diff --git a/build/optaplanner-bom/pom.xml b/build/optaplanner-bom/pom.xml
index 1896c083733..258a9676303 100644
--- a/build/optaplanner-bom/pom.xml
+++ b/build/optaplanner-bom/pom.xml
@@ -499,23 +499,6 @@
         <version>${version.org.optaplanner}</version>
       </dependency>
       <!-- OptaPlanner operator -->
-      <dependency>
-        <groupId>org.optaplanner</groupId>
-        <artifactId>optaplanner-operator</artifactId>
-        <version>${version.org.optaplanner}</version>
-      </dependency>
-      <dependency>
-        <groupId>org.optaplanner</groupId>
-        <artifactId>optaplanner-operator</artifactId>
-        <version>${version.org.optaplanner}</version>
-        <classifier>sources</classifier>
-      </dependency>
-      <dependency>
-        <groupId>org.optaplanner</groupId>
-        <artifactId>optaplanner-operator</artifactId>
-        <type>test-jar</type>
-        <version>${version.org.optaplanner}</version>
-      </dependency>
     </dependencies>
   </dependencyManagement>
 
diff --git a/build/optaplanner-build-parent/pom.xml b/build/optaplanner-build-parent/pom.xml
index 48162442558..419174bf58f 100644
--- a/build/optaplanner-build-parent/pom.xml
+++ b/build/optaplanner-build-parent/pom.xml
@@ -184,12 +184,6 @@
         <artifactId>openjpa</artifactId>
         <version>${version.org.apache.openjpa}</version>
       </dependency>
-      <!-- optaplanner-operator -->
-      <dependency>
-        <groupId>io.quarkiverse.operatorsdk</groupId>
-        <artifactId>quarkus-operator-sdk</artifactId>
-        <version>${version.io.quarkiverse.operatorsdk}</version>
-      </dependency>
 
       <!-- OpenRewrite -->
       <dependency>
diff --git a/build/optaplanner-distribution-internal/pom.xml b/build/optaplanner-distribution-internal/pom.xml
index 851a38d8c57..9ad8d74decf 100644
--- a/build/optaplanner-distribution-internal/pom.xml
+++ b/build/optaplanner-distribution-internal/pom.xml
@@ -129,20 +129,6 @@
   </dependencies>
 
   <profiles>
-    <profile>
-      <id>default</id>
-      <activation>
-        <property>
-          <name>!productized</name>
-        </property>
-      </activation>
-      <dependencies>
-        <dependency>
-          <groupId>org.optaplanner</groupId>
-          <artifactId>optaplanner-operator</artifactId>
-        </dependency>
-      </dependencies>
-    </profile>
     <profile>
       <id>productized</id>
       <activation>
diff --git a/build/optaplanner-distribution-internal/src/main/assembly/assembly-optaplanner.xml b/build/optaplanner-distribution-internal/src/main/assembly/assembly-optaplanner.xml
index 7e6f735cf7a..1f651d423e0 100644
--- a/build/optaplanner-distribution-internal/src/main/assembly/assembly-optaplanner.xml
+++ b/build/optaplanner-distribution-internal/src/main/assembly/assembly-optaplanner.xml
@@ -72,11 +72,6 @@
         <exclude>.git/**</exclude>
       </excludes>
     </fileSet>
-    <!-- OptaPlanner Operator distribution. -->
-    <fileSet>
-      <directory>../../optaplanner-operator/target/install</directory>
-      <outputDirectory>extra/optaplanner-operator</outputDirectory>
-    </fileSet>
   </fileSets>
 
   <dependencySets>
@@ -84,9 +79,6 @@
       <includes>
         <include>org.optaplanner:*:jar</include>
       </includes>
-      <excludes>
-        <exclude>org.optaplanner:optaplanner-operator:jar</exclude>
-      </excludes>
       <useProjectArtifact>false</useProjectArtifact>
       <outputDirectory>examples/binaries</outputDirectory>
       <useStrictFiltering>true</useStrictFiltering>