diff --git a/lib/modules/manager/gradle/__snapshots__/extract.spec.ts.snap b/lib/modules/manager/gradle/__snapshots__/extract.spec.ts.snap
index 36342d7b6a10b2524b2d1f6eed6b8856681869b1..374573315d9c8a87467ca625905c751564fe2678 100644
--- a/lib/modules/manager/gradle/__snapshots__/extract.spec.ts.snap
+++ b/lib/modules/manager/gradle/__snapshots__/extract.spec.ts.snap
@@ -15,7 +15,6 @@ Array [
           "packageFile": "gradle.properties",
         },
         "registryUrls": Array [
-          "https://repo.maven.apache.org/maven2",
           "https://example.com",
         ],
       },
diff --git a/lib/modules/manager/gradle/extract.spec.ts b/lib/modules/manager/gradle/extract.spec.ts
index 10d4840385fde694e1a01a8e2b240f052279a71d..a29c4448448616717b73fd1d96768785727591ef 100644
--- a/lib/modules/manager/gradle/extract.spec.ts
+++ b/lib/modules/manager/gradle/extract.spec.ts
@@ -90,7 +90,7 @@ describe('modules/manager/gradle/extract', () => {
           {
             depName: 'foo:bar',
             currentValue: '1.2.3',
-            registryUrls: ['https://repo.maven.apache.org/maven2'],
+            registryUrls: [],
             skipReason: 'contains-variable',
             managerData: {
               packageFile: 'build.gradle',
@@ -121,10 +121,7 @@ describe('modules/manager/gradle/extract', () => {
           {
             depName: 'foo:bar',
             currentValue: '1.2.3',
-            registryUrls: [
-              'https://repo.maven.apache.org/maven2',
-              'https://example.com',
-            ],
+            registryUrls: ['https://example.com'],
           },
         ],
       },
@@ -197,8 +194,8 @@ describe('modules/manager/gradle/extract', () => {
             depType: 'plugin',
             registryUrls: [
               'https://repo.maven.apache.org/maven2',
-              'https://plugins.gradle.org/m2/',
               'https://example.com',
+              'https://plugins.gradle.org/m2/',
             ],
           },
           {
@@ -352,10 +349,7 @@ describe('modules/manager/gradle/extract', () => {
               fileReplacePosition: 21,
               packageFile: 'gradle/libs.versions.toml',
             },
-            registryUrls: [
-              'https://repo.maven.apache.org/maven2',
-              'https://plugins.gradle.org/m2/',
-            ],
+            registryUrls: ['https://plugins.gradle.org/m2/'],
           },
           {
             depName: 'org.danilopianini.publish-on-central',
@@ -367,10 +361,7 @@ describe('modules/manager/gradle/extract', () => {
               fileReplacePosition: 82,
               packageFile: 'gradle/libs.versions.toml',
             },
-            registryUrls: [
-              'https://repo.maven.apache.org/maven2',
-              'https://plugins.gradle.org/m2/',
-            ],
+            registryUrls: ['https://plugins.gradle.org/m2/'],
           },
           {
             depName: 'org.ajoberstar.grgit',
@@ -381,10 +372,7 @@ describe('modules/manager/gradle/extract', () => {
             managerData: {
               packageFile: 'gradle/libs.versions.toml',
             },
-            registryUrls: [
-              'https://repo.maven.apache.org/maven2',
-              'https://plugins.gradle.org/m2/',
-            ],
+            registryUrls: ['https://plugins.gradle.org/m2/'],
             skipReason: 'unknown-version',
           },
         ],
@@ -474,10 +462,7 @@ describe('modules/manager/gradle/extract', () => {
               fileReplacePosition: 661,
               packageFile: 'gradle/libs.versions.toml',
             },
-            registryUrls: [
-              'https://repo.maven.apache.org/maven2',
-              'https://plugins.gradle.org/m2/',
-            ],
+            registryUrls: ['https://plugins.gradle.org/m2/'],
           },
           {
             depName: 'org.jetbrains.kotlin.plugin.serialization',
@@ -489,10 +474,7 @@ describe('modules/manager/gradle/extract', () => {
               fileReplacePosition: 21,
               packageFile: 'gradle/libs.versions.toml',
             },
-            registryUrls: [
-              'https://repo.maven.apache.org/maven2',
-              'https://plugins.gradle.org/m2/',
-            ],
+            registryUrls: ['https://plugins.gradle.org/m2/'],
           },
           {
             depName: 'org.danilopianini.multi-jvm-test-plugin',
@@ -505,10 +487,7 @@ describe('modules/manager/gradle/extract', () => {
               fileReplacePosition: 822,
               packageFile: 'gradle/libs.versions.toml',
             },
-            registryUrls: [
-              'https://repo.maven.apache.org/maven2',
-              'https://plugins.gradle.org/m2/',
-            ],
+            registryUrls: ['https://plugins.gradle.org/m2/'],
           },
         ],
       },
@@ -560,17 +539,14 @@ describe('modules/manager/gradle/extract', () => {
               packageFile: 'gradle/libs.versions.toml',
             },
             fileReplacePosition: 30,
-            registryUrls: ['https://repo.maven.apache.org/maven2'],
+            registryUrls: [],
           },
           {
             depType: 'plugin',
             depName: 'io.gitlab.arturbosch.detekt',
             packageName:
               'io.gitlab.arturbosch.detekt:io.gitlab.arturbosch.detekt.gradle.plugin',
-            registryUrls: [
-              'https://repo.maven.apache.org/maven2',
-              'https://plugins.gradle.org/m2/',
-            ],
+            registryUrls: ['https://plugins.gradle.org/m2/'],
             currentValue: '1.18.1',
             managerData: {
               fileReplacePosition: 30,
@@ -608,7 +584,7 @@ describe('modules/manager/gradle/extract', () => {
               packageFile: 'gradle/libs.versions.toml',
             },
             fileReplacePosition: 124,
-            registryUrls: ['https://repo.maven.apache.org/maven2'],
+            registryUrls: [],
           },
           {
             depName: 'mocha-junit:mocha-junit',
@@ -619,7 +595,7 @@ describe('modules/manager/gradle/extract', () => {
               packageFile: 'gradle/libs.versions.toml',
             },
             fileReplacePosition: 82,
-            registryUrls: ['https://repo.maven.apache.org/maven2'],
+            registryUrls: [],
           },
         ],
       },
diff --git a/lib/modules/manager/gradle/extract.ts b/lib/modules/manager/gradle/extract.ts
index 0ebb251937ac6758f294df08ceb61cf828da2f05..bb31acf21fb52271186d321381113a98c2ee432f 100644
--- a/lib/modules/manager/gradle/extract.ts
+++ b/lib/modules/manager/gradle/extract.ts
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 import upath from 'upath';
 import { logger } from '../../../logger';
 import { readLocalFile } from '../../../util/fs';
-import { MavenDatasource, defaultRegistryUrls } from '../../datasource/maven';
+import { MavenDatasource } from '../../datasource/maven';
 import type { ExtractConfig, PackageDependency, PackageFile } from '../types';
 import { parseCatalog } from './extract/catalog';
 import { parseGradle, parseProps } from './parser';
@@ -110,11 +110,7 @@ export async function extractAllPackageFiles(
       }
 
       dep.registryUrls = [
-        ...new Set([
-          ...defaultRegistryUrls,
-          ...(dep.registryUrls ?? []),
-          ...registryUrls,
-        ]),
+        ...new Set([...registryUrls, ...(dep.registryUrls ?? [])]),
       ];
 
       const depAlreadyInPkgFile = pkgFile.deps.some(