diff --git a/.github/workflows/ci.yml b/.github/workflows/ci.yml
index a098aa2f..155aa424 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/ci.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/ci.yml
@@ -45,7 +45,7 @@ jobs:
       run: |
         case ${{ matrix.jobtype }} in
           1)
-            sbt -v -Dfile.encoding=UTF8 -Dsbt.test.fork=true ++$SCALA212! mimaReportBinaryIssues scalafmtCheckAll headerCheck Test/headerCheck test whitesourceCheckPolicies doc
+            sbt -v -Dfile.encoding=UTF8 -Dsbt.test.fork=true ++$SCALA212! mimaReportBinaryIssues scalafmtCheckAll headerCheck Test/headerCheck test doc
             sbt -v -Dfile.encoding=UTF8 -Dsbt.test.fork=false ++$SCALA213! test
             ;;
           2)
diff --git a/build.sbt b/build.sbt
index 6a0f4e43..f30ac984 100644
--- a/build.sbt
+++ b/build.sbt
@@ -161,14 +161,3 @@ val io = (project in file("io"))
     Test / buildInfoPackage := "sbt.internal.io",
     Test / buildInfoUsePackageAsPath := true,
   )
-
-inThisBuild(
-  Seq(
-    whitesourceProduct := "Lightbend Reactive Platform",
-    whitesourceAggregateProjectName := "sbt-io-master",
-    whitesourceAggregateProjectToken := "460d23766d364910a7c6f8f330f55aea651a3d13b4a94809b79bb6fb63c761ea",
-    whitesourceIgnoredScopes += "scalafmt",
-    whitesourceFailOnError := sys.env.contains("WHITESOURCE_PASSWORD"), // fail if pwd is present
-    whitesourceForceCheckAllDependencies := true,
-  )
-)
diff --git a/project/plugins.sbt b/project/plugins.sbt
index 93050e3e..8fea3701 100644
--- a/project/plugins.sbt
+++ b/project/plugins.sbt
@@ -4,5 +4,4 @@ addSbtPlugin("com.typesafe" % "sbt-mima-plugin" % "0.8.1")
 addSbtPlugin("org.scalameta" % "sbt-scalafmt" % "2.2.0")
 addSbtPlugin("org.scala-sbt" % "sbt-contraband" % "0.5.1")
 addSbtPlugin("com.eed3si9n" % "sbt-buildinfo" % "0.9.0")
-addSbtPlugin("com.lightbend" % "sbt-whitesource" % "0.1.14")
 addSbtPlugin("de.heikoseeberger" % "sbt-header" % "5.1.0")