diff --git a/project/Settings.scala b/project/Settings.scala
index 97c8d5275..da03a2dcf 100644
--- a/project/Settings.scala
+++ b/project/Settings.scala
@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@ import sbt._
 import sbt.Keys._
 import sbt.ScriptedPlugin.autoImport.{scriptedBufferLog, scriptedLaunchOpts}
 import sbtcompatibility.SbtCompatibilityPlugin.autoImport._
+import sbtevictionrules.EvictionRulesPlugin.autoImport._
 
 import com.jsuereth.sbtpgp._
 
@@ -49,7 +50,11 @@ object Settings {
       "net.java.dev.jna" % "jna*" % "always",
       "org.apache.logging.log4j" % "log4j-*" % "semver",
     ),
-    compatibilityIgnored += "com.swoval" % "apple-file-events"
+    compatibilityIgnored += "com.swoval" % "apple-file-events",
+    evictionRules ++= Seq(
+      "com.eed3si9n" %% "gigahorse-*" % "semver",
+      "org.scala-lang.modules" %% "*" % "semver"
+    )
   ) ++ {
     val prop = sys.props.getOrElse("publish.javadoc", "").toLowerCase(Locale.ROOT)
     if (prop == "0" || prop == "false")
diff --git a/project/plugins.sbt b/project/plugins.sbt
index 5d5780214..9f7f07f98 100644
--- a/project/plugins.sbt
+++ b/project/plugins.sbt
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 addSbtPlugin("com.geirsson" % "sbt-ci-release" % "1.5.3")
 addSbtPlugin(("io.github.alexarchambault.sbt" % "sbt-compatibility" % "0.0.7").exclude("com.typesafe", "sbt-mima-plugin"))
+addSbtPlugin("io.github.alexarchambault.sbt" % "sbt-eviction-rules" % "0.2.0")
 addSbtPlugin("com.github.alexarchambault.tmp" % "sbt-mima-plugin" % "0.7.1-SNAPSHOT")
 
 addSbtPlugin("io.get-coursier" % "sbt-shading" % "2.0.0")
diff --git a/scripts/travis.sh b/scripts/travis.sh
index d17695225..50a0ef03c 100755
--- a/scripts/travis.sh
+++ b/scripts/travis.sh
@@ -25,6 +25,7 @@ runLmCoursierTests() {
   # publishing locally to ensure shading runs fine
   ./metadata/scripts/with-test-repo.sh ./sbt \
     ++$TRAVIS_SCALA_VERSION! \
+    evictionCheck \
     compatibilityCheck \
     lm-coursier-shaded/publishLocal \
     lm-coursier/test \