diff --git a/.github/workflows/ci.yml b/.github/workflows/ci.yml
index 40b17cf4d..cf09702f8 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/ci.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/ci.yml
@@ -110,7 +110,6 @@ jobs:
         ./sbt -v --client serverTestProj/scalafmtCheckAll
         ./sbt -v --client headerCheck
         ./sbt -v --client "Test/headerCheck"
-        ./sbt -v --client whitesourceOnPush
         ./sbt -v --client "Test/compile"
         ./sbt -v --client publishLocal
         ./sbt -v --client test
diff --git a/build.sbt b/build.sbt
index 42a77a8a3..138910013 100644
--- a/build.sbt
+++ b/build.sbt
@@ -50,7 +50,6 @@ Global / semanticdbVersion := "4.5.9"
 val excludeLint = SettingKey[Set[Def.KeyedInitialize[_]]]("excludeLintKeys")
 Global / excludeLint := (Global / excludeLint).?.value.getOrElse(Set.empty)
 Global / excludeLint += componentID
-Global / excludeLint += whitesourceIgnoredScopes
 Global / excludeLint += scriptedBufferLog
 Global / excludeLint += checkPluginCross
 
@@ -1454,15 +1453,6 @@ def customCommands: Seq[Setting[_]] = Seq(
     s"""set scalaVersion in ThisBuild := "$scala212" """ ::
       state
   },
-  commands += Command.command("whitesourceOnPush") { state =>
-    sys.env.get("TRAVIS_EVENT_TYPE") match {
-      case Some("push") =>
-        "whitesourceCheckPolicies" ::
-          "whitesourceUpdate" ::
-          state
-      case _ => state
-    }
-  },
   commands += Command.command("release-sbt-local") { state =>
     "clean" ::
       "so compile" ::
@@ -1519,24 +1509,3 @@ ThisBuild / publishTo := {
   Some("releases" at nexus + "service/local/staging/deploy/maven2")
 }
 ThisBuild / publishMavenStyle := true
-ThisBuild / whitesourceProduct := "Lightbend Reactive Platform"
-ThisBuild / whitesourceAggregateProjectName := {
-  // note this can get detached on tag build etc
-  val b = sys.process.Process("git rev-parse --abbrev-ref HEAD").!!.trim
-  val Stable = """1\.([0-9]+)\.x""".r
-  b match {
-    case Stable(y) => "sbt-1." + y.toString + "-stable"
-    case _         => "sbt-master"
-  }
-}
-ThisBuild / whitesourceAggregateProjectToken := {
-  (ThisBuild / whitesourceAggregateProjectName).value match {
-    case "sbt-master"     => "e7a1e55518c0489a98e9c7430c8b2ccd53d9f97c12ed46148b592ebe4c8bf128"
-    case "sbt-1.3-stable" => "7e38cbb4d2fc4599835cd5d2cfb41b150597a4147b15424bb65841664ab2ec0d"
-    case "sbt-1.2-stable" => "54f2313767aa47198971e65595670ee16e1ad0000d20458588e72d3ac2c34763"
-    case _                => "" // it's ok to fail here
-  }
-}
-ThisBuild / whitesourceIgnoredScopes ++= Seq("plugin", "scalafmt", "sxr")
-ThisBuild / whitesourceFailOnError := sys.env.contains("WHITESOURCE_PASSWORD") // fail if pwd is present
-ThisBuild / whitesourceForceCheckAllDependencies := true
diff --git a/project/plugins.sbt b/project/plugins.sbt
index 7f677b694..28508259b 100644
--- a/project/plugins.sbt
+++ b/project/plugins.sbt
@@ -7,7 +7,6 @@ addSbtPlugin("com.github.sbt" % "sbt-pgp" % "2.1.2")
 addSbtPlugin("org.scalameta" % "sbt-scalafmt" % "2.3.0")
 addSbtPlugin("org.scala-sbt" % "sbt-contraband" % "0.5.1")
 addSbtPlugin("de.heikoseeberger" % "sbt-header" % "5.6.5")
-addSbtPlugin("com.lightbend" % "sbt-whitesource" % "0.1.14")
 addSbtPlugin("com.eed3si9n" % "sbt-assembly" % "1.2.0")
 addSbtPlugin("com.typesafe" % "sbt-mima-plugin" % "0.8.1")
 addSbtPlugin("com.swoval" % "sbt-java-format" % "0.3.1")