diff --git b/m4/groff.m4 a/m4/groff.m4
index ebbe60d52..d5f014316 100644
--- b/m4/groff.m4
+++ a/m4/groff.m4
@@ -182,7 +182,7 @@ AC_DEFUN([GROFF_CHECK_GROHTML_PROGRAMS], [
   missing=
   m4_foreach([groff_prog],
 dnl Keep this list of programs in sync with grohtml test scripts.
-    [[pnmcrop], [pnmcut], [pnmtopng], [pnmtops], [psselect]], [
+    [[pnmcrop], [pnmcut], [pnmtopng], [pnmtops], [ps2ps]], [
       AC_CHECK_PROG(groff_prog, groff_prog, [found], [missing])
       if test $[]groff_prog = missing
       then
diff --git b/src/devices/grohtml/grohtml.1.man a/src/devices/grohtml/grohtml.1.man
index ef617703f..e10091bf2 100644
--- b/src/devices/grohtml/grohtml.1.man
+++ a/src/devices/grohtml/grohtml.1.man
@@ -303,11 +303,12 @@ These include the \%Netpbm tools
 .IR \%pnmcrop ,
 .IR \%pnmcut ,
 and
-.IR \%pnmtopng ;
-\%Ghostscript
-.RI ( gs );
-and the \%PSUtils tool
-.IR \%psselect .
+.IR \%pnmtopng
+as well as
+\%Ghostscript's
+.IR \%gs
+and
+.IR \%ps2ps .
 .
 .
 .\" ====================================================================
diff --git b/src/preproc/html/pre-html.cpp a/src/preproc/html/pre-html.cpp
index cbcc2ccda..401c275cb 100644
--- b/src/preproc/html/pre-html.cpp
+++ a/src/preproc/html/pre-html.cpp
@@ -918,7 +918,7 @@ int imageList::createPage(int pageno)
     fprintf(stderr, "creating page %d\n", pageno);
 #endif
 
-  s = make_string("psselect -q -p%d %s %s\n",
+  s = make_string("ps2ps -sPageList=%d %s %s\n",
 		   pageno, psFileName, psPageName);
   html_system(s, 1);
   assert(strlen(image_gen) > 0);
diff --git b/src/roff/groff/tests/html_works_with_grn_and_eqn.sh a/src/roff/groff/tests/html_works_with_grn_and_eqn.sh
index e0709440f..b3b2dc5cd 100755
--- b/src/roff/groff/tests/html_works_with_grn_and_eqn.sh
+++ a/src/roff/groff/tests/html_works_with_grn_and_eqn.sh
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@ groff="${abs_top_builddir:-.}/test-groff"
 
 # Keep this list of programs in sync with GROFF_CHECK_GROHTML_PROGRAMS
 # in m4/groff.m4.
-for cmd in pnmcrop pnmcut pnmtopng pnmtops psselect
+for cmd in pnmcrop pnmcut pnmtopng pnmtops ps2ps
 do
     if ! command -v $cmd >/dev/null
     then
diff --git b/src/roff/groff/tests/smoke-test_html_device.sh a/src/roff/groff/tests/smoke-test_html_device.sh
index 36dc50e47..9dbb8f298 100755
--- b/src/roff/groff/tests/smoke-test_html_device.sh
+++ a/src/roff/groff/tests/smoke-test_html_device.sh
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@ groff="${abs_top_builddir:-.}/test-groff"
 
 # Keep this list of programs in sync with GROFF_CHECK_GROHTML_PROGRAMS
 # in m4/groff.m4.
-for cmd in pnmcrop pnmcut pnmtopng pnmtops psselect
+for cmd in pnmcrop pnmcut pnmtopng pnmtops ps2ps
 do
     if ! command -v $cmd >/dev/null
     then