diff --git a/build.gradle b/build.gradle
index 46e3956b41..49eae46bda 100644
--- a/build.gradle
+++ b/build.gradle
@@ -2,7 +2,6 @@ buildscript {
     // For sharing constants between builds
     Properties constants = new Properties()
     file("$projectDir/constants.properties").withInputStream { constants.load(it) }
-    file("${project(':node').projectDir}/src/main/resources/build.properties").withInputStream { constants.load(it) }
 
     // Our version: bump this on release.
     ext.corda_release_version = "3.0-SNAPSHOT"
@@ -41,7 +40,6 @@ buildscript {
     ext.jackson_version = '2.9.3'
     ext.jetty_version = '9.4.7.v20170914'
     ext.jersey_version = '2.25'
-    ext.jolokia_version = constants.getProperty("jolokiaAgentVersion")
     ext.assertj_version = '3.8.0'
     ext.slf4j_version = '1.7.25'
     ext.log4j_version = '2.9.1'
diff --git a/node/build.gradle b/node/build.gradle
index 50130933af..8b06b452c4 100644
--- a/node/build.gradle
+++ b/node/build.gradle
@@ -9,6 +9,14 @@ apply plugin: 'com.jfrog.artifactory'
 
 description 'Corda node modules'
 
+// Import private compile time constants
+buildscript {
+    def properties = new Properties()
+    file("$projectDir/src/main/resources/build.properties").withInputStream { properties.load(it) }
+
+    ext.jolokia_version = properties.getProperty('jolokiaAgentVersion')
+}
+
 //noinspection GroovyAssignabilityCheck
 configurations {
     compile {
diff --git a/webserver/build.gradle b/webserver/build.gradle
index e0f66a360c..3715cfaf67 100644
--- a/webserver/build.gradle
+++ b/webserver/build.gradle
@@ -38,7 +38,6 @@ dependencies {
     compile "org.eclipse.jetty:jetty-servlet:$jetty_version"
     compile "org.eclipse.jetty:jetty-webapp:$jetty_version"
     compile "javax.servlet:javax.servlet-api:3.1.0"
-    compile "org.jolokia:jolokia-war:$jolokia_version"
     compile "commons-fileupload:commons-fileupload:$fileupload_version"
 
     // Log4J: logging framework (with SLF4J bindings)