diff --git a/cairomm1.16.spec b/cairomm1.16.spec
index 38e625e..8afeb11 100644
--- a/cairomm1.16.spec
+++ b/cairomm1.16.spec
@@ -11,6 +11,10 @@
 # https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2006555.
 #
 # We can enable the Doxygen PDF documentation as a lesser substitute.
+#
+# We still generate the HTML documentation, but strip out all the JavaScript
+# that causes policy issues. This degrades it in the browser, but is sufficient
+# to keep the Devhelp documentation working.
 %bcond_without doc_pdf
 
 Name:           cairomm%{apiver}
@@ -117,7 +121,9 @@ rm -rf "${workdir}"
 # sources are banned in Fedora. (Note also that the bundled JavaScript had a
 # different license.) We also remove the tag file, which triggers a rebuild of
 # the documentation. While we are at it, we might as well rebuild the devhelp
-# XML too. Note that we will not install the HTML documentation.
+# XML too. Note that we will still install the HTML documentation, since the
+# devhelp XML requires it, but we will strip out the JavaScript, which will
+# degrade the documentation in a web browser.
 rm -rf untracked/docs/reference/html
 rm untracked/docs/reference/cairomm-%{apiver}.tag \
    untracked/docs/reference/cairomm-%{apiver}.devhelp2
@@ -156,7 +162,10 @@ install -t %{buildroot}%{_docdir}/cairomm-%{apiver} -m 0644 -p \
     AUTHORS ChangeLog MAINTAINERS NEWS README
 cp -rp examples %{buildroot}%{_docdir}/cairomm-%{apiver}/
 
-rm -vrf '%{buildroot}%{_docdir}/cairomm-%{apiver}/reference/html'
+# Strip out bundled and/or pre-minified JavaScript; this degrades the browser
+# experience, but the HTML is still usable for devhelp.
+find '%{buildroot}%{_docdir}/cairomm-%{apiver}/reference/html' \
+    -type f \( -name '*.js' -o -name '*.js.*' \) -print -delete
 %if %{with doc_pdf}
 install '%{_vpath_builddir}/docs/reference/latex/refman.pdf' -p -m 0644 \
     '%{buildroot}%{_docdir}/cairomm-%{apiver}/reference/cairomm-%{apiver}.pdf'
@@ -183,7 +192,8 @@ install '%{_vpath_builddir}/docs/reference/latex/refman.pdf' -p -m 0644 \
 
 %files doc
 %license COPYING
-# Note: HTML reference manual has been removed. See comment in %%install.
+# Note: JavaScript has been removed from HTML reference manual, degrading the
+# browser experience. It is still needed for Devhelp support.
 %doc %{_docdir}/cairomm-%{apiver}
 %doc %{_datadir}/devhelp/