diff --git a/gradle.properties b/gradle.properties
index 25bf5d46dbb..1c2f7e97d31 100644
--- a/gradle.properties
+++ b/gradle.properties
@@ -24,3 +24,7 @@ kotlin.build.publishing.attempts=20
 #kotlin.build.postprocessing=false
 #kotlin.build.java9=false
 #kotlin.build.useBootstrapStdlib=true
+
+# Don't add the Kotlin standard library dependencies by default
+# TODO: add this flag in a granular way to the modules that don't need stdlib?
+kotlin.stdlib.default.dependency=false
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