diff --git a/metals/src/main/scala/scala/meta/internal/metals/InteractiveSemanticdbs.scala b/metals/src/main/scala/scala/meta/internal/metals/InteractiveSemanticdbs.scala
index 6e2631634f9..35f4e367377 100644
--- a/metals/src/main/scala/scala/meta/internal/metals/InteractiveSemanticdbs.scala
+++ b/metals/src/main/scala/scala/meta/internal/metals/InteractiveSemanticdbs.scala
@@ -2,25 +2,18 @@ package scala.meta.internal.metals
 
 import java.nio.charset.Charset
 import java.util.Collections
-import java.util.concurrent.atomic.AtomicReference
 
 import scala.util.Success
 import scala.util.Try
 
 import scala.meta.internal.builds.SbtBuildTool
-import scala.meta.internal.metals.Messages._
 import scala.meta.internal.metals.MetalsEnrichments._
-import scala.meta.internal.metals.clients.language.MetalsLanguageClient
 import scala.meta.internal.mtags.MD5
 import scala.meta.internal.mtags.Semanticdbs
 import scala.meta.internal.mtags.TextDocumentLookup
 import scala.meta.internal.{semanticdb => s}
 import scala.meta.io.AbsolutePath
 
-import org.eclipse.lsp4j.DiagnosticSeverity
-import org.eclipse.lsp4j.PublishDiagnosticsParams
-import org.eclipse.{lsp4j => l}
-
 /**
  * Produces SemanticDBs on-demand by using the presentation compiler.
  *
@@ -34,9 +27,7 @@ final class InteractiveSemanticdbs(
     workspace: AbsolutePath,
     buildTargets: BuildTargets,
     charset: Charset,
-    client: MetalsLanguageClient,
     tables: Tables,
-    statusBar: StatusBar,
     compilers: () => Compilers,
     clientConfig: ClientConfiguration,
     semanticdbIndexer: () => SemanticdbIndexer,
@@ -45,7 +36,6 @@ final class InteractiveSemanticdbs(
 ) extends Cancelable
     with Semanticdbs {
 
-  private val activeDocument = new AtomicReference[Option[String]](None)
   private val textDocumentCache = Collections.synchronizedMap(
     new java.util.HashMap[AbsolutePath, s.TextDocument]()
   )
@@ -134,42 +124,6 @@ final class InteractiveSemanticdbs(
     }
   }
 
-  /**
-   * Unpublish diagnostics for un-focused dependency source, if any, and publish diagnostics
-   * for the currently focused source, if any.
-   */
-  def didFocus(path: AbsolutePath): Unit = {
-    activeDocument.get().foreach { uri =>
-      client.publishDiagnostics(
-        new PublishDiagnosticsParams(uri, Collections.emptyList())
-      )
-    }
-    if (path.isDependencySource(workspace)) {
-      textDocument(path).toOption.foreach { doc =>
-        val uri = path.toURI.toString()
-        activeDocument.set(Some(uri))
-        val diagnostics = for {
-          diag <- doc.diagnostics
-          if diag.severity.isError
-          range <- diag.range
-        } yield {
-          // Use INFO instead of ERROR severity because these diagnostics are published for readonly
-          // files of external dependencies so the user cannot fix them.
-          val severity = DiagnosticSeverity.Information
-          new l.Diagnostic(range.toLsp, diag.message, severity, "scala")
-        }
-        if (diagnostics.nonEmpty) {
-          statusBar.addMessage(partialNavigation(clientConfig.icons))
-          client.publishDiagnostics(
-            new PublishDiagnosticsParams(uri, diagnostics.asJava)
-          )
-        }
-      }
-    } else {
-      activeDocument.set(None)
-    }
-  }
-
   private def compile(source: AbsolutePath, text: String): s.TextDocument = {
     if (source.isJavaFilename)
       javaInteractiveSemanticdb.fold(s.TextDocument())(
diff --git a/metals/src/main/scala/scala/meta/internal/metals/MetalsLspService.scala b/metals/src/main/scala/scala/meta/internal/metals/MetalsLspService.scala
index c220d3859ff..ce44dd3efce 100644
--- a/metals/src/main/scala/scala/meta/internal/metals/MetalsLspService.scala
+++ b/metals/src/main/scala/scala/meta/internal/metals/MetalsLspService.scala
@@ -364,9 +364,7 @@ class MetalsLspService(
         folder,
         buildTargets,
         charset,
-        languageClient,
         tables,
-        statusBar,
         () => compilers,
         clientConfig,
         () => semanticDBIndexer,
@@ -1076,11 +1074,7 @@ class MetalsLspService(
     } yield ()
 
     if (path.isDependencySource(folder)) {
-      CancelTokens { _ =>
-        // publish diagnostics
-        interactiveSemanticdbs.didFocus(path)
-        ()
-      }
+      CompletableFuture.completedFuture(())
     } else {
       buildServerPromise.future.flatMap { _ =>
         def load(): Future[Unit] = {
@@ -1135,8 +1129,6 @@ class MetalsLspService(
     buildTargets
       .inverseSources(path)
       .foreach(focusedDocumentBuildTarget.set)
-    // unpublish diagnostic for dependencies
-    interactiveSemanticdbs.didFocus(path)
     // Don't trigger compilation on didFocus events under cascade compilation
     // because save events already trigger compile in inverse dependencies.
     if (path.isDependencySource(folder)) {