diff --git a/buildSrc/src/main/kotlin/artifacts.kt b/buildSrc/src/main/kotlin/artifacts.kt
index 51ef5bdd83e..d4b20f92ada 100644
--- a/buildSrc/src/main/kotlin/artifacts.kt
+++ b/buildSrc/src/main/kotlin/artifacts.kt
@@ -176,6 +176,28 @@ fun Project.javadocJar(body: Jar.() -> Unit = {}): TaskProvider<Jar> {
     return javadocTask
 }
 
+fun Project.modularJar(body: Jar.() -> Unit): TaskProvider<Jar> {
+    val modularJar = configurations.maybeCreate("modularJar").apply {
+        attributes {
+            attribute(Usage.USAGE_ATTRIBUTE, objects.named(Usage.JAVA_RUNTIME))
+        }
+    }
+
+    val modularJarTask = getOrCreateTask<Jar>("modularJar") {
+        archiveClassifier.set("modular")
+
+        body()
+    }
+
+    addArtifact("modularJar", modularJarTask)
+    addArtifact("archives", modularJarTask)
+
+    val javaComponent = components.findByName("java") as AdhocComponentWithVariants
+    javaComponent.addVariantsFromConfiguration(modularJar) { }
+
+    return modularJarTask
+}
+
 
 fun Project.standardPublicJars() {
     runtimeJar()
diff --git a/libraries/reflect/build.gradle.kts b/libraries/reflect/build.gradle.kts
index 93a5e223fea..578ad87c942 100644
--- a/libraries/reflect/build.gradle.kts
+++ b/libraries/reflect/build.gradle.kts
@@ -39,12 +39,6 @@ embedded.isTransitive = false
 configurations.getByName("compileOnly").extendsFrom(embedded)
 val mainJar by configurations.creating
 
-val modularJar by configurations.creating {
-    attributes {
-        attribute(Usage.USAGE_ATTRIBUTE, objects.named(Usage.JAVA_RUNTIME))
-    }
-}
-
 dependencies {
     compile(kotlinStdlib())
 
@@ -220,9 +214,10 @@ val result by task<Jar> {
     callGroovy("manifestAttributes", manifest, project, "Main", true)
 }
 
-val modularJarTask by task<Jar> {
+javadocJar()
+
+modularJar {
     dependsOn(intermediate)
-    archiveClassifier.set("modular")
     from {
         zipTree(intermediate.get().singleOutputFile())
     }
@@ -244,12 +239,4 @@ artifacts {
             builtBy(result)
         }
     }
-
-    add("archives", modularJarTask)
-    add(modularJar.name, modularJarTask)
 }
-
-val javaComponent = components.findByName("java") as AdhocComponentWithVariants
-javaComponent.addVariantsFromConfiguration(modularJar) { }
-
-javadocJar()