diff --git a/kroxylicious-enforcer-rules/pom.xml b/kroxylicious-enforcer-rules/pom.xml
deleted file mode 100644
index 7d26a3df48..0000000000
--- a/kroxylicious-enforcer-rules/pom.xml
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,39 +0,0 @@
-<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
-<!--
-
-    Copyright Kroxylicious Authors.
-
-    Licensed under the Apache Software License version 2.0, available at http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
-
--->
-
-<project xmlns="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0"
-         xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance"
-         xsi:schemaLocation="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0 http://maven.apache.org/xsd/maven-4.0.0.xsd">
-    <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
-    <parent>
-        <groupId>io.kroxylicious</groupId>
-        <artifactId>kroxylicious-parent</artifactId>
-        <version>0.4.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
-    </parent>
-
-    <artifactId>kroxylicious-enforcer-rules</artifactId>
-
-    <properties>
-        <maven.compiler.source>17</maven.compiler.source>
-        <maven.compiler.target>17</maven.compiler.target>
-        <project.build.sourceEncoding>UTF-8</project.build.sourceEncoding>
-    </properties>
-
-    <dependencies>
-        <dependency>
-            <groupId>org.apache.maven.enforcer</groupId>
-            <artifactId>enforcer-api</artifactId>
-        </dependency>
-        <dependency>
-            <groupId>org.apache.maven</groupId>
-            <artifactId>maven-core</artifactId>
-        </dependency>
-    </dependencies>
-
-</project>
diff --git a/kroxylicious-enforcer-rules/src/main/java/io/kroxylicious/enforcer/rules/SystemTestIsolationRule.java b/kroxylicious-enforcer-rules/src/main/java/io/kroxylicious/enforcer/rules/SystemTestIsolationRule.java
deleted file mode 100644
index e1958a944d..0000000000
--- a/kroxylicious-enforcer-rules/src/main/java/io/kroxylicious/enforcer/rules/SystemTestIsolationRule.java
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,65 +0,0 @@
-/*
- * Copyright Kroxylicious Authors.
- *
- * Licensed under the Apache Software License version 2.0, available at http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
- */
-
-package io.kroxylicious.enforcer.rules;
-
-import java.util.Arrays;
-import java.util.List;
-
-import javax.inject.Named;
-
-import org.apache.maven.enforcer.rule.api.EnforcerRule;
-import org.apache.maven.enforcer.rule.api.EnforcerRuleException;
-import org.apache.maven.enforcer.rule.api.EnforcerRuleHelper;
-import org.apache.maven.execution.MavenSession;
-import org.apache.maven.execution.ProjectDependencyGraph;
-import org.apache.maven.plugin.logging.Log;
-import org.apache.maven.project.MavenProject;
-import org.codehaus.plexus.component.configurator.expression.ExpressionEvaluationException;
-
-/**
- * System test isolation rule
- * Checks that no other modules depends on System test module
- */
-@Named("systemTestIsolationRule") // rule name - must start from lowercase character
-public class SystemTestIsolationRule implements EnforcerRule {
-
-    public void execute(EnforcerRuleHelper helper) throws EnforcerRuleException {
-        final Log log = helper.getLog();
-        final MavenProject currentProject;
-        final MavenSession session;
-        try {
-            currentProject = ((MavenProject) helper.evaluate("${project}"));
-            session = (MavenSession) helper.evaluate("${session}");
-        }
-        catch (ExpressionEvaluationException e) {
-            throw new RuntimeException(e);
-        }
-
-        ProjectDependencyGraph graph = session.getProjectDependencyGraph();
-        List<MavenProject> downProjects = graph.getDownstreamProjects(currentProject, true);
-        log.info("Maven downstream projects: " + Arrays.toString(downProjects.toArray()));
-
-        if (!downProjects.isEmpty()) {
-            throw new EnforcerRuleException("Failing because system test module is used as a dependency in another project");
-        }
-    }
-
-    @Override
-    public boolean isCacheable() {
-        return false;
-    }
-
-    @Override
-    public boolean isResultValid(EnforcerRule enforcerRule) {
-        return false;
-    }
-
-    @Override
-    public String getCacheId() {
-        return null;
-    }
-}
diff --git a/kroxylicious-systemtests/pom.xml b/kroxylicious-systemtests/pom.xml
index ec74a5fb8d..84acc61dbe 100644
--- a/kroxylicious-systemtests/pom.xml
+++ b/kroxylicious-systemtests/pom.xml
@@ -132,30 +132,6 @@
                     </execution>
                 </executions>
             </plugin>
-            <plugin>
-                <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
-                <artifactId>maven-enforcer-plugin</artifactId>
-                <dependencies>
-                    <dependency>
-                        <groupId>io.kroxylicious</groupId>
-                        <artifactId>kroxylicious-enforcer-rules</artifactId>
-                        <version>0.4.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
-                    </dependency>
-                </dependencies>
-                <executions>
-                    <execution>
-                        <id>enforce-systemtest-isolation</id>
-                        <configuration>
-                            <rules>
-                                <systemTestIsolationRule implementation="io.kroxylicious.enforcer.rules.SystemTestIsolationRule"/>
-                            </rules>
-                        </configuration>
-                        <goals>
-                            <goal>enforce</goal>
-                        </goals>
-                    </execution>
-                </executions>
-            </plugin>
         </plugins>
         <resources>
             <resource>
@@ -163,4 +139,4 @@
             </resource>
         </resources>
     </build>
-</project>
+</project>
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diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 97d9782a17..9394977471 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -343,7 +343,6 @@
     </dependencyManagement>
 
     <modules>
-        <module>kroxylicious-enforcer-rules</module>
         <module>kroxylicious-kms</module>
         <module>kroxylicious-kms-provider-kroxylicious-inmemory</module>
         <module>kroxylicious-bom</module>
@@ -655,6 +654,27 @@
                     </execution>
                 </executions>
             </plugin>
+            <plugin>
+                <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
+                <artifactId>maven-enforcer-plugin</artifactId>
+                <executions>
+                    <execution>
+                        <id>enforce-systemtest-isolation</id>
+                        <goals>
+                            <goal>enforce</goal>
+                        </goals>
+                        <configuration>
+                            <rules>
+                                <bannedDependencies>
+                                    <excludes>
+                                        <exclude>io.kroxylicious:kroxylicious-systemtests</exclude>
+                                    </excludes>
+                                </bannedDependencies>
+                            </rules>
+                        </configuration>
+                    </execution>
+                </executions>
+            </plugin>
         </plugins>
     </build>
 
@@ -949,4 +969,4 @@
             </build>
         </profile>
     </profiles>
-</project>
+</project>
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