diff --git a/spring-boot-dependencies/pom.xml b/spring-boot-dependencies/pom.xml
index 7409ed4190..3821310b09 100644
--- a/spring-boot-dependencies/pom.xml
+++ b/spring-boot-dependencies/pom.xml
@@ -78,7 +78,6 @@
 		<freemarker.version>2.3.25-incubating</freemarker.version>
 		<elasticsearch.version>2.4.4</elasticsearch.version>
 		<glassfish-el.version>3.0.0</glassfish-el.version>
-		<gradle.version>3.4</gradle.version>
 		<groovy.version>2.4.10</groovy.version>
 		<gson.version>2.8.0</gson.version>
 		<h2.version>1.4.194</h2.version>
diff --git a/spring-boot-parent/pom.xml b/spring-boot-parent/pom.xml
index 4949c3ba7e..6b5998382c 100644
--- a/spring-boot-parent/pom.xml
+++ b/spring-boot-parent/pom.xml
@@ -199,51 +199,6 @@
 				<artifactId>aether-util</artifactId>
 				<version>${aether.version}</version>
 			</dependency>
-			<dependency>
-				<groupId>org.gradle</groupId>
-				<artifactId>gradle-base-services</artifactId>
-				<version>${gradle.version}</version>
-			</dependency>
-			<dependency>
-				<groupId>org.gradle</groupId>
-				<artifactId>gradle-base-services-groovy</artifactId>
-				<version>${gradle.version}</version>
-			</dependency>
-			<dependency>
-				<groupId>org.gradle</groupId>
-				<artifactId>gradle-core</artifactId>
-				<version>${gradle.version}</version>
-			</dependency>
-			<dependency>
-				<groupId>org.gradle</groupId>
-				<artifactId>gradle-language-java</artifactId>
-				<version>${gradle.version}</version>
-			</dependency>
-			<dependency>
-				<groupId>org.gradle</groupId>
-				<artifactId>gradle-language-jvm</artifactId>
-				<version>${gradle.version}</version>
-			</dependency>
-			<dependency>
-				<groupId>org.gradle</groupId>
-				<artifactId>gradle-maven</artifactId>
-				<version>${gradle.version}</version>
-			</dependency>
-			<dependency>
-				<groupId>org.gradle</groupId>
-				<artifactId>gradle-platform-jvm</artifactId>
-				<version>${gradle.version}</version>
-			</dependency>
-			<dependency>
-				<groupId>org.gradle</groupId>
-				<artifactId>gradle-plugins</artifactId>
-				<version>${gradle.version}</version>
-			</dependency>
-			<dependency>
-				<groupId>org.gradle</groupId>
-				<artifactId>gradle-process-services</artifactId>
-				<version>${gradle.version}</version>
-			</dependency>
 			<dependency>
 				<groupId>org.jetbrains.kotlin</groupId>
 				<artifactId>kotlin-runtime</artifactId>