diff --git a/project/plugins.sbt b/project/plugins.sbt
index 7ac73e6d..61e86580 100644
--- a/project/plugins.sbt
+++ b/project/plugins.sbt
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@ resolvers ++= Seq(
 )
 
 addSbtPlugin("com.typesafe.sbt" % "sbt-site" % "1.3.0")
-addSbtPlugin("io.get-coursier" % "sbt-coursier" % "1.0.0-RC12")
+// removed until https://github.com/sbt/sbt/issues/3496 is fixed
+// addSbtPlugin("io.get-coursier" % "sbt-coursier" % "1.0.0-RC12")
 addSbtPlugin("org.scoverage" % "sbt-scoverage" % "1.5.1")
 addSbtPlugin("com.eed3si9n" % "sbt-unidoc" % "0.4.1")