diff --git a/build.gradle b/build.gradle
index dfb6514e392037e5d6f0907b80c712cb237df0a6..004f5b52d9df51e12e193567aab8ebd57e29bc6a 100644
--- a/build.gradle
+++ b/build.gradle
@@ -10,7 +10,6 @@ buildscript {
     dependencies {
         classpath 'org.asciidoctor:asciidoctorj-pdf:1.5.0-beta.8'
         classpath 'org.asciidoctor:asciidoctorj-epub3:1.5.0-alpha.9'
-        classpath 'org.asciidoctor:asciidoctorj:1.6.2'
         classpath 'com.github.spullara.mustache.java:compiler:0.9.6'
         classpath 'org.freemarker:freemarker:2.3.29'
         classpath 'org.yaml:snakeyaml:1.25'