diff --git a/Gemfile b/Gemfile
index 412ea426131..b4ba7786550 100644
--- a/Gemfile
+++ b/Gemfile
@@ -384,8 +384,6 @@ group :development, :test do
   gem "active_record_doctor", "~> 2.0.1"
 end
 
-gem "bootsnap", "~> 1.24.0", require: false
-
 # API gems
 gem "grape", "~> 3.2.0"
 gem "grape_logging", "~> 3.0.0"
diff --git a/Gemfile.lock b/Gemfile.lock
index 5e198d2b692..096e5fd2ff7 100644
--- a/Gemfile.lock
+++ b/Gemfile.lock
@@ -402,8 +402,6 @@ GEM
       smart_properties
     bigdecimal (4.1.2)
     bindata (2.5.1)
-    bootsnap (1.24.3)
-      msgpack (~> 1.2)
     brakeman (8.0.4)
       racc
     browser (6.2.0)
@@ -1586,7 +1584,6 @@ DEPENDENCIES
   aws-sdk-s3 (~> 1.217)
   axe-core-rspec
   bcrypt (~> 3.1.22)
-  bootsnap (~> 1.24.0)
   brakeman (~> 8.0.1)
   browser (~> 6.2.0)
   budgets!
@@ -1843,7 +1840,6 @@ CHECKSUMS
   better_html (2.2.0) sha256=e68ab66ab09696b708333bbf35e8aa3c107500ba7892f528e2111624bdd8cf76
   bigdecimal (4.1.2) sha256=53d217666027eab4280346fba98e7d5b66baaae1b9c3c1c0ffe89d48188a3fbd
   bindata (2.5.1) sha256=53186a1ec2da943d4cb413583d680644eb810aacbf8902497aac8f191fad9e58
-  bootsnap (1.24.3) sha256=f7fa3d20597e2f0aa52b0a1aba83fb54d4f79e9c2e210ec4fa1e8895514dcad8
   brakeman (8.0.4) sha256=7bf921fa9638544835df9aa7b3e720a9a72c0267f34f92135955edd80d4dcf6f
   browser (6.2.0) sha256=281d5295788825c9396427c292c2d2be0a5c91875c93c390fde6e5d61a5ace2d
   budgets (1.0.0)
diff --git a/config/boot.rb b/config/boot.rb
index 7c56b61cc6b..182c121aac4 100644
--- a/config/boot.rb
+++ b/config/boot.rb
@@ -48,8 +48,3 @@ if env == "production" && ENV["OPENPROJECT_PROD_DEPRECATIONS"] != "true"
   StructuredWarnings::BuiltInWarning.disable
   StructuredWarnings::DeprecationWarning.disable
 end
-
-if env == "development"
-  warn "Starting with bootsnap."
-  require "bootsnap/setup" # Speed up boot time by caching expensive operations.
-end
diff --git a/nix/gemset.nix b/nix/gemset.nix
index 9b80c3d84d8..637ee86e138 100644
--- a/nix/gemset.nix
+++ b/nix/gemset.nix
@@ -440,17 +440,6 @@
     };
     version = "1.0.0";
   };
-  bootsnap = {
-    dependencies = ["msgpack"];
-    groups = ["default"];
-    platforms = [];
-    source = {
-      remotes = ["https://rubygems.org"];
-      sha256 = "1qnh58f5n3yppmpqj555pp9qbppmgrjay17y9pvg5dfhvmix08kl";
-      type = "gem";
-    };
-    version = "1.7.2";
-  };
   brakeman = {
     groups = ["development" "test"];
     platforms = [];