diff --git a/buildSrc/src/main/java/org/springframework/boot/build/autoconfigure/AutoConfigurationPlugin.java b/buildSrc/src/main/java/org/springframework/boot/build/autoconfigure/AutoConfigurationPlugin.java
index f3e751e48b..5b68fc46c6 100644
--- a/buildSrc/src/main/java/org/springframework/boot/build/autoconfigure/AutoConfigurationPlugin.java
+++ b/buildSrc/src/main/java/org/springframework/boot/build/autoconfigure/AutoConfigurationPlugin.java
@@ -28,7 +28,6 @@ import org.gradle.api.plugins.JavaPluginExtension;
 import org.gradle.api.tasks.SourceSet;
 
 import org.springframework.boot.build.DeployedPlugin;
-import org.springframework.boot.build.context.properties.ConfigurationPropertiesPlugin;
 
 /**
  * {@link Plugin} for projects that define auto-configuration. When applied, the plugin
@@ -36,7 +35,6 @@ import org.springframework.boot.build.context.properties.ConfigurationProperties
  * {@link JavaPlugin} by:
  *
  * <ul>
- * <li>Applying the {@link ConfigurationPropertiesPlugin}.
  * <li>Adding a dependency on the auto-configuration annotation processor.
  * <li>Defining a task that produces metadata describing the auto-configuration. The
  * metadata is made available as an artifact in the
@@ -56,7 +54,6 @@ public class AutoConfigurationPlugin implements Plugin<Project> {
 	public void apply(Project project) {
 		project.getPlugins().apply(DeployedPlugin.class);
 		project.getPlugins().withType(JavaPlugin.class, (javaPlugin) -> {
-			project.getPlugins().apply(ConfigurationPropertiesPlugin.class);
 			Configuration annotationProcessors = project.getConfigurations()
 				.getByName(JavaPlugin.ANNOTATION_PROCESSOR_CONFIGURATION_NAME);
 			annotationProcessors.getDependencies()
diff --git a/spring-boot-project/spring-boot-actuator-autoconfigure/build.gradle b/spring-boot-project/spring-boot-actuator-autoconfigure/build.gradle
index b3d3967538..08a5bc58d6 100644
--- a/spring-boot-project/spring-boot-actuator-autoconfigure/build.gradle
+++ b/spring-boot-project/spring-boot-actuator-autoconfigure/build.gradle
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@ plugins {
 	id "java-library"
 	id "org.asciidoctor.jvm.convert"
 	id "org.springframework.boot.auto-configuration"
+	id "org.springframework.boot.configuration-properties"
 	id "org.springframework.boot.conventions"
 	id "org.springframework.boot.deployed"
 	id "org.springframework.boot.optional-dependencies"
@@ -18,7 +19,6 @@ dependencies {
 	asciidoctorExtensions("io.spring.asciidoctor:spring-asciidoctor-extensions-section-ids")
 
 	api(project(":spring-boot-project:spring-boot-actuator"))
-
 	api(project(":spring-boot-project:spring-boot"))
 	api(project(":spring-boot-project:spring-boot-autoconfigure"))
 
diff --git a/spring-boot-project/spring-boot-autoconfigure/build.gradle b/spring-boot-project/spring-boot-autoconfigure/build.gradle
index dc5e917042..0d26498090 100644
--- a/spring-boot-project/spring-boot-autoconfigure/build.gradle
+++ b/spring-boot-project/spring-boot-autoconfigure/build.gradle
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@ plugins {
 	id "java-library"
 	id "org.jetbrains.kotlin.jvm"
 	id "org.springframework.boot.auto-configuration"
+	id "org.springframework.boot.configuration-properties"
 	id "org.springframework.boot.conventions"
 	id "org.springframework.boot.deployed"
 	id "org.springframework.boot.optional-dependencies"
diff --git a/spring-boot-project/spring-boot-devtools/build.gradle b/spring-boot-project/spring-boot-devtools/build.gradle
index 29ed2d3981..7e33304df0 100644
--- a/spring-boot-project/spring-boot-devtools/build.gradle
+++ b/spring-boot-project/spring-boot-devtools/build.gradle
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 plugins {
 	id "java-library"
 	id "org.springframework.boot.auto-configuration"
+	id "org.springframework.boot.configuration-properties"
 	id "org.springframework.boot.conventions"
 	id "org.springframework.boot.deployed"
 	id "org.springframework.boot.integration-test"