diff --git a/composer.json b/composer.json
index 0e42f85adc2c987ad59103a561e625bdcdfb4727..51b2e69d48c0aedbe8a0262f618fa5dfd69b5ab5 100644
--- a/composer.json
+++ b/composer.json
@@ -35,7 +35,6 @@
         }
     ],
     "require": {
-        "composer-plugin-api": "^1.0.0",
         "composer/installers": "^1.4",
         "cweagans/composer-patches": "~1.6",
         "drupal-composer/drupal-scaffold": "^2.3",