diff --git a/_config.yml b/_config.yml
index 0b1d2151cf..263c45fa01 100644
--- a/_config.yml
+++ b/_config.yml
@@ -18,7 +18,6 @@ keywords:
 scala-version: 2.13.8
 scala-212-version: 2.12.15
 scala-3-version: 3.1.0
-scala-3-plugin-version: 0.5.1
 
 collections:
   style:
diff --git a/_overviews/scala3-book/tools-sbt.md b/_overviews/scala3-book/tools-sbt.md
index 29aaa9d731..eb1ed8f0e6 100644
--- a/_overviews/scala3-book/tools-sbt.md
+++ b/_overviews/scala3-book/tools-sbt.md
@@ -47,7 +47,7 @@ Create a file named _build.properties_ in the directory `project`, with
 the following content:
 
 ```text
-sbt.version=1.5.4
+sbt.version=1.6.1
 ```
 
 Then create a file named _build.sbt_ in the project root directory that contains this line:
@@ -101,9 +101,6 @@ These are working directories that sbt uses.
 
 As you can see, creating and running a little Scala project with sbt takes just a few simple steps.
 
-> For sbt version < 1.5.0, it is required to have the following line in a *project/plugins.sbt* file: `addSbtPlugin("ch.epfl.lamp" % "sbt-dotty" % "{{ site.scala-3-plugin-version }}")`
-
-
 ### Using sbt with larger projects
 
 For a little project, that’s all that sbt requires to run.