diff --git a/build.gradle.kts b/build.gradle.kts
index f8c5dcc2d..96f9d5f5d 100644
--- a/build.gradle.kts
+++ b/build.gradle.kts
@@ -2,7 +2,6 @@
 
 plugins {
     id("org.openrewrite.build.recipe-library") version "latest.release"
-    id("org.openrewrite.rewrite") version "latest.release"
 }
 
 group = "org.openrewrite.meta"
@@ -50,9 +49,3 @@ tasks.withType<Javadoc> {
     // 1 error
     exclude("**/trait/**")
 }
-
-rewrite {
-    failOnDryRunResults = true
-    activeRecipe("org.openrewrite.self.Rewrite")
-}
-
diff --git a/rewrite.yml b/rewrite.yml
deleted file mode 100644
index 4d5b5ccd4..000000000
--- a/rewrite.yml
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,8 +0,0 @@
----
-type: specs.openrewrite.org/v1beta/recipe
-name: org.openrewrite.self.Rewrite
-displayName: The rewrite recipes that rewrites rewrite recipes
-description: >
-  The set of recipes that run against the rewrite codebase itself.
-recipeList:
-  - org.openrewrite.text.EndOfLineAtEndOfFile