diff --git a/stream-applications-release-train/pom.xml b/stream-applications-release-train/pom.xml
index e6cb8fe9..e6c39f5d 100644
--- a/stream-applications-release-train/pom.xml
+++ b/stream-applications-release-train/pom.xml
@@ -61,7 +61,6 @@
         <pgcopy-sink.version>${apps.version}</pgcopy-sink.version>
         <s3-sink.version>${apps.version}</s3-sink.version>
         <sftp-sink.version>${apps.version}</sftp-sink.version>
-        <tasklauncher-sink.version>${apps.version}</tasklauncher-sink.version>
         <tcp-sink.version>${apps.version}</tcp-sink.version>
         <throughput-sink.version>${apps.version}</throughput-sink.version>
         <twitter-message-sink.version>${apps.version}</twitter-message-sink.version>
diff --git a/stream-applications-release-train/stream-applications-docs/pom.xml b/stream-applications-release-train/stream-applications-docs/pom.xml
index e59dcff7..f4a33848 100644
--- a/stream-applications-release-train/stream-applications-docs/pom.xml
+++ b/stream-applications-release-train/stream-applications-docs/pom.xml
@@ -341,13 +341,6 @@
 			<version>${script-processor.version}</version>
 		</dependency>
 
-		<!-- special cases -->
-		<dependency>
-			<groupId>org.springframework.cloud.stream.app</groupId>
-			<artifactId>tasklauncher-sink</artifactId>
-			<version>${tasklauncher-sink.version}</version>
-		</dependency>
-
 	</dependencies>
 	<profiles>
 		<profile>