Remove jcenter repository / Remove dependency update task

app/build.gradle.kts

@@ -1,4 +1,3 @@
-
 plugins {
     id("com.android.application") version "7.0.0"
     kotlin("android") version "1.5.20"
@@ -116,7 +115,6 @@ android {
     }
 }
 
-
 dependencies {
     implementation("androidx.activity", "activity-ktx", "1.2.1")
     implementation("androidx.appcompat", "appcompat", "1.2.0")
@@ -126,7 +124,7 @@ dependencies {
     implementation("androidx.preference", "preference-ktx", "1.1.1")
     implementation("androidx.constraintlayout", "constraintlayout", "2.0.4")
     implementation("androidx.lifecycle", "lifecycle-service", "2.2.0")
-    implementation("com.google.android", "flexbox", "2.0.1")
+    implementation("com.google.android.flexbox", "flexbox", "3.0.0")
     implementation("com.google.android.material", "material", "1.3.0")
     implementation("org.jetbrains.kotlinx", "kotlinx-coroutines-android", "1.4.2")
     implementation("org.jetbrains.kotlinx", "kotlinx-serialization-json", "1.1.0")

build.gradle.kts

@@ -1,21 +1,10 @@
-import com.github.benmanes.gradle.versions.updates.DependencyUpdatesTask
-
 plugins {
-    id("com.github.ben-manes.versions") version "0.36.0"
     base // adds clean task to root project
 }
 
 subprojects {
     repositories {
         mavenCentral()
         google()
-        jcenter() // Cannot remove jcenter as of now because flexbox depends on it
-    }
-}
-
-// for dependency updates task, only display versions that aren't tagged with alpha or beta
-tasks.named<DependencyUpdatesTask>("dependencyUpdates").configure {
-    rejectVersionIf {
-        "alpha" in candidate.version || "beta" in candidate.version
     }
 }