diff --git a/metals/src/main/scala/scala/meta/internal/builds/BuildTools.scala b/metals/src/main/scala/scala/meta/internal/builds/BuildTools.scala
index bc36c2fdc34..ee4c8759cc3 100644
--- a/metals/src/main/scala/scala/meta/internal/builds/BuildTools.scala
+++ b/metals/src/main/scala/scala/meta/internal/builds/BuildTools.scala
@@ -114,10 +114,6 @@ final class BuildTools(
     _.resolve("pom.xml").isFile
   )
   def isMaven: Boolean = mavenProject.isDefined
-  def pantsProject: Option[AbsolutePath] = searchForBuildTool(
-    _.resolve("pants.ini").isFile
-  )
-  def isPants: Boolean = pantsProject.isDefined
   def bazelProject: Option[AbsolutePath] = searchForBuildTool(
     _.resolve("WORKSPACE").isFile
   )
@@ -190,7 +186,6 @@ final class BuildTools(
     if (isMill) buf += "Mill"
     if (isGradle) buf += "Gradle"
     if (isMaven) buf += "Maven"
-    if (isPants) buf += "Pants"
     if (isBazel) buf += "Bazel"
     buf.result()
   }
diff --git a/metals/src/main/scala/scala/meta/internal/builds/Digest.scala b/metals/src/main/scala/scala/meta/internal/builds/Digest.scala
index bb2fc11a5b7..1808a837f45 100644
--- a/metals/src/main/scala/scala/meta/internal/builds/Digest.scala
+++ b/metals/src/main/scala/scala/meta/internal/builds/Digest.scala
@@ -101,8 +101,6 @@ object Digest {
       digestGeneralJvm(path, digest)
     } else if (isXml) {
       digestXml(path, digest)
-    } else if (path.isBuild) {
-      digestFileBytes(path, digest)
     } else {
       true
     }
diff --git a/metals/src/main/scala/scala/meta/internal/metals/MetalsLspService.scala b/metals/src/main/scala/scala/meta/internal/metals/MetalsLspService.scala
index 73e3cee60e6..df96d6b5986 100644
--- a/metals/src/main/scala/scala/meta/internal/metals/MetalsLspService.scala
+++ b/metals/src/main/scala/scala/meta/internal/metals/MetalsLspService.scala
@@ -1322,7 +1322,7 @@ class MetalsLspService(
    */
   private def fileWatchFilter(path: Path): Boolean = {
     val abs = AbsolutePath(path)
-    abs.isScalaOrJava || abs.isSemanticdb || abs.isBuild ||
+    abs.isScalaOrJava || abs.isSemanticdb ||
     abs.isInBspDirectory(folder)
   }
 
@@ -1366,8 +1366,6 @@ class MetalsLspService(
             semanticDBIndexer.onOverflow(semanticdbPath)
         }
       }.asJava
-    } else if (path.isBuild) {
-      onBuildChanged(List(path)).asJava
     } else {
       CompletableFuture.completedFuture(())
     }
diff --git a/mtags/src/main/scala/scala/meta/internal/mtags/ScalametaCommonEnrichments.scala b/mtags/src/main/scala/scala/meta/internal/mtags/ScalametaCommonEnrichments.scala
index af5ee1d9eec..0ae0c88e8a2 100644
--- a/mtags/src/main/scala/scala/meta/internal/mtags/ScalametaCommonEnrichments.scala
+++ b/mtags/src/main/scala/scala/meta/internal/mtags/ScalametaCommonEnrichments.scala
@@ -344,8 +344,6 @@ trait ScalametaCommonEnrichments extends CommonMtagsEnrichments {
         case None =>
           path.toURI.toString
       }
-    def isBuild: Boolean =
-      path.filename.startsWith("BUILD")
 
     def isInBspDirectory(workspace: AbsolutePath): Boolean =
       path.toNIO.startsWith(workspace.resolve(".bsp").toNIO)
diff --git a/project/TestGroups.scala b/project/TestGroups.scala
index 8419cb3e683..c9ca1eea37b 100644
--- a/project/TestGroups.scala
+++ b/project/TestGroups.scala
@@ -24,8 +24,7 @@ object TestGroups {
       "tests.MtagsSuite", "tests.ChosenBuildServerSuite",
       "tests.SemanticdbSuite", "tests.digest.MillDigestSuite",
       "tests.DocumentSymbolSuite", "tests.FoldingRangeSuite",
-      "tests.pants.PantsSuite", "tests.JavadocSuite",
-      "tests.MtagsEnrichmentsSuite", "tests.FuzzySuite",
+      "tests.JavadocSuite", "tests.MtagsEnrichmentsSuite",
       "tests.CreateDirectoriesSuite", "tests.SbtOptsSuite",
       "tests.LineListenerSuite", "tests.debug.MessageIdAdapterSuite",
       "tests.MetalsEnrichmentsSuite", "tests.DefinitionDirectorySuite",
@@ -36,7 +35,7 @@ object TestGroups {
       "tests.codeactions.RewriteBracesParensLspSuite",
       "tests.debug.CompletionDapSuite", "tests.debug.EvaluationDapSuite",
       "tests.FindTextInDependencyJarsSuite", "tests.TestSuitesProviderSuite",
-      "tests.classFinder.FindAllClassesSuite",
+      "tests.classFinder.FindAllClassesSuite", "tests.FuzzySuite",
       "tests.codeactions.ExtractValueLspSuite", "tests.clients.CommandSuite",
       "tests.JavaInteractiveSemanticdbSuite", "tests.SemVerSuite",
       "tests.codeactions.CompanionObjectSuite",
@@ -55,9 +54,8 @@ object TestGroups {
       "tests.codeactions.StringActionsLspSuite", "tests.RangeFormattingSuite",
       "tests.CodeLensesLspSuite", "tests.DefinitionLspSuite",
       "tests.RelatedSuite", "tests.DocumentHighlightLspSuite",
-      "tests.NewProjectLspSuite",
+      "tests.NewProjectLspSuite", "tests.WorkspaceSymbolLspSuite",
       "tests.codeactions.ImplementAbstractMembersLspSuite",
-      "tests.WorkspaceSymbolLspSuite",
       "tests.RangeFormattingWhenSelectingSuite", "tests.AddPackageLspSuite",
       "tests.WarningsLspSuite", "tests.BspSwitchLspSuite",
       "tests.codeactions.CreateNewSymbolLspSuite",
@@ -70,13 +68,12 @@ object TestGroups {
       "tests.JdkSourcesSuite", "tests.digest.SbtDigestSuite",
       "tests.digest.MavenDigestSuite", "tests.UserConfigurationSuite",
       "tests.digest.GradleDigestSuite", "tests.DetectionSuite",
-      "tests.digest.PantsDigestSuite", "tests.NewFileTemplateSuite",
-      "tests.ScalaVersionsSuite", "tests.HttpServerSuite",
-      "tests.BatchedFunctionSuite", "tests.SbtVersionSuite",
-      "tests.MessagesSuite", "tests.pants.PantsGlobsSuite",
-      "tests.SelectBspServerSuite", "tests.InverseDependenciesSuite",
-      "tests.pantsbuild.PantsProjectNameSuite", "tests.TrigramSubstringsSuite",
-      "tests.TimerSuite", "tests.FoldingRangesSuite",
+      "tests.NewFileTemplateSuite", "tests.ScalaVersionsSuite",
+      "tests.HttpServerSuite", "tests.BatchedFunctionSuite",
+      "tests.SbtVersionSuite", "tests.MessagesSuite",
+      "tests.TrigramSubstringsSuite", "tests.SelectBspServerSuite",
+      "tests.InverseDependenciesSuite", "tests.TimerSuite",
+      "tests.FoldingRangesSuite", "tests.SelectionRangeLspSuite",
       "tests.rangeFormatting.MultilineStringRangeFormattingWhenPastingSuite",
       "tests.codeactions.ConvertPatternMatchLspSuite",
       "tests.ScalaToplevelLibrarySuite",
@@ -84,7 +81,6 @@ object TestGroups {
       "tests.rangeFormatting.MultilineStringRangeFormattingWhenSelectingSuite",
       "tests.rangeFormatting.IndentWhenPastingSuite",
       "tests.DebugDiscoverySuite", "tests.SemanticdbScala2Suite",
-      "tests.SelectionRangeLspSuite",
       "tests.codeactions.OrganizeImportsLspSuite",
       "tests.codeactions.InsertInferredTypeLspSuite",
       "tests.FoldingRangeScala2Suite", "tests.SystemProcessSuite",