diff --git a/app/common/build.gradle b/app/common/build.gradle
index 3fcb16466..e0fd6adb6 100644
--- a/app/common/build.gradle
+++ b/app/common/build.gradle
@@ -2,7 +2,8 @@
 bootRun {
     enabled = false
 }
-
+spotless {
+}
 dependencies {
     api 'org.springframework.boot:spring-boot-starter-web'
     api 'org.springframework.boot:spring-boot-starter-aop'
diff --git a/app/core/build.gradle b/app/core/build.gradle
index 9d36bf327..9817e1300 100644
--- a/app/core/build.gradle
+++ b/app/core/build.gradle
@@ -12,6 +12,9 @@ configurations {
     }
 }
 
+spotless {
+}
+
 dependencies {
     if (System.getenv('STIRLING_PDF_DESKTOP_UI') != 'false'
         || (project.hasProperty('STIRLING_PDF_DESKTOP_UI')
diff --git a/app/proprietary/build.gradle b/app/proprietary/build.gradle
index 4c4b2f26c..a1f869afe 100644
--- a/app/proprietary/build.gradle
+++ b/app/proprietary/build.gradle
@@ -4,7 +4,8 @@ repositories {
 bootRun {
     enabled = false
 }
-
+spotless {
+}
 dependencies {
     implementation project(':common')
 
diff --git a/build.gradle b/build.gradle
index 136f5c59c..5b32cf76a 100644
--- a/build.gradle
+++ b/build.gradle
@@ -198,10 +198,6 @@ subprojects {
             finalizedBy("copySwaggerDoc")
             doNotTrackState("OpenAPI plugin writes outside build directory")
         }
-        tasks.named("spotlessJava") {
-            dependsOn(":common:compileJava")
-            dependsOn(":proprietary:compileJava")
-        }
     }
 }