diff --git a/agent-bootstrap/agent-bootstrap.gradle b/agent-bootstrap/agent-bootstrap.gradle
index bc1e162985..bbb3cff5c9 100644
--- a/agent-bootstrap/agent-bootstrap.gradle
+++ b/agent-bootstrap/agent-bootstrap.gradle
@@ -1,8 +1,3 @@
-// The shadowJar of this project will be injected into the JVM's bootstrap classloader
-plugins {
-  id "com.github.johnrengelman.shadow"
-}
-
 apply from: "$rootDir/gradle/java.gradle"
 
 // FIXME: Improve test coverage.