diff --git a/libraries/kotlinx-metadata/klib/build.gradle.kts b/libraries/kotlinx-metadata/klib/build.gradle.kts
index a8462267638..455bbd358b7 100644
--- a/libraries/kotlinx-metadata/klib/build.gradle.kts
+++ b/libraries/kotlinx-metadata/klib/build.gradle.kts
@@ -42,7 +42,7 @@ if (deployVersion != null) {
 
 noDefaultJar()
 
-val shadowJar = tasks.register<ShadowJar>("shadowJar") {
+runtimeJar(tasks.register<ShadowJar>("shadowJar")) {
     callGroovy("manifestAttributes", manifest, project)
     manifest.attributes["Implementation-Version"] = version
 
@@ -52,8 +52,6 @@ val shadowJar = tasks.register<ShadowJar>("shadowJar") {
     relocate("org.jetbrains.kotlin", "kotlinx.metadata.internal")
 }
 
-runtimeJarArtifactBy(shadowJar, shadowJar)
-
 sourcesJar {
     for (dependency in shadows.dependencies) {
         if (dependency is ProjectDependency) {