diff --git a/docs/source/API/core/Macros.rst b/docs/source/API/core/Macros.rst
index 7f2008b35..276a118db 100644
--- a/docs/source/API/core/Macros.rst
+++ b/docs/source/API/core/Macros.rst
@@ -128,8 +128,6 @@ These defines give information about what third-party libaries Kokkos was compil
 +===============================+=======================================================================================================================+
 | ``KOKKOS_ENABLE_HWLOC``       | Defined if `libhwloc <https://www.open-mpi.org/projects/hwloc/>`_ is enabled for NUMA and architecture information.   |
 +-------------------------------+-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------+
-| ``KOKKOS_ENABLE_LIBRT``       | Defined if Kokkos links to the POSIX librt for backwards compatibility.                                               |
-+-------------------------------+-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------+
 | ``KOKKOS_ENABLE_LIBDL``       | Defined if Kokkos links to the dynamic linker (libdl).                                                                |
 +-------------------------------+-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------+
 | ``KOKKOS_ENABLE_LIBQUADMATH`` | Defined if Kokkos links to the `GCC Quad-Precision Math Library API <https://gcc.gnu.org/onlinedocs/libquadmath/>`_.  |
diff --git a/docs/source/ProgrammingGuide/Compiling.md b/docs/source/ProgrammingGuide/Compiling.md
index f95ea75a9..88b44a563 100644
--- a/docs/source/ProgrammingGuide/Compiling.md
+++ b/docs/source/ProgrammingGuide/Compiling.md
@@ -256,7 +256,7 @@ Variable  | Description
 `KOKKOS_ARCH (IN)` | The backend architecture to build for.
 `Options` <br><br><br> `Default` | KNL, KNC, SNB, HSW, BDW, Kepler, Kepler30, Kepler35, Kepler37, Maxwell, Maxwell50, Pascal60, Pascal61, ARMv8, ARMv81, ARMv8-ThunderX, BGQ, Power7, Power8 <br><br> (no particular architecture flags are set).
 `KOKKOS_USE_TPLS (IN)` | Enable optional third party libraries.
-`Options` <br> `Default`  | hwloc, librt <br> (none)
+`Options` <br> `Default`  | hwloc, libdl <br> (none)
 `KOKKOS_OPTIONS (IN)` | Enable optional settings
 `Options` <br> `Default` | aggressive_vectorization <br> (none)
 `KOKKOS_CUDA_OPTIONS (IN)` | Enable optional settings specific to CUDA.
diff --git a/docs/source/keywords.rst b/docs/source/keywords.rst
index bceef0f4e..6d42819ae 100644
--- a/docs/source/keywords.rst
+++ b/docs/source/keywords.rst
@@ -174,9 +174,6 @@ The following options control enabling TPLs:
     * * ``Kokkos_ENABLE_LIBDL``
       * Whether to enable the LIBDL library
       * ``ON``
-    * * ``Kokkos_ENABLE_LIBRT``
-      * Whether to enable the LIBRT library
-      * ``OFF``
 
 The following options control finding and configuring non-CMake TPLs:
 
@@ -201,10 +198,6 @@ The following options control finding and configuring non-CMake TPLs:
       * Location of LIBDL install prefix
       * PATH Default:
 
-    * * ``Kokkos_LIBRT_DIR`` or ``LIBRT_ROOT``
-      * Location of LIBRT install prefix
-      * PATH Default:
-
 The following options control ``find_package`` paths for CMake-based TPLs:
 
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