diff --git a/build.sbt b/build.sbt
index b95d9089c..408bb0796 100644
--- a/build.sbt
+++ b/build.sbt
@@ -293,7 +293,7 @@ lazy val utilPosition = (project in file("internal") / "util-position")
     utilCommonSettings,
     name := "Util Position",
     scalacOptions += "-language:experimental.macros",
-    libraryDependencies ++= Seq(scalaReflect, scalatest % "test"),
+    libraryDependencies ++= Seq(scalatest % "test"),
     mimaSettings,
   )
 
@@ -366,8 +366,7 @@ lazy val utilCache = project
       Seq(
         sjsonNewCore.value,
         sjsonNewScalaJson.value,
-        sjsonNewMurmurhash.value,
-        scalaReflect
+        sjsonNewMurmurhash.value
       ),
     Compile / managedSourceDirectories +=
       baseDirectory.value / "src" / "main" / "contraband-scala",
diff --git a/project/Dependencies.scala b/project/Dependencies.scala
index b2ec98c5a..e97a495e3 100644
--- a/project/Dependencies.scala
+++ b/project/Dependencies.scala
@@ -99,7 +99,6 @@ object Dependencies {
 
   val scalaXml = "org.scala-lang.modules" %% "scala-xml" % "2.4.0"
   val scalaParsers = "org.scala-lang.modules" %% "scala-parser-combinators" % "2.4.0"
-  val scalaReflect = "org.scala-lang" % "scala-reflect" % scala213
   val scalaPar = "org.scala-lang.modules" %% "scala-parallel-collections" % "1.2.0"
 
   // specify all of log4j modules to prevent misalignment