diff --git a/project/plugins.sbt b/project/plugins.sbt
index 9da596ca9c..849fb03d03 100644
--- a/project/plugins.sbt
+++ b/project/plugins.sbt
@@ -19,7 +19,6 @@ addSbtPlugin("com.thoughtworks.sbt-api-mappings" % "sbt-api-mappings" % "3.0.0")
 addSbtPlugin("pl.project13.scala" % "sbt-jmh" % "0.3.7")
 addSbtPlugin("com.typesafe.sbt" % "sbt-native-packager" % "1.4.1")
 addSbtPlugin("io.spray" % "sbt-boilerplate" % "0.6.1")
-addSbtPlugin("com.timushev.sbt" % "sbt-updates" % "0.4.2")
 addSbtPlugin("com.lightbend.akka" % "sbt-paradox-akka" % "0.26")
 addSbtPlugin("com.lightbend" % "sbt-whitesource" % "0.1.17")
 addSbtPlugin("de.heikoseeberger" % "sbt-header" % "5.2.0") // for maintenance of copyright file header