diff --git a/build.gradle.kts b/build.gradle.kts
index 5325576..651c8fb 100644
--- a/build.gradle.kts
+++ b/build.gradle.kts
@@ -107,7 +107,7 @@ gradlePlugin {
         create("com.netflix.nebula.resolve") {
             id = "com.netflix.nebula.resolve"
             displayName = "Nebula Dependency Resolve Plugin"
-            description = "Used to trigger dependency resolution on all configurations of all projects"
+            description = "Nebula OSS Internal use ONLY"
             implementationClass = "com.netflix.nebula.convention.ResolvePlugin"
             tags.set(listOf("nebula"))
             compatibility {
@@ -119,7 +119,7 @@ gradlePlugin {
         create("com.netflix.nebula.locks") {
             id = "com.netflix.nebula.locks"
             displayName = "Nebula Dependency Locks Plugin"
-            description = "opinionated dependency locking for nebula projects"
+            description = "Nebula OSS Internal use ONLY"
             implementationClass = "com.netflix.nebula.convention.DependencyLockingPlugin"
             tags.set(listOf("nebula"))
             compatibility {
diff --git a/src/main/groovy/nebula/plugin/plugin/NebulaPluginPlugin.groovy b/src/main/groovy/nebula/plugin/plugin/NebulaPluginPlugin.groovy
index 2534c74..fd9cb94 100644
--- a/src/main/groovy/nebula/plugin/plugin/NebulaPluginPlugin.groovy
+++ b/src/main/groovy/nebula/plugin/plugin/NebulaPluginPlugin.groovy
@@ -76,8 +76,7 @@ class NebulaPluginPlugin implements Plugin<Project> {
         project.group = 'com.netflix.nebula'
 
         project.afterEvaluate {
-            if(!project.pluginManager.hasPlugin("com.netflix.nebula.locks") &&
-                    !project.pluginManager.hasPlugin("com.netflix.nebula.dependency-lock")){
+            if(!project.pluginManager.hasPlugin("com.netflix.nebula.locks")) {
                Problem problem = problems.reporter.create(NebulaProblems.OSS_SETTINGS) {
                     it.details("locking convention is not found. using com.netflix.nebula.plugin-plugin without the oss.settings plugin is deprecated")
                     it.solution("apply the 'com.netflix.nebula.oss.settings' plugin in settings.gradle.kts")
diff --git a/src/main/kotlin/com/netflix/nebula/oss/settings/NebulaSettingsPlugin.kt b/src/main/kotlin/com/netflix/nebula/oss/settings/NebulaSettingsPlugin.kt
index 369f144..5275055 100644
--- a/src/main/kotlin/com/netflix/nebula/oss/settings/NebulaSettingsPlugin.kt
+++ b/src/main/kotlin/com/netflix/nebula/oss/settings/NebulaSettingsPlugin.kt
@@ -28,9 +28,7 @@ class NebulaSettingsPlugin : Plugin<Settings> {
         }
         settings.gradle.allprojects {
             pluginManager.apply("com.netflix.nebula.resolve")
-            pluginManager.apply("com.netflix.nebula.dependency-lock")
-            // TODO discuss replacing OSS deplock plugin with internal convention plugin
-            // pluginManager.apply("com.netflix.nebula.locks")
+            pluginManager.apply("com.netflix.nebula.locks")
         }
     }
 }
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diff --git a/src/test/kotlin/com/netflix/nebula/oss/settings/NebulaSettingsPluginTest.kt b/src/test/kotlin/com/netflix/nebula/oss/settings/NebulaSettingsPluginTest.kt
index eb6a600..0101fda 100644
--- a/src/test/kotlin/com/netflix/nebula/oss/settings/NebulaSettingsPluginTest.kt
+++ b/src/test/kotlin/com/netflix/nebula/oss/settings/NebulaSettingsPluginTest.kt
@@ -143,9 +143,6 @@ class NebulaSettingsPluginTest {
             properties {
                 buildCache(true)
                 configurationCache(true)
-
-                // will no longer be needed when we switch to internal convention plugin
-                property("systemProp.nebula.features.coreLockingSupport","true")
             }
             settings {
                 plugins {