diff --git a/build-plugin/spring-boot-maven-plugin/src/main/java/org/springframework/boot/maven/AbstractDependencyFilterMojo.java b/build-plugin/spring-boot-maven-plugin/src/main/java/org/springframework/boot/maven/AbstractDependencyFilterMojo.java
index ce689c45023..398899eab8b 100644
--- a/build-plugin/spring-boot-maven-plugin/src/main/java/org/springframework/boot/maven/AbstractDependencyFilterMojo.java
+++ b/build-plugin/spring-boot-maven-plugin/src/main/java/org/springframework/boot/maven/AbstractDependencyFilterMojo.java
@@ -20,7 +20,6 @@ import java.io.File;
 import java.net.MalformedURLException;
 import java.net.URL;
 import java.util.ArrayList;
-import java.util.Collection;
 import java.util.LinkedHashSet;
 import java.util.List;
 import java.util.Set;
@@ -196,20 +195,4 @@ public abstract class AbstractDependencyFilterMojo extends AbstractMojo {
 
 	}
 
-	/**
-	 * {@link ArtifactFilter} that only include runtime scopes.
-	 */
-	protected static class RuntimeArtifactFilter implements ArtifactFilter {
-
-		private static final Collection<String> SCOPES = List.of(Artifact.SCOPE_COMPILE,
-				Artifact.SCOPE_COMPILE_PLUS_RUNTIME, Artifact.SCOPE_RUNTIME);
-
-		@Override
-		public boolean include(Artifact artifact) {
-			String scope = artifact.getScope();
-			return !artifact.isOptional() && (scope == null || SCOPES.contains(scope));
-		}
-
-	}
-
 }