diff --git a/build-logic/plugins/src/main/groovy/org/apache/grails/buildsrc/GradleUtils.groovy b/build-logic/plugins/src/main/groovy/org/apache/grails/buildsrc/GradleUtils.groovy
index 2b1e9057a9c..2ee3b782f11 100644
--- a/build-logic/plugins/src/main/groovy/org/apache/grails/buildsrc/GradleUtils.groovy
+++ b/build-logic/plugins/src/main/groovy/org/apache/grails/buildsrc/GradleUtils.groovy
@@ -41,8 +41,4 @@ class GradleUtils {
     static <T> T lookupProperty(Project project, String name, T defaultValue = null) {
         project.findProperty(name) as T ?: defaultValue
     }
-
-    static <T> T lookupPropertyByType(Project project, String name, Class<T> type) {
-        project.findProperty(name) as T
-    }
 }
diff --git a/build-logic/plugins/src/main/groovy/org/apache/grails/buildsrc/SbomPlugin.groovy b/build-logic/plugins/src/main/groovy/org/apache/grails/buildsrc/SbomPlugin.groovy
index bde5353d5df..0f7acf4256a 100644
--- a/build-logic/plugins/src/main/groovy/org/apache/grails/buildsrc/SbomPlugin.groovy
+++ b/build-logic/plugins/src/main/groovy/org/apache/grails/buildsrc/SbomPlugin.groovy
@@ -48,7 +48,6 @@ import java.time.format.DateTimeFormatter
 import java.time.temporal.ChronoUnit
 
 import static org.apache.grails.buildsrc.GradleUtils.lookupProperty
-import static org.apache.grails.buildsrc.GradleUtils.lookupPropertyByType
 
 @CompileStatic
 class SbomPlugin implements Plugin<Project> {
@@ -125,8 +124,8 @@ class SbomPlugin implements Plugin<Project> {
         def sbomOutputLocation = project.layout.buildDirectory.file(
             project.provider {
                 def artifactId = lookupProperty(project, 'pomArtifactId', project.name)
-                def version = lookupPropertyByType(project, 'projectVersion', String)
-                "${artifactId}-${version}-sbom.json" as String
+                def version = project.findProperty('projectVersion')
+                "$artifactId-$version-sbom.json" as String
             }
         )