diff --git a/doc/config-schema.md b/doc/config-schema.md
index 3cb47adb72f..83f3159191d 100644
--- a/doc/config-schema.md
+++ b/doc/config-schema.md
@@ -373,7 +373,6 @@ This document describes the schema for the librarian.yaml.
 | `artifact_id` | string | Is the Maven artifact ID. |
 | `client_documentation_override` | string | Allows the "client_documentation" field in .repo-metadata.json to be overridden. |
 | `codeowner_team` | string | Is the GitHub team that owns the code. |
-| `excluded_dependencies` | string | Is a list of dependencies to exclude. |
 | `excluded_poms` | list of string | Is a list of artifact ids, whose module should be excluded when updating pom.xml and are omitted when counting new modules. |
 | `extra_versioned_modules` | string | Is a list of extra versioned modules. |
 | `group_id` | string | Is the Maven group ID, defaults to "com.google.cloud". |
diff --git a/internal/config/language.go b/internal/config/language.go
index 66660f22bc9..e394198f047 100644
--- a/internal/config/language.go
+++ b/internal/config/language.go
@@ -500,9 +500,6 @@ type JavaModule struct {
 	// CodeownerTeam is the GitHub team that owns the code.
 	CodeownerTeam string `yaml:"codeowner_team,omitempty"`
 
-	// ExcludedDependencies is a list of dependencies to exclude.
-	ExcludedDependencies string `yaml:"excluded_dependencies,omitempty"`
-
 	// ExcludedPOMs is a list of artifact ids, whose module should be excluded
 	// when updating pom.xml and are omitted when counting new modules.
 	ExcludedPOMs []string `yaml:"excluded_poms,omitempty"`
diff --git a/internal/librarian/library.go b/internal/librarian/library.go
index 85798e95006..37fd76aa047 100644
--- a/internal/librarian/library.go
+++ b/internal/librarian/library.go
@@ -611,9 +611,6 @@ func mergeJava(dst, src *config.JavaModule) *config.JavaModule {
 	if src.CodeownerTeam != "" {
 		res.CodeownerTeam = src.CodeownerTeam
 	}
-	if src.ExcludedDependencies != "" {
-		res.ExcludedDependencies = src.ExcludedDependencies
-	}
 	if src.ExcludedPOMs != nil {
 		res.ExcludedPOMs = src.ExcludedPOMs
 	}
diff --git a/internal/librarian/library_test.go b/internal/librarian/library_test.go
index 1e1c9cd9430..d0136350197 100644
--- a/internal/librarian/library_test.go
+++ b/internal/librarian/library_test.go
@@ -1468,7 +1468,6 @@ func TestMergeJava(t *testing.T) {
 				ArtifactID:                   "new-artifact",
 				ClientDocumentationOverride:  "doc",
 				CodeownerTeam:                "team",
-				ExcludedDependencies:         "ex-dep",
 				ExcludedPOMs:                 []string{"ex-pom"},
 				ExtraVersionedModules:        "extra",
 				GroupID:                      "com.new",
@@ -1493,7 +1492,6 @@ func TestMergeJava(t *testing.T) {
 				ArtifactID:                   "new-artifact",
 				ClientDocumentationOverride:  "doc",
 				CodeownerTeam:                "team",
-				ExcludedDependencies:         "ex-dep",
 				ExcludedPOMs:                 []string{"ex-pom"},
 				ExtraVersionedModules:        "extra",
 				GroupID:                      "com.new",