diff --git a/buildSrc/src/main/kotlin/KiwixConfigurationPlugin.kt b/buildSrc/src/main/kotlin/KiwixConfigurationPlugin.kt
index 2d992de52..867edc815 100644
--- a/buildSrc/src/main/kotlin/KiwixConfigurationPlugin.kt
+++ b/buildSrc/src/main/kotlin/KiwixConfigurationPlugin.kt
@@ -83,7 +83,6 @@ private fun BaseExtension.baseConfigure(path: String) {
   testOptions {
     unitTests.apply {
       isReturnDefaultValues = true
-      isIncludeAndroidResources = true
       all(KotlinClosure1<Any, Test>({
         (this as Test).also { testTask ->
           testTask.useJUnitPlatform()
diff --git a/core/build.gradle b/core/build.gradle
index efb20855c..b5839094e 100644
--- a/core/build.gradle
+++ b/core/build.gradle
@@ -6,18 +6,11 @@ buildscript {
   }
 
   dependencies {
-    classpath Libs.com_android_tools_build_gradle
-    classpath Libs.kotlin_gradle_plugin
     classpath Libs.objectbox_gradle_plugin
-    classpath Libs.ktlint_gradle
     classpath Libs.butterknife_gradle_plugin
   }
 }
 
-plugins {
-  id("checkstyle")
-  id("com.github.triplet.play") version("2.4.1")
-}
 apply plugin: 'com.android.library'
 apply plugin: KiwixConfigurationPlugin
 apply plugin: 'io.objectbox'