diff --git a/build.gradle b/build.gradle
index 213e495c6..7a75cc0dc 100644
--- a/build.gradle
+++ b/build.gradle
@@ -8,7 +8,6 @@ buildscript {
         classpath "com.jfrog.bintray.gradle:gradle-bintray-plugin:${GRADLE_BINTRAY_PLUGIN_VERSION}"
         classpath "com.github.dcendents:android-maven-gradle-plugin:${ANDROID_MAVEN_GRADLE_PLUGIN_VERSION}"
         classpath "com.github.ben-manes:gradle-versions-plugin:${GRADLE_VERSIONS_PLUGIN_VERSION}"
-        classpath "org.jetbrains.kotlin:kotlin-gradle-plugin:${KOTLIN_VERSION}"
     }
 }
 
diff --git a/gradle.properties b/gradle.properties
index 81644df54..39862195a 100644
--- a/gradle.properties
+++ b/gradle.properties
@@ -11,9 +11,6 @@ POM_LICENSE_DIST=repo
 POM_DEVELOPER_ID=facebook
 POM_DEVELOPER_NAME=facebook
 
-# Kotlin
-KOTLIN_VERSION=1.2.50
-
 # Shared version numbers
 LITHO_VERSION=0.18.0