diff --git a/build.gradle b/build.gradle
index ec7bdaf805c..fb55e616f85 100644
--- a/build.gradle
+++ b/build.gradle
@@ -306,12 +306,6 @@ task bundle(type: (isWindows()) ? Zip : Tar) {
     }
 }
 
-task performance {
-    dependsOn 'dist'
-    dependsOn ':performance:build'
-    dependsOn ':performance:run'
-}
-
 task clean {
     doLast {
         file('dist').traverse(type: FileType.ANY, excludeNameFilter: "dependencies", maxDepth: 0) {
diff --git a/performance/build.gradle b/performance/build.gradle
index 6fef33f6e48..e98229b67b5 100644
--- a/performance/build.gradle
+++ b/performance/build.gradle
@@ -1,9 +1,6 @@
 buildscript {
-    ext.kotlin_version = '+'
-
-    apply from: "$rootDir/gradle/kotlinGradlePlugin.gradle"
-
     repositories {
+        mavenCentral()
         maven {
             url "https://dl.bintray.com/jetbrains/kotlin-native-dependencies"
         }
@@ -20,4 +17,4 @@ konanArtifacts {
     Ring {
         enableOptimization()
     }
-}
+}
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diff --git a/performance/settings.gradle b/performance/settings.gradle
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..d9519dbc97d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/performance/settings.gradle
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+includeBuild '../'
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diff --git a/settings.gradle b/settings.gradle
index d4599e419c1..5c2c8397916 100644
--- a/settings.gradle
+++ b/settings.gradle
@@ -27,5 +27,4 @@ include ':backend.native:tests'
 include ':shared'
 include ':tools:helpers'
 include ':tools:kotlin-native-gradle-plugin'
-include ':utilities'
-include ':performance'
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+include ':utilities'
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