diff --git a/runners/gradle-plugin/build.gradle.kts b/runners/gradle-plugin/build.gradle.kts
index 07f29ae038..f8e519e647 100644
--- a/runners/gradle-plugin/build.gradle.kts
+++ b/runners/gradle-plugin/build.gradle.kts
@@ -30,6 +30,16 @@ dependencies {
     )
 }
 
+// Gradle will put its own version of the stdlib in the classpath, do not pull our own we will end up with
+// warnings like 'Runtime JAR files in the classpath should have the same version'
+configurations.api {
+    exclude(group = "org.jetbrains.kotlin", module = "kotlin-stdlib")
+    exclude(group = "org.jetbrains.kotlin", module = "kotlin-stdlib-jdk7")
+    exclude(group = "org.jetbrains.kotlin", module = "kotlin-stdlib-jdk8")
+    exclude(group = "org.jetbrains.kotlin", module = "kotlin-stdlib-common")
+}
+
+
 val sourceJar by tasks.registering(Jar::class) {
     archiveClassifier.set("sources")
     from(sourceSets["main"].allSource)
diff --git a/runners/gradle-plugin/gradle.properties b/runners/gradle-plugin/gradle.properties
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..0d6aa7b61f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/runners/gradle-plugin/gradle.properties
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+kotlin.stdlib.default.dependency=false