diff --git a/spring-boot-project/spring-boot-docs/src/main/asciidoc/appendix-configuration-metadata.adoc b/spring-boot-project/spring-boot-docs/src/main/asciidoc/appendix-configuration-metadata.adoc
index 20f5602c33..88aeaa5291 100644
--- a/spring-boot-project/spring-boot-docs/src/main/asciidoc/appendix-configuration-metadata.adoc
+++ b/spring-boot-project/spring-boot-docs/src/main/asciidoc/appendix-configuration-metadata.adoc
@@ -737,16 +737,7 @@ If you have defined `@ConfigurationProperties` in your application, make sure to
 	</project>
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-With Gradle 4.5 and earlier, the dependency should be declared in the `compileOnly` configuration, as shown in the following example:
-
-[source,groovy,indent=0,subs="verbatim,quotes,attributes"]
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-	dependencies {
-		compileOnly "org.springframework.boot:spring-boot-configuration-processor"
-	}
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-
-With Gradle 4.6 and later, the dependency should be declared in the `annotationProcessor` configuration, as shown in the following example:
+With Gradle, the dependency should be declared in the `annotationProcessor` configuration, as shown in the following example:
 
 [source,groovy,indent=0,subs="verbatim,quotes,attributes"]
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