc-boot,
         ghc >= 8.6,
-        -- These dependencies are used by Development.IDE.Session and are
-        -- Haskell specific. So don't use them when building with -fghc-lib!
         ghc-check >=0.5.0.1,
         ghc-paths,
         cryptohash-sha1 >=0.11.100 && <0.12,
@@ -134,6 +120,7 @@ library
 
     hs-source-dirs:
         src
+        session-loader
     include-dirs:
         include
     exposed-modules:
@@ -162,6 +149,7 @@ library
         Development.IDE.LSP.Outline
         Development.IDE.LSP.Protocol
         Development.IDE.LSP.Server
+        Development.IDE.Session
         Development.IDE.Spans.Common
         Development.IDE.Spans.Documentation
         Development.IDE.Spans.AtPoint
@@ -184,19 +172,6 @@ library
         Development.IDE.Plugin.Test
         Development.IDE.Plugin.TypeLenses
 
-    -- Unfortunately, we cannot use loadSession with ghc-lib since hie-bios uses
-    -- the real GHC library and the types are incompatible. Furthermore, when
-    -- building with ghc-lib we need to make this Haskell agnostic, so no
-    -- hie-bios!
-    -- We also put these modules into a separate hs-source-dirs so we can avoid
-    -- compiling them at all if ghc-lib is not set
-    if !flag(ghc-lib)
-      hs-source-dirs:
-        session-loader
-      exposed-modules:
-        Development.IDE.Session
-      other-modules:
-        Development.IDE.Session.VersionCheck
     other-modules:
         Development.IDE.Core.FileExists
         Development.IDE.GHC.CPP
@@ -206,6 +181,7 @@ library
         Development.IDE.Plugin.CodeAction.PositionIndexed
         Development.IDE.Plugin.Completions.Logic
         Development.IDE.Plugin.HLS.Formatter
+        Development.IDE.Session.VersionCheck
         Development.IDE.Types.Action
     ghc-options: -Wall -Wno-name-shadowing -Wincomplete-uni-patterns
 
@@ -256,8 +232,6 @@ benchmark benchHist
         yaml
 
 executable ghcide
-    if flag(ghc-lib)
-      buildable: False
     default-language:   Haskell2010
     include-dirs:
         include
@@ -317,8 +291,6 @@ executable ghcide
         ViewPatterns
 
 test-suite ghcide-tests
-    if flag(ghc-lib)
-      buildable: False
     type: exitcode-stdio-1.0
     default-language: Haskell2010
     build-tool-depends:
diff --git a/ghcide/src/Development/IDE/Core/Rules.hs b/ghcide/src/Development/IDE/Core/Rules.hs
index fdece3ae2f0..15ba0c0d3f8 100644
--- a/ghcide/src/Development/IDE/Core/Rules.hs
+++ b/ghcide/src/Development/IDE/Core/Rules.hs
@@ -636,17 +636,7 @@ getDocMapRule =
       (hscEnv -> hsc, _)        <- useWithStale_ GhcSessionDeps file
       (HAR{refMap=rf}, _)       <- useWithStale_ GetHieAst file
 
--- When possible, rely on the haddocks embedded in our interface files
--- This creates problems on ghc-lib, see comment on 'getDocumentationTryGhc'
-#if !defined(GHC_LIB)
-      let parsedDeps = []
-#else
-      deps <- fromMaybe (TransitiveDependencies [] [] []) <$> use GetDependencies file
-      let tdeps = transitiveModuleDeps deps
-      parsedDeps <- uses_ GetParsedModule tdeps
-#endif
-
-      dkMap <- liftIO $ mkDocMap hsc parsedDeps rf tc
+      dkMap <- liftIO $ mkDocMap hsc rf tc
       return ([],Just dkMap)
 
 -- | Persistent rule to ensure that hover doesn't block on startup
@@ -924,7 +914,6 @@ generateCoreRule =
 
 getModIfaceRule :: Rules ()
 getModIfaceRule = defineEarlyCutoff $ \GetModIface f -> do
-#if !defined(GHC_LIB)
   fileOfInterest <- use_ IsFileOfInterest f
   res@(_,(_,mhmi)) <- case fileOfInterest of
     IsFOI status -> do
@@ -951,13 +940,6 @@ getModIfaceRule = defineEarlyCutoff $ \GetModIface f -> do
       compiledLinkables <- getCompiledLinkables <$> getIdeGlobalAction
       liftIO $ modifyVar_ compiledLinkables $ \old -> pure $ extendModuleEnv old mod time
   pure res
-#else
-    tm <- use_ TypeCheck f
-    hsc <- hscEnv <$> use_ GhcSessionDeps f
-    (diags, !hiFile) <- liftIO $ compileToObjCodeIfNeeded hsc Nothing (error "can't compile with ghc-lib") tm
-    let fp = hiFileFingerPrint <$> hiFile
-    return (fp, (diags, hiFile))
-#endif
 
 getModIfaceWithoutLinkableRule :: Rules ()
 getModIfaceWithoutLinkableRule = defineEarlyCutoff $ \GetModIfaceWithoutLinkable f -> do
diff --git a/ghcide/src/Development/IDE/Plugin/Completions.hs b/ghcide/src/Development/IDE/Plugin/Completions.hs
index ee1d61fa7fa..47d6947e0df 100644
--- a/ghcide/src/Development/IDE/Plugin/Completions.hs
+++ b/ghcide/src/Development/IDE/Plugin/Completions.hs
@@ -36,9 +36,6 @@ import Ide.PluginUtils (getClientConfig)
 import Ide.Types
 import TcRnDriver (tcRnImportDecls)
 import Control.Concurrent.Async (concurrently)
-#if defined(GHC_LIB)
-import Development.IDE.Import.DependencyInformation
-#endif
 
 descriptor :: PluginId -> PluginDescriptor IdeState
 descriptor plId = (defaultPluginDescriptor plId)
@@ -64,15 +61,6 @@ produceCompletions = do
         ms <- fmap fst <$> useWithStale GetModSummaryWithoutTimestamps file
         sess <- fmap fst <$> useWithStale GhcSessionDeps file
 
--- When possible, rely on the haddocks embedded in our interface files
--- This creates problems on ghc-lib, see comment on 'getDocumentationTryGhc'
-#if !defined(GHC_LIB)
-        let parsedDeps = []
-#else
-        deps <- maybe (TransitiveDependencies [] [] []) fst <$> useWithStale GetDependencies file
-        parsedDeps <- mapMaybe (fmap fst) <$> usesWithStale GetParsedModule (transitiveModuleDeps deps)
-#endif
-
         case (ms, sess) of
             (Just (ms,imps), Just sess) -> do
               let env = hscEnv sess
@@ -81,7 +69,7 @@ produceCompletions = do
               case (global, inScope) of
                   ((_, Just globalEnv), (_, Just inScopeEnv)) -> do
                       let uri = fromNormalizedUri $ normalizedFilePathToUri file
-                      cdata <- liftIO $ cacheDataProducer uri env (ms_mod ms) globalEnv inScopeEnv imps parsedDeps
+                      cdata <- liftIO $ cacheDataProducer uri env (ms_mod ms) globalEnv inScopeEnv imps
                       return ([], Just cdata)
                   (_diag, _) ->
                       return ([], Nothing)
diff --git a/ghcide/src/Development/IDE/Plugin/Completions/Logic.hs b/ghcide/src/Development/IDE/Plugin/Completions/Logic.hs
index 4a4990be8f8..06aec292e21 100644
--- a/ghcide/src/Development/IDE/Plugin/Completions/Logic.hs
+++ b/ghcide/src/Development/IDE/Plugin/Completions/Logic.hs
@@ -294,8 +294,8 @@ mkPragmaCompl label insertText =
     Nothing Nothing Nothing Nothing Nothing
 
 
-cacheDataProducer :: Uri -> HscEnv -> Module -> GlobalRdrEnv-> GlobalRdrEnv -> [LImportDecl GhcPs] -> [ParsedModule] -> IO CachedCompletions
-cacheDataProducer uri packageState curMod globalEnv inScopeEnv limports deps = do
+cacheDataProducer :: Uri -> HscEnv -> Module -> GlobalRdrEnv-> GlobalRdrEnv -> [LImportDecl GhcPs] -> IO CachedCompletions
+cacheDataProducer uri packageState curMod globalEnv inScopeEnv limports = do
   let dflags = hsc_dflags packageState
       curModName = moduleName curMod
 
@@ -344,7 +344,7 @@ cacheDataProducer uri packageState curMod globalEnv inScopeEnv limports deps = d
 
       toCompItem :: Parent -> Module -> ModuleName -> Name -> Maybe (LImportDecl GhcPs) -> IO [CompItem]
       toCompItem par m mn n imp' = do
-        docs <- getDocumentationTryGhc packageState curMod deps n
+        docs <- getDocumentationTryGhc packageState curMod n
         let (mbParent, originName) = case par of
                             NoParent -> (Nothing, nameOccName n)
                             ParentIs n' -> (Just $ showNameWithoutUniques n', nameOccName n)
diff --git a/ghcide/src/Development/IDE/Spans/Documentation.hs b/ghcide/src/Development/IDE/Spans/Documentation.hs
index 540ebea44c5..d8139a1d4bb 100644
--- a/ghcide/src/Development/IDE/Spans/Documentation.hs
+++ b/ghcide/src/Development/IDE/Spans/Documentation.hs
@@ -43,11 +43,10 @@ import HscTypes (HscEnv(hsc_dflags))
 
 mkDocMap
   :: HscEnv
-  -> [ParsedModule]
   -> RefMap a
   -> TcGblEnv
   -> IO DocAndKindMap
-mkDocMap env sources rm this_mod =
+mkDocMap env rm this_mod =
   do let (_ , DeclDocMap this_docs, _) = extractDocs this_mod
      d <- foldrM getDocs (mkNameEnv $ M.toList $ fmap (`SpanDocString` SpanDocUris Nothing Nothing) this_docs) names
      k <- foldrM getType (tcg_type_env this_mod) names
@@ -56,7 +55,7 @@ mkDocMap env sources rm this_mod =
     getDocs n map
       | maybe True (mod ==) $ nameModule_maybe n = pure map -- we already have the docs in this_docs, or they do not exist
       | otherwise = do
-      doc <- getDocumentationTryGhc env mod sources n
+      doc <- getDocumentationTryGhc env mod n
       pure $ extendNameEnv map n doc
     getType n map
       | isTcOcc $ occName n = do
@@ -71,23 +70,21 @@ lookupKind :: HscEnv -> Module -> Name -> IO (Maybe TyThing)
 lookupKind env mod =
     fmap (fromRight Nothing) . catchSrcErrors (hsc_dflags env) "span" . lookupName env mod
 
-getDocumentationTryGhc :: HscEnv -> Module -> [ParsedModule] -> Name -> IO SpanDoc
-getDocumentationTryGhc env mod deps n = head <$> getDocumentationsTryGhc env mod deps [n]
+getDocumentationTryGhc :: HscEnv -> Module -> Name -> IO SpanDoc
+getDocumentationTryGhc env mod n = head <$> getDocumentationsTryGhc env mod [n]
 
-getDocumentationsTryGhc :: HscEnv -> Module -> [ParsedModule] -> [Name] -> IO [SpanDoc]
--- Interfaces are only generated for GHC >= 8.6.
--- In older versions, interface files do not embed Haddocks anyway
-getDocumentationsTryGhc env mod sources names = do
+getDocumentationsTryGhc :: HscEnv -> Module -> [Name] -> IO [SpanDoc]
+getDocumentationsTryGhc env mod names = do
   res <- catchSrcErrors (hsc_dflags env) "docs" $ getDocsBatch env mod names
   case res of
-      Left _ -> mapM mkSpanDocText names
+      Left _ -> return []
       Right res -> zipWithM unwrap res names
   where
     unwrap (Right (Just docs, _)) n = SpanDocString docs <$> getUris n
     unwrap _ n = mkSpanDocText n
 
     mkSpanDocText name =
-      SpanDocText (getDocumentation sources name) <$> getUris name
+      SpanDocText [] <$> getUris name
 
     -- Get the uris to the documentation and source html pages if they exist
     getUris name = do