diff --git a/doc/config-schema.md b/doc/config-schema.md
index 351c8d34076..6be8634d423 100644
--- a/doc/config-schema.md
+++ b/doc/config-schema.md
@@ -325,7 +325,6 @@ This document describes the schema for the librarian.yaml.
 | `extra_versioned_modules` | string | Is a list of extra versioned modules. |
 | `group_id` | string | Is the Maven group ID, defaults to "com.google.cloud". |
 | `issue_tracker_override` | string | Allows the "issue_tracker" field in .repo-metadata.json to be overridden. |
-| `libraries_bom_version` | string | Is the version of the libraries-bom to use for Java. |
 | `released_version` | string | Is the last released version of the library. If omitted, it will be derived from the library version. Note: It assumes a minor bump from the previous '.0' version (e.g., '1.2.0-SNAPSHOT' -> '1.1.0') and does not support deriving previous patch releases (e.g., '1.1.1'). |
 | `library_type_override` | string | Allows the "library_type" field in .repo-metadata.json to be overridden. |
 | `min_java_version` | int | Is the minimum Java version required. |
diff --git a/internal/config/language.go b/internal/config/language.go
index 7a2d803cdba..be5a0f3f634 100644
--- a/internal/config/language.go
+++ b/internal/config/language.go
@@ -512,9 +512,6 @@ type JavaModule struct {
 	// to be overridden.
 	IssueTrackerOverride string `yaml:"issue_tracker_override,omitempty"`
 
-	// LibrariesBOMVersion is the version of the libraries-bom to use for Java.
-	LibrariesBOMVersion string `yaml:"libraries_bom_version,omitempty"`
-
 	// ReleasedVersion is the last released version of the library.
 	// If omitted, it will be derived from the library version.
 	// Note: It assumes a minor bump from the previous '.0' version
diff --git a/internal/librarian/java/generate.go b/internal/librarian/java/generate.go
index 26972398e5c..9faf88c071f 100644
--- a/internal/librarian/java/generate.go
+++ b/internal/librarian/java/generate.go
@@ -337,10 +337,7 @@ func gapicOpt(key, value string) string {
 
 // TODO(https://github.com/googleapis/librarian/issues/5152):
 // BOM version should be required and pre-validated, remove this and inline when done.
-func findBOMVersion(cfg *config.Config, library *config.Library) (string, error) {
-	if library != nil && library.Java != nil && library.Java.LibrariesBOMVersion != "" {
-		return library.Java.LibrariesBOMVersion, nil
-	}
+func findBOMVersion(cfg *config.Config) (string, error) {
 	if cfg.Default != nil && cfg.Default.Java != nil && cfg.Default.Java.LibrariesBOMVersion != "" {
 		return cfg.Default.Java.LibrariesBOMVersion, nil
 	}
diff --git a/internal/librarian/java/postprocess.go b/internal/librarian/java/postprocess.go
index 1c396a6d37a..bfeb28715dc 100644
--- a/internal/librarian/java/postprocess.go
+++ b/internal/librarian/java/postprocess.go
@@ -71,7 +71,7 @@ func postProcessLibrary(ctx context.Context, params libraryPostProcessParams) er
 	if err := createOrVerifyOwlbotPy(params.outDir); err != nil {
 		return err
 	}
-	bomVersion, err := findBOMVersion(params.cfg, params.library)
+	bomVersion, err := findBOMVersion(params.cfg)
 	if err != nil {
 		return err
 	}
diff --git a/internal/librarian/library.go b/internal/librarian/library.go
index d3304620711..6cc0021f77b 100644
--- a/internal/librarian/library.go
+++ b/internal/librarian/library.go
@@ -600,9 +600,6 @@ func mergeJava(dst, src *config.JavaModule) *config.JavaModule {
 	if src.IssueTrackerOverride != "" {
 		res.IssueTrackerOverride = src.IssueTrackerOverride
 	}
-	if src.LibrariesBOMVersion != "" {
-		res.LibrariesBOMVersion = src.LibrariesBOMVersion
-	}
 	if src.ReleasedVersion != "" {
 		res.ReleasedVersion = src.ReleasedVersion
 	}
diff --git a/internal/librarian/library_test.go b/internal/librarian/library_test.go
index 464e97654d4..d052702b83c 100644
--- a/internal/librarian/library_test.go
+++ b/internal/librarian/library_test.go
@@ -1262,7 +1262,6 @@ func TestMergeJava(t *testing.T) {
 				ExtraVersionedModules:        "extra",
 				GroupID:                      "com.new",
 				IssueTrackerOverride:         "issue",
-				LibrariesBOMVersion:          "bom",
 				LibraryTypeOverride:          "type",
 				MinJavaVersion:               11,
 				NamePrettyOverride:           "pretty",
@@ -1288,7 +1287,6 @@ func TestMergeJava(t *testing.T) {
 				ExtraVersionedModules:        "extra",
 				GroupID:                      "com.new",
 				IssueTrackerOverride:         "issue",
-				LibrariesBOMVersion:          "bom",
 				LibraryTypeOverride:          "type",
 				MinJavaVersion:               11,
 				NamePrettyOverride:           "pretty",