diff --git a/build.gradle.kts b/build.gradle.kts
index 0f3313d1998..8e191312b9e 100644
--- a/build.gradle.kts
+++ b/build.gradle.kts
@@ -381,7 +381,7 @@ apply {
 }
 
 apply {
-    if (extra["isSonatypeRelease"] as? Boolean == true) {
+    if (extra["isSonatypeRelease"] as? Boolean == true && (extra["deployRepoUrlCustom"] as? String) == null) {
         logger.info("Applying configuration for sonatype release")
         from("libraries/prepareSonatypeStaging.gradle")
     }
diff --git a/libraries/commonConfiguration.gradle b/libraries/commonConfiguration.gradle
index 9b1811d68a7..9b625788059 100644
--- a/libraries/commonConfiguration.gradle
+++ b/libraries/commonConfiguration.gradle
@@ -110,17 +110,16 @@ task preparePublication {
     project.ext.isSonatypePublish = repoProvider == 'sonatype'
     project.ext.isSonatypeRelease = isSonatypePublish && isRelease
 
-    project.ext['signing.keyId'] = project.properties['kotlin.key.name']
-    project.ext['signing.password'] = project.properties['kotlin.key.passphrase']
-
+    project.ext.deployRepoUrlCustom = properties["deployRepoUrl"] ?: properties["deploy-url"]
     String sonatypeSnapshotsUrl = (isSonatypePublish && !isRelease) ? "https://oss.sonatype.org/content/repositories/snapshots/" : null
     String repoFolder = properties["deployRepoFolder"] ?: "repo"
-    ext.repoUrl = properties["deployRepoUrl"] ?: sonatypeSnapshotsUrl ?: properties["deploy-url"] ?: "file://${rootProject.buildDir}/${repoFolder}".toString()
+
+    ext.repoUrl = project.ext.deployRepoUrlCustom ?: sonatypeSnapshotsUrl ?: "file://${rootProject.buildDir}/${repoFolder}"
+    logger.info("Deployment repository preliminary url: $repoUrl ($repoProvider)")
+
     ext.username = properties["deployRepoUsername"] ?: properties["kotlin.${repoProvider}.user"]
     ext.password = properties["deployRepoPassword"] ?: properties["kotlin.${repoProvider}.password"]
 
-    logger.info("Deployment repository preliminary url: $repoUrl ($repoProvider)")
-
     doLast {
         println("Deployment repository url: $repoUrl")
     }