diff --git a/docs/modules/ROOT/pages/pipeline/pipeline.adoc b/docs/modules/ROOT/pages/pipeline/pipeline.adoc
index 6712c940d4..2aa77dc5db 100644
--- a/docs/modules/ROOT/pages/pipeline/pipeline.adoc
+++ b/docs/modules/ROOT/pages/pipeline/pipeline.adoc
@@ -37,7 +37,7 @@ spec:
       command: cat maven/pom.xml
       image: alpine
       name: custom2
-  - spectrum:
+  - jib:
       ...
 ```
 The custom tasks will be executed in the directory where the Camel K runtime Maven project was generated. In this example we're creating 2 tasks to retrieve certain values from the project just for the scope of illustrating the feature. For each task you need to specify a name, the container image which you want to use to run, the command to execute and (optionally) the user ID that has to run in the container.
diff --git a/docs/modules/ROOT/partials/apis/camel-k-crds.adoc b/docs/modules/ROOT/partials/apis/camel-k-crds.adoc
index fe77f31280..5f101b8fac 100644
--- a/docs/modules/ROOT/partials/apis/camel-k-crds.adoc
+++ b/docs/modules/ROOT/partials/apis/camel-k-crds.adoc
@@ -5656,6 +5656,7 @@ SourceType represents an available source type.
 * <<#_camel_apache_org_v1_Task, Task>>
 
 SpectrumTask is used to configure Spectrum.
+Deprecated: no longer in use.
 
 [cols="2,2a",options="header"]
 |===
diff --git a/go.mod b/go.mod
index c3327577bc..c85c670696 100644
--- a/go.mod
+++ b/go.mod
@@ -5,7 +5,6 @@ go 1.24
 require (
 	dario.cat/mergo v1.0.2
 	github.com/Masterminds/semver v1.5.0
-	github.com/container-tools/spectrum v0.6.68
 	github.com/evanphx/json-patch v5.9.11+incompatible
 	github.com/fsnotify/fsnotify v1.9.0
 	github.com/gertd/go-pluralize v0.2.1
@@ -72,12 +71,8 @@ require (
 	github.com/cloudevents/sdk-go/sql/v2 v2.15.2 // indirect
 	github.com/cloudevents/sdk-go/v2 v2.15.2 // indirect
 	github.com/cloudflare/circl v1.6.1 // indirect
-	github.com/containerd/stargz-snapshotter/estargz v0.16.3 // indirect
 	github.com/cyphar/filepath-securejoin v0.4.1 // indirect
 	github.com/davecgh/go-spew v1.1.2-0.20180830191138-d8f796af33cc // indirect
-	github.com/docker/cli v27.5.0+incompatible // indirect
-	github.com/docker/distribution v2.8.3+incompatible // indirect
-	github.com/docker/docker-credential-helpers v0.8.2 // indirect
 	github.com/emicklei/go-restful/v3 v3.12.1 // indirect
 	github.com/emirpasic/gods v1.18.1 // indirect
 	github.com/evanphx/json-patch/v5 v5.9.11 // indirect
@@ -108,10 +103,8 @@ require (
 	github.com/json-iterator/go v1.1.12 // indirect
 	github.com/kelseyhightower/envconfig v1.4.0 // indirect
 	github.com/kevinburke/ssh_config v1.2.0 // indirect
-	github.com/klauspost/compress v1.18.0 // indirect
 	github.com/liggitt/tabwriter v0.0.0-20181228230101-89fcab3d43de // indirect
 	github.com/mailru/easyjson v0.9.0 // indirect
-	github.com/mitchellh/go-homedir v1.1.0 // indirect
 	github.com/moby/spdystream v0.5.0 // indirect
 	github.com/moby/term v0.5.0 // indirect
 	github.com/modern-go/concurrent v0.0.0-20180306012644-bacd9c7ef1dd // indirect
@@ -119,7 +112,6 @@ require (
 	github.com/munnerz/goautoneg v0.0.0-20191010083416-a7dc8b61c822 // indirect
 	github.com/mxk/go-flowrate v0.0.0-20140419014527-cca7078d478f // indirect
 	github.com/opencontainers/go-digest v1.0.0 // indirect
-	github.com/opencontainers/image-spec v1.1.0 // indirect
 	github.com/pelletier/go-toml/v2 v2.2.3 // indirect
 	github.com/pjbgf/sha1cd v0.3.2 // indirect
 	github.com/pkg/errors v0.9.1 // indirect
@@ -136,7 +128,6 @@ require (
 	github.com/spf13/afero v1.12.0 // indirect
 	github.com/spf13/cast v1.7.1 // indirect
 	github.com/subosito/gotenv v1.6.0 // indirect
-	github.com/vbatts/tar-split v0.11.6 // indirect
 	github.com/x448/float16 v0.8.4 // indirect
 	github.com/xanzy/ssh-agent v0.3.3 // indirect
 	go.opencensus.io v0.24.0 // indirect
diff --git a/go.sum b/go.sum
index 8f3771caf4..b37a0dc936 100644
--- a/go.sum
+++ b/go.sum
@@ -89,10 +89,6 @@ github.com/cloudevents/sdk-go/v2 v2.15.2/go.mod h1:lL7kSWAE/V8VI4Wh0jbL2v/jvqsm6
 github.com/cloudflare/circl v1.6.1 h1:zqIqSPIndyBh1bjLVVDHMPpVKqp8Su/V+6MeDzzQBQ0=
 github.com/cloudflare/circl v1.6.1/go.mod h1:uddAzsPgqdMAYatqJ0lsjX1oECcQLIlRpzZh3pJrofs=
 github.com/cncf/udpa/go v0.0.0-20191209042840-269d4d468f6f/go.mod h1:M8M6+tZqaGXZJjfX53e64911xZQV5JYwmTeXPW+k8Sc=
-github.com/container-tools/spectrum v0.6.68 h1:XvhGZM4Qjv1m9zo+n7jSMtvGS3d34MtA84+3mq59wuo=
-github.com/container-tools/spectrum v0.6.68/go.mod h1:RIk+OvLAeLuBrQxUSr2Nn6L3VDvrN67BccmPEQlnPZ4=
-github.com/containerd/stargz-snapshotter/estargz v0.16.3 h1:7evrXtoh1mSbGj/pfRccTampEyKpjpOnS3CyiV1Ebr8=
-github.com/containerd/stargz-snapshotter/estargz v0.16.3/go.mod h1:uyr4BfYfOj3G9WBVE8cOlQmXAbPN9VEQpBBeJIuOipU=
 github.com/coreos/go-oidc/v3 v3.9.0 h1:0J/ogVOd4y8P0f0xUh8l9t07xRP/d8tccvjHl2dcsSo=
 github.com/coreos/go-oidc/v3 v3.9.0/go.mod h1:rTKz2PYwftcrtoCzV5g5kvfJoWcm0Mk8AF8y1iAQro4=
 github.com/cpuguy83/go-md2man/v2 v2.0.6/go.mod h1:oOW0eioCTA6cOiMLiUPZOpcVxMig6NIQQ7OS05n1F4g=
@@ -104,12 +100,6 @@ github.com/davecgh/go-spew v1.1.0/go.mod h1:J7Y8YcW2NihsgmVo/mv3lAwl/skON4iLHjSs
 github.com/davecgh/go-spew v1.1.1/go.mod h1:J7Y8YcW2NihsgmVo/mv3lAwl/skON4iLHjSsI+c5H38=
 github.com/davecgh/go-spew v1.1.2-0.20180830191138-d8f796af33cc h1:U9qPSI2PIWSS1VwoXQT9A3Wy9MM3WgvqSxFWenqJduM=
 github.com/davecgh/go-spew v1.1.2-0.20180830191138-d8f796af33cc/go.mod h1:J7Y8YcW2NihsgmVo/mv3lAwl/skON4iLHjSsI+c5H38=
-github.com/docker/cli v27.5.0+incompatible h1:aMphQkcGtpHixwwhAXJT1rrK/detk2JIvDaFkLctbGM=
-github.com/docker/cli v27.5.0+incompatible/go.mod h1:JLrzqnKDaYBop7H2jaqPtU4hHvMKP+vjCwu2uszcLI8=
-github.com/docker/distribution v2.8.3+incompatible h1:AtKxIZ36LoNK51+Z6RpzLpddBirtxJnzDrHLEKxTAYk=
-github.com/docker/distribution v2.8.3+incompatible/go.mod h1:J2gT2udsDAN96Uj4KfcMRqY0/ypR+oyYUYmja8H+y+w=
-github.com/docker/docker-credential-helpers v0.8.2 h1:bX3YxiGzFP5sOXWc3bTPEXdEaZSeVMrFgOr3T+zrFAo=
-github.com/docker/docker-credential-helpers v0.8.2/go.mod h1:P3ci7E3lwkZg6XiHdRKft1KckHiO9a2rNtyFbZ/ry9M=
 github.com/elazarl/goproxy v1.7.2 h1:Y2o6urb7Eule09PjlhQRGNsqRfPmYI3KKQLFpCAV3+o=
 github.com/elazarl/goproxy v1.7.2/go.mod h1:82vkLNir0ALaW14Rc399OTTjyNREgmdL2cVoIbS6XaE=
 github.com/emicklei/go-restful/v3 v3.12.1 h1:PJMDIM/ak7btuL8Ex0iYET9hxM3CI2sjZtzpL63nKAU=
@@ -324,8 +314,6 @@ github.com/mattn/go-shellwords v1.0.12 h1:M2zGm7EW6UQJvDeQxo4T51eKPurbeFbe8WtebG
 github.com/mattn/go-shellwords v1.0.12/go.mod h1:EZzvwXDESEeg03EKmM+RmDnNOPKG4lLtQsUlTZDWQ8Y=
 github.com/mattn/goveralls v0.0.2/go.mod h1:8d1ZMHsd7fW6IRPKQh46F2WRpyib5/X4FOpevwGNQEw=
 github.com/matttproud/golang_protobuf_extensions v1.0.1/go.mod h1:D8He9yQNgCq6Z5Ld7szi9bcBfOoFv/3dc6xSMkL2PC0=
-github.com/mitchellh/go-homedir v1.1.0 h1:lukF9ziXFxDFPkA1vsr5zpc1XuPDn/wFntq5mG+4E0Y=
-github.com/mitchellh/go-homedir v1.1.0/go.mod h1:SfyaCUpYCn1Vlf4IUYiD9fPX4A5wJrkLzIz1N1q0pr0=
 github.com/moby/spdystream v0.5.0 h1:7r0J1Si3QO/kjRitvSLVVFUjxMEb/YLj6S9FF62JBCU=
 github.com/moby/spdystream v0.5.0/go.mod h1:xBAYlnt/ay+11ShkdFKNAG7LsyK/tmNBVvVOwrfMgdI=
 github.com/moby/term v0.5.0 h1:xt8Q1nalod/v7BqbG21f8mQPqH+xAaC9C3N3wfWbVP0=
@@ -355,8 +343,6 @@ github.com/onsi/gomega v1.38.0 h1:c/WX+w8SLAinvuKKQFh77WEucCnPk4j2OTUr7lt7BeY=
 github.com/onsi/gomega v1.38.0/go.mod h1:OcXcwId0b9QsE7Y49u+BTrL4IdKOBOKnD6VQNTJEB6o=
 github.com/opencontainers/go-digest v1.0.0 h1:apOUWs51W5PlhuyGyz9FCeeBIOUDA/6nW8Oi/yOhh5U=
 github.com/opencontainers/go-digest v1.0.0/go.mod h1:0JzlMkj0TRzQZfJkVvzbP0HBR3IKzErnv2BNG4W4MAM=
-github.com/opencontainers/image-spec v1.1.0 h1:8SG7/vwALn54lVB/0yZ/MMwhFrPYtpEHQb2IpWsCzug=
-github.com/opencontainers/image-spec v1.1.0/go.mod h1:W4s4sFTMaBeK1BQLXbG4AdM2szdn85PY75RI83NrTrM=
 github.com/openshift/api v0.0.0-20240228005710-4511c790cc60 h1:BfN2JThYjmpXhULHahY1heyfct+fsj4fhkUo3tVIGH4=
 github.com/openshift/api v0.0.0-20240228005710-4511c790cc60/go.mod h1:qNtV0315F+f8ld52TLtPvrfivZpdimOzTi3kn9IVbtU=
 github.com/operator-framework/api v0.31.0 h1:tRsFTuZ51xD8U5QgiPo3+mZgVipHZVgRXYrI6RRXOh8=
@@ -470,8 +456,6 @@ github.com/subosito/gotenv v1.6.0 h1:9NlTDc1FTs4qu0DDq7AEtTPNw6SVm7uBMsUCUjABIf8
 github.com/subosito/gotenv v1.6.0/go.mod h1:Dk4QP5c2W3ibzajGcXpNraDfq2IrhjMIvMSWPKKo0FU=
 github.com/valyala/bytebufferpool v1.0.0 h1:GqA5TC/0021Y/b9FG4Oi9Mr3q7XYx6KllzawFIhcdPw=
 github.com/valyala/bytebufferpool v1.0.0/go.mod h1:6bBcMArwyJ5K/AmCkWv1jt77kVWyCJ6HpOuEn7z0Csc=
-github.com/vbatts/tar-split v0.11.6 h1:4SjTW5+PU11n6fZenf2IPoV8/tz3AaYHMWjf23envGs=
-github.com/vbatts/tar-split v0.11.6/go.mod h1:dqKNtesIOr2j2Qv3W/cHjnvk9I8+G7oAkFDFN6TCBEI=
 github.com/x448/float16 v0.8.4 h1:qLwI1I70+NjRFUR3zs1JPUCgaCXSh3SW62uAKT1mSBM=
 github.com/x448/float16 v0.8.4/go.mod h1:14CWIYCyZA/cWjXOioeEpHeN/83MdbZDRQHoFcYsOfg=
 github.com/xanzy/ssh-agent v0.3.3 h1:+/15pJfg/RsTxqYcX6fHqOXZwwMP+2VyYWJeWM2qQFM=
@@ -852,9 +836,6 @@ gopkg.in/yaml.v2 v2.4.0/go.mod h1:RDklbk79AGWmwhnvt/jBztapEOGDOx6ZbXqjP6csGnQ=
 gopkg.in/yaml.v3 v3.0.0-20200313102051-9f266ea9e77c/go.mod h1:K4uyk7z7BCEPqu6E+C64Yfv1cQ7kz7rIZviUmN+EgEM=
 gopkg.in/yaml.v3 v3.0.1 h1:fxVm/GzAzEWqLHuvctI91KS9hhNmmWOoWu0XTYJS7CA=
 gopkg.in/yaml.v3 v3.0.1/go.mod h1:K4uyk7z7BCEPqu6E+C64Yfv1cQ7kz7rIZviUmN+EgEM=
-gotest.tools v2.2.0+incompatible h1:VsBPFP1AI068pPrMxtb/S8Zkgf9xEmTLJjfM+P5UIEo=
-gotest.tools/v3 v3.0.3 h1:4AuOwCGf4lLR9u3YOe2awrHygurzhO/HeQ6laiA6Sx0=
-gotest.tools/v3 v3.0.3/go.mod h1:Z7Lb0S5l+klDB31fvDQX8ss/FlKDxtlFlw3Oa8Ymbl8=
 honnef.co/go/tools v0.0.0-20190102054323-c2f93a96b099/go.mod h1:rf3lG4BRIbNafJWhAfAdb/ePZxsR/4RtNHQocxwk9r4=
 honnef.co/go/tools v0.0.0-20190106161140-3f1c8253044a/go.mod h1:rf3lG4BRIbNafJWhAfAdb/ePZxsR/4RtNHQocxwk9r4=
 honnef.co/go/tools v0.0.0-20190418001031-e561f6794a2a/go.mod h1:rf3lG4BRIbNafJWhAfAdb/ePZxsR/4RtNHQocxwk9r4=
diff --git a/pkg/apis/camel/v1/build_types.go b/pkg/apis/camel/v1/build_types.go
index 4c7a5b4794..fd07269ceb 100644
--- a/pkg/apis/camel/v1/build_types.go
+++ b/pkg/apis/camel/v1/build_types.go
@@ -183,6 +183,7 @@ type JibTask struct {
 }
 
 // SpectrumTask is used to configure Spectrum.
+// Deprecated: no longer in use.
 type SpectrumTask struct {
 	BaseTask    `json:",inline"`
 	PublishTask `json:",inline"`
diff --git a/pkg/apis/camel/v1/build_types_support.go b/pkg/apis/camel/v1/build_types_support.go
index fe3623bb1b..daaf2eba82 100644
--- a/pkg/apis/camel/v1/build_types_support.go
+++ b/pkg/apis/camel/v1/build_types_support.go
@@ -97,9 +97,6 @@ func ConfigurationTasksByName(tasks []Task, name string) *BuildConfiguration {
 		if t.Package != nil && t.Package.Name == name {
 			return &t.Package.Configuration
 		}
-		if t.Spectrum != nil && t.Spectrum.Name == name {
-			return &t.Spectrum.Configuration
-		}
 		if t.S2i != nil && t.S2i.Name == name {
 			return &t.S2i.Configuration
 		}
diff --git a/pkg/apis/camel/v1/integrationplatform_types.go b/pkg/apis/camel/v1/integrationplatform_types.go
index 839a391a07..0abef994f0 100644
--- a/pkg/apis/camel/v1/integrationplatform_types.go
+++ b/pkg/apis/camel/v1/integrationplatform_types.go
@@ -155,10 +155,6 @@ const (
 	// provided by an OpenShift cluster in order to create and push the images to the registry. It is the default choice on OpenShift cluster.
 	// Deprecated: use jib or a custom publishing strategy instead.
 	IntegrationPlatformBuildPublishStrategyS2I IntegrationPlatformBuildPublishStrategy = "S2I"
-	// IntegrationPlatformBuildPublishStrategySpectrum uses Spectrum project (https://github.com/container-tools/spectrum)
-	// in order to push the incremental images to the image repository. It is the default choice on vanilla Kubernetes cluster.
-	// Deprecated: use jib or a custom publishing strategy instead.
-	IntegrationPlatformBuildPublishStrategySpectrum IntegrationPlatformBuildPublishStrategy = "Spectrum"
 	// IntegrationPlatformBuildPublishStrategyJib uses Jib maven plugin (https://github.com/GoogleContainerTools/jib)
 	// in order to push the incremental images to the image repository.
 	IntegrationPlatformBuildPublishStrategyJib IntegrationPlatformBuildPublishStrategy = "Jib"
@@ -167,7 +163,6 @@ const (
 // IntegrationPlatformBuildPublishStrategies the list of all available publish strategies.
 var IntegrationPlatformBuildPublishStrategies = []IntegrationPlatformBuildPublishStrategy{
 	IntegrationPlatformBuildPublishStrategyS2I,
-	IntegrationPlatformBuildPublishStrategySpectrum,
 	IntegrationPlatformBuildPublishStrategyJib,
 }
 
diff --git a/pkg/builder/builder_test.go b/pkg/builder/builder_test.go
index adcc070e74..716f013b7c 100644
--- a/pkg/builder/builder_test.go
+++ b/pkg/builder/builder_test.go
@@ -137,35 +137,3 @@ func TestJibPublishingFailure(t *testing.T) {
 	assert.Equal(t, "base-image", status.BaseImage)
 	assert.Equal(t, "root-image", status.RootImage)
 }
-
-func TestSpectrumPublishingFailure(t *testing.T) {
-	c, err := internal.NewFakeClient()
-	require.NoError(t, err)
-	b := New(c)
-	build := &v1.Build{
-		Spec: v1.BuildSpec{
-			Tasks: []v1.Task{
-				{
-					Spectrum: &v1.SpectrumTask{
-						BaseTask: v1.BaseTask{
-							Name: "spectrum",
-						},
-						PublishTask: v1.PublishTask{
-							BaseImage: "base-image",
-						},
-					},
-				},
-			},
-		},
-		Status: v1.BuildStatus{
-			RootImage: "root-image",
-		},
-	}
-
-	ctx := newContext()
-	status := b.Build(build).TaskByName("spectrum").Do(ctx)
-	assert.Equal(t, v1.BuildPhaseFailed, status.Phase)
-	assert.NotEmpty(t, status.Error)
-	assert.Equal(t, "base-image", status.BaseImage)
-	assert.Equal(t, "root-image", status.RootImage)
-}
diff --git a/pkg/builder/spectrum.go b/pkg/builder/spectrum.go
deleted file mode 100644
index 1f78f7e485..0000000000
--- a/pkg/builder/spectrum.go
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,151 +0,0 @@
-/*
-Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one or more
-contributor license agreements.  See the NOTICE file distributed with
-this work for additional information regarding copyright ownership.
-The ASF 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.
-*/
-
-package builder
-
-import (
-	"bufio"
-	"context"
-	"io"
-	"os"
-	"path/filepath"
-	"runtime"
-	"strings"
-
-	spectrum "github.com/container-tools/spectrum/pkg/builder"
-
-	v1 "github.com/apache/camel-k/v2/pkg/apis/camel/v1"
-	"github.com/apache/camel-k/v2/pkg/client"
-	"github.com/apache/camel-k/v2/pkg/util"
-	"github.com/apache/camel-k/v2/pkg/util/log"
-	"github.com/apache/camel-k/v2/pkg/util/registry"
-)
-
-type spectrumTask struct {
-	c     client.Client
-	build *v1.Build
-	task  *v1.SpectrumTask
-}
-
-var _ Task = &spectrumTask{}
-
-func (t *spectrumTask) Do(ctx context.Context) v1.BuildStatus {
-	status := initializeStatusFrom(t.build.Status, t.task.BaseImage)
-
-	contextDir := t.task.ContextDir
-	if contextDir == "" {
-		// Use the working directory.
-		// This is useful when the task is executed in-container,
-		// so that its WorkingDir can be used to share state and
-		// coordinate with other tasks.
-		pwd, err := os.Getwd()
-		if err != nil {
-			return status.Failed(err)
-		}
-		contextDir = filepath.Join(pwd, ContextDir)
-	}
-
-	log.Infof("Running spectrum task in context directory: %s", contextDir)
-
-	exists, err := util.DirectoryExists(contextDir)
-	if err != nil {
-		return status.Failed(err)
-	}
-	empty, err := util.DirectoryEmpty(contextDir)
-	if err != nil {
-		return status.Failed(err)
-	}
-	if !exists || empty {
-		// this can only indicate that there are no more resources to add to the base image,
-		// because transitive resolution is the same even if spec differs.
-		status.Image = status.BaseImage
-		log.Infof("No new image to build, reusing existing image %s", status.Image)
-		return *status
-	}
-
-	pullInsecure := t.task.Registry.Insecure // incremental build case
-
-	log.Debugf("Registry address: %s", t.task.Registry.Address)
-	log.Debugf("Base image: %s", status.BaseImage)
-
-	if !strings.HasPrefix(status.BaseImage, t.task.Registry.Address) {
-		if pullInsecure {
-			log.Info("Assuming secure pull because the registry for the base image and the main registry are different")
-			pullInsecure = false
-		}
-	}
-
-	registryConfigDir := ""
-	if t.task.Registry.Secret != "" {
-		registryConfigDir, err = registry.MountSecretRegistryConfig(ctx, t.c, t.build.Namespace, "spectrum-secret-", t.task.Registry.Secret)
-		if err != nil {
-			return status.Failed(err)
-		}
-	}
-
-	newStdR, newStdW, pipeErr := os.Pipe()
-	defer util.CloseQuietly(newStdW)
-
-	if pipeErr != nil {
-		// In the unlikely case of an error, use stdout instead of aborting
-		log.Errorf(pipeErr, "Unable to remap I/O. Spectrum messages will be displayed on the stdout")
-		newStdW = os.Stdout
-	}
-
-	options := spectrum.Options{
-		PullInsecure:  pullInsecure,
-		PushInsecure:  t.task.Registry.Insecure,
-		PullConfigDir: registryConfigDir,
-		PushConfigDir: registryConfigDir,
-		Base:          status.BaseImage,
-		Target:        t.task.Image,
-		Stdout:        newStdW,
-		Stderr:        newStdW,
-		Recursive:     true,
-	}
-
-	if jobs := runtime.GOMAXPROCS(0); jobs > 1 {
-		options.Jobs = jobs
-	}
-
-	go readSpectrumLogs(newStdR)
-	digest, err := spectrum.Build(options, contextDir+":"+filepath.Join(DeploymentDir)) //nolint
-	if err != nil {
-		_ = os.RemoveAll(registryConfigDir)
-		return status.Failed(err)
-	}
-
-	status.Image = t.task.Image
-	status.Digest = digest
-
-	if registryConfigDir != "" {
-		if err := os.RemoveAll(registryConfigDir); err != nil {
-			return status.Failed(err)
-		}
-	}
-
-	return *status
-}
-
-func readSpectrumLogs(newStdOut io.Reader) {
-	scanner := bufio.NewScanner(newStdOut)
-
-	for scanner.Scan() {
-		line := scanner.Text()
-		log.Info(line)
-	}
-}
diff --git a/pkg/builder/tasks.go b/pkg/builder/tasks.go
index 2e18403ce8..8524bd49a2 100644
--- a/pkg/builder/tasks.go
+++ b/pkg/builder/tasks.go
@@ -55,12 +55,6 @@ func (b *Build) Task(task v1.Task) Task {
 			build: b.build,
 			task:  task.Package,
 		}
-	case task.Spectrum != nil:
-		return &spectrumTask{
-			c:     b.builder.client,
-			build: b.build,
-			task:  task.Spectrum,
-		}
 	case task.S2i != nil:
 		return &s2iTask{
 			c:     b.builder.client,
@@ -140,12 +134,6 @@ func (b *Build) TaskByName(name string) Task {
 				build: b.build,
 				task:  task.Package,
 			}
-		case task.Spectrum != nil && task.Spectrum.Name == name:
-			return &spectrumTask{
-				c:     b.builder.client,
-				build: b.build,
-				task:  task.Spectrum,
-			}
 		case task.S2i != nil && task.S2i.Name == name:
 			return &s2iTask{
 				c:     b.builder.client,
diff --git a/pkg/controller/build/build_pod.go b/pkg/controller/build/build_pod.go
index 2b2b877980..a903fe38dd 100644
--- a/pkg/controller/build/build_pod.go
+++ b/pkg/controller/build/build_pod.go
@@ -93,8 +93,6 @@ func newBuildPod(ctx context.Context, client client.Client, build *v1.Build) *co
 			addBuildTaskToPod(ctx, client, build, task.Package.Name, pod)
 		case task.S2i != nil:
 			addBuildTaskToPod(ctx, client, build, task.S2i.Name, pod)
-		case task.Spectrum != nil:
-			addBuildTaskToPod(ctx, client, build, task.Spectrum.Name, pod)
 		case task.Jib != nil:
 			addBuildTaskToPod(ctx, client, build, task.Jib.Name, pod)
 		}
diff --git a/pkg/controller/build/monitor_pod.go b/pkg/controller/build/monitor_pod.go
index 5febc6118a..3a9c97c070 100644
--- a/pkg/controller/build/monitor_pod.go
+++ b/pkg/controller/build/monitor_pod.go
@@ -358,8 +358,6 @@ func publishTaskName(tasks []v1.Task) string {
 	switch {
 	case t.Custom != nil:
 		return t.Custom.Name
-	case t.Spectrum != nil:
-		return t.Spectrum.Name
 	case t.Jib != nil:
 		return t.Jib.Name
 	case t.S2i != nil:
@@ -382,5 +380,5 @@ func publishTaskDigest(tasks []v1.Task, cntStates []corev1.ContainerStatus) stri
 
 func operatorSupportedPublishingStrategy(tasks []v1.Task) bool {
 	taskName := publishTaskName(tasks)
-	return taskName == "jib" || taskName == "spectrum" || taskName == "s2i"
+	return taskName == "jib" || taskName == "s2i"
 }
diff --git a/pkg/controller/build/monitor_routine.go b/pkg/controller/build/monitor_routine.go
index 10975594ad..ff7550e7af 100644
--- a/pkg/controller/build/monitor_routine.go
+++ b/pkg/controller/build/monitor_routine.go
@@ -144,12 +144,6 @@ tasks:
 					break tasks
 				}
 				t.BuildDir = buildDir
-			} else if t := task.Spectrum; t != nil && t.ContextDir == "" {
-				if buildDir == "" {
-					status.Failed(fmt.Errorf("cannot determine context directory for task %s", t.Name))
-					break tasks
-				}
-				t.ContextDir = filepath.Join(buildDir, builder.ContextDir)
 			} else if t := task.S2i; t != nil && t.ContextDir == "" {
 				if buildDir == "" {
 					status.Failed(fmt.Errorf("cannot determine context directory for task %s", t.Name))
diff --git a/pkg/trait/builder.go b/pkg/trait/builder.go
index 3665e2a558..e09c36c2c8 100644
--- a/pkg/trait/builder.go
+++ b/pkg/trait/builder.go
@@ -88,14 +88,9 @@ func (t *builderTrait) Matches(trait Trait) bool {
 	return slices.Equal(srtThisTasks, srtOtheTasks)
 }
 
-//nolint:nestif
 func (t *builderTrait) Configure(e *Environment) (bool, *TraitCondition, error) {
 	if e.IntegrationKit != nil || e.IntegrationInPhase(v1.IntegrationPhaseBuildSubmitted) {
 		condition := t.adaptDeprecatedFields()
-		if e.Platform.Status.Build.PublishStrategy == v1.IntegrationPlatformBuildPublishStrategySpectrum {
-			condition = newOrAppend(condition, "Spectrum publishing strategy is deprecated and may be removed in future releases. "+
-				"Make sure to use any supported publishing strategy instead.")
-		}
 		t.setPlatform(e)
 		if e.IntegrationKit != nil && !e.IntegrationKitInPhase(v1.IntegrationKitPhaseBuildSubmitted) {
 			return false, condition, nil
@@ -264,18 +259,6 @@ func (t *builderTrait) Apply(e *Environment) error {
 	// Publishing task
 	tag := getTag(e)
 	switch e.Platform.Status.Build.PublishStrategy {
-	case v1.IntegrationPlatformBuildPublishStrategySpectrum:
-		pipelineTasks = append(pipelineTasks, v1.Task{Spectrum: &v1.SpectrumTask{
-			BaseTask: v1.BaseTask{
-				Name:          "spectrum",
-				Configuration: *taskConfOrDefault(tasksConf, "spectrum"),
-			},
-			PublishTask: v1.PublishTask{
-				BaseImage: t.getBaseImage(e),
-				Image:     imageName,
-				Registry:  e.Platform.Status.Build.Registry,
-			},
-		}})
 
 	case v1.IntegrationPlatformBuildPublishStrategyJib:
 		jibTask := v1.Task{Jib: &v1.JibTask{
@@ -664,9 +647,6 @@ func filter(tasks []v1.Task, filterTasks []string) ([]v1.Task, error) {
 			case t.Package != nil && t.Package.Name == f:
 				filteredTasks = append(filteredTasks, t)
 				found = true
-			case t.Spectrum != nil && t.Spectrum.Name == f:
-				filteredTasks = append(filteredTasks, t)
-				found = true
 			case t.S2i != nil && t.S2i.Name == f:
 				filteredTasks = append(filteredTasks, t)
 				found = true
@@ -693,8 +673,6 @@ func publishingOrUserTask(t v1.Task) bool {
 	switch {
 	case t.Custom != nil:
 		return true
-	case t.Spectrum != nil:
-		return true
 	case t.Jib != nil:
 		return true
 	}
diff --git a/pkg/trait/builder_test.go b/pkg/trait/builder_test.go
index 44e6942ac5..067e91ff2c 100644
--- a/pkg/trait/builder_test.go
+++ b/pkg/trait/builder_test.go
@@ -176,7 +176,7 @@ func createNominalBuilderTraitTest() *builderTrait {
 }
 
 func TestCustomTaskBuilderTrait(t *testing.T) {
-	env := createBuilderTestEnv(v1.IntegrationPlatformClusterKubernetes, v1.IntegrationPlatformBuildPublishStrategySpectrum, v1.BuildStrategyPod)
+	env := createBuilderTestEnv(v1.IntegrationPlatformClusterKubernetes, v1.IntegrationPlatformBuildPublishStrategyJib, v1.BuildStrategyPod)
 	builderTrait := createNominalBuilderTraitTest()
 	builderTrait.Tasks = append(builderTrait.Tasks, "test;alpine;ls")
 
@@ -186,7 +186,7 @@ func TestCustomTaskBuilderTrait(t *testing.T) {
 	builderTask := findCustomTaskByName(env.Pipeline, "builder")
 	customTask := findCustomTaskByName(env.Pipeline, "test")
 	packageTask := findCustomTaskByName(env.Pipeline, "package")
-	publisherTask := findCustomTaskByName(env.Pipeline, "spectrum")
+	publisherTask := findCustomTaskByName(env.Pipeline, "jib")
 
 	assert.NotNil(t, builderTask)
 	assert.NotNil(t, customTask)
@@ -199,7 +199,7 @@ func TestCustomTaskBuilderTrait(t *testing.T) {
 }
 
 func TestCustomTaskBuilderTraitValidStrategyOverride(t *testing.T) {
-	env := createBuilderTestEnv(v1.IntegrationPlatformClusterKubernetes, v1.IntegrationPlatformBuildPublishStrategySpectrum, v1.BuildStrategyRoutine)
+	env := createBuilderTestEnv(v1.IntegrationPlatformClusterKubernetes, v1.IntegrationPlatformBuildPublishStrategyJib, v1.BuildStrategyRoutine)
 	builderTrait := createNominalBuilderTraitTest()
 	builderTrait.Tasks = append(builderTrait.Tasks, "test;alpine;ls")
 	builderTrait.Strategy = "pod"
@@ -217,7 +217,7 @@ func TestCustomTaskBuilderTraitValidStrategyOverride(t *testing.T) {
 }
 
 func TestCustomTaskBuilderTraitInvalidStrategy(t *testing.T) {
-	env := createBuilderTestEnv(v1.IntegrationPlatformClusterKubernetes, v1.IntegrationPlatformBuildPublishStrategySpectrum, v1.BuildStrategyRoutine)
+	env := createBuilderTestEnv(v1.IntegrationPlatformClusterKubernetes, v1.IntegrationPlatformBuildPublishStrategyJib, v1.BuildStrategyRoutine)
 	builderTrait := createNominalBuilderTraitTest()
 	builderTrait.Tasks = append(builderTrait.Tasks, "test;alpine;ls")
 
@@ -231,7 +231,7 @@ func TestCustomTaskBuilderTraitInvalidStrategy(t *testing.T) {
 }
 
 func TestCustomTaskBuilderTraitInvalidStrategyOverride(t *testing.T) {
-	env := createBuilderTestEnv(v1.IntegrationPlatformClusterKubernetes, v1.IntegrationPlatformBuildPublishStrategySpectrum, v1.BuildStrategyPod)
+	env := createBuilderTestEnv(v1.IntegrationPlatformClusterKubernetes, v1.IntegrationPlatformBuildPublishStrategyJib, v1.BuildStrategyPod)
 	builderTrait := createNominalBuilderTraitTest()
 	builderTrait.Tasks = append(builderTrait.Tasks, "test;alpine;ls")
 	builderTrait.Strategy = "routine"
@@ -351,7 +351,7 @@ func TestBuilderCustomTasksConfiguration(t *testing.T) {
 	builderTrait.TasksRequestCPU = append(builderTrait.TasksRequestCPU, "builder:1000m")
 	builderTrait.TasksLimitCPU = append(builderTrait.TasksLimitCPU, "custom1:500m")
 	builderTrait.TasksRequestMemory = append(builderTrait.TasksRequestMemory, "package:8Gi")
-	builderTrait.TasksLimitMemory = append(builderTrait.TasksLimitMemory, "spectrum:4Gi")
+	builderTrait.TasksLimitMemory = append(builderTrait.TasksLimitMemory, "jib:4Gi")
 
 	tasksConf, err := builderTrait.parseTasksConf(&v1.BuildConfiguration{})
 
@@ -360,7 +360,7 @@ func TestBuilderCustomTasksConfiguration(t *testing.T) {
 	assert.Equal(t, "1000m", tasksConf["builder"].RequestCPU)
 	assert.Equal(t, "500m", tasksConf["custom1"].LimitCPU)
 	assert.Equal(t, "8Gi", tasksConf["package"].RequestMemory)
-	assert.Equal(t, "4Gi", tasksConf["spectrum"].LimitMemory)
+	assert.Equal(t, "4Gi", tasksConf["jib"].LimitMemory)
 }
 
 func TestBuilderCustomTasksConfigurationError(t *testing.T) {
@@ -596,9 +596,6 @@ func tasksByName(tasks []v1.Task) []string {
 		if t.S2i != nil {
 			pipelineTasks[i] = t.S2i.Name
 		}
-		if t.Spectrum != nil {
-			pipelineTasks[i] = t.Spectrum.Name
-		}
 		if t.Jib != nil {
 			pipelineTasks[i] = t.Jib.Name
 		}