diff --git a/spring-boot-project/spring-boot-starters/spring-boot-starter-data-rest/pom.xml b/spring-boot-project/spring-boot-starters/spring-boot-starter-data-rest/pom.xml
index 5ed63e32d39..a03480de98a 100644
--- a/spring-boot-project/spring-boot-starters/spring-boot-starter-data-rest/pom.xml
+++ b/spring-boot-project/spring-boot-starters/spring-boot-starter-data-rest/pom.xml
@@ -27,16 +27,7 @@
 					<groupId>org.slf4j</groupId>
 					<artifactId>jcl-over-slf4j</artifactId>
 				</exclusion>
-				<exclusion>
-					<groupId>org.springframework.plugin</groupId>
-					<artifactId>spring-plugin-core</artifactId>
-				</exclusion>
 			</exclusions>
 		</dependency>
-		<dependency>
-			<groupId>org.springframework.plugin</groupId>
-			<artifactId>spring-plugin-core</artifactId>
-			<version>2.0.0.BUILD-SNAPSHOT</version>
-		</dependency>
 	</dependencies>
 </project>