diff --git a/build.xml b/build.xml
index 0005bf548b3d..7d6b47c0dac1 100644
--- a/build.xml
+++ b/build.xml
@@ -57,11 +57,4 @@
     <echo message="***** Using ant is OBSOLETE, please call tests.cmd directly. See README.md *****" level="warning" />
     <jps-bootstrap class="CommunityRunTestsBuildTarget" module="intellij.idea.community.build" />
   </target>
-
-  <!-- Creates an updater-full.jar in ${intellij.build.output.root}/artifacts, it includes 'intellij.platform.updater' module with all its dependencies -->
-  <!-- this is deprecated, please use full_updater.cmd directly -->
-  <target name="fullupdater">
-    <echo message="***** Using ant is OBSOLETE, please call build/full_updater.cmd directly. See README.md *****" level="warning" />
-    <jps-bootstrap class="FullUpdaterBuildTarget" module="intellij.idea.community.build" />
-  </target>
-</project>
\ No newline at end of file
+</project>
diff --git a/build/full_updater.cmd b/build/full_updater.cmd
deleted file mode 100755
index 4fd194585690..000000000000
--- a/build/full_updater.cmd
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,11 +0,0 @@
-:<<"::CMDLITERAL"
-@ECHO OFF
-GOTO :CMDSCRIPT
-::CMDLITERAL
-
-set -eux
-exec "$(cd "$(dirname "$0")"; pwd)/../platform/jps-bootstrap/jps-bootstrap.sh" "$@" "$(cd "$(dirname "$0")"; pwd)/.." intellij.idea.community.build FullUpdaterBuildTarget
-:CMDSCRIPT
-
-call "%~dp0\..\platform\jps-bootstrap\jps-bootstrap.cmd" %* "%~dp0\.." intellij.idea.community.build FullUpdaterBuildTarget
-EXIT /B %ERRORLEVEL%
diff --git a/build/src/FullUpdaterBuildTarget.kt b/build/src/FullUpdaterBuildTarget.kt
deleted file mode 100644
index 61de0a2b5792..000000000000
--- a/build/src/FullUpdaterBuildTarget.kt
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,21 +0,0 @@
-// Copyright 2000-2024 JetBrains s.r.o. and contributors. Use of this source code is governed by the Apache 2.0 license.
-
-import kotlinx.coroutines.Dispatchers
-import kotlinx.coroutines.runBlocking
-import org.jetbrains.intellij.build.BuildPaths.Companion.COMMUNITY_ROOT
-import org.jetbrains.intellij.build.createBuildTasks
-import org.jetbrains.intellij.build.createCommunityBuildContext
-
-object FullUpdaterBuildTarget {
-  private const val UPDATER_MODULE_NAME = "intellij.platform.updater"
-
-  @JvmStatic
-  fun main(args: Array<String>) {
-    runBlocking(Dispatchers.Default) {
-      val context = createCommunityBuildContext()
-      val tasks = createBuildTasks(context)
-      tasks.compileModules(listOf(UPDATER_MODULE_NAME))
-      tasks.buildFullUpdaterJar()
-    }
-  }
-}
diff --git a/platform/build-scripts/src/org/jetbrains/intellij/build/BuildTasks.kt b/platform/build-scripts/src/org/jetbrains/intellij/build/BuildTasks.kt
index 25e6d2e905cf..fe830f10c534 100644
--- a/platform/build-scripts/src/org/jetbrains/intellij/build/BuildTasks.kt
+++ b/platform/build-scripts/src/org/jetbrains/intellij/build/BuildTasks.kt
@@ -51,10 +51,5 @@ interface BuildTasks {
     compileModules(moduleNames = moduleNames, includingTestsInModules = java.util.List.of())
   }
 
-  /**
-   * Builds updater-full.jar artifact which includes 'intellij.platform.updater' module with all its dependencies
-   */
-  suspend fun buildFullUpdaterJar()
-
   suspend fun buildUnpackedDistribution(targetDirectory: Path, includeBinAndRuntime: Boolean)
 }
diff --git a/platform/build-scripts/src/org/jetbrains/intellij/build/impl/BuildTasksImpl.kt b/platform/build-scripts/src/org/jetbrains/intellij/build/impl/BuildTasksImpl.kt
index b9863b56b010..853e87d96bb1 100644
--- a/platform/build-scripts/src/org/jetbrains/intellij/build/impl/BuildTasksImpl.kt
+++ b/platform/build-scripts/src/org/jetbrains/intellij/build/impl/BuildTasksImpl.kt
@@ -116,10 +116,6 @@ class BuildTasksImpl(private val context: BuildContextImpl) : BuildTasks {
     CompilationTasks.create(context).compileModules(moduleNames)
   }
 
-  override suspend fun buildFullUpdaterJar() {
-    buildUpdaterJar(context = context, artifactName = "updater-full.jar")
-  }
-
   override suspend fun buildUnpackedDistribution(targetDirectory: Path, includeBinAndRuntime: Boolean) {
     val currentOs = OsFamily.currentOs
     context.paths.distAllDir = targetDirectory
@@ -988,24 +984,6 @@ private fun logFreeDiskSpace(phase: String, context: CompilationContext) {
   }
 }
 
-suspend fun buildUpdaterJar(context: BuildContext, artifactName: String = "updater.jar") {
-  val updaterModule = context.findRequiredModule("intellij.platform.updater")
-  val updaterModuleSource = DirSource(context.getModuleOutputDir(updaterModule), excludes = commonModuleExcludes)
-  val librarySources = JpsJavaExtensionService.dependencies(updaterModule)
-    .productionOnly()
-    .runtimeOnly()
-    .libraries
-    .asSequence()
-    .flatMap { it.getRootUrls(JpsOrderRootType.COMPILED) }
-    .filter { !JpsPathUtil.isJrtUrl(it) }
-    .map {
-      ZipSource(file = Path.of(JpsPathUtil.urlToPath(it)), excludes = listOf(Regex("^META-INF/.*")), distributionFileEntryProducer = null)
-    }
-  val updaterJar = context.paths.artifactDir.resolve(artifactName)
-  buildJar(targetFile = updaterJar, sources = (sequenceOf(updaterModuleSource) + librarySources).toList(), compress = true)
-  context.notifyArtifactBuilt(updaterJar)
-}
-
 private fun buildCrossPlatformZip(distResults: List<DistributionForOsTaskResult>, context: BuildContext): Path {
   val executableName = context.productProperties.baseFileName