diff --git a/build.gradle b/build.gradle
index 6935190f47..82c75f91ae 100644
--- a/build.gradle
+++ b/build.gradle
@@ -53,6 +53,7 @@ buildscript {
     ext.crash_version = 'cadb53544fbb3c0fb901445da614998a6a419488'
     ext.jsr305_version = constants.getProperty("jsr305Version")
     ext.shiro_version = '1.4.0'
+    ext.shadow_version = '2.0.2'
     ext.artifactory_plugin_version = constants.getProperty('artifactoryPluginVersion')
     ext.artifactory_contextUrl = 'https://ci-artifactory.corda.r3cev.com/artifactory'
     ext.snake_yaml_version = constants.getProperty('snakeYamlVersion')
@@ -341,7 +342,7 @@ bintrayConfig {
             'corda-node-driver',
             'corda-confidential-identities',
             'corda-shell',
-            'corda-shell-cli',
+            'corda-tools-shell-cli',
             'corda-serialization',
             'corda-serialization-deterministic',
             'corda-tools-blob-inspector',
diff --git a/docs/source/shell.rst b/docs/source/shell.rst
index 30d3b7a3b3..fa261a3bc3 100644
--- a/docs/source/shell.rst
+++ b/docs/source/shell.rst
@@ -106,7 +106,7 @@ Linux and MacOS
 
 .. code:: bash
 
-    ./shell [--config-file PATH | --cordpass-directory PATH --commands-directory PATH --host HOST --port PORT
+    java -jar corda-tools-shell-cli-VERSION_NUMBER.jar [--config-file PATH | --cordpass-directory PATH --commands-directory PATH --host HOST --port PORT
              --user USER --password PASSWORD --sshd-port PORT --sshd-hostkey-directory PATH --keystore-password PASSWORD
              --keystore-file FILE --truststore-password PASSWORD --truststore-file FILE | --help]
 
@@ -115,7 +115,7 @@ Windows
 
 .. code:: bash
 
-    shell.bat [--config-file PATH | --cordpass-directory PATH --commands-directory PATH --host HOST --port PORT
+    java -jar corda-tools-shell-cli-VERSION_NUMBER.jar [--config-file PATH | --cordpass-directory PATH --commands-directory PATH --host HOST --port PORT
              --user USER --password PASSWORD --sshd-port PORT --sshd-hostkey-directory PATH --keystore-password PASSWORD
              --keystore-file FILE --truststore-password PASSWORD --truststore-file FILE | --help]
 
diff --git a/tools/shell-cli/README.md b/tools/shell-cli/README.md
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..e37a565b16
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tools/shell-cli/README.md
@@ -0,0 +1,12 @@
+Standalone Shell
+----------------
+
+Documentation for shell CLI can be found [here](http://docs.corda.net/website/releases/docs_head/shell.html)
+
+To build this from the command line on Unix or MacOS:
+
+ Run ``./gradlew tools:shell-cli:buildShellCli`` to create a fat JAR in  ``tools/shell-cli/build/``
+
+To build this from the command line on Windows:
+
+ Run ``gradlew tools:shell-cli:buildShellCli`` to create a fat JAR in  ``tools/shell-cli/build/``
diff --git a/tools/shell-cli/build.gradle b/tools/shell-cli/build.gradle
index c1848107ab..90b01a7113 100644
--- a/tools/shell-cli/build.gradle
+++ b/tools/shell-cli/build.gradle
@@ -1,103 +1,55 @@
-buildscript {
-
-    repositories {
-        mavenLocal()
-        mavenCentral()
-        jcenter()
-    }
-
-    dependencies {
-        classpath "org.jetbrains.kotlin:kotlin-noarg:$kotlin_version"
-        classpath "org.jetbrains.kotlin:kotlin-gradle-plugin:$kotlin_version"
-        classpath 'com.github.jengelman.gradle.plugins:shadow:2.0.1'
-    }
-}
-
-repositories {
-    mavenLocal()
-    mavenCentral()
-    jcenter()
-}
-
-apply plugin: 'kotlin'
-apply plugin: 'java'
-apply plugin: 'application'
-apply plugin: 'net.corda.plugins.publish-utils'
-apply plugin: 'com.jfrog.artifactory'
-apply plugin: 'com.github.johnrengelman.shadow'
-apply plugin: 'maven-publish'
-
 description 'Corda Shell CLI'
 
-configurations {
-    integrationTestCompile.extendsFrom testCompile
-    integrationTestRuntime.extendsFrom testRuntime
-}
-
-sourceSets {
-    integrationTest {
-        kotlin {
-            compileClasspath += main.output + test.output
-            runtimeClasspath += main.output + test.output
-            srcDir file('src/integration-test/kotlin')
-        }
-        resources {
-            srcDir file('src/integration-test/resources')
+buildscript {
+    repositories {
+        maven {
+            url "https://plugins.gradle.org/m2/"
         }
     }
-    test {
-        resources {
-            srcDir file('src/test/resources')
-        }
+    dependencies {
+        classpath "com.github.jengelman.gradle.plugins:shadow:$shadow_version"
+        classpath 'de.sebastianboegl.gradle.plugins:shadow-log4j-transformer:2.1.1'
     }
 }
 
-dependencies {
-    compile "org.jetbrains.kotlin:kotlin-stdlib-jdk8:$kotlin_version"
-    testCompile "org.jetbrains.kotlin:kotlin-test:$kotlin_version"
-
-    compile project(':tools:shell')
-
-    // Unit testing helpers.
-    testCompile "junit:junit:$junit_version"
-    testCompile "org.assertj:assertj-core:${assertj_version}"
-    testCompile project(':test-utils')
-    testCompile project(':finance')
-
-}
+apply plugin: 'application'
+apply plugin: 'com.github.johnrengelman.shadow'
+apply plugin: 'net.corda.plugins.publish-utils'
+apply plugin: 'com.jfrog.artifactory'
 
 mainClassName = 'net.corda.tools.shell.StandaloneShellKt'
 
-jar {
-    baseName 'corda-shell-cli'
+dependencies {
+    compile project(':tools:shell')
+    compile group: 'org.slf4j', name: 'slf4j-simple', version: '1.7.25'
+
+    testCompile project(':test-utils')
 }
 
 processResources {
     from file("$rootDir/config/dev/log4j2.xml")
 }
 
-task integrationTest(type: Test) {
-    testClassesDirs = sourceSets.integrationTest.output.classesDirs
-    classpath = sourceSets.integrationTest.runtimeClasspath
-}
-
-publishing {
-    publications {
-        shadow(MavenPublication) { publication ->
-            project.shadow.component(publication)
-            artifactId = "corda-tools-shell-cli"
-        }
-    }
-}
-
 shadowJar  {
     //transform(de.sebastianboegl.gradle.plugins.shadow.transformers.Log4j2PluginsFileTransformer)
-    archiveName = "corda-shell-cli-${version}.jar"
+    archiveName = "shell-cli-${version}.jar"
 
-    baseName = 'corda-shell-cli'
-    classifier = null
-    mainClassName = 'net.corda.tools.shell.StandaloneShellKt'
     mergeServiceFiles()
 }
 
 task buildShellCli(dependsOn: shadowJar)
+
+artifacts {
+    publish shadowJar {
+        classifier ""
+    }
+}
+
+jar {
+    classifier "ignore"
+}
+
+publish {
+    name 'corda-tools-shell-cli'
+    disableDefaultJar = true
+}