diff --git a/pkgs/development/tools/build-managers/sbt/default.nix b/pkgs/development/tools/build-managers/sbt/default.nix
index e48af4960623..c9518d685b51 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/tools/build-managers/sbt/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/tools/build-managers/sbt/default.nix
@@ -4,14 +4,6 @@
 , jre
 , autoPatchelfHook
 , zlib
-, writeScript
-, common-updater-scripts
-, git
-, nixfmt
-, nix
-, coreutils
-, gnused
-, nixosTests
 }:
 
 stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
@@ -53,31 +45,4 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
     maintainers = with maintainers; [ nequissimus ];
     platforms = platforms.unix;
   };
-
-  passthru.updateScript = writeScript "update.sh" ''
-    #!${stdenv.shell}
-    set -o errexit
-    PATH=${
-      lib.makeBinPath [
-        common-updater-scripts
-        git
-        nixfmt
-        nix
-        coreutils
-        gnused
-      ]
-    }
-
-    oldVersion="$(nix-instantiate --eval -E "with import ./. {}; lib.getVersion sbt" | tr -d '"')"
-    latestTag="$(git -c 'versionsort.suffix=-' ls-remote --exit-code --refs --sort='version:refname' --tags git@github.com:sbt/sbt.git '*.*.*' | tail --lines=1 | cut --delimiter='/' --fields=3 | sed 's|^v||g')"
-
-    if [ ! "$oldVersion" = "$latestTag" ]; then
-      update-source-version sbt "$latestTag" --version-key=version --print-changes
-      nixpkgs="$(git rev-parse --show-toplevel)"
-      default_nix="$nixpkgs/pkgs/development/tools/build-managers/sbt/default.nix"
-      nixfmt "$default_nix"
-    else
-      echo "sbt is already up-to-date"
-    fi
-  '';
 }