diff --git a/buildSrc/src/main/kotlin/artifacts.kt b/buildSrc/src/main/kotlin/artifacts.kt
index 5cabcb6db73..18c18b6e367 100644
--- a/buildSrc/src/main/kotlin/artifacts.kt
+++ b/buildSrc/src/main/kotlin/artifacts.kt
@@ -71,18 +71,6 @@ fun Project.noDefaultJar() {
     }
 }
 
-fun <T : Task> Project.runtimeJarArtifactBy(
-    task: TaskProvider<T>,
-    artifactRef: Any,
-    body: ConfigurablePublishArtifact.() -> Unit = {}
-) {
-    addArtifact("archives", task, artifactRef, body)
-    addArtifact("runtimeJar", task, artifactRef, body)
-    configurations.findByName("runtime")?.let {
-        addArtifact(it.name, task, artifactRef, body)
-    }
-}
-
 fun Project.runtimeJar(body: Jar.() -> Unit = {}): TaskProvider<Jar> = runtimeJar(getOrCreateTask("jar", body)) { }
 
 fun <T : Jar> Project.runtimeJar(task: TaskProvider<T>, body: T.() -> Unit = {}): TaskProvider<T> {
@@ -103,7 +91,11 @@ fun <T : Jar> Project.runtimeJar(task: TaskProvider<T>, body: T.() -> Unit = {})
         body()
     }
 
-    project.runtimeJarArtifactBy(task, task)
+    project.addArtifact("archives", task, task)
+    project.addArtifact("runtimeJar", task, task)
+    project.configurations.findByName("runtime")?.let {
+        project.addArtifact(it.name, task, task)
+    }
 
     val runtimeJar = configurations.maybeCreate("runtimeJar").apply {
         isCanBeConsumed = true
diff --git a/libraries/kotlinx-metadata/jvm/build.gradle.kts b/libraries/kotlinx-metadata/jvm/build.gradle.kts
index b7fa1993e17..6a6c85bbacb 100644
--- a/libraries/kotlinx-metadata/jvm/build.gradle.kts
+++ b/libraries/kotlinx-metadata/jvm/build.gradle.kts
@@ -54,7 +54,7 @@ if (deployVersion != null) {
 
 noDefaultJar()
 
-val shadowJar = tasks.register<ShadowJar>("shadowJar") {
+runtimeJar(tasks.register<ShadowJar>("shadowJar")) {
     callGroovy("manifestAttributes", manifest, project)
     manifest.attributes["Implementation-Version"] = version
 
@@ -64,8 +64,6 @@ val shadowJar = tasks.register<ShadowJar>("shadowJar") {
     relocate("org.jetbrains.kotlin", "kotlinx.metadata.internal")
 }
 
-runtimeJarArtifactBy(shadowJar, shadowJar)
-
 val test by tasks
 test.dependsOn("shadowJar")