diff --git a/build.gradle b/build.gradle
index 38672be2df..83d4522477 100644
--- a/build.gradle
+++ b/build.gradle
@@ -27,7 +27,7 @@ buildscript {
         classpath "org.jetbrains.kotlin:kotlin-gradle-plugin:$kotlin_version"
         classpath 'com.jfrog.bintray.gradle:gradle-bintray-plugin:1.4'
         classpath 'net.corda.plugins:publish-utils:0.5'
-        classpath 'net.corda.plugins:quasar-utils:0.5.1'
+        classpath 'net.corda.plugins:quasar-utils:0.5.2'
         classpath 'net.corda.plugins:cordformation:0.5.3'
 
         // Can run 'gradle dependencyUpdates' to find new versions of things.
@@ -119,7 +119,7 @@ tasks.withType(Test) {
 }
 
 // TODO: Move fat JAR building into node subproject.
-task buildCordaJAR(type: FatCapsule, dependsOn: ['quasarScan', 'buildCertSigningRequestUtilityJAR']) {
+task buildCordaJAR(type: FatCapsule, dependsOn: ['jar', 'buildCertSigningRequestUtilityJAR']) {
     applicationClass 'net.corda.node.MainKt'
     archiveName "corda-${corda_version}.jar"
     applicationSource = files(project.tasks.findByName('jar'), 'node/build/classes/main/CordaCaplet.class', 'config/dev/log4j2.xml')
@@ -178,8 +178,6 @@ task deployNodes(dependsOn: 'buildCordaJAR') << {
 // TODO: Verify this works for gradle plugins.
 task(install, dependsOn: 'publishToMavenLocal')
 
-quasarScan.dependsOn('classes', ':node:classes', ':core:classes', ':finance:classes')
-
 publishing {
     publications {
         corda(MavenPublication) {
diff --git a/client/build.gradle b/client/build.gradle
index 87a3007edf..bf04cfe540 100644
--- a/client/build.gradle
+++ b/client/build.gradle
@@ -80,8 +80,6 @@ dependencies {
     integrationTestCompile 'junit:junit:4.12'
 }
 
-quasarScan.dependsOn('classes', ':core:classes', ':finance:classes')
-
 task integrationTest(type: Test) {
     testClassesDir = sourceSets.integrationTest.output.classesDir
     classpath = sourceSets.integrationTest.runtimeClasspath
diff --git a/core/build.gradle b/core/build.gradle
index 59311ed3a7..6f7cc5512d 100644
--- a/core/build.gradle
+++ b/core/build.gradle
@@ -100,6 +100,4 @@ publishing {
             artifact javadocJar
         }
     }
-}
-
-quasarScan.dependsOn('classes')
\ No newline at end of file
+}
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/docs/source/creating-a-cordapp.rst b/docs/source/creating-a-cordapp.rst
index 4a9ea9c8bf..cae637d740 100644
--- a/docs/source/creating-a-cordapp.rst
+++ b/docs/source/creating-a-cordapp.rst
@@ -178,9 +178,6 @@ To build against Corda and the plugins that cordapps use, update your build.grad
 
     ... your tasks ...
 
-    // Sets the classes for Quasar to scan. Loaded by the the quasar-utils plugin.
-    quasarScan.dependsOn('classes', ... your dependent subprojects...)
-
     // Standard way to publish Cordapps to maven local with the maven-publish and publish-utils plugin.
     publishing {
         publications {
diff --git a/gradle-plugins/quasar-utils/README.rst b/gradle-plugins/quasar-utils/README.rst
index f542385326..481d8ec66b 100644
--- a/gradle-plugins/quasar-utils/README.rst
+++ b/gradle-plugins/quasar-utils/README.rst
@@ -1,16 +1,4 @@
 Quasar Utils
 ============
 
-Quasar utilities adds several tasks and configuration that provide a default Quasar setup and removes some boilerplate.
-One line must be added to your build.gradle once you apply this plugin:
-
-.. code-block:: text
-
-    quasarScan.dependsOn('classes')
-
-If any sub-projects are added that this project depends on then add the gradle target for that project to the depends
-on statement. eg:
-
-.. code-block:: text
-
-    quasarScan.dependsOn('classes', 'subproject:subsubproject', ...)
+Quasar utilities adds several tasks and configuration that provide a default Quasar setup and removes some boilerplate.
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/gradle-plugins/quasar-utils/src/main/groovy/net/corda/plugins/QuasarPlugin.groovy b/gradle-plugins/quasar-utils/src/main/groovy/net/corda/plugins/QuasarPlugin.groovy
index d8200cef7b..0ed4fe5935 100644
--- a/gradle-plugins/quasar-utils/src/main/groovy/net/corda/plugins/QuasarPlugin.groovy
+++ b/gradle-plugins/quasar-utils/src/main/groovy/net/corda/plugins/QuasarPlugin.groovy
@@ -6,8 +6,7 @@ import org.gradle.api.tasks.testing.Test
 import org.gradle.api.tasks.JavaExec
 
 /**
- * QuasarPlugin creates a "quasar" configuration, adds quasar as a dependency and creates a "quasarScan" task that scans
- * for `@Suspendable`s in the code
+ * QuasarPlugin creates a "quasar" configuration and adds quasar as a dependency.
  */
 class QuasarPlugin implements Plugin<Project> {
     void apply(Project project) {
@@ -30,32 +29,5 @@ class QuasarPlugin implements Plugin<Project> {
             jvmArgs "-javaagent:${project.configurations.quasar.singleFile}"
             jvmArgs "-Dco.paralleluniverse.fibers.verifyInstrumentation"
         }
-
-        project.task("quasarScan") {
-            inputs.files(project.sourceSets.main.output)
-            outputs.files(
-                    "$project.sourceSets.main.output.resourcesDir/META-INF/suspendables",
-                    "$project.sourceSets.main.output.resourcesDir/META-INF/suspendable-supers"
-            )
-        } << {
-
-            // These lines tell gradle to run the Quasar suspendables scanner to look for unannotated super methods
-            // that have @Suspendable sub implementations.  These tend to cause NPEs and are not caught by the verifier
-            // NOTE: need to make sure the output isn't on the classpath or every other run it generates empty results, so
-            // we explicitly delete to avoid that happening.  We also need to turn off what seems to be a spurious warning in the IDE
-            ant.taskdef(name:'scanSuspendables', classname:'co.paralleluniverse.fibers.instrument.SuspendablesScanner',
-                    classpath: "${project.sourceSets.main.output.classesDir}:${project.sourceSets.main.output.resourcesDir}:${project.configurations.runtime.asPath}")
-            project.delete "$project.sourceSets.main.output.resourcesDir/META-INF/suspendables", "$project.sourceSets.main.output.resourcesDir/META-INF/suspendable-supers"
-            if(project.sourceSets.main.output.classesDir.exists()) {
-                ant.scanSuspendables(
-                        auto:false,
-                        suspendablesFile: "$project.sourceSets.main.output.resourcesDir/META-INF/suspendables",
-                        supersFile: "$project.sourceSets.main.output.resourcesDir/META-INF/suspendable-supers") {
-                    fileset(dir: project.sourceSets.main.output.classesDir)
-                }
-            }
-        }
-
-        project.jar.dependsOn project.quasarScan
     }
 }
diff --git a/node/build.gradle b/node/build.gradle
index 913ae7d6da..b337adb429 100644
--- a/node/build.gradle
+++ b/node/build.gradle
@@ -159,8 +159,6 @@ dependencies {
     testCompile "com.nhaarman:mockito-kotlin:0.6.1"
 }
 
-quasarScan.dependsOn('classes', ':core:classes', ':finance:classes')
-
 task integrationTest(type: Test) {
     testClassesDir = sourceSets.integrationTest.output.classesDir
     classpath = sourceSets.integrationTest.runtimeClasspath
diff --git a/node/src/test/kotlin/net/corda/node/utilities/ClockUtilsTest.kt b/node/src/test/kotlin/net/corda/node/utilities/ClockUtilsTest.kt
index 1c90ade753..5f625b0b10 100644
--- a/node/src/test/kotlin/net/corda/node/utilities/ClockUtilsTest.kt
+++ b/node/src/test/kotlin/net/corda/node/utilities/ClockUtilsTest.kt
@@ -134,11 +134,6 @@ class ClockUtilsTest {
         }
     }
 
-    /**
-     * If this test seems to hang and throw an NPE, then likely that quasar suspendables scanner has not been
-     * run on core module (in IntelliJ, open gradle side tab and run:
-     * r3prototyping -> core -> Tasks -> other -> quasarScan
-     */
     @Test
     @Suspendable
     fun `test waiting for a deadline with multiple clock advance and incomplete JDK8 future on Fibers`() {
@@ -161,11 +156,6 @@ class ClockUtilsTest {
         assertFalse(future.get(), "Should have reached deadline")
     }
 
-    /**
-     * If this test seems to hang and throw an NPE, then likely that quasar suspendables scanner has not been
-     * run on core module (in IntelliJ, open gradle side tab and run:
-     * r3prototyping -> core -> Tasks -> other -> quasarScan
-     */
     @Test
     @Suspendable
     fun `test waiting for a deadline with multiple clock advance and incomplete Guava future on Fibers`() {
diff --git a/samples/attachment-demo/build.gradle b/samples/attachment-demo/build.gradle
index 00c68b301c..e673ef9b60 100644
--- a/samples/attachment-demo/build.gradle
+++ b/samples/attachment-demo/build.gradle
@@ -105,8 +105,6 @@ idea {
     }
 }
 
-quasarScan.dependsOn('classes')
-
 publishing {
     publications {
         jarAndSources(MavenPublication) {
diff --git a/samples/irs-demo/build.gradle b/samples/irs-demo/build.gradle
index 3245933e9c..8ec1c824a4 100644
--- a/samples/irs-demo/build.gradle
+++ b/samples/irs-demo/build.gradle
@@ -110,8 +110,6 @@ idea {
     }
 }
 
-quasarScan.dependsOn('classes')
-
 publishing {
     publications {
         jarAndSources(MavenPublication) {
diff --git a/samples/simm-valuation-demo/build.gradle b/samples/simm-valuation-demo/build.gradle
index 4d602232c6..84367c356c 100644
--- a/samples/simm-valuation-demo/build.gradle
+++ b/samples/simm-valuation-demo/build.gradle
@@ -137,8 +137,6 @@ task installWeb(type: Copy, dependsOn: [buildWeb]) {
     into 'src/main/resources/simmvaluationweb'
 }
 
-quasarScan.dependsOn('classes')
-
 publishing {
     publications {
         simmvaluationdemo(MavenPublication) {
diff --git a/samples/trader-demo/build.gradle b/samples/trader-demo/build.gradle
index e0dd34590c..fab518ddc2 100644
--- a/samples/trader-demo/build.gradle
+++ b/samples/trader-demo/build.gradle
@@ -111,8 +111,6 @@ idea {
     }
 }
 
-quasarScan.dependsOn('classes')
-
 publishing {
     publications {
         jarAndSources(MavenPublication) {
diff --git a/test-utils/build.gradle b/test-utils/build.gradle
index 88f18ba4c9..9736593c7e 100644
--- a/test-utils/build.gradle
+++ b/test-utils/build.gradle
@@ -49,8 +49,6 @@ dependencies {
     compile 'com.squareup.okhttp3:okhttp:3.3.1'
 }
 
-quasarScan.dependsOn('classes', ':core:classes', ':finance:classes')
-
 publishing {
     publications {
         testutils(MavenPublication) {