diff --git a/node-api/build.gradle b/node-api/build.gradle
index 773da11eb5..64d76e133f 100644
--- a/node-api/build.gradle
+++ b/node-api/build.gradle
@@ -80,15 +80,14 @@ dependencies {
 }
 
 configurations {
-        compile.extendsFrom shadow
-        testArtifacts.extendsFrom testRuntime
+    testArtifacts.extendsFrom testRuntime
+    testCompile.extendsFrom shadow
 }
 
 jar {
+    enabled = false
     baseName 'corda-node-api'
 }
-// ensure that immediately after jar step we update to the shaded version of the jar, so that everyone use it.
-jar.finalizedBy shadowJar
 
 shadowJar {
     baseName jar.baseName