diff --git a/build.gradle b/build.gradle
index b551c90997..871a458bce 100644
--- a/build.gradle
+++ b/build.gradle
@@ -27,10 +27,6 @@ buildscript {
         maven { url 'https://plugins.gradle.org/m2/' }
         mavenCentral()
     }
-
-    dependencies {
-        classpath 'org.sonarsource.scanner.gradle:sonarqube-gradle-plugin:3.4.0.2513'
-    }
 }
 
 plugins {
@@ -42,6 +38,7 @@ plugins {
     id 'de.thetaphi.forbiddenapis' version '3.4'
     id 'com.github.jk1.dependency-license-report' version '2.0'
     id 'org.cyclonedx.bom' version '1.7.2'
+    id 'org.sonarqube' version "3.4.0.2513"
 }
 
 repositories {