diff --git a/gradle-plugins/build.gradle b/gradle-plugins/build.gradle
index a0b34e8bf1..2ea7adb464 100644
--- a/gradle-plugins/build.gradle
+++ b/gradle-plugins/build.gradle
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@ apply plugin: 'net.corda.plugins.publish-utils'
 
 allprojects {
     version "$gradle_plugins_version"
-    group 'net.corda'
+    group 'net.corda.plugins'
 }
 
 subprojects {
diff --git a/gradle-plugins/cordformation/build.gradle b/gradle-plugins/cordformation/build.gradle
index 1a650e0bd0..26a7b9c198 100644
--- a/gradle-plugins/cordformation/build.gradle
+++ b/gradle-plugins/cordformation/build.gradle
@@ -1,6 +1,12 @@
 apply plugin: 'groovy'
-apply plugin: 'net.corda.plugins.publish-utils'
 apply plugin: 'maven-publish'
+apply plugin: 'net.corda.plugins.publish-utils'
+
+description 'A small gradle plugin for adding some basic Quasar tasks and configurations to reduce build.gradle bloat.'
+
+repositories {
+    mavenCentral()
+}
 
 dependencies {
     compile gradleApi()
@@ -9,47 +15,3 @@ dependencies {
     compile "com.typesafe:config:1.3.0"
 }
 
-repositories {
-    mavenCentral()
-}
-
-publishing {
-    publications {
-        cordformation(MavenPublication) {
-            from components.java
-            groupId  'net.corda.plugins'
-            artifactId 'cordformation'
-
-            artifact sourceJar
-            artifact javadocJar
-
-            pom.withXml {
-                asNode().children().last() + {
-                    resolveStrategy = Closure.DELEGATE_FIRST
-                    name 'cordformation'
-                    description 'A small gradle plugin for adding some basic Quasar tasks and configurations to reduce build.gradle bloat.'
-                    url 'https://github.com/corda/corda'
-                    scm {
-                        url 'https://github.com/corda/corda'
-                    }
-
-                    licenses {
-                        license {
-                            name 'Apache-2.0'
-                            url 'https://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0'
-                            distribution 'repo'
-                        }
-                    }
-
-                    developers {
-                        developer {
-                            id 'R3'
-                            name 'R3'
-                            email 'dev@corda.net'
-                        }
-                    }
-                }
-            }
-        }
-    }
-}
diff --git a/gradle-plugins/publish-utils/src/main/groovy/net/corda/plugins/PublishTasks.groovy b/gradle-plugins/publish-utils/src/main/groovy/net/corda/plugins/PublishTasks.groovy
index 97607ab21f..497dfb624f 100644
--- a/gradle-plugins/publish-utils/src/main/groovy/net/corda/plugins/PublishTasks.groovy
+++ b/gradle-plugins/publish-utils/src/main/groovy/net/corda/plugins/PublishTasks.groovy
@@ -4,6 +4,8 @@ import org.gradle.api.*
 import org.gradle.api.tasks.bundling.Jar
 import org.gradle.api.tasks.javadoc.Javadoc
 import org.gradle.api.Project
+import org.gradle.api.publish.maven.MavenPublication
+import org.gradle.api.publish.maven.MavenPom
 
 /**
  * A utility plugin that when applied will automatically create source and javadoc publishing tasks
@@ -14,7 +16,84 @@ import org.gradle.api.Project
  * in BintrayConfigExtension.
  */
 class PublishTasks implements Plugin<Project> {
+    Project project
+
     void apply(Project project) {
+        this.project = project
+
+        createTasks()
+        createExtensions()
+
+        def bintrayConfig = project.rootProject.extensions.findByName('bintrayConfig')
+        if((bintrayConfig != null) && (bintrayConfig.publications)) {
+            def publications = bintrayConfig.publications.findAll { it == project.name }
+            println("HI")
+            if(publications.size > 0) {
+                project.logger.info("Configuring bintray for ${project.name}")
+                project.configure(project) {
+                    apply plugin: 'com.jfrog.bintray'
+                }
+                def bintray = project.extensions.findByName("bintray")
+                configureBintray(bintray, bintrayConfig)
+                project.publishing.publications.create(project.name, MavenPublication) {
+                    from project.components.java
+                    groupId  project.group
+                    artifactId project.name
+
+                    artifact project.tasks.sourceJar
+                    artifact project.tasks.javadocJar
+
+                    extendPomForMavenCentral(pom)
+                }
+            }
+        }
+    }
+
+    // Maven central requires all of the below fields for this to be a valid POM
+    void extendPomForMavenCentral(MavenPom pom) {
+        pom.withXml {
+            asNode().children().last() + {
+                resolveStrategy = Closure.DELEGATE_FIRST
+                name project.name
+                description project.description
+                url 'https://github.com/corda/corda'
+                scm {
+                    url 'https://github.com/corda/corda'
+                }
+
+                licenses {
+                    license {
+                        name 'Apache-2.0'
+                        url 'https://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0'
+                        distribution 'repo'
+                    }
+                }
+
+                developers {
+                    developer {
+                        id 'R3'
+                        name 'R3'
+                        email 'dev@corda.net'
+                    }
+                }
+            }
+        }
+    }
+
+    void configureBintray(def bintray, def bintrayConfig) {
+        bintray.user = bintrayConfig.user
+        bintray.key = bintrayConfig.key
+        bintray.publications = [ project.name ]
+        bintray.dryRun = bintrayConfig.dryRun ?: false
+        bintray.pkg.repo = bintrayConfig.repo
+        bintray.pkg.name = project.name
+        bintray.pkg.userOrg = bintrayConfig.org
+        bintray.pkg.licenses = bintrayConfig.licenses
+        bintray.pkg.version.gpg.sign = bintrayConfig.gpgSign ?: false
+        bintray.pkg.version.gpg.passphrase = bintrayConfig.gpgPassphrase
+    }
+
+    void createTasks() {
         if(project.hasProperty('classes')) {
             project.task("sourceJar", type: Jar, dependsOn: project.classes) {
                 classifier = 'sources'
@@ -28,28 +107,11 @@ class PublishTasks implements Plugin<Project> {
                 from project.javadoc.destinationDir
             }
         }
+    }
 
-        project.extensions.create("bintrayConfig", BintrayConfigExtension)
-
-        def bintrayConfig = project.rootProject.extensions.findByName('bintrayConfig')
-        if((bintrayConfig != null) && (bintrayConfig.publications)) {
-            project.configure(project) {
-                apply plugin: 'com.jfrog.bintray'
-            }
-            def bintray = project.extensions.findByName("bintray")
-            println(bintrayConfig.publications.findAll { it == project.name })
-
-            project.logger.info("Configuring bintray for ${project.name}")
-            bintray.user = bintrayConfig.user
-            bintray.key = bintrayConfig.key
-            bintray.publications = bintrayConfig.publications.findAll { it == project.name }
-            bintray.dryRun = bintrayConfig.dryRun ?: false
-            bintray.pkg.repo = bintrayConfig.repo
-            bintray.pkg.name = project.name
-            bintray.pkg.userOrg = bintrayConfig.org
-            bintray.pkg.licenses = bintrayConfig.licenses
-            bintray.pkg.version.gpg.sign = bintrayConfig.gpgSign ?: false
-            bintray.pkg.version.gpg.passphrase = bintrayConfig.gpgPassphrase
+    void createExtensions() {
+        if(project == project.rootProject) {
+            project.extensions.create("bintrayConfig", BintrayConfigExtension)
         }
     }
 }
diff --git a/gradle-plugins/quasar-utils/build.gradle b/gradle-plugins/quasar-utils/build.gradle
index d66ccc9034..ad4a10ecff 100644
--- a/gradle-plugins/quasar-utils/build.gradle
+++ b/gradle-plugins/quasar-utils/build.gradle
@@ -1,53 +1,14 @@
 apply plugin: 'groovy'
-apply plugin: 'net.corda.plugins.publish-utils'
 apply plugin: 'maven-publish'
+apply plugin: 'net.corda.plugins.publish-utils'
 
-dependencies {
-    compile gradleApi()
-    compile localGroovy()
-}
+description 'A small gradle plugin for adding some basic Quasar tasks and configurations to reduce build.gradle bloat.'
 
 repositories {
     mavenCentral()
 }
 
-publishing {
-    publications {
-        "quasar-utils"(MavenPublication) {
-            from components.java
-            groupId  'net.corda.plugins'
-            artifactId 'quasar-utils'
-
-            artifact sourceJar
-            artifact javadocJar
-
-            pom.withXml {
-                asNode().children().last() + {
-                    resolveStrategy = Closure.DELEGATE_FIRST
-                    name 'quasar-utils'
-                    description 'A small gradle plugin for adding some basic Quasar tasks and configurations to reduce build.gradle bloat.'
-                    url 'https://github.com/corda/corda'
-                    scm {
-                        url 'https://github.com/corda/corda'
-                    }
-
-                    licenses {
-                        license {
-                            name 'Apache-2.0'
-                            url 'https://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0'
-                            distribution 'repo'
-                        }
-                    }
-
-                    developers {
-                        developer {
-                            id 'R3'
-                            name 'R3'
-                            email 'dev@corda.net'
-                        }
-                    }
-                }
-            }
-        }
-    }
-}
+dependencies {
+    compile gradleApi()
+    compile localGroovy()
+}
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