diff --git a/gson/pom.xml b/gson/pom.xml
index ffe41ac..5ce5d96 100644
--- a/gson/pom.xml
+++ b/gson/pom.xml
@@ -56,23 +56,6 @@
         <groupId>org.apache.felix</groupId>
         <artifactId>maven-bundle-plugin</artifactId>
       </plugin>
-      <plugin>
-        <groupId>org.codehaus.mojo</groupId>
-        <artifactId>templating-maven-plugin</artifactId>
-        <version>1.0.0</version>
-        <executions>
-          <execution>
-            <id>filtering-java-templates</id>
-            <goals>
-              <goal>filter-sources</goal>
-            </goals>
-            <configuration>
-              <sourceDirectory>${basedir}/src/main/java-templates</sourceDirectory>
-              <outputDirectory>${project.build.directory}/generated-sources/java-templates</outputDirectory>
-            </configuration>
-          </execution>
-        </executions>
-      </plugin>
     </plugins>
   </build>
 </project>
diff --git a/gson/src/main/java-templates/com/google/gson/internal/GsonBuildConfig.java b/gson/src/main/java-templates/com/google/gson/internal/GsonBuildConfig.java
deleted file mode 100644
index a94c96b..0000000
--- a/gson/src/main/java-templates/com/google/gson/internal/GsonBuildConfig.java
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,32 +0,0 @@
-/*
- * Copyright (C) 2018 The Gson 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
- *
- * http://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 com.google.gson.internal;
-
-/**
- * Build configuration for Gson. This file is automatically populated by
- * templating-maven-plugin and .java/.class files are generated for use in Gson.
- *
- * @author Inderjeet Singh
- */
-public final class GsonBuildConfig {
-  // Based on https://stackoverflow.com/questions/2469922/generate-a-version-java-file-in-maven
-
-  /** This field is automatically populated by Maven when a build is triggered */
-  public static final String VERSION = "${project.version}";
-
-  private GsonBuildConfig() { }
-}
diff --git a/gson/src/main/java/com/google/gson/Gson.java b/gson/src/main/java/com/google/gson/Gson.java
index 27f3ee9..d584ece 100644
--- a/gson/src/main/java/com/google/gson/Gson.java
+++ b/gson/src/main/java/com/google/gson/Gson.java
@@ -37,7 +37,6 @@ import java.util.concurrent.atomic.AtomicLongArray;
 
 import com.google.gson.internal.ConstructorConstructor;
 import com.google.gson.internal.Excluder;
-import com.google.gson.internal.GsonBuildConfig;
 import com.google.gson.internal.Primitives;
 import com.google.gson.internal.Streams;
 import com.google.gson.internal.bind.ArrayTypeAdapter;
@@ -462,7 +461,7 @@ public final class Gson {
           return candidate;
         }
       }
-      throw new IllegalArgumentException("GSON (" + GsonBuildConfig.VERSION + ") cannot handle " + type);
+      throw new IllegalArgumentException("GSON cannot handle " + type);
     } finally {
       threadCalls.remove(type);
 
@@ -704,10 +703,6 @@ public final class Gson {
       ((TypeAdapter<Object>) adapter).write(writer, src);
     } catch (IOException e) {
       throw new JsonIOException(e);
-    } catch (AssertionError e) {
-      AssertionError error = new AssertionError("AssertionError (GSON " + GsonBuildConfig.VERSION + "): " + e.getMessage());
-      error.initCause(e);
-      throw error;
     } finally {
       writer.setLenient(oldLenient);
       writer.setHtmlSafe(oldHtmlSafe);
@@ -784,10 +779,6 @@ public final class Gson {
       Streams.write(jsonElement, writer);
     } catch (IOException e) {
       throw new JsonIOException(e);
-    } catch (AssertionError e) {
-      AssertionError error = new AssertionError("AssertionError (GSON " + GsonBuildConfig.VERSION + "): " + e.getMessage());
-      error.initCause(e);
-      throw error;
     } finally {
       writer.setLenient(oldLenient);
       writer.setHtmlSafe(oldHtmlSafe);
@@ -945,10 +936,6 @@ public final class Gson {
     } catch (IOException e) {
       // TODO(inder): Figure out whether it is indeed right to rethrow this as JsonSyntaxException
       throw new JsonSyntaxException(e);
-    } catch (AssertionError e) {
-      AssertionError error = new AssertionError("AssertionError (GSON " + GsonBuildConfig.VERSION + "): " + e.getMessage());
-      error.initCause(e);
-      throw error;
     } finally {
       reader.setLenient(oldLenient);
     }
diff --git a/gson/src/test/java/com/google/gson/functional/GsonVersionDiagnosticsTest.java b/gson/src/test/java/com/google/gson/functional/GsonVersionDiagnosticsTest.java
deleted file mode 100644
index 36eff8e..0000000
--- a/gson/src/test/java/com/google/gson/functional/GsonVersionDiagnosticsTest.java
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,96 +0,0 @@
-/*
- * Copyright (C) 2018 Gson 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
- *
- * http://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 com.google.gson.functional;
-
-import java.io.IOException;
-import java.util.regex.Pattern;
-
-import org.junit.Before;
-import org.junit.Test;
-
-import com.google.gson.Gson;
-import com.google.gson.GsonBuilder;
-import com.google.gson.TypeAdapter;
-import com.google.gson.stream.JsonReader;
-import com.google.gson.stream.JsonWriter;
-
-import junit.framework.TestCase;
-
-/**
- * Functional tests to validate printing of Gson version on AssertionErrors
- *
- * @author Inderjeet Singh
- */
-public class GsonVersionDiagnosticsTest extends TestCase {
-  private static final Pattern GSON_VERSION_PATTERN = Pattern.compile("(\\(GSON \\d\\.\\d\\.\\d)(?:[-.][A-Z]+)?\\)$");
-
-  private Gson gson;
-
-  @Before
-  public void setUp() {
-    gson = new GsonBuilder().registerTypeAdapter(TestType.class, new TypeAdapter<TestType>() {
-      @Override public void write(JsonWriter out, TestType value) {
-        throw new AssertionError("Expected during serialization");
-      }
-      @Override public TestType read(JsonReader in) throws IOException {
-        throw new AssertionError("Expected during deserialization");
-      }
-    }).create();
-  }
-
-  @Test
-  public void testVersionPattern() {
-    assertTrue(GSON_VERSION_PATTERN.matcher("(GSON 2.8.5)").matches());
-    assertTrue(GSON_VERSION_PATTERN.matcher("(GSON 2.8.5-SNAPSHOT)").matches());
-  }
-
-  @Test
-  public void testAssertionErrorInSerializationPrintsVersion() {
-    try {
-      gson.toJson(new TestType());
-      fail();
-    } catch (AssertionError expected) {
-      ensureAssertionErrorPrintsGsonVersion(expected);
-    }
-  }
-
-  @Test
-  public void testAssertionErrorInDeserializationPrintsVersion() {
-    try {
-      gson.fromJson("{'a':'abc'}", TestType.class);
-      fail();
-    } catch (AssertionError expected) {
-      ensureAssertionErrorPrintsGsonVersion(expected);
-    }
-  }
-
-  private void ensureAssertionErrorPrintsGsonVersion(AssertionError expected) {
-    String msg = expected.getMessage();
-    // System.err.println(msg);
-    int start = msg.indexOf("(GSON");
-    assertTrue(start > 0);
-    int end = msg.indexOf("):") + 1;
-    assertTrue(end > 0 && end > start + 6);
-    String version = msg.substring(start, end);
-    // System.err.println(version);
-    assertTrue(GSON_VERSION_PATTERN.matcher(version).matches());
-  }
-
-  private static final class TestType {
-    @SuppressWarnings("unused")
-    String a;
-  }
-}
diff --git a/gson/src/test/java/com/google/gson/internal/GsonBuildConfigTest.java b/gson/src/test/java/com/google/gson/internal/GsonBuildConfigTest.java
deleted file mode 100644
index dc39bc0..0000000
--- a/gson/src/test/java/com/google/gson/internal/GsonBuildConfigTest.java
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,33 +0,0 @@
-/*
- * Copyright (C) 2018 The Gson 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
- *
- * http://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 com.google.gson.internal;
-
-import static org.junit.Assert.assertFalse;
-
-import org.junit.Test;
-
-/**
- * Unit tests for {@code GsonBuildConfig}
- *
- * @author Inderjeet Singh
- */
-public class GsonBuildConfigTest {
-
-  @Test
-  public void testEnsureGsonBuildConfigGetsUpdatedToMavenVersion() {
-    assertFalse("${project.version}".equals(GsonBuildConfig.VERSION));
-  }
-}