diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 8a7694c1ab..210333c13c 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -23,7 +23,6 @@
 		<!-- version of the ElasticsearchClient	-->
 		<elasticsearch-java>8.15.0</elasticsearch-java>
 
-		<blockhound-junit>1.0.9.RELEASE</blockhound-junit>
 		<hoverfly>0.19.0</hoverfly>
 		<log4j>2.23.1</log4j>
 		<jsonassert>1.5.3</jsonassert>
@@ -237,13 +236,6 @@
 			<scope>test</scope>
 		</dependency>
 
-		<dependency>
-			<groupId>io.projectreactor.tools</groupId>
-			<artifactId>blockhound-junit-platform</artifactId>
-			<version>${blockhound-junit}</version>
-			<scope>test</scope>
-		</dependency>
-
 		<dependency>
 			<groupId>org.skyscreamer</groupId>
 			<artifactId>jsonassert</artifactId>
@@ -432,25 +424,6 @@
 			</build>
 		</profile>
 
-		<profile>
-			<id>jdk13+</id>
-			<!-- on jDK13+, Blockhound needs this JVM flag set -->
-			<activation>
-				<jdk>[13,)</jdk>
-			</activation>
-			<build>
-				<plugins>
-					<plugin>
-						<groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
-						<artifactId>maven-surefire-plugin</artifactId>
-						<configuration>
-							<argLine>-XX:+AllowRedefinitionToAddDeleteMethods</argLine>
-						</configuration>
-					</plugin>
-				</plugins>
-			</build>
-		</profile>
-
 		<profile>
 			<id>antora-process-resources</id>
 			<build>
diff --git a/src/test/java/org/springframework/data/elasticsearch/blockhound/BlockHoundIntegrationCustomizer.java b/src/test/java/org/springframework/data/elasticsearch/blockhound/BlockHoundIntegrationCustomizer.java
deleted file mode 100644
index 1f79dc622e..0000000000
--- a/src/test/java/org/springframework/data/elasticsearch/blockhound/BlockHoundIntegrationCustomizer.java
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,48 +0,0 @@
-/*
- * Copyright 2021-2024 the original author or authors.
- *
- * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
- * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
- * You may obtain a copy of the License at
- *
- *      https://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
- *
- * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
- * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
- * WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
- * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
- * limitations under the License.
- */
-package org.springframework.data.elasticsearch.blockhound;
-
-import reactor.blockhound.BlockHound;
-import reactor.blockhound.BlockingOperationError;
-import reactor.blockhound.integration.BlockHoundIntegration;
-
-import org.apache.commons.logging.Log;
-import org.apache.commons.logging.LogFactory;
-
-/**
- * @author Peter-Josef Meisch
- */
-public class BlockHoundIntegrationCustomizer implements BlockHoundIntegration {
-
-	private static final Log LOGGER = LogFactory.getLog(BlockHoundIntegrationCustomizer.class);
-
-	@Override
-	public void applyTo(BlockHound.Builder builder) {
-		// Elasticsearch classes reading from the classpath on initialization, needed for parsing Elasticsearch responses
-		builder //
-				.allowBlockingCallsInside("org.elasticsearch.Build", "<clinit>") //
-				.allowBlockingCallsInside("org.elasticsearch.common.xcontent.XContentBuilder", "<clinit>") // pre 7.16
-				.allowBlockingCallsInside("org.elasticsearch.common.XContentBuilder", "<clinit>") // from 7.16 on
-				.allowBlockingCallsInside("org.elasticsearch.xcontent.json.JsonXContent", "contentBuilder") // from 7.16 on
-				.allowBlockingCallsInside("jakarta.json.spi.JsonProvider", "provider") //
-		;
-		builder.blockingMethodCallback(it -> {
-			LOGGER.error("BlockHound error", new Error(it.toString()));
-			throw new BlockingOperationError(it);
-		});
-
-	}
-}
diff --git a/src/test/java/org/springframework/data/elasticsearch/blockhound/BlockHoundTests.java b/src/test/java/org/springframework/data/elasticsearch/blockhound/BlockHoundTests.java
deleted file mode 100644
index 2e10327d45..0000000000
--- a/src/test/java/org/springframework/data/elasticsearch/blockhound/BlockHoundTests.java
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,47 +0,0 @@
-/*
- * Copyright 2021-2024 the original author or authors.
- *
- * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
- * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
- * You may obtain a copy of the License at
- *
- *      https://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
- *
- * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
- * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
- * WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
- * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
- * limitations under the License.
- */
-package org.springframework.data.elasticsearch.blockhound;
-
-import static org.assertj.core.api.Assertions.*;
-
-import reactor.blockhound.BlockingOperationError;
-import reactor.core.publisher.Mono;
-
-import java.time.Duration;
-
-import org.junit.jupiter.api.DisplayName;
-import org.junit.jupiter.api.Test;
-
-/**
- * @author Peter-Josef Meisch
- */
-public class BlockHoundTests {
-
-	@Test // #1822
-	@DisplayName("should fail if BlockHound is not installed")
-	void shouldFailIfBlockHoundIsNotInstalled() {
-
-		assertThatThrownBy(() -> {
-			Mono.delay(Duration.ofMillis(1)).doOnNext(it -> {
-				try {
-					Thread.sleep(10);
-				} catch (InterruptedException e) {
-					throw new RuntimeException(e);
-				}
-			}).block(); // should throw an exception about Thread.sleep
-		}).hasCauseInstanceOf(BlockingOperationError.class);
-	}
-}
diff --git a/src/test/resources/META-INF/services/reactor.blockhound.integration.BlockHoundIntegration b/src/test/resources/META-INF/services/reactor.blockhound.integration.BlockHoundIntegration
deleted file mode 100644
index 1cd5f8f92f..0000000000
--- a/src/test/resources/META-INF/services/reactor.blockhound.integration.BlockHoundIntegration
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1 +0,0 @@
-org.springframework.data.elasticsearch.blockhound.BlockHoundIntegrationCustomizer