diff --git a/lib/generators/blacklight/assets_generator.rb b/lib/generators/blacklight/assets_generator.rb
index b1c33e893d..fc7525138e 100644
--- a/lib/generators/blacklight/assets_generator.rb
+++ b/lib/generators/blacklight/assets_generator.rb
@@ -34,7 +34,6 @@ def assets # rubocop:disable Metrics/MethodLength
           <<~CONTENT
             pin "@popperjs/core", to: "https://ga.jspm.io/npm:@popperjs/core@2.11.6/dist/umd/popper.min.js"
             pin "bootstrap", to: "https://ga.jspm.io/npm:bootstrap@5.2.2/dist/js/bootstrap.js"
-            pin "jquery", to: "https://ga.jspm.io/npm:jquery@3.6.1/dist/jquery.js"
             pin "blacklight", to: "blacklight/blacklight.js"
             pin "dialog-polyfill", to: "https://ga.jspm.io/npm:dialog-polyfill@0.5.6/dist/dialog-polyfill.js"
           CONTENT
@@ -42,10 +41,8 @@ def assets # rubocop:disable Metrics/MethodLength
 
         append_to_file 'app/javascript/application.js' do
           <<~CONTENT
-            import $ from "jquery"
             import bootstrap from "bootstrap"
             window.bootstrap = bootstrap // Required for Blacklight 7 so it can manage the modals
-            window.$ = $ // required as long as blacklight requires jquery
             import "blacklight"
             import dialogPolyfill from "dialog-polyfill"
             Blacklight.onLoad(() => {
@@ -55,12 +52,10 @@ def assets # rubocop:disable Metrics/MethodLength
           CONTENT
         end
       else
-        gem 'jquery-rails'
         create_file 'app/assets/javascripts/application.js' do
           <<~CONTENT
             //= require turbolinks
             //= require rails-ujs
-            //= require jquery3
 
             // Required by Blacklight
             //= require popper
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index 1ee424c611..419b179310 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -27,7 +27,6 @@
     "not IE 11"
   ],
   "dependencies": {
-    "bootstrap": ">=4.3.1 <6.0.0",
-    "jquery": "^3.5.1"
+    "bootstrap": ">=4.3.1 <6.0.0"
   }
 }
diff --git a/spec/controllers/bookmarks_controller_spec.rb b/spec/controllers/bookmarks_controller_spec.rb
index 1db251e994..9e7730d758 100644
--- a/spec/controllers/bookmarks_controller_spec.rb
+++ b/spec/controllers/bookmarks_controller_spec.rb
@@ -11,7 +11,6 @@
     end
   end
 
-  # jquery 1.9 ajax does error callback if 200 returns empty body. so use 204 instead.
   describe "update" do
     it "has a 200 status code when creating a new one" do
       put :update, xhr: true, params: { id: '2007020969', format: :js }