diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 17c19ed9..0256db58 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -7,6 +7,9 @@ and this project adheres to [Semantic Versioning](https://semver.org/).
 
 ## [Unreleased]
 
+-  remove KtLintIdea Plugin [#726](https://github.com/JLLeitschuh/ktlint-gradle/pull/726).
+   This plugin is no longer needed as ktlint configuration is driven by .editorconfig now, which IDEA will respect out of the box.
+
 ## [12.0.1] - 2023-11-30
 
 -   update configure-pagefile-action task [#725](https://github.com/JLLeitschuh/ktlint-gradle/pull/725)
diff --git a/plugin/build.gradle.kts b/plugin/build.gradle.kts
index ec66562f..eab4e7f6 100644
--- a/plugin/build.gradle.kts
+++ b/plugin/build.gradle.kts
@@ -308,11 +308,6 @@ gradlePlugin {
             implementationClass = "org.jlleitschuh.gradle.ktlint.KtlintPlugin"
             displayName = "Ktlint Gradle Plugin"
         }
-        register("ktlintIdeaPlugin") {
-            id = "org.jlleitschuh.gradle.ktlint-idea"
-            implementationClass = "org.jlleitschuh.gradle.ktlint.KtlintIdeaPlugin"
-            displayName = "Ktlint Gradle IDEA Plugin"
-        }
     }
 }