diff --git a/.github/outdatedDependencies.md b/.github/outdatedDependencies.md
deleted file mode 100644
index e4e9947d92a..00000000000
--- a/.github/outdatedDependencies.md
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,5 +0,0 @@
----
-title: Outdated dependencies
-labels: type: dependencies
----
-[There are outdated dependencies!](https://github.com/JabRef/jabref/actions?query=is%3Afailure+workflow%3A%22Check+dependencies%22) 
diff --git a/.github/workflows/check-outdated-dependencies.yml b/.github/workflows/check-outdated-dependencies.yml
deleted file mode 100644
index 0c0d8cde419..00000000000
--- a/.github/workflows/check-outdated-dependencies.yml
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,28 +0,0 @@
-name: Check dependencies
-
-on:
-  schedule:
-    - cron:  '0 0 * * TUE' # Run every Tuesday (after dependabot, which runs Monday)
-
-jobs:
-  checkDependencies:
-    name: Check dependencies
-    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
-    steps:
-      - name: Checkout source
-        uses: actions/checkout@v2
-      - name: Set up JDK
-        uses: actions/setup-java@v2
-        with:
-          java-version: 16
-          distribution: 'adopt'
-          cache: 'gradle'
-      - name: Look for outdated dependencies
-        run: ./gradlew -q checkOutdatedDependencies
-      - name: Report issues
-        if: failure()
-        uses: JasonEtco/create-an-issue@v2
-        env:
-          GITHUB_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}
-        with:
-          filename: .github/outdatedDependencies.md
diff --git a/build.gradle b/build.gradle
index 69abeebffdc..34610276fb0 100644
--- a/build.gradle
+++ b/build.gradle
@@ -14,8 +14,6 @@ plugins {
 
     id 'me.champeau.gradle.jmh' version '0.5.3'
 
-    id 'com.github.ben-manes.versions' version '0.39.0'
-
     id 'org.javamodularity.moduleplugin' version '1.8.10'
 
     id 'org.openjfx.javafxplugin' version '0.0.10'
@@ -226,46 +224,6 @@ dependencies {
     xjc group: 'org.glassfish.jaxb', name: 'jaxb-xjc', version: '2.3.3'
 }
 
-dependencyUpdates {
-    outputFormatter = "json"
-}
-
-// We have some dependencies which cannot be updated due to various reasons.
-dependencyUpdates.resolutionStrategy {
-    componentSelection { rules ->
-        rules.all { ComponentSelection selection ->
-            boolean rejected = ['alpha', 'snapshot', 'beta', 'rc', 'cr', 'm', 'preview', 'b', 'ea'].any { qualifier ->
-                selection.candidate.version ==~ /(?i).*[.-]$qualifier[.\d-+]*/
-            }
-            if (rejected) {
-                selection.reject('Release candidate')
-            }
-        }
-        rules.withModule("org.javamodularity.moduleplugin:org.javamodularity.moduleplugin.gradle.plugin") { ComponentSelection selection ->
-            if (selection.candidate.version ==~ /1.6.0/) {
-                selection.reject("Does not work due to bug, see https://github.com/JabRef/jabref/pull/5270")
-            }
-        }
-        rules.withModule("com.microsoft.azure:applicationinsights-core") { ComponentSelection selection ->
-            if (selection.candidate.version ==~ /2.5.0/ || selection.candidate.version ==~ /2.5.1/) {
-                selection.reject("Does not work due to bug, see https://github.com/JabRef/jabref/pull/5596")
-            }
-        }
-        rules.withModule("com.microsoft.azure:applicationinsights-logging-log4j2") { ComponentSelection selection ->
-            if (selection.candidate.version ==~ /2.5.0/ || selection.candidate.version ==~ /2.5.1/) {
-                selection.reject("Does not work due to bug, see https://github.com/JabRef/jabref/pull/5596")
-            }
-        }
-    }
-}
-
-task checkOutdatedDependencies(dependsOn: dependencyUpdates) {
-    doLast {
-        def dependencyReport = new JsonSlurper().parseText(new File("build/dependencyUpdates/report.json").text)
-        assert dependencyReport.outdated.count == 0: "There are outdated dependencies in build.gradle!\n Run ./gradlew dependencyUpdates to see which"
-    }
-}
-
 clean {
     delete "src/main/generated"
     delete "src-gen"