diff --git a/build.sbt b/build.sbt
index 609cb1a3..7ec3c028 100644
--- a/build.sbt
+++ b/build.sbt
@@ -49,9 +49,6 @@ val buildSettings = Seq[Setting[_]](
   ),
   // Add sonatype repository settings
   publishTo := sonatypePublishToBundle.value,
-  // Find bugs
-  findbugsReportType := Some(FindbugsReport.FancyHtml),
-  findbugsReportPath := Some(crossTarget.value / "findbugs" / "report.html"),
   // Style check config: (sbt-jchekcstyle)
   jcheckStyleConfig := "facebook",
   // Run jcheckstyle both for main and test codes
@@ -68,10 +65,7 @@ lazy val root = Project(id = "msgpack-java", base = file("."))
     // Do not publish the root project
     publishArtifact := false,
     publish := {},
-    publishLocal := {},
-    findbugs := {
-      // do not run findbugs for the root project
-    }
+    publishLocal := {}
   )
   .aggregate(msgpackCore, msgpackJackson)
 
diff --git a/project/plugins.sbt b/project/plugins.sbt
index 9e68f5fe..5b367eb1 100755
--- a/project/plugins.sbt
+++ b/project/plugins.sbt
@@ -1,7 +1,6 @@
 addSbtPlugin("com.github.sbt"   % "sbt-release"     % "1.0.15")
 addSbtPlugin("org.xerial.sbt"   % "sbt-sonatype"    % "3.9.7")
 addSbtPlugin("com.github.sbt"   % "sbt-pgp"         % "2.1.2")
-addSbtPlugin("com.github.sbt"   % "sbt-findbugs"    % "2.0.0")
 // TODO: Fixes jacoco error:
 // java.lang.NoClassDefFoundError: Could not initialize class org.jacoco.core.internal.flow.ClassProbesAdapter
 //addSbtPlugin("com.github.sbt"   % "sbt-jacoco"      % "3.3.0")