diff --git a/core/pom.xml b/core/pom.xml
index 75dc96384f3..2424c8e2e4d 100644
--- a/core/pom.xml
+++ b/core/pom.xml
@@ -314,45 +314,6 @@
                     </execution>
                 </executions>
             </plugin>
-            <plugin>
-                <groupId>de.thetaphi</groupId>
-                <artifactId>forbiddenapis</artifactId>
-                <version>1.8</version>
-
-                <executions>
-                    <execution>
-                        <id>check-forbidden-apis-in-cluster</id>
-                            <configuration>
-                                 <targetVersion>${maven.compiler.target}</targetVersion>
-                                 <!-- disallow undocumented classes like sun.misc.Unsafe: -->
-                                 <internalRuntimeForbidden>true</internalRuntimeForbidden>
-                                 <!-- if the used Java version is too new, don't fail, just do nothing: -->
-                                 <failOnUnsupportedJava>false</failOnUnsupportedJava>
-                                 <bundledSignatures>
-                                     <!-- This will automatically choose the right signatures based on 'targetVersion': -->
-                                     <bundledSignature>jdk-unsafe</bundledSignature>
-                                     <bundledSignature>jdk-deprecated</bundledSignature>
-                                     <bundledSignature>jdk-system-out</bundledSignature>
-                                 </bundledSignatures>
-                                 <signaturesFiles>
-                                      <signaturesFile>${elasticsearch.tools.directory}/forbidden/core-signatures.txt</signaturesFile>
-                                      <signaturesFile>${elasticsearch.tools.directory}/forbidden/all-signatures.txt</signaturesFile>
-                                      <signaturesFile>${elasticsearch.tools.directory}/forbidden/third-party-signatures.txt</signaturesFile>
-                                      <signaturesFile>${elasticsearch.tools.directory}/forbidden/cluster-signatures.txt</signaturesFile>
-                                 </signaturesFiles>
-                                 <signatures>${forbidden.signatures}</signatures>
-                                 <includes>
-                                     <include>org/elasticsearch/cluster/**/*.class</include>
-                                 </includes>
-                                 <suppressAnnotations><annotation>**.SuppressForbidden</annotation></suppressAnnotations>
-                             </configuration>
-                         <phase>compile</phase>
-                         <goals>
-                             <goal>check</goal>
-                         </goals>
-                     </execution>
-                 </executions>
-             </plugin>
         </plugins>
       <pluginManagement>
         <plugins>
@@ -401,22 +362,5 @@
             </activation>
             <!-- not including license-maven-plugin is sufficent to expose default license -->
         </profile>
-        <profile>
-            <id>dev</id>
-            <build>
-                <plugins>
-                    <plugin>
-                        <groupId>de.thetaphi</groupId>
-                        <artifactId>forbiddenapis</artifactId>
-                        <executions>
-                            <execution>
-                                <id>check-forbidden-apis-in-cluster</id>
-                                <phase>none</phase>
-                            </execution>
-                        </executions>
-                    </plugin>
-                </plugins>
-            </build>
-        </profile>
     </profiles>
 </project>