diff --git a/tools/kotlin-native-gradle-plugin/src/main/kotlin/org/jetbrains/kotlin/gradle/plugin/KonanPlugin.kt b/tools/kotlin-native-gradle-plugin/src/main/kotlin/org/jetbrains/kotlin/gradle/plugin/KonanPlugin.kt
index 4452bb7dbd9..d833437ce82 100644
--- a/tools/kotlin-native-gradle-plugin/src/main/kotlin/org/jetbrains/kotlin/gradle/plugin/KonanPlugin.kt
+++ b/tools/kotlin-native-gradle-plugin/src/main/kotlin/org/jetbrains/kotlin/gradle/plugin/KonanPlugin.kt
@@ -358,7 +358,6 @@ class KonanPlugin @Inject constructor(private val registry: ToolingModelBuilderR
                     val artifactId = buildingConfig.name
                     val konanSoftwareComponent = buildingConfig.mainVariant
                     project.extensions.configure(PublishingExtension::class.java) {
-                        val publishing = it
                         it.publications.create(artifactId, MavenPublication::class.java) {
                             it.artifactId = artifactId
                             it.groupId = project.group.toString()
diff --git a/tools/kotlin-native-gradle-plugin/src/main/kotlin/org/jetbrains/kotlin/gradle/plugin/tasks/KonanBaseTasks.kt b/tools/kotlin-native-gradle-plugin/src/main/kotlin/org/jetbrains/kotlin/gradle/plugin/tasks/KonanBaseTasks.kt
index c8070cf2b57..c89e0f214a7 100644
--- a/tools/kotlin-native-gradle-plugin/src/main/kotlin/org/jetbrains/kotlin/gradle/plugin/tasks/KonanBaseTasks.kt
+++ b/tools/kotlin-native-gradle-plugin/src/main/kotlin/org/jetbrains/kotlin/gradle/plugin/tasks/KonanBaseTasks.kt
@@ -24,6 +24,7 @@ import org.gradle.api.artifacts.Configuration
 import org.gradle.api.artifacts.PublishArtifact
 import org.gradle.api.attributes.Attribute
 import org.gradle.api.attributes.Usage
+import org.gradle.api.internal.tasks.DefaultTaskDependency
 import org.gradle.api.tasks.*
 import org.gradle.language.cpp.CppBinary
 import org.gradle.language.cpp.internal.NativeVariant
@@ -104,11 +105,11 @@ abstract class KonanArtifactTask: KonanTargetableTask(), KonanArtifactSpec {
                 override fun getClassifier():String? = target.name
                 override fun getFile() = artifact
                 override fun getDate() = Date(artifact.lastModified())
-                override fun getBuildDependencies(): TaskDependency = this@KonanArtifactTask.taskDependencies
+                override fun getBuildDependencies(): TaskDependency =
+                        DefaultTaskDependency().apply { add(this@KonanArtifactTask) }
             })
             val objectFactory = project.objects
             val linkUsage = objectFactory.named(Usage::class.java, Usage.NATIVE_LINK)
-            val runtimeUsage = objectFactory.named(Usage::class.java, Usage.NATIVE_RUNTIME)
             val konanSoftwareComponent = config.mainVariant
             konanSoftwareComponent.addVariant(NativeVariant(Names.of("${artifact.name.removeSuffix("$artifactSuffix")}_${target.name}"), linkUsage, null, linkUsage, platformConfiguration))
         }