diff --git a/templates/sast.yml b/templates/sast.yml
index ca6d54c..a3f3bff 100644
--- a/templates/sast.yml
+++ b/templates/sast.yml
@@ -48,19 +48,12 @@ brakeman-sast:
 
 flawfinder-sast:
   extends: .sast-analyzer
-  image:
-    name: "$[[ inputs.image_prefix ]]/flawfinder:$[[ inputs.image_tag ]]"
+  script:
+    - echo "This job was deprecated in GitLab 16.8 and removed in GitLab 17.0"
+    - echo "For more information see https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/gitlab/-/issues/425085"
+    - exit 1
   rules:
-    - if: '"$[[ inputs.excluded_analyzers ]]" =~ /flawfinder/'
-      when: never
-    - if: $CI_COMMIT_BRANCH
-      exists:
-        - '**/*.c'
-        - '**/*.cc'
-        - '**/*.cpp'
-        - '**/*.c++'
-        - '**/*.cp'
-        - '**/*.cxx'
+    - when: never
 
 kubesec-sast:
   extends: .sast-analyzer