diff --git a/build/NuSpecs/UmbracoCms.Examine.Lucene.nuspec b/build/NuSpecs/UmbracoCms.Examine.Lucene.nuspec
deleted file mode 100644
index 19d60f27a9..0000000000
--- a/build/NuSpecs/UmbracoCms.Examine.Lucene.nuspec
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,49 +0,0 @@
-<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
-<package xmlns="http://schemas.microsoft.com/packaging/2010/07/nuspec.xsd">
-    <metadata minClientVersion="4.1.0">
-        <id>Umbraco.Cms.Examine.Lucene</id>
-        <version>9.0.0</version>
-        <title>Umbraco CMS Examine Binaries</title>
-        <authors>Umbraco HQ</authors>
-        <owners>Umbraco HQ</owners>
-        <license type="expression">MIT</license>
-        <projectUrl>https://umbraco.com/</projectUrl>
-        <iconUrl>https://umbraco.com/dist/nuget/logo-small.png</iconUrl>
-        <requireLicenseAcceptance>false</requireLicenseAcceptance>
-        <description>Contains the Examine assemblies needed to run Umbraco Cms. This package only contains assemblies and can be used for package development. Use the UmbracoCms package to setup Umbraco in Visual Studio as an ASP.NET Core project.</description>
-        <summary>Contains dll files required to run Examine.</summary>
-        <language>en-US</language>
-        <tags>umbraco</tags>
-        <repository type="git" url="https://github.com/umbraco/umbraco-cms" />
-        <dependencies>
-
-            <group targetFramework="netstandard2.0">
-                <dependency id="Umbraco.Cms.Core" version="[$version$]" />
-                <dependency id="Umbraco.Cms.Infrastructure" version="[$version$]" />
-                <dependency id="Newtonsoft.Json" version="[12.0.3,12.999999)" />
-                <dependency id="NPoco" version="[4.0.2,4.999999)" />
-                <dependency id="System.Configuration.ConfigurationManager" version="[5.0.0,5.999999)" />
-            </group>
-
-        </dependencies>
-    </metadata>
-
-    <files>
-        <!-- Umbraco.Examine.Lucene HACK remove this when Examine lucene is a real netstandard dependency -->
-        <file src="$BuildTmp$\bin\Examine.Lucene.dll" target="lib\netstandard2.0\Examine.Lucene.dll" />
-        <file src="$BuildTmp$\bin\Lucene.Net.dll" target="lib\netstandard2.0\Lucene.Net.dll" />
-
-        <!-- Libs -->
-        <file src="$BuildTmp$\bin\Umbraco.Examine.Lucene.dll" target="lib\net472\Umbraco.Examine.Lucene.dll" />
-        <file src="$BuildTmp$\bin\Umbraco.Examine.Lucene.dll" target="lib\netstandard2.0\Umbraco.Examine.Lucene.dll" />
-
-
-        <!-- Docs -->
-        <file src="$BuildTmp$\bin\Umbraco.Examine.Lucene.xml" target="lib\net472\Umbraco.Examine.Lucene.xml" />
-        <file src="$BuildTmp$\bin\Umbraco.Examine.Lucene.xml" target="lib\netstandard2.0\Umbraco.Examine.Lucene.xml" />
-
-        <!-- Symbols -->
-        <file src="$BuildTmp$\bin\Umbraco.Examine.Lucene.pdb" target="lib\net472\Umbraco.Examine.Lucene.pdb" />
-        <file src="$BuildTmp$\bin\Umbraco.Examine.Lucene.pdb" target="lib\netstandard2.0\Umbraco.Examine.Lucene.pdb" />
-    </files>
-</package>
diff --git a/build/build.ps1 b/build/build.ps1
index be9a8f0f4f..ba99e1e660 100644
--- a/build/build.ps1
+++ b/build/build.ps1
@@ -433,13 +433,6 @@
         -Verbosity detailed -outputDirectory "$($this.BuildOutput)" > "$($this.BuildTemp)\nupack.cms.log"
     if (-not $?) { throw "Failed to pack NuGet UmbracoCms." }
 
-    &$this.BuildEnv.NuGet Pack "$nuspecs\UmbracoCms.Examine.Lucene.nuspec" `
-        -Properties BuildTmp="$($this.BuildTemp)" `
-        -Version "$($this.Version.Semver.ToString())" `
-        -Verbosity detailed  `
-        -outputDirectory "$($this.BuildOutput)" > "$($this.BuildTemp)\nupack.examine.lucene.log"
-    if (-not $?) { throw "Failed to pack Nuget UmbracoCms.Lucene.nuspec"}
-
     &$this.BuildEnv.NuGet Pack "$nuspecs\UmbracoCms.SqlCe.nuspec" `
         -Properties BuildTmp="$($this.BuildTemp)" `
         -Version "$($this.Version.Semver.ToString())" `
diff --git a/src/umbraco.sln b/src/umbraco.sln
index 3da24dcca5..b021dfccff 100644
--- a/src/umbraco.sln
+++ b/src/umbraco.sln
@@ -39,7 +39,6 @@ Project("{2150E333-8FDC-42A3-9474-1A3956D46DE8}") = "NuSpecs", "NuSpecs", "{227C
 	ProjectSection(SolutionItems) = preProject
 		..\build\NuSpecs\UmbracoCms.nuspec = ..\build\NuSpecs\UmbracoCms.nuspec
 		..\build\NuSpecs\UmbracoCms.SqlCe.nuspec = ..\build\NuSpecs\UmbracoCms.SqlCe.nuspec
-		..\build\NuSpecs\UmbracoCms.Examine.Lucene.nuspec = ..\build\NuSpecs\UmbracoCms.Examine.Lucene.nuspec
 		..\build\NuSpecs\UmbracoCms.StaticAssets.nuspec = ..\build\NuSpecs\UmbracoCms.StaticAssets.nuspec
 	EndProjectSection
 EndProject