diff --git a/gradle/artifact.gradle b/gradle/artifact.gradle
index 481714759..d7f429c94 100644
--- a/gradle/artifact.gradle
+++ b/gradle/artifact.gradle
@@ -1,3 +1,10 @@
+jar {
+    classifier = 'universal'
+    manifest {
+        attributes FMLCorePlugin: "li.cil.oc.common.launch.TransformerLoader", FMLCorePluginContainsFMLMod: "true"
+    }
+}
+
 // because the normal default jar task has been modified to be obfuscated
 task deobfJar(type: Jar) {
     from sourceSets.main.output
diff --git a/src/main/resources/META-INF/MANIFEST.MF b/src/main/resources/META-INF/MANIFEST.MF
deleted file mode 100644
index 41fd3b764..000000000
--- a/src/main/resources/META-INF/MANIFEST.MF
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,3 +0,0 @@
-Manifest-Version: 1.0
-FMLCorePlugin: li.cil.oc.common.launch.TransformerLoader
-FMLCorePluginContainsFMLMod: true