+diff --git a/meson.build b/meson.build
+index f542574..d57df3a 100644
+--- a/meson.build
++++ b/meson.build
+@@ -191,7 +191,6 @@ endif
+ pango_deps = []
+
+ glib_req_version = '>= 2.62'
+-fribidi_req_version = '>= 0.19.7'
+ libthai_req_version = '>= 0.1.9'
+ harfbuzz_req_version = '>= 2.0.0'
+ fontconfig_req_version = '>= 2.11.91'
+@@ -211,11 +210,6 @@ gio_dep = dependency('gio-2.0', version: glib_req_version,
+ fallback: ['glib', 'libgio_dep'])
+ pango_deps += [glib_dep, gobject_dep, gio_dep]
+
+-fribidi_dep = dependency('fribidi', version: fribidi_req_version,
+- fallback: ['fribidi', 'libfribidi_dep'],
+- default_options: ['docs=false'])
+-pango_deps += fribidi_dep
+-
+ thai_dep = dependency('libthai', version: libthai_req_version, required: get_option('libthai'))
+ if thai_dep.found()
+ pango_conf.set('HAVE_LIBTHAI', 1)
+diff --git a/pango/pango-bidi-type.c b/pango/pango-bidi-type.c
+index a5a13a9..29ddeb8 100644
+--- a/pango/pango-bidi-type.c
++++ b/pango/pango-bidi-type.c
+@@ -23,16 +23,18 @@
+
+ #include <string.h>
+
+-#include <fribidi.h>
+-
+ #undef PANGO_DISABLE_DEPRECATED
+
+ #include "pango-bidi-type.h"
+ #include "pango-utils.h"
+
+-#if FRIBIDI_MAJOR_VERSION >= 1
+-#define USE_FRIBIDI_EX_API
+-#endif
++typedef uint32_t FriBidiChar;
++typedef uint32_t FriBidiCharType;
++typedef int FriBidiStrIndex;
++typedef int FriBidiParType;
++typedef signed char FriBidiLevel;
++
++#define FRIBIDI_PAR_LTR (0x00000010L | 0x00000100L)
+
+ /**
+ * pango_bidi_type_for_unichar:
+@@ -52,40 +54,7 @@
+ PangoBidiType
+ pango_bidi_type_for_unichar (gunichar ch)
+ {
+- FriBidiCharType fribidi_ch_type;
+-
+- G_STATIC_ASSERT (sizeof (FriBidiChar) == sizeof (gunichar));
+-
+- fribidi_ch_type = fribidi_get_bidi_type (ch);
+-
+- switch (fribidi_ch_type)
+- {
+- case FRIBIDI_TYPE_LTR: return PANGO_BIDI_TYPE_L;
+- case FRIBIDI_TYPE_LRE: return PANGO_BIDI_TYPE_LRE;
+- case FRIBIDI_TYPE_LRO: return PANGO_BIDI_TYPE_LRO;
+- case FRIBIDI_TYPE_RTL: return PANGO_BIDI_TYPE_R;
+- case FRIBIDI_TYPE_AL: return PANGO_BIDI_TYPE_AL;
+- case FRIBIDI_TYPE_RLE: return PANGO_BIDI_TYPE_RLE;
+- case FRIBIDI_TYPE_RLO: return PANGO_BIDI_TYPE_RLO;
+- case FRIBIDI_TYPE_PDF: return PANGO_BIDI_TYPE_PDF;
+- case FRIBIDI_TYPE_EN: return PANGO_BIDI_TYPE_EN;
+- case FRIBIDI_TYPE_ES: return PANGO_BIDI_TYPE_ES;
+- case FRIBIDI_TYPE_ET: return PANGO_BIDI_TYPE_ET;
+- case FRIBIDI_TYPE_AN: return PANGO_BIDI_TYPE_AN;
+- case FRIBIDI_TYPE_CS: return PANGO_BIDI_TYPE_CS;
+- case FRIBIDI_TYPE_NSM: return PANGO_BIDI_TYPE_NSM;
+- case FRIBIDI_TYPE_BN: return PANGO_BIDI_TYPE_BN;
+- case FRIBIDI_TYPE_BS: return PANGO_BIDI_TYPE_B;
+- case FRIBIDI_TYPE_SS: return PANGO_BIDI_TYPE_S;
+- case FRIBIDI_TYPE_WS: return PANGO_BIDI_TYPE_WS;
+- case FRIBIDI_TYPE_ON: return PANGO_BIDI_TYPE_ON;
+- case FRIBIDI_TYPE_LRI: return PANGO_BIDI_TYPE_LRI;
+- case FRIBIDI_TYPE_RLI: return PANGO_BIDI_TYPE_RLI;
+- case FRIBIDI_TYPE_FSI: return PANGO_BIDI_TYPE_FSI;
+- case FRIBIDI_TYPE_PDI: return PANGO_BIDI_TYPE_PDI;
+- default:
+- return PANGO_BIDI_TYPE_ON;
+- }
++ return PANGO_BIDI_TYPE_L;
+ }
+
+ /* Some bidi-related functions */
+@@ -120,38 +89,16 @@ pango_log2vis_get_embedding_levels (const gchar *text,
+ glong n_chars, i;
+ guint8 *embedding_levels_list;
+ const gchar *p;
+- FriBidiParType fribidi_base_dir;
+ FriBidiCharType *bidi_types;
+ #ifdef USE_FRIBIDI_EX_API
+ FriBidiBracketType *bracket_types;
+ #endif
+ FriBidiLevel max_level;
+ FriBidiCharType ored_types = 0;
+- FriBidiCharType anded_strongs = FRIBIDI_TYPE_RLE;
+
+ G_STATIC_ASSERT (sizeof (FriBidiLevel) == sizeof (guint8));
+ G_STATIC_ASSERT (sizeof (FriBidiChar) == sizeof (gunichar));
+
+- switch (*pbase_dir)
+- {
+- case PANGO_DIRECTION_LTR:
+- case PANGO_DIRECTION_TTB_RTL:
+- fribidi_base_dir = FRIBIDI_PAR_LTR;
+- break;
+- case PANGO_DIRECTION_RTL:
+- case PANGO_DIRECTION_TTB_LTR:
+- fribidi_base_dir = FRIBIDI_PAR_RTL;
+- break;
+- case PANGO_DIRECTION_WEAK_RTL:
+- fribidi_base_dir = FRIBIDI_PAR_WRTL;
+- break;
+- case PANGO_DIRECTION_WEAK_LTR:
+- case PANGO_DIRECTION_NEUTRAL:
+- default:
+- fribidi_base_dir = FRIBIDI_PAR_WLTR;
+- break;
+- }
+-
+ if (length < 0)
+ length = strlen (text);
+
+@@ -165,16 +112,13 @@ pango_log2vis_get_embedding_levels (const gchar *text,
+
+ for (i = 0, p = text; p < text + length; p = g_utf8_next_char(p), i++)
+ {
+- gunichar ch = g_utf8_get_char (p);
+- FriBidiCharType char_type = fribidi_get_bidi_type (ch);
++ FriBidiCharType char_type = FRIBIDI_PAR_LTR;
+
+ if (i == n_chars)
+ break;
+
+ bidi_types[i] = char_type;
+ ored_types |= char_type;
+- if (FRIBIDI_IS_STRONG (char_type))
+- anded_strongs &= char_type;
+ #ifdef USE_FRIBIDI_EX_API
+ if (G_UNLIKELY(bidi_types[i] == FRIBIDI_TYPE_ON))
+ bracket_types[i] = fribidi_get_bracket (ch);
+@@ -200,39 +144,8 @@ pango_log2vis_get_embedding_levels (const gchar *text,
+ * o base_dir doesn't have an RTL taste.
+ * o there are letters, and base_dir is weak.
+ */
+- if (!FRIBIDI_IS_ISOLATE (ored_types) &&
+- !FRIBIDI_IS_RTL (ored_types) &&
+- !FRIBIDI_IS_ARABIC (ored_types) &&
+- (!FRIBIDI_IS_RTL (fribidi_base_dir) ||
+- (FRIBIDI_IS_WEAK (fribidi_base_dir) &&
+- FRIBIDI_IS_LETTER (ored_types))
+- ))
+- {
+- /* all LTR */
+- fribidi_base_dir = FRIBIDI_PAR_LTR;
+ memset (embedding_levels_list, 0, n_chars);
+ goto resolved;
+- }
+- /* The case that all resolved levels will be RTL is much more complex.
+- * No isolates, no numbers, all strongs are RTL, and one of
+- * the following:
+- *
+- * o base_dir has an RTL taste (may be weak).
+- * o there are letters, and base_dir is weak.
+- */
+- else if (!FRIBIDI_IS_ISOLATE (ored_types) &&
+- !FRIBIDI_IS_NUMBER (ored_types) &&
+- FRIBIDI_IS_RTL (anded_strongs) &&
+- (FRIBIDI_IS_RTL (fribidi_base_dir) ||
+- (FRIBIDI_IS_WEAK (fribidi_base_dir) &&
+- FRIBIDI_IS_LETTER (ored_types))
+- ))
+- {
+- /* all RTL */
+- fribidi_base_dir = FRIBIDI_PAR_RTL;
+- memset (embedding_levels_list, 1, n_chars);
+- goto resolved;
+- }
+
+
+ #ifdef USE_FRIBIDI_EX_API
+@@ -240,12 +153,10 @@ pango_log2vis_get_embedding_levels (const gchar *text,
+ &fribidi_base_dir,
+ (FriBidiLevel*)embedding_levels_list);
+ #else
+- max_level = fribidi_get_par_embedding_levels (bidi_types, n_chars,
+- &fribidi_base_dir,
+- (FriBidiLevel*)embedding_levels_list);
++ max_level = 0;
+ #endif
+
+- if (G_UNLIKELY(max_level == 0))
++ if (max_level == 0)
+ {
+ /* fribidi_get_par_embedding_levels() failed. */
+ memset (embedding_levels_list, 0, length);
+@@ -258,7 +169,7 @@ resolved:
+ g_free (bracket_types);
+ #endif
+
+- *pbase_dir = (fribidi_base_dir == FRIBIDI_PAR_LTR) ? PANGO_DIRECTION_LTR : PANGO_DIRECTION_RTL;
++ *pbase_dir = PANGO_DIRECTION_LTR;
+
+ return embedding_levels_list;
+ }
+@@ -282,17 +193,6 @@ resolved:
+ PangoDirection
+ pango_unichar_direction (gunichar ch)
+ {
+- FriBidiCharType fribidi_ch_type;
+-
+- G_STATIC_ASSERT (sizeof (FriBidiChar) == sizeof (gunichar));
+-
+- fribidi_ch_type = fribidi_get_bidi_type (ch);
+-
+- if (!FRIBIDI_IS_STRONG (fribidi_ch_type))
+- return PANGO_DIRECTION_NEUTRAL;
+- else if (FRIBIDI_IS_RTL (fribidi_ch_type))
+- return PANGO_DIRECTION_RTL;
+- else
+ return PANGO_DIRECTION_LTR;
+ }
+