diff --git a/build.sbt b/build.sbt
index 5ae4b8c..d3639ec 100644
--- a/build.sbt
+++ b/build.sbt
@@ -18,10 +18,8 @@ def osgiExport(scalaVersion: String, version: String) = {
   }) ++ Seq(s"scala.compat.java8.*;version=${version}")
 }
 
-ThisBuild / versionScheme := Some("early-semver")
-ThisBuild / versionPolicyIntention := Compatibility.BinaryAndSourceCompatible
-
 lazy val commonSettings = Seq(
+  versionPolicyIntention := Compatibility.BinaryAndSourceCompatible,
   Compile / unmanagedSourceDirectories ++= {
     (Compile / unmanagedSourceDirectories).value.flatMap { dir =>
       CrossVersion.partialVersion(scalaVersion.value) match {
@@ -73,8 +71,6 @@ lazy val scalaJava8Compat = (project in file("."))
 
     libraryDependencies += "com.novocode" % "junit-interface" % "0.11" % "test",
 
-    scalaModuleMimaPreviousVersion := Some("1.0.0"),
-
     mimaBinaryIssueFilters ++= {
       import com.typesafe.tools.mima.core._, ProblemFilters._
       Seq(
diff --git a/build.sh b/build.sh
index 4b1f48a..1d72bea 100755
--- a/build.sh
+++ b/build.sh
@@ -31,6 +31,7 @@ verPat="[0-9]+\.[0-9]+\.[0-9]+(-[A-Za-z0-9-]+)?"
 tagPat="^v$verPat(#.*)?$"
 
 if [[ "$TRAVIS_TAG" =~ $tagPat ]]; then
+  versionCheckTask="versionCheck"
   releaseTask="ci-release"
   if ! isReleaseJob; then
     echo "Not releasing on Java $ADOPTOPENJDK with Scala $TRAVIS_SCALA_VERSION"
@@ -47,4 +48,4 @@ export CI_SNAPSHOT_RELEASE="${projectPrefix}publish"
 # for now, until we're confident in the new release scripts, just close the staging repo.
 export CI_SONATYPE_RELEASE="; sonatypePrepare; sonatypeBundleUpload; sonatypeClose"
 
-sbt clean ${projectPrefix}test ${projectPrefix}versionPolicyCheck ${projectPrefix}publishLocal $releaseTask
+sbt clean ${projectPrefix}test ${projectPrefix}publishLocal $versionCheckTask $releaseTask
diff --git a/project/plugins.sbt b/project/plugins.sbt
index 486c4b9..0401cc3 100644
--- a/project/plugins.sbt
+++ b/project/plugins.sbt
@@ -1,2 +1 @@
-addSbtPlugin("org.scala-lang.modules" % "sbt-scala-module" % "2.3.1")
-addSbtPlugin("ch.epfl.scala" % "sbt-version-policy" % "1.2.1")
+addSbtPlugin("org.scala-lang.modules" % "sbt-scala-module" % "2.4.0")