diff --git a/build.gradle b/build.gradle
index 7756121297..eec2a8c042 100644
--- a/build.gradle
+++ b/build.gradle
@@ -73,8 +73,6 @@ apply plugin: 'opensearch.java'
 // Repository on root level is for dependencies that project code depends on. And this block must be placed after plugins{}
 repositories {
     mavenLocal()
-    // todo. remove this when lucene 9.4.0 is released
-    maven { url "https://d1nvenhzbhpy0q.cloudfront.net/snapshots/lucene/" }
     maven { url "https://aws.oss.sonatype.org/content/repositories/snapshots" }
     mavenCentral() // For Elastic Libs that you can use to get started coding until open OpenSearch libs are available
 }
@@ -97,8 +95,6 @@ allprojects {
 subprojects {
     repositories {
         mavenLocal()
-        // todo. remove this when lucene 9.4.0 is released
-        maven { url "https://d1nvenhzbhpy0q.cloudfront.net/snapshots/lucene/" }
         maven { url "https://aws.oss.sonatype.org/content/repositories/snapshots" }
         mavenCentral()
     }