diff --git a/buildSrc/src/main/kotlin/artifacts.kt b/buildSrc/src/main/kotlin/artifacts.kt
index 208afa80c83..079ebaf13f7 100644
--- a/buildSrc/src/main/kotlin/artifacts.kt
+++ b/buildSrc/src/main/kotlin/artifacts.kt
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@ import java.io.File
 fun Project.classesDirsArtifact(): FileCollection {
     val classesDirsCfg = configurations.getOrCreate("classes-dirs")
 
-    val classesDirs =  the<JavaPluginConvention>().sourceSets["main"].output.classesDirs
+    val classesDirs = the<JavaPluginConvention>().sourceSets["main"].output.classesDirs
 
     val classesTask = tasks["classes"]
 
diff --git a/compiler/daemon/daemon-client/build.gradle.kts b/compiler/daemon/daemon-client/build.gradle.kts
index 4b84ea42f78..19ce7ac0993 100644
--- a/compiler/daemon/daemon-client/build.gradle.kts
+++ b/compiler/daemon/daemon-client/build.gradle.kts
@@ -28,3 +28,4 @@ sourcesJar()
 
 dist()
 
+publish()
diff --git a/idea/build.gradle.kts b/idea/build.gradle.kts
index 624ba4af314..8d436d9cc8a 100644
--- a/idea/build.gradle.kts
+++ b/idea/build.gradle.kts
@@ -107,3 +107,8 @@ projectTest {
 testsJar {}
 
 classesDirsArtifact()
+
+
+task("uploadArchives") {
+    // hides rule-based task with the same name, which appears to be broken in this project
+}
diff --git a/settings.gradle b/settings.gradle
index 427bee6dcd2..5787c36361e 100644
--- a/settings.gradle
+++ b/settings.gradle
@@ -105,7 +105,6 @@ include ":kotlin-build-common",
         ":kotlin-compiler",
         ":kotlin-compiler-embeddable",
         ":kotlin-compiler-client-embeddable",
-        ":kotlin-daemon-client",
         ":kotlin-reflect",
         ":kotlin-ant",
         ":compiler:tests-java8",
@@ -154,7 +153,6 @@ project(':kotlin-reflect').projectDir = "$rootDir/libraries/tools/kotlin-reflect
 project(':kotlin-compiler').projectDir = "$rootDir/prepare/compiler" as File
 project(':kotlin-compiler-embeddable').projectDir = "$rootDir/prepare/compiler-embeddable" as File
 project(':kotlin-compiler-client-embeddable').projectDir = "$rootDir/prepare/compiler-client-embeddable" as File
-project(':kotlin-daemon-client').projectDir = "$rootDir/prepare/daemon-client" as File
 project(':kotlin-preloader').projectDir = "$rootDir/compiler/preloader" as File
 project(':kotlin-build-common').projectDir = "$rootDir/build-common" as File
 project(':compiler:cli-common').projectDir = "$rootDir/compiler/cli/cli-common" as File