diff --git a/.ci/build.sh b/.ci/build.sh
index 7d633a8e40..ebacd1cf0c 100755
--- a/.ci/build.sh
+++ b/.ci/build.sh
@@ -33,23 +33,6 @@ function build() {
             ./mvnw clean install --show-version --errors --batch-mode --no-transfer-progress "${PMD_MAVEN_EXTRA_OPTS[@]}"
         pmd_ci_log_group_end
 
-        if [ "$(pmd_ci_utils_get_os)" = "linux" ]; then
-        pmd_ci_log_group_start "Executing PMD dogfood test with ${PMD_CI_MAVEN_PROJECT_VERSION}"
-            ./mvnw versions:set -DnewVersion="${PMD_CI_MAVEN_PROJECT_VERSION}-dogfood" -DgenerateBackupPoms=false
-            sed -i 's/<version>[0-9]\{1,\}\.[0-9]\{1,\}\.[0-9]\{1,\}.*<\/version>\( *<!-- pmd.dogfood.version -->\)/<version>'"${PMD_CI_MAVEN_PROJECT_VERSION}"'<\/version>\1/' pom.xml
-            if [ "${PMD_CI_MAVEN_PROJECT_VERSION}" = "7.0.0-SNAPSHOT" ]; then
-                sed -i 's/pmd-dogfood-config\.xml/pmd-dogfood-config7.xml/' pom.xml
-            fi
-            ./mvnw verify --show-version --errors --batch-mode --no-transfer-progress "${PMD_MAVEN_EXTRA_OPTS[@]}" \
-                -DskipTests \
-                -Dmaven.javadoc.skip=true \
-                -Dmaven.source.skip=true \
-                -Dcheckstyle.skip=true
-            ./mvnw versions:set -DnewVersion="${PMD_CI_MAVEN_PROJECT_VERSION}" -DgenerateBackupPoms=false
-            git checkout -- pom.xml
-        pmd_ci_log_group_end
-        fi
-
         # Danger is executed only on the linux runner
         if [ "$(pmd_ci_utils_get_os)" = "linux" ]; then
             pmd_ci_log_group_start "Executing danger"