Oh right, that's why that was separate... >_>

build.gradle

@@ -289,11 +289,15 @@ processResources {
         expand 'version': project.simpleVersion, 'mcversion': config.minecraft.version
     }
     from(sourceSets.main.resources.srcDirs) {
-        exclude 'mcmod.info'
+        include 'application.conf'
         filter { line ->
             line.replaceAll("@VERSION@", project.simpleVersion)
         }
     }
+    from(sourceSets.main.resources.srcDirs) {
+        exclude 'mcmod.info'
+        exclude 'application.conf'
+    }
 
     // Move access transformer to META-INF
     rename '(.+_at.cfg)', 'META-INF/$1'

build.properties

@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 minecraft.version=1.8
-forge.version=11.14.4.1572
+forge.version=11.14.4.1563
 
 oc.version=1.5.20
 oc.subversion=dev