diff --git a/docker/compile/Dockerfile.centos7 b/docker/compile/Dockerfile.centos7
index 06c4402..da2a8b9 100644
--- a/docker/compile/Dockerfile.centos7
+++ b/docker/compile/Dockerfile.centos7
@@ -25,7 +25,6 @@
       ant \
       automake \
       curl \
-      cppunit-devel \
       cmake \
       openssl-devel \
       file \
diff --git a/docker/compile/Dockerfile.debian10 b/docker/compile/Dockerfile.debian10
index ccb652e..14df2de 100644
--- a/docker/compile/Dockerfile.debian10
+++ b/docker/compile/Dockerfile.debian10
@@ -27,7 +27,6 @@
       cmake \
       curl \
       git \
-      libcppunit-dev \
       libssl-dev \
       libtool \
       libtool-bin \
diff --git a/docker/compile/Dockerfile.ubuntu18.04 b/docker/compile/Dockerfile.ubuntu18.04
index 08860e9..aed799a 100644
--- a/docker/compile/Dockerfile.ubuntu18.04
+++ b/docker/compile/Dockerfile.ubuntu18.04
@@ -27,7 +27,6 @@
       automake \
       libtool-bin \
       libunwind8 \
-      libcppunit-dev \
       patch \
       python3-dev \
       python3-venv \
diff --git a/docker/compile/Dockerfile.ubuntu20.04 b/docker/compile/Dockerfile.ubuntu20.04
index 79f877a..aa92fae 100644
--- a/docker/compile/Dockerfile.ubuntu20.04
+++ b/docker/compile/Dockerfile.ubuntu20.04
@@ -29,7 +29,6 @@
       automake \
       libtool-bin \
       libunwind8 \
-      libcppunit-dev \
       patch \
       python-is-python3 \
       python3-dev \
diff --git a/docker/test/Dockerfile.centos7 b/docker/test/Dockerfile.centos7
index d95e101..4a81ced 100644
--- a/docker/test/Dockerfile.centos7
+++ b/docker/test/Dockerfile.centos7
@@ -32,7 +32,6 @@
       git \
       kernel-devel \
       libtool \
-      cppunit-devel \
       make \
       patch \
       python3-devel \
diff --git a/docker/test/Dockerfile.ubuntu18.04 b/docker/test/Dockerfile.ubuntu18.04
index 61f0118..11f1bcc 100644
--- a/docker/test/Dockerfile.ubuntu18.04
+++ b/docker/test/Dockerfile.ubuntu18.04
@@ -26,7 +26,6 @@
       automake \
       libtool-bin \
       libunwind8 \
-      libcppunit-dev \
       patch \
       python3-dev \
       python3-venv \
diff --git a/third_party/zookeeper/BUILD b/third_party/zookeeper/BUILD
index 0735ef4..80b9f88 100644
--- a/third_party/zookeeper/BUILD
+++ b/third_party/zookeeper/BUILD
@@ -31,7 +31,7 @@
             "ant compile_jute",
             "cd $$TMP_DIR/zookeeper-client/zookeeper-client-c",
             "autoreconf -if",
-            "./configure --prefix=$$INSTALL_DIR --enable-shared=no",
+            "./configure --prefix=$$INSTALL_DIR --disable-shared --without-cppunit",
             "make install",
             "rm -rf $$TMP_DIR",
         ]),
@@ -46,7 +46,7 @@
             "ant compile_jute",
             "cd $$TMP_DIR/zookeeper-client/zookeeper-client-c",
             "autoreconf -if",
-            "./configure --prefix=$$INSTALL_DIR --enable-shared=no",
+            "./configure --prefix=$$INSTALL_DIR --disable-shared --without-cppunit",
             "make install",
             "rm -rf $$TMP_DIR",
         ]),
diff --git a/vagrant/init.sh b/vagrant/init.sh
index a68e732..a0a27e8 100644
--- a/vagrant/init.sh
+++ b/vagrant/init.sh
@@ -103,7 +103,7 @@
 apt-get -qy update
 
 # install deps
-apt-get install -qy ant vim zip mc curl wget openjdk-11-jdk scala git python3-setuptools python3-venv python3-dev libtool-bin libcppunit-dev python-is-python3
+apt-get install -qy ant vim zip mc curl wget openjdk-11-jdk scala git python3-setuptools python3-venv python3-dev libtool-bin python-is-python3
 
 # install_mesos $mode
 if [ $mode == "master" ]; then 
diff --git a/website2/docs/compiling-linux.md b/website2/docs/compiling-linux.md
index f080467..b3ce933 100644
--- a/website2/docs/compiling-linux.md
+++ b/website2/docs/compiling-linux.md
@@ -40,7 +40,7 @@
 
 ```bash
 $ sudo apt-get install git build-essential automake cmake libtool-bin zip ant \
-  libunwind-setjmp0-dev zlib1g-dev unzip pkg-config python3-setuptools libcppunit-dev -y
+  libunwind-setjmp0-dev zlib1g-dev unzip pkg-config python3-setuptools -y
 ```
 
 #### Step 3 --- Set the following environment variables
@@ -154,7 +154,7 @@
 ### Step 1 --- Install the required dependencies
 
 ```bash
-$ sudo yum install gcc gcc-c++ kernel-devel wget unzip zlib-devel zip git automake cmake patch libtool cppunit-devel ant pkg-config -y
+$ sudo yum install gcc gcc-c++ kernel-devel wget unzip zlib-devel zip git automake cmake patch libtool ant pkg-config -y
 ```
 
 ### Step 2 --- Install libunwind from source
diff --git a/website2/docs/compiling-osx.md b/website2/docs/compiling-osx.md
index 936dd73..05fea51 100644
--- a/website2/docs/compiling-osx.md
+++ b/website2/docs/compiling-osx.md
@@ -46,7 +46,6 @@
 brew install cmake
 brew install libtool
 brew install ant
-brew install cppunit
 brew install pkg-config
 ```
 
diff --git a/website2/docs/compiling-overview.md b/website2/docs/compiling-overview.md
index e93f986..087cdaf 100644
--- a/website2/docs/compiling-overview.md
+++ b/website2/docs/compiling-overview.md
@@ -53,7 +53,6 @@
 * [Python](https://www.python.org/) >= 3.8
 * [Perl](https://www.perl.org/) >= 5.8.8
 * [Ant] (https://ant.apache.org/) >= 1.10.0
-* [CppUnit] (https://freedesktop.org/wiki/Software/cppunit/) >= 1.10.1
 * [Pkg-Config] (https://www.freedesktop.org/wiki/Software/pkg-config/) >= 0.29.2
 
 Export the `CC` and `CXX` environment variables with a path specific to your
diff --git a/website2/website/scripts/Dockerfile.ubuntu18.04 b/website2/website/scripts/Dockerfile.ubuntu18.04
index e3e3c27..fe263e9 100644
--- a/website2/website/scripts/Dockerfile.ubuntu18.04
+++ b/website2/website/scripts/Dockerfile.ubuntu18.04
@@ -28,7 +28,6 @@
       curl \
       g++ \
       git \
-      libcppunit-dev \
       libtool-bin \
       libunwind8 \
       openjdk-11-jdk-headless \