diff --git a/buildSrc/src/main/resources/META-INF/gradle-plugins/elasticsearch.enforce-deprecation-use-failures.properties b/buildSrc/src/main/resources/META-INF/gradle-plugins/elasticsearch.enforce-deprecation-use-failures.properties
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-#
-# Licensed to Elasticsearch under one or more contributor
-# license agreements. See the NOTICE file distributed with
-# this work for additional information regarding copyright
-# ownership. Elasticsearch licenses this file to you under
-# the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License"); you may
-# not use this file except in compliance with the License.
-# You may obtain a copy of the License at
-#
-#     http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
-#
-# Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing,
-# software distributed under the License is distributed on an
-# "AS IS" BASIS, WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY
-# KIND, either express or implied.  See the License for the
-# specific language governing permissions and limitations
-# under the License.
-#
-implementation-class=org.elasticsearch.gradle.EnforceDeprecationFailuresPlugin