diff --git a/config/jsdoc/api/conf.json b/config/jsdoc/api/conf.json
index 63badc07eb..2a2f328b2b 100644
--- a/config/jsdoc/api/conf.json
+++ b/config/jsdoc/api/conf.json
@@ -17,7 +17,6 @@
     "config/jsdoc/api/plugins/markdown",
     "jsdoc-plugin-typescript",
     "config/jsdoc/api/plugins/inline-options",
-    "config/jsdoc/api/plugins/inheritdoc",
     "config/jsdoc/api/plugins/events",
     "config/jsdoc/api/plugins/observable",
     "config/jsdoc/api/plugins/api"
diff --git a/config/jsdoc/api/plugins/inheritdoc.js b/config/jsdoc/api/plugins/inheritdoc.js
deleted file mode 100755
index 6284a731ee..0000000000
--- a/config/jsdoc/api/plugins/inheritdoc.js
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,110 +0,0 @@
-/*
- * This is a hack to prevent inheritDoc tags from entirely removing
- * documentation of the method that inherits the documentation.
- */
-
-exports.defineTags = function(dictionary) {
-  dictionary.defineTag('inheritDoc', {
-    mustNotHaveValue: true,
-    canHaveType: false,
-    canHaveName: false,
-    onTagged: function(doclet, tag) {
-      doclet.inheritdoc = true;
-    }
-  });
-};
-
-
-const lookup = {};
-const incompleteByClass = {};
-const keepKeys = ['comment', 'meta', 'name', 'memberof', 'longname', 'augment',
-  'stability'];
-
-exports.handlers = {
-
-  newDoclet: function(e) {
-    const doclet = e.doclet;
-    let incompletes;
-    if (!(doclet.longname in lookup)) {
-      lookup[doclet.longname] = [];
-    }
-    lookup[doclet.longname].push(doclet);
-    if (doclet.inheritdoc) {
-      if (!(doclet.memberof in incompleteByClass)) {
-        incompleteByClass[doclet.memberof] = [];
-      }
-      incompletes = incompleteByClass[doclet.memberof];
-      if (incompletes.indexOf(doclet.name) == -1) {
-        incompletes.push(doclet.name);
-      }
-    }
-  },
-
-  parseComplete: function(e) {
-    let ancestors, candidate, candidates, doclet, i, j, k, l, key;
-    let stability, incomplete, incompletes;
-    const doclets = e.doclets;
-    for (i = doclets.length - 1; i >= 0; --i) {
-      doclet = doclets[i];
-      incompletes = incompleteByClass[doclet.longname];
-      if (!doclet.augments || !incompletes) {
-        continue;
-      }
-      ancestors = doclet.augments.slice();
-      // collect ancestors from the whole hierarchy
-      for (j = 0; j < ancestors.length; ++j) {
-        candidates = lookup[ancestors[j]];
-        if (candidates) {
-          for (k = candidates.length - 1; k >= 0; --k) {
-            candidate = candidates[k];
-            if (candidate.augments) {
-              Array.prototype.push.apply(ancestors, candidate.augments);
-            }
-          }
-        }
-      }
-      // walk through all inheritDoc members
-      let incompleteDoclet;
-      for (j = incompletes.length - 1; j >= 0; --j) {
-        incomplete = incompletes[j];
-        candidates = lookup[doclet.longname + '#' + incomplete];
-        if (candidates) {
-          // get the incomplete doclet that needs to be augmented
-          for (k = candidates.length - 1; k >= 0; --k) {
-            incompleteDoclet = candidates[k];
-            if (incompleteDoclet.inheritdoc) {
-              break;
-            }
-          }
-        }
-        // find the documented ancestor
-        for (k = ancestors.length - 1; k >= 0; --k) {
-          candidates = lookup[ancestors[k] + '#' + incomplete];
-          if (candidates) {
-            for (l = candidates.length - 1; l >= 0; --l) {
-              candidate = candidates[l];
-              if (candidate && !candidate.inheritdoc) {
-                stability = candidate.stability || incompleteDoclet.stability;
-                if (stability) {
-                  incompleteDoclet.stability = stability;
-                  for (key in candidate) {
-                    if (candidate.hasOwnProperty(key) &&
-                      keepKeys.indexOf(key) == -1) {
-                      incompleteDoclet[key] = candidate[key];
-                    }
-                  }
-                  // We have found a matching parent doc and applied it so we
-                  // don't want to ignore this doclet anymore.
-                  incompleteDoclet.ignore = false;
-                  // We found a match so we can stop break
-                  break;
-                }
-              }
-            }
-          }
-        }
-      }
-    }
-  }
-
-};