diff --git a/build.gradle b/build.gradle
index 0784d347bb..a932269737 100644
--- a/build.gradle
+++ b/build.gradle
@@ -14,6 +14,120 @@ ext {
 subprojects {
     group = "io.opentelemetry"
     version = "0.9.0-SNAPSHOT" // CURRENT_OPEN_TELEMETRY_VERSION
+
+
+
+    plugins.withId("maven-publish") {
+        // Always include the artifactory/bintray plugins to do the deployment.
+        pluginManager.apply "com.jfrog.artifactory"
+        pluginManager.apply "com.jfrog.bintray"
+
+        publishing {
+            publications {
+                mavenPublication(MavenPublication) {
+                    version version
+                    groupId group
+
+                    plugins.withId("java-platform") {
+                        from(components["javaPlatform"])
+                    }
+                    plugins.withId("java-library") {
+                        from(components["java"])
+                    }
+
+                    versionMapping {
+                        allVariants {
+                            fromResolutionResult()
+                        }
+                    }
+
+                    pom {
+                        name = 'OpenTelemetry Java'
+                        packaging = 'jar'
+                        url = 'https://github.com/open-telemetry/opentelemetry-java'
+
+                        licenses {
+                            license {
+                                name = 'The Apache License, Version 2.0'
+                                url = 'http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0.txt'
+                            }
+                        }
+
+                        developers {
+                            developer {
+                                id = 'opentelemetry'
+                                name = 'OpenTelemetry Gitter'
+                                url = 'https://gitter.im/open-telemetry/community'
+                            }
+                        }
+
+                        scm {
+                            connection = 'scm:git:git@github.com:open-telemetry/opentelemetry-java.git'
+                            developerConnection = 'scm:git:git@github.com:open-telemetry/opentelemetry-java.git'
+                            url = 'git@github.com:open-telemetry/opentelemetry-java.git'
+                        }
+
+                        afterEvaluate {
+                            // description is not available until evaluated.
+                            description = project.description
+                        }
+                    }
+                }
+            }
+        }
+
+        // Snapshot publishing.
+        artifactory {
+            contextUrl = 'https://oss.jfrog.org'
+            publish {
+                repository {
+                    repoKey = 'oss-snapshot-local'
+                    username = System.getenv("BINTRAY_USER")
+                    password = System.getenv("BINTRAY_KEY")
+                }
+                defaults {
+                    publications('mavenPublication')
+                    publishArtifacts = true
+                    publishPom = true
+                }
+            }
+            resolve {
+                repoKey = 'libs-release'
+            }
+        }
+
+        // Release artifacts publishing.
+        bintray {
+            user = System.getenv("BINTRAY_USER")
+            key = System.getenv("BINTRAY_KEY")
+            publications = ['mavenPublication']
+
+            publish = true
+
+            pkg {
+                repo = 'maven'
+                name = 'opentelemetry-java'
+                licenses = ['Apache-2.0']
+                vcsUrl = 'https://github.com/open-telemetry/opentelemetry-java.git'
+                userOrg = 'open-telemetry'
+
+                githubRepo = 'open-telemetry/opentelemetry-java'
+
+                version {
+                    name = project.version
+
+                    gpg {
+                        sign = true
+                    }
+
+                    mavenCentralSync {
+                        user = System.getenv("SONATYPE_USER")
+                        password = System.getenv("SONATYPE_KEY")
+                    }
+                }
+            }
+        }
+    }
 }
 
 configure(opentelemetryProjects) {
@@ -37,6 +151,11 @@ configure(opentelemetryProjects) {
     sourceCompatibility = 1.7
     targetCompatibility = 1.7
 
+    java {
+        withJavadocJar()
+        withSourcesJar()
+    }
+
     tasks.withType(JavaCompile) {
         it.options.compilerArgs += [
                 "-Xlint:all",
@@ -269,20 +388,6 @@ configure(opentelemetryProjects) {
         sign configurations.archives
     }
 
-    task javadocJar(type: Jar) {
-        classifier = 'javadoc'
-        from javadoc
-    }
-
-    task sourcesJar(type: Jar) {
-        classifier = 'sources'
-        from sourceSets.main.allSource
-    }
-
-    artifacts {
-        archives javadocJar, sourcesJar
-    }
-
     // At a test failure, log the stack trace to the console so that we don't
     // have to open the HTML in a browser.
     test {
@@ -339,115 +444,6 @@ configure(opentelemetryProjects) {
         // Always run jmhReport after jmh task.
         tasks.jmh.finalizedBy tasks.jmhReport
     }
-
-    plugins.withId("maven-publish") {
-        // Always include the artifactory/bintray plugins to do the deployment.
-        pluginManager.apply "com.jfrog.artifactory"
-        pluginManager.apply "com.jfrog.bintray"
-
-        publishing {
-            publications {
-                mavenPublication(MavenPublication) {
-                    version version
-                    groupId group
-
-                    from components.java
-                    artifact sourcesJar
-                    artifact javadocJar
-
-                    versionMapping {
-                        allVariants {
-                            fromResolutionResult()
-                        }
-                    }
-
-                    pom {
-                        name = 'OpenTelemetry Java'
-                        packaging = 'jar'
-                        url = 'https://github.com/open-telemetry/opentelemetry-java'
-
-                        licenses {
-                            license {
-                                name = 'The Apache License, Version 2.0'
-                                url = 'http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0.txt'
-                            }
-                        }
-
-                        developers {
-                            developer {
-                                id = 'opentelemetry'
-                                name = 'OpenTelemetry Gitter'
-                                url = 'https://gitter.im/open-telemetry/community'
-                            }
-                        }
-
-                        scm {
-                            connection = 'scm:git:git@github.com:open-telemetry/opentelemetry-java.git'
-                            developerConnection = 'scm:git:git@github.com:open-telemetry/opentelemetry-java.git'
-                            url = 'git@github.com:open-telemetry/opentelemetry-java.git'
-                        }
-
-                        afterEvaluate {
-                            // description is not available until evaluated.
-                            description = project.description
-                        }
-                    }
-                }
-            }
-        }
-
-        // Snapshot publishing.
-        artifactory {
-            contextUrl = 'https://oss.jfrog.org'
-            publish {
-                repository {
-                    repoKey = 'oss-snapshot-local'
-                    username = System.getenv("BINTRAY_USER")
-                    password = System.getenv("BINTRAY_KEY")
-                }
-                defaults {
-                    publications('mavenPublication')
-                    publishArtifacts = true
-                    publishPom = true
-                }
-            }
-            resolve {
-                repoKey = 'libs-release'
-            }
-        }
-
-        // Release artifacts publishing.
-        bintray {
-            user = System.getenv("BINTRAY_USER")
-            key = System.getenv("BINTRAY_KEY")
-            publications = ['mavenPublication']
-
-            publish = true
-
-            pkg {
-                repo = 'maven'
-                name = 'opentelemetry-java'
-                licenses = ['Apache-2.0']
-                vcsUrl = 'https://github.com/open-telemetry/opentelemetry-java.git'
-                userOrg = 'open-telemetry'
-
-                githubRepo = 'open-telemetry/opentelemetry-java'
-
-                version {
-                    name = project.version
-
-                    gpg {
-                        sign = true
-                    }
-
-                    mavenCentralSync {
-                        user = System.getenv("SONATYPE_USER")
-                        password = System.getenv("SONATYPE_KEY")
-                    }
-                }
-            }
-        }
-    }
 }
 
 wrapper {