diff --git a/.github/workflows/build-and-test-pr.yml b/.github/workflows/build-and-test-pr.yml
index 2e9b7aacb64..a5438d7bb4c 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/build-and-test-pr.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/build-and-test-pr.yml
@@ -70,16 +70,7 @@ jobs:
       - name: "Build Dubbo with Maven"
         run: |
           cd ./dubbo
-          ./mvnw --batch-mode --no-snapshot-updates -e --no-transfer-progress --fail-fast clean source:jar install -Pjacoco,rat,checkstyle -Dmaven.wagon.httpconnectionManager.ttlSeconds=120 -Dmaven.wagon.http.retryHandler.count=5 -Dmaven.test.skip=true -Dmaven.test.skip.exec=true -DembeddedZookeeperPath=${{ github.workspace }}/.tmp/zookeeper
-      - name: "Pack rat file if failure"
-        if: failure()
-        run: 7z a ${{ github.workspace }}/rat.zip *rat.txt -r
-      - name: "Upload rat file if failure"
-        if: failure()
-        uses: actions/upload-artifact@v3
-        with:
-          name: "rat-file"
-          path: ${{ github.workspace }}/rat.zip
+          ./mvnw --batch-mode --no-snapshot-updates -e --no-transfer-progress --fail-fast clean source:jar install -Pjacoco,checkstyle -Dmaven.wagon.httpconnectionManager.ttlSeconds=120 -Dmaven.wagon.http.retryHandler.count=5 -Dmaven.test.skip=true -Dmaven.test.skip.exec=true -DembeddedZookeeperPath=${{ github.workspace }}/.tmp/zookeeper
       - name: "Pack checkstyle file if failure"
         if: failure()
         run: 7z a ${{ github.workspace }}/checkstyle.zip *checkstyle* -r
diff --git a/.github/workflows/build-and-test-scheduled-3.0.yml b/.github/workflows/build-and-test-scheduled-3.0.yml
index b8dedaeb595..2659f798017 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/build-and-test-scheduled-3.0.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/build-and-test-scheduled-3.0.yml
@@ -50,16 +50,7 @@ jobs:
       - name: "Build Dubbo with Maven"
         run: |
           cd ./dubbo
-          ./mvnw --batch-mode --no-snapshot-updates -e --no-transfer-progress --fail-fast clean source:jar install -Pjacoco,rat,checkstyle -Dmaven.wagon.httpconnectionManager.ttlSeconds=120 -Dmaven.wagon.http.retryHandler.count=5 -Dmaven.test.skip=true -Dmaven.test.skip.exec=true -DembeddedZookeeperPath=${{ github.workspace }}/.tmp/zookeeper
-      - name: "Pack rat file if failure"
-        if: failure()
-        run: 7z a ${{ github.workspace }}/rat.zip *rat.txt -r
-      - name: "Upload rat file if failure"
-        if: failure()
-        uses: actions/upload-artifact@v3
-        with:
-          name: "rat-file"
-          path: ${{ github.workspace }}/rat.zip
+          ./mvnw --batch-mode --no-snapshot-updates -e --no-transfer-progress --fail-fast clean source:jar install -Pjacoco,checkstyle -Dmaven.wagon.httpconnectionManager.ttlSeconds=120 -Dmaven.wagon.http.retryHandler.count=5 -Dmaven.test.skip=true -Dmaven.test.skip.exec=true -DembeddedZookeeperPath=${{ github.workspace }}/.tmp/zookeeper
       - name: "Pack checkstyle file if failure"
         if: failure()
         run: 7z a ${{ github.workspace }}/checkstyle.zip *checkstyle* -r
diff --git a/.github/workflows/build-and-test-scheduled-3.1.yml b/.github/workflows/build-and-test-scheduled-3.1.yml
index 75cc2f1798c..eebfdcc395b 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/build-and-test-scheduled-3.1.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/build-and-test-scheduled-3.1.yml
@@ -60,16 +60,7 @@ jobs:
       - name: "Build Dubbo with Maven"
         run: |
           cd ./dubbo
-          ./mvnw --batch-mode --no-snapshot-updates -e --no-transfer-progress --fail-fast clean source:jar install -Pjacoco,rat,checkstyle -Dmaven.wagon.httpconnectionManager.ttlSeconds=120 -Dmaven.wagon.http.retryHandler.count=5 -Dmaven.test.skip=true -Dmaven.test.skip.exec=true -DembeddedZookeeperPath=${{ github.workspace }}/.tmp/zookeeper
-      - name: "Pack rat file if failure"
-        if: failure()
-        run: 7z a ${{ github.workspace }}/rat.zip *rat.txt -r
-      - name: "Upload rat file if failure"
-        if: failure()
-        uses: actions/upload-artifact@v3
-        with:
-          name: "rat-file"
-          path: ${{ github.workspace }}/rat.zip
+          ./mvnw --batch-mode --no-snapshot-updates -e --no-transfer-progress --fail-fast clean source:jar install -Pjacoco,checkstyle -Dmaven.wagon.httpconnectionManager.ttlSeconds=120 -Dmaven.wagon.http.retryHandler.count=5 -Dmaven.test.skip=true -Dmaven.test.skip.exec=true -DembeddedZookeeperPath=${{ github.workspace }}/.tmp/zookeeper
       - name: "Pack checkstyle file if failure"
         if: failure()
         run: 7z a ${{ github.workspace }}/checkstyle.zip *checkstyle* -r
diff --git a/.github/workflows/build-and-test-scheduled-3.2.yml b/.github/workflows/build-and-test-scheduled-3.2.yml
index 9431efa2447..5c8c43dd346 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/build-and-test-scheduled-3.2.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/build-and-test-scheduled-3.2.yml
@@ -60,16 +60,7 @@ jobs:
       - name: "Build Dubbo with Maven"
         run: |
           cd ./dubbo
-          ./mvnw --batch-mode --no-snapshot-updates -e --no-transfer-progress --fail-fast clean source:jar install -Pjacoco,rat,checkstyle -Dmaven.wagon.httpconnectionManager.ttlSeconds=120 -Dmaven.wagon.http.retryHandler.count=5 -Dmaven.test.skip=true -Dmaven.test.skip.exec=true -DembeddedZookeeperPath=${{ github.workspace }}/.tmp/zookeeper
-      - name: "Pack rat file if failure"
-        if: failure()
-        run: 7z a ${{ github.workspace }}/rat.zip *rat.txt -r
-      - name: "Upload rat file if failure"
-        if: failure()
-        uses: actions/upload-artifact@v3
-        with:
-          name: "rat-file"
-          path: ${{ github.workspace }}/rat.zip
+          ./mvnw --batch-mode --no-snapshot-updates -e --no-transfer-progress --fail-fast clean source:jar install -Pjacoco,checkstyle -Dmaven.wagon.httpconnectionManager.ttlSeconds=120 -Dmaven.wagon.http.retryHandler.count=5 -Dmaven.test.skip=true -Dmaven.test.skip.exec=true -DembeddedZookeeperPath=${{ github.workspace }}/.tmp/zookeeper
       - name: "Pack checkstyle file if failure"
         if: failure()
         run: 7z a ${{ github.workspace }}/checkstyle.zip *checkstyle* -r
diff --git a/.github/workflows/release-test.yml b/.github/workflows/release-test.yml
index ee8348c5a7c..17c591e6c89 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/release-test.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/release-test.yml
@@ -58,16 +58,7 @@ jobs:
       - name: "Build Dubbo with Maven"
         run: |
           cd ./dubbo
-          ./mvnw --batch-mode --no-snapshot-updates -e --no-transfer-progress --fail-fast clean source:jar install -Pjacoco,rat,checkstyle -Dmaven.wagon.httpconnectionManager.ttlSeconds=120 -Dmaven.wagon.http.retryHandler.count=5 -Dmaven.test.skip=true -Dmaven.test.skip.exec=true -DembeddedZookeeperPath=${{ github.workspace }}/.tmp/zookeeper
-      - name: "Pack rat file if failure"
-        if: failure()
-        run: 7z a ${{ github.workspace }}/rat.zip *rat.txt -r
-      - name: "Upload rat file if failure"
-        if: failure()
-        uses: actions/upload-artifact@v2
-        with:
-          name: "rat-file"
-          path: ${{ github.workspace }}/rat.zip
+          ./mvnw --batch-mode --no-snapshot-updates -e --no-transfer-progress --fail-fast clean source:jar install -Pjacoco,checkstyle -Dmaven.wagon.httpconnectionManager.ttlSeconds=120 -Dmaven.wagon.http.retryHandler.count=5 -Dmaven.test.skip=true -Dmaven.test.skip.exec=true -DembeddedZookeeperPath=${{ github.workspace }}/.tmp/zookeeper
       - name: "Pack checkstyle file if failure"
         if: failure()
         run: 7z a ${{ github.workspace }}/checkstyle.zip *checkstyle* -r
diff --git a/dubbo-build-tools/pom.xml b/dubbo-build-tools/pom.xml
index f0f0be33746..28bae806b19 100644
--- a/dubbo-build-tools/pom.xml
+++ b/dubbo-build-tools/pom.xml
@@ -27,55 +27,4 @@
       <maven.deploy.skip>true</maven.deploy.skip>
     </properties>
 
-    <build>
-        <plugins>
-            <plugin>
-                <groupId>org.apache.rat</groupId>
-                <artifactId>apache-rat-plugin</artifactId>
-                <version>0.15</version>
-                <executions>
-                    <execution>
-                        <id>verify.rat</id>
-                        <phase>verify</phase>
-                        <goals>
-                            <goal>check</goal>
-                        </goals>
-                    </execution>
-                </executions>
-                <configuration>
-                    <excludes>
-                        <exclude>**/*.versionsBackup</exclude>
-                        <exclude>**/.idea/</exclude>
-                        <exclude>**/*.iml</exclude>
-                        <exclude>**/*.txt</exclude>
-                        <exclude>**/*.load</exclude>
-                        <exclude>**/*.flex</exclude>
-                        <exclude>**/*.fc</exclude>
-                        <exclude>**/*.javascript</exclude>
-                        <exclude>**/*.properties</exclude>
-                        <exclude>**/*.thrift</exclude>
-                        <exclude>**/*.sh</exclude>
-                        <exclude>**/*.bat</exclude>
-                        <exclude>**/*.md</exclude>
-                        <exclude>.git/</exclude>
-                        <exclude>.gitignore</exclude>
-                        <exclude>.repository/</exclude>
-                        <exclude>**/.settings/*</exclude>
-                        <exclude>**/.classpath</exclude>
-                        <exclude>**/.project</exclude>
-                        <exclude>**/target/**</exclude>
-                        <exclude>**/generated/**</exclude>
-                        <exclude>**/*.log</exclude>
-                        <exclude>CONTRIBUTING.md</exclude>
-                        <exclude>README.md</exclude>
-                        <exclude>**/codestyle/*</exclude>
-                        <exclude>**/resources/META-INF/**</exclude>
-                        <exclude>.github/**</exclude>
-                        <exclude>compiler/**</exclude>
-                    </excludes>
-                </configuration>
-            </plugin>
-        </plugins>
-    </build>
-
 </project>
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index ad4062256cb..82a65a04c7e 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -124,7 +124,6 @@
         <maven_jacoco_version>0.8.8</maven_jacoco_version>
         <maven_flatten_version>1.3.0</maven_flatten_version>
         <maven_enforce_version>3.2.1</maven_enforce_version>
-        <apache-rat-plugin.version>0.15</apache-rat-plugin.version>
         <arguments />
         <checkstyle.skip>true</checkstyle.skip>
         <checkstyle_unix.skip>true</checkstyle_unix.skip>
@@ -273,13 +272,7 @@
                 <jacoco.skip>false</jacoco.skip>
             </properties>
         </profile>
-        <!-- check apache license: mvn validate -Prat  -->
-        <profile>
-            <id>rat</id>
-            <properties>
-                <rat.skip>false</rat.skip>
-            </properties>
-        </profile>
+        
         <!-- check code style: mvn validate -Pcheckstyle  -->
         <profile>
             <id>checkstyle</id>
@@ -705,81 +698,6 @@
                     <encoding>${file_encoding}</encoding>
                 </configuration>
             </plugin>
-            <plugin>
-                <groupId>org.apache.rat</groupId>
-                <artifactId>apache-rat-plugin</artifactId>
-                <version>${apache-rat-plugin.version}</version>
-                <executions>
-                    <execution>
-                        <id>rat-validate</id>
-                        <phase>validate</phase>
-                        <goals>
-                            <goal>check</goal>
-                        </goals>
-                    </execution>
-                </executions>
-                <configuration>
-                    <excludes>
-                        <exclude>**/*.versionsBackup</exclude>
-                        <exclude>**/.idea/</exclude>
-                        <exclude>**/*.iml</exclude>
-                        <exclude>**/*.txt</exclude>
-                        <exclude>**/*.load</exclude>
-                        <exclude>**/*.flex</exclude>
-                        <exclude>**/*.fc</exclude>
-                        <exclude>**/*.properties</exclude>
-                        <exclude>**/*.sh</exclude>
-                        <exclude>**/*.bat</exclude>
-                        <exclude>**/*.md</exclude>
-                        <exclude>.git/</exclude>
-                        <exclude>.tmp/</exclude>
-                        <exclude>.gitignore</exclude>
-                        <!-- ASF jenkins box puts the Maven repo in our root directory. -->
-                        <exclude>.repository/</exclude>
-                        <exclude>**/.settings/*</exclude>
-                        <exclude>**/.classpath</exclude>
-                        <exclude>**/.project</exclude>
-                        <exclude>**/target/**</exclude>
-                        <exclude>**/*.log</exclude>
-                        <exclude>CODE_OF_CONDUCT.md</exclude>
-                        <exclude>.codecov.yml</exclude>
-                        <exclude>.travis.yml</exclude>
-                        <exclude>PULL_REQUEST_TEMPLATE.md</exclude>
-                        <exclude>CONTRIBUTING.md</exclude>
-                        <exclude>README.md</exclude>
-                        <exclude>Jenkinsfile</exclude>
-                        <exclude>**/codestyle/*</exclude>
-                        <exclude>**/resources/META-INF/**</exclude>
-                        <!-- exclude the grpc files -->
-                        <exclude>**/org/apache/dubbo/common/threadpool/serial/SerializingExecutor.java</exclude>
-                        <!-- exclude the netty files -->
-                        <exclude>**/org/apache/dubbo/common/threadlocal/InternalThreadLocal.java</exclude>
-                        <exclude>**/org/apache/dubbo/common/threadlocal/InternalThreadLocalMap.java</exclude>
-                        <exclude>**/org/apache/dubbo/common/timer/TimerTask.java</exclude>
-                        <exclude>**/org/apache/dubbo/common/timer/Timer.java</exclude>
-                        <exclude>**/org/apache/dubbo/common/timer/Timeout.java</exclude>
-                        <exclude>**/org/apache/dubbo/common/timer/HashedWheelTimer.java</exclude>
-                        <!-- exclude the edazdarevic files -->
-                        <exclude>**/org/apache/dubbo/common/utils/CIDRUtils.java</exclude>
-                        <!-- exclude protobuf generated files -->
-                        <exclude>**/org/apache/dubbo/common/serialize/protobuf/support/wrapper/MapValue.java
-                        </exclude>
-                        <exclude>
-                            **/org/apache/dubbo/common/serialize/protobuf/support/wrapper/ThrowablePB.java
-                        </exclude>
-                        <exclude>
-                            **/org/apache/dubbo/common/utils/Utf8Utils.java
-                        </exclude>
-                        <exclude>**/org/apache/dubbo/rpc/protocol/tri/TriHttp2RemoteFlowController.java</exclude>
-                        <exclude>.github/**</exclude>
-                        <exclude>compiler/**</exclude>
-                        <exclude>**/generated/**</exclude>
-                        <!-- exclude mockito extensions spi files -->
-                        <exclude>**/mockito-extensions/*</exclude>
-                        <exclude>**/*.dubbo.cache</exclude>
-                    </excludes>
-                </configuration>
-            </plugin>
             <plugin>
                 <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
                 <artifactId>maven-release-plugin</artifactId>