diff --git a/build.gradle b/build.gradle
index c52b382985..994c318338 100644
--- a/build.gradle
+++ b/build.gradle
@@ -12,7 +12,6 @@ buildscript {
 
 	dependencies {
 		classpath 'org.hibernate.build.gradle:version-injection-plugin:1.0.0'
-		classpath 'gradle.plugin.com.github.lburgazzoli:gradle-karaf-plugin:0.5.1'
 		classpath 'org.asciidoctor:asciidoctor-gradle-plugin:1.5.7'
 		classpath 'com.jfrog.bintray.gradle:gradle-bintray-plugin:1.8.4'
 		classpath 'de.thetaphi:forbiddenapis:3.2'