diff --git a/spring-boot-project/spring-boot-tools/spring-boot-gradle-plugin/src/main/java/org/springframework/boot/gradle/plugin/SpringBootAotPlugin.java b/spring-boot-project/spring-boot-tools/spring-boot-gradle-plugin/src/main/java/org/springframework/boot/gradle/plugin/SpringBootAotPlugin.java
index 71199a2951e..00ba7218499 100644
--- a/spring-boot-project/spring-boot-tools/spring-boot-gradle-plugin/src/main/java/org/springframework/boot/gradle/plugin/SpringBootAotPlugin.java
+++ b/spring-boot-project/spring-boot-tools/spring-boot-gradle-plugin/src/main/java/org/springframework/boot/gradle/plugin/SpringBootAotPlugin.java
@@ -16,6 +16,9 @@
 
 package org.springframework.boot.gradle.plugin;
 
+import java.util.Set;
+import java.util.stream.Stream;
+
 import org.gradle.api.Plugin;
 import org.gradle.api.Project;
 import org.gradle.api.artifacts.Configuration;
@@ -155,7 +158,7 @@ public class SpringBootAotPlugin implements Plugin<Project> {
 			classpath.setCanBeConsumed(false);
 			classpath.setCanBeResolved(true);
 			classpath.setDescription("Classpath of the " + taskName + " task.");
-			base.getExtendsFrom().forEach(classpath::extendsFrom);
+			removeDevelopmentOnly(base.getExtendsFrom()).forEach(classpath::extendsFrom);
 			classpath.attributes((attributes) -> {
 				AttributeContainer baseAttributes = base.getAttributes();
 				for (Attribute<?> attribute : baseAttributes.keySet()) {
@@ -166,6 +169,14 @@ public class SpringBootAotPlugin implements Plugin<Project> {
 		return aotClasspath;
 	}
 
+	private Stream<Configuration> removeDevelopmentOnly(Set<Configuration> configurations) {
+		return configurations.stream().filter(this::isNotDevelopmentOnly);
+	}
+
+	private boolean isNotDevelopmentOnly(Configuration configuration) {
+		return !SpringBootPlugin.DEVELOPMENT_ONLY_CONFIGURATION_NAME.equals(configuration.getName());
+	}
+
 	private void configureDependsOn(Project project, SourceSet aotSourceSet,
 			TaskProvider<? extends AbstractAot> processAot) {
 		project.getTasks()
diff --git a/spring-boot-project/spring-boot-tools/spring-boot-gradle-plugin/src/test/java/org/springframework/boot/gradle/plugin/SpringBootAotPluginIntegrationTests.java b/spring-boot-project/spring-boot-tools/spring-boot-gradle-plugin/src/test/java/org/springframework/boot/gradle/plugin/SpringBootAotPluginIntegrationTests.java
index 61044f636ec..b3d9932037a 100644
--- a/spring-boot-project/spring-boot-tools/spring-boot-gradle-plugin/src/test/java/org/springframework/boot/gradle/plugin/SpringBootAotPluginIntegrationTests.java
+++ b/spring-boot-project/spring-boot-tools/spring-boot-gradle-plugin/src/test/java/org/springframework/boot/gradle/plugin/SpringBootAotPluginIntegrationTests.java
@@ -95,6 +95,18 @@ class SpringBootAotPluginIntegrationTests {
 		assertThat(output).contains("org.jboss.logging" + File.separatorChar + "jboss-logging");
 	}
 
+	@TestTemplate
+	void processAotDoesNotHaveDevelopmentOnlyDependenciesOnItsClasspath() {
+		String output = this.gradleBuild.build("processAotClasspath").getOutput();
+		assertThat(output).doesNotContain("commons-lang");
+	}
+
+	@TestTemplate
+	void processTestAotDoesNotHaveDevelopmentOnlyDependenciesOnItsClasspath() {
+		String output = this.gradleBuild.build("processTestAotClasspath", "--stacktrace").getOutput();
+		assertThat(output).doesNotContain("commons-lang");
+	}
+
 	@TestTemplate
 	void processAotRunsWhenProjectHasMainSource() throws IOException {
 		writeMainClass("org.springframework.boot", "SpringApplicationAotProcessor");
diff --git a/spring-boot-project/spring-boot-tools/spring-boot-gradle-plugin/src/test/resources/org/springframework/boot/gradle/plugin/SpringBootAotPluginIntegrationTests-processAotDoesNotHaveDevelopmentOnlyDependenciesOnItsClasspath.gradle b/spring-boot-project/spring-boot-tools/spring-boot-gradle-plugin/src/test/resources/org/springframework/boot/gradle/plugin/SpringBootAotPluginIntegrationTests-processAotDoesNotHaveDevelopmentOnlyDependenciesOnItsClasspath.gradle
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..a9a22712d75
--- /dev/null
+++ b/spring-boot-project/spring-boot-tools/spring-boot-gradle-plugin/src/test/resources/org/springframework/boot/gradle/plugin/SpringBootAotPluginIntegrationTests-processAotDoesNotHaveDevelopmentOnlyDependenciesOnItsClasspath.gradle
@@ -0,0 +1,20 @@
+plugins {
+	id 'org.springframework.boot' version '{version}'
+	id 'java'
+}
+
+apply plugin: 'org.springframework.boot.aot'
+
+repositories {
+	mavenCentral()
+}
+
+dependencies {
+	developmentOnly("org.apache.commons:commons-lang3:3.12.0")
+}
+
+task('processAotClasspath') {
+	doFirst {
+		tasks.processAot.classpath.each { println it }
+	}
+}
diff --git a/spring-boot-project/spring-boot-tools/spring-boot-gradle-plugin/src/test/resources/org/springframework/boot/gradle/plugin/SpringBootAotPluginIntegrationTests-processTestAotDoesNotHaveDevelopmentOnlyDependenciesOnItsClasspath.gradle b/spring-boot-project/spring-boot-tools/spring-boot-gradle-plugin/src/test/resources/org/springframework/boot/gradle/plugin/SpringBootAotPluginIntegrationTests-processTestAotDoesNotHaveDevelopmentOnlyDependenciesOnItsClasspath.gradle
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..80fdfbd3a15
--- /dev/null
+++ b/spring-boot-project/spring-boot-tools/spring-boot-gradle-plugin/src/test/resources/org/springframework/boot/gradle/plugin/SpringBootAotPluginIntegrationTests-processTestAotDoesNotHaveDevelopmentOnlyDependenciesOnItsClasspath.gradle
@@ -0,0 +1,31 @@
+plugins {
+	id 'org.springframework.boot' version '{version}'
+	id 'java'
+}
+
+apply plugin: 'org.springframework.boot.aot'
+
+repositories {
+	mavenCentral()
+	maven { url 'file:repository' }
+}
+
+configurations.all {
+	resolutionStrategy {
+		eachDependency {
+			if (it.requested.group == 'org.springframework.boot') {
+				it.useVersion project.bootVersion
+			}
+		}
+	}
+}
+
+dependencies {
+	developmentOnly("org.apache.commons:commons-lang3:3.12.0")
+}
+
+task('processTestAotClasspath') {
+	doFirst {
+		tasks.processTestAot.classpath.each { println it }
+	}
+}