diff --git a/app/build.gradle b/app/build.gradle
index a11b70e92..c117c1f91 100644
--- a/app/build.gradle
+++ b/app/build.gradle
@@ -1,28 +1,10 @@
 import com.android.build.OutputFile
 
-buildscript {
-  repositories {
-    google()
-    mavenCentral()
-    jcenter()
-  }
-
-  dependencies {
-    dependencies {
-    }
-  }
-}
-
 plugins {
   id("com.android.application")
-  id("checkstyle")
   id("com.github.triplet.play") version("2.4.1")
 }
-apply plugin: 'kotlin-android'
-apply plugin: 'kotlin-android-extensions'
-apply plugin: 'kotlin-kapt'
-apply plugin: 'jacoco-android'
-apply plugin: "org.jlleitschuh.gradle.ktlint"
+apply plugin: KiwixConfigurationPlugin
 
 def buildNumber = System.getenv('TRAVIS_BUILD_NUMBER') ?: "dev"
 
@@ -56,16 +38,15 @@ private Integer generateVersionCode() {
 }
 
 android {
-  compileSdkVersion 28
 
   defaultConfig {
-    minSdkVersion 15
-    targetSdkVersion 28
     testInstrumentationRunner "androidx.test.runner.AndroidJUnitRunner"
     multiDexEnabled true
     vectorDrawables.useSupportLibrary = true
     archivesBaseName = "$buildNumber"
     // Set vanilla config
+    buildConfigField "String", "KIWIX_DOWNLOAD_URL", "\"http://mirror.download.kiwix.org/\""
+    buildConfigField "boolean", "KIWIX_ERROR_ACTIVITY", "false"
     buildConfigField "boolean", "IS_CUSTOM_APP", "false"
     buildConfigField "boolean", "HAS_EMBEDDED_ZIM", "false"
     buildConfigField "String", "ZIM_FILE_NAME", "\"\""
@@ -82,37 +63,8 @@ android {
     cruncherEnabled true
   }
 
-  lintOptions {
-    abortOnError true
-    checkAllWarnings true
-    warningsAsErrors true
-
-    ignore 'SyntheticAccessor',
-      //TODO stop ignoring below this
-      'MissingTranslation',
-      'CheckResult',
-      'LabelFor',
-      'DuplicateStrings',
-      'LogConditional'
-
-    warning 'UnknownNullness',
-      'SelectableText',
-      'IconDensities',
-      'SyntheticAccessor'
-    baseline file("lint-baseline.xml")
-  }
-
   testOptions {
     execution 'ANDROIDX_TEST_ORCHESTRATOR'
-    unitTests.returnDefaultValues = true
-    unitTests.all {
-      useJUnitPlatform()
-      testLogging {
-        events "passed", "skipped", "failed", "standardOut", "standardError"
-        outputs.upToDateWhen { false }
-        showStandardStreams = true
-      }
-    }
   }
 
   signingConfigs {
@@ -129,8 +81,6 @@ android {
     // Main build type for debugging
     debug {
       multiDexKeepProguard file("multidex-instrumentation-config.pro")
-      buildConfigField "String", "KIWIX_DOWNLOAD_URL", "\"http://mirror.download.kiwix.org/\""
-      buildConfigField "boolean", "KIWIX_ERROR_ACTIVITY", "false"
       testCoverageEnabled true
     }
 
@@ -154,20 +104,10 @@ android {
       java.srcDirs += "$rootDir/core/src/testShared"
     }
   }
-  compileOptions {
-    encoding = "UTF-8"
-    sourceCompatibility JavaVersion.VERSION_1_8
-    targetCompatibility JavaVersion.VERSION_1_8
-  }
-
   dexOptions {
     javaMaxHeapSize "4g"
   }
 
-  androidExtensions {
-    experimental = true
-  }
-
   def abiCodes = ['arm64-v8a': 6, 'x86': 3, 'x86_64': 4, 'armeabi-v7a': 5]
   def densityCodes = ['mdpi': 2, 'hdpi': 3, 'xhdpi': 4, 'xxhdpi': 5, 'xxxhdpi': 6]
   splits {
@@ -203,20 +143,6 @@ play {
   resolutionStrategy = "fail"
 }
 
-ktlint {
-  android = true
-}
-
-jacoco {
-  toolVersion = "0.8.3"
-}
-
-tasks.withType(Test) {
-  jacoco.includeNoLocationClasses = true
-}
-
-apply from: "${rootDir}/team-props/git-hooks.gradle"
-
 dependencies {
   implementation project(":core")
   implementation(Libs.appcompat)
diff --git a/app/lint-baseline.xml b/app/lint-baseline.xml
index 08d4888ea..9f9047f14 100644
--- a/app/lint-baseline.xml
+++ b/app/lint-baseline.xml
@@ -8,26 +8,6 @@
             file="..\..\..\.android\lint\customlint.jar"/>
     </issue>
 
-    <issue
-        id="ObsoleteLintCustomCheck"
-        message="Lint found an issue registry (`butterknife.lint.LintRegistry`) which is older than the current API level; these checks may not work correctly.&#xA;&#xA;Recompile the checks against the latest version. Custom check API version is 2 (3.2), current lint API level is 5 (3.5+)"
-        includedVariants="debug"
-        excludedVariants="release">
-        <location
-            file="..\..\..\.gradle\caches\transforms-2\files-2.1\155b1c6c67a15ea2c33b631c0e6e3dd4\butterknife-runtime-10.1.0\jars\lint.jar"/>
-    </issue>
-
-    <issue
-        id="OldTargetApi"
-        message="Not targeting the latest versions of Android; compatibility modes apply. Consider testing and updating this version. Consult the android.os.Build.VERSION_CODES javadoc for details."
-        errorLine1="    targetSdkVersion 28"
-        errorLine2="    ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~">
-        <location
-            file="build.gradle"
-            line="63"
-            column="5"/>
-    </issue>
-
     <issue
         id="UnusedAttribute"
         message="Attribute `networkSecurityConfig` is only used in API level 24 and higher (current min is 15)"
diff --git a/build.gradle.kts b/build.gradle.kts
index bd7b5580c..6d89b561d 100644
--- a/build.gradle.kts
+++ b/build.gradle.kts
@@ -16,35 +16,6 @@ plugins {
   buildSrcVersions
 }
 
-ext {
-  set("androidGradlePluginVersion", "3.5.0")
-  set("testdroidGradlePluginVersion", "2.63.0")
-  set("appCompatVersion", "1.0.2")
-  set("materialVersion", "1.0.0")
-  set("annotationVersion", "1.0.0")
-  set("cardViewVersion", "1.0.0")
-  set("rxJavaVersion", "2.2.5")
-  set("rxAndroidVersion", "2.1.0")
-  set("okHttpVersion", "3.12.1")
-  set("retrofitVersion", "2.5.0")
-  set("javaxAnnotationVersion", "1.3.2")
-  set("daggerVersion", "2.21")
-  set("inkPageIndicatorVersion", "1.3.0")
-  set("constraintLayoutVersion", "1.1.3")
-  set("butterKnifeVersion", "10.1.0")
-  set("espressoVersion", "3.1.1")
-  set("apacheCommonsVersion", "2.6")
-  set("multidexVersion", "2.0.1")
-  set("jUnitVersion", "4.12")
-  set("mockitoVersion", "2.24.5")
-  set("powerMockVersion", "1.6.6")
-  set("powerMockJUnitVersion", "1.7.4")
-  set("baristaVersion", "2.7.1")
-  set("kotlinVersion", "1.3.50")
-  set("objectboxVersion", "2.3.4")
-  set("fetchVersion", "3.1.4")
-}
-
 allprojects {
   repositories {
     google()
@@ -56,4 +27,3 @@ allprojects {
 tasks.create<Delete>("clean") {
   delete(rootProject.buildDir)
 }
-
diff --git a/buildSrc/build.gradle.kts b/buildSrc/build.gradle.kts
index 88cd14f78..e33c62f56 100644
--- a/buildSrc/build.gradle.kts
+++ b/buildSrc/build.gradle.kts
@@ -1,6 +1,20 @@
 plugins {
-    `kotlin-dsl`
+  `kotlin-dsl`
 }
 repositories {
-    mavenCentral()
-}
\ No newline at end of file
+  mavenCentral()
+  google()
+  jcenter()
+  maven {
+    setUrl("https://plugins.gradle.org/m2/")
+  }
+}
+
+dependencies {
+  implementation("com.android.tools.build:gradle:3.5.0")
+  implementation("org.jetbrains.kotlin:kotlin-gradle-plugin:1.3.50")
+  implementation("com.dicedmelon.gradle:jacoco-android:0.1.4")
+  implementation("org.jlleitschuh.gradle:ktlint-gradle:8.2.0")
+  implementation(gradleApi())
+  implementation(localGroovy())
+}
diff --git a/buildSrc/src/main/kotlin/Config.kt b/buildSrc/src/main/kotlin/Config.kt
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..3d63936cd
--- /dev/null
+++ b/buildSrc/src/main/kotlin/Config.kt
@@ -0,0 +1,27 @@
+/*
+ * Kiwix Android
+ * Copyright (c) 2019 Kiwix <android.kiwix.org>
+ * This program is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify
+ * it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
+ * the Free Software Foundation, either version 3 of the License, or
+ * (at your option) any later version.
+ *
+ * This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
+ * but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+ * MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
+ * GNU General Public License for more details.
+ *
+ * You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
+ * along with this program. If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
+ *
+ */
+
+import org.gradle.api.JavaVersion
+
+object Config {
+  const val compileSdk = 28
+  const val minSdk = 15
+  const val targetSdk = 28
+  const val testInstrumentationRunner = "androidx.test.runner.AndroidJUnitRunner"
+  val javaVersion = JavaVersion.VERSION_1_8
+}
diff --git a/buildSrc/src/main/kotlin/KiwixConfigurationPlugin.kt b/buildSrc/src/main/kotlin/KiwixConfigurationPlugin.kt
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..2d992de52
--- /dev/null
+++ b/buildSrc/src/main/kotlin/KiwixConfigurationPlugin.kt
@@ -0,0 +1,126 @@
+/*
+ * Kiwix Android
+ * Copyright (c) 2019 Kiwix <android.kiwix.org>
+ * This program is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify
+ * it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
+ * the Free Software Foundation, either version 3 of the License, or
+ * (at your option) any later version.
+ *
+ * This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
+ * but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+ * MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
+ * GNU General Public License for more details.
+ *
+ * You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
+ * along with this program. If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
+ *
+ */
+
+import com.android.build.gradle.AppExtension
+import com.android.build.gradle.AppPlugin
+import com.android.build.gradle.BaseExtension
+import com.android.build.gradle.LibraryExtension
+import com.android.build.gradle.LibraryPlugin
+import org.gradle.api.Plugin
+import org.gradle.api.Project
+import org.gradle.api.tasks.testing.Test
+import org.gradle.kotlin.dsl.KotlinClosure1
+import org.gradle.kotlin.dsl.apply
+import org.gradle.testing.jacoco.plugins.JacocoPluginExtension
+import org.gradle.testing.jacoco.plugins.JacocoTaskExtension
+import org.jetbrains.kotlin.gradle.internal.AndroidExtensionsExtension
+import org.jlleitschuh.gradle.ktlint.KtlintExtension
+
+class KiwixConfigurationPlugin : Plugin<Project> {
+  override fun apply(target: Project) {
+    target.plugins.all {
+      when (this) {
+        is LibraryPlugin -> {
+          target.configureExtension<LibraryExtension> { configure(target.projectDir.toString()) }
+        }
+        is AppPlugin -> {
+          target.configureExtension<AppExtension> { configure(target.projectDir.toString()) }
+        }
+      }
+    }
+    target.plugins.apply("kotlin-android")
+    target.plugins.apply("kotlin-android-extensions")
+    target.plugins.apply("kotlin-kapt")
+    target.plugins.apply("jacoco-android")
+    target.plugins.apply("org.jlleitschuh.gradle.ktlint")
+    target.configureExtension<AndroidExtensionsExtension> { isExperimental = true }
+    target.configureExtension<JacocoPluginExtension> { toolVersion = "0.8.3" }
+    target.configureExtension<KtlintExtension> { android.set(true) }
+    target.apply(from = "${target.rootDir}/team-props/git-hooks.gradle")
+  }
+}
+
+private inline fun <reified T> Project.configureExtension(function: T.() -> Unit) =
+  extensions.getByType(T::class.java).function()
+
+private fun LibraryExtension.configure(path: String) {
+  baseConfigure(path)
+}
+
+private fun AppExtension.configure(path: String) {
+  baseConfigure(path)
+}
+
+private fun BaseExtension.baseConfigure(path: String) {
+  setCompileSdkVersion(Config.compileSdk)
+
+  defaultConfig {
+    setMinSdkVersion(Config.minSdk)
+    setTargetSdkVersion(Config.targetSdk)
+  }
+
+  compileOptions.apply {
+    encoding = "UTF-8"
+    sourceCompatibility = Config.javaVersion
+    targetCompatibility = Config.javaVersion
+  }
+
+  testOptions {
+    unitTests.apply {
+      isReturnDefaultValues = true
+      isIncludeAndroidResources = true
+      all(KotlinClosure1<Any, Test>({
+        (this as Test).also { testTask ->
+          testTask.useJUnitPlatform()
+          testTask.testLogging {
+            setEvents(setOf("passed", "skipped", "failed", "standardOut", "standardError"))
+            outputs.upToDateWhen { false }
+            showStandardStreams = true
+          }
+          testTask.extensions
+            .getByType(JacocoTaskExtension::class.java)
+            .isIncludeNoLocationClasses = true
+        }
+      }, this))
+    }
+  }
+
+  lintOptions {
+    isAbortOnError = true
+    isCheckAllWarnings = true
+    isCheckAllWarnings = true
+
+    ignore(
+      "SyntheticAccessor",
+      //TODO stop ignoring below this
+      "MissingTranslation",
+      "CheckResult",
+      "LabelFor",
+      "DuplicateStrings",
+      "LogConditional"
+    )
+
+    warning(
+      "UnknownNullness",
+      "SelectableText",
+      "IconDensities",
+      "SyntheticAccessor"
+    )
+    baseline("${path}/lint-baseline.xml")
+  }
+}
diff --git a/core/build.gradle b/core/build.gradle
index 78b954e60..efb20855c 100644
--- a/core/build.gradle
+++ b/core/build.gradle
@@ -19,20 +19,12 @@ plugins {
   id("com.github.triplet.play") version("2.4.1")
 }
 apply plugin: 'com.android.library'
-apply plugin: 'kotlin-android'
-apply plugin: 'kotlin-android-extensions'
-apply plugin: 'kotlin-kapt'
+apply plugin: KiwixConfigurationPlugin
 apply plugin: 'io.objectbox'
-apply plugin: 'jacoco-android'
-apply plugin: "org.jlleitschuh.gradle.ktlint"
 apply plugin: 'com.jakewharton.butterknife'
 
 android {
-  compileSdkVersion 28
-
   defaultConfig {
-    minSdkVersion 15
-    targetSdkVersion 28
     versionCode 1
     versionName "1.0"
 
@@ -56,45 +48,9 @@ android {
       proguardFiles getDefaultProguardFile('proguard-android-optimize.txt'), 'proguard-rules.pro'
     }
   }
-  compileOptions {
-    encoding = "UTF-8"
-    sourceCompatibility JavaVersion.VERSION_1_8
-    targetCompatibility JavaVersion.VERSION_1_8
-  }
-  androidExtensions {
-    experimental = true
-  }
 
   testOptions {
     execution 'ANDROIDX_TEST_ORCHESTRATOR'
-    unitTests.returnDefaultValues = true
-    unitTests.all {
-      useJUnitPlatform()
-      testLogging {
-        events "passed", "skipped", "failed", "standardOut", "standardError"
-        outputs.upToDateWhen { false }
-        showStandardStreams = true
-      }
-    }
-  }
-  lintOptions {
-    abortOnError true
-    checkAllWarnings true
-    warningsAsErrors true
-
-    ignore 'SyntheticAccessor',
-      //TODO stop ignoring below this
-      'MissingTranslation',
-      'CheckResult',
-      'LabelFor',
-      'DuplicateStrings',
-      'LogConditional'
-
-    warning 'UnknownNullness',
-      'SelectableText',
-      'IconDensities',
-      'SyntheticAccessor'
-    baseline file("lint-baseline.xml")
   }
   sourceSets {
     test {
@@ -107,18 +63,6 @@ android {
   }
 }
 
-jacoco {
-  toolVersion = "0.8.3"
-}
-
-tasks.withType(Test) {
-  jacoco.includeNoLocationClasses = true
-}
-
-ktlint {
-  android = true
-}
-
 private boolean shouldUseLocalVersion() {
   file("./libs").exists()
 }
diff --git a/core/lint-baseline.xml b/core/lint-baseline.xml
index c21c94da8..1cf0723e1 100644
--- a/core/lint-baseline.xml
+++ b/core/lint-baseline.xml
@@ -8,6 +8,15 @@
             file="..\..\..\.android\lint\customlint.jar"/>
     </issue>
 
+    <issue
+        id="ObsoleteLintCustomCheck"
+        message="Lint found an issue registry (`butterknife.lint.LintRegistry`) which is older than the current API level; these checks may not work correctly.&#xA;&#xA;Recompile the checks against the latest version. Custom check API version is 2 (3.2), current lint API level is 5 (3.5+)"
+        includedVariants="debug"
+        excludedVariants="release">
+        <location
+            file="..\..\..\.gradle\caches\transforms-2\files-2.1\5fe77b6973f8fa017590206274e7a5f7\butterknife-runtime-10.1.0\jars\lint.jar"/>
+    </issue>
+
     <issue
         id="MissingPermission"
         message="Missing permissions required by ConnectivityManager.getActiveNetworkInfo: android.permission.ACCESS_NETWORK_STATE"
@@ -180,17 +189,6 @@
             file="..\..\..\.gradle\caches\modules-2\files-2.1\org.simpleframework\simple-xml\2.7.1\dd91fb744c2ff921407475cb29a1e3fee397d411\simple-xml-2.7.1.jar"/>
     </issue>
 
-    <issue
-        id="OldTargetApi"
-        message="Not targeting the latest versions of Android; compatibility modes apply. Consider testing and updating this version. Consult the android.os.Build.VERSION_CODES javadoc for details."
-        errorLine1="    targetSdkVersion 28"
-        errorLine2="    ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~">
-        <location
-            file="build.gradle"
-            line="35"
-            column="5"/>
-    </issue>
-
     <issue
         id="SdCardPath"
         message="Do not hardcode &quot;`/data/`&quot;; use `Context.getFilesDir().getPath()` instead"
diff --git a/custom/build.gradle b/custom/build.gradle
index 01234b9d9..ec3ffedfd 100644
--- a/custom/build.gradle
+++ b/custom/build.gradle
@@ -1,10 +1,7 @@
 import groovy.json.JsonSlurper
 
 apply plugin: 'com.android.application'
-apply plugin: 'kotlin-android'
-apply plugin: 'kotlin-android-extensions'
-apply plugin: 'jacoco-android'
-apply plugin: "org.jlleitschuh.gradle.ktlint"
+apply plugin: KiwixConfigurationPlugin
 
 String[] archs = ['arm64-v8a', 'armeabi-v7a', 'x86', 'x86_64']
 
@@ -30,12 +27,9 @@ if (custom.listFiles()) {
   }
 }
 android {
-  compileSdkVersion 28
 
   defaultConfig {
     applicationId "org.kiwix.kiwixmobile.custom"
-    minSdkVersion 15
-    targetSdkVersion 28
     versionCode 1
     versionName "1.0"
     multiDexEnabled true
@@ -139,43 +133,8 @@ android {
       }
     }
   }
-
-  compileOptions {
-    encoding = "UTF-8"
-    sourceCompatibility JavaVersion.VERSION_1_8
-    targetCompatibility JavaVersion.VERSION_1_8
-  }
-
-  lintOptions {
-    abortOnError true
-    checkAllWarnings true
-    warningsAsErrors true
-
-    ignore 'SyntheticAccessor',
-      //TODO stop ignoring below this
-      'MissingTranslation',
-      'CheckResult',
-      'LabelFor',
-      'DuplicateStrings',
-      'LogConditional'
-
-    warning 'UnknownNullness',
-      'SelectableText',
-      'IconDensities',
-      'SyntheticAccessor'
-    baseline file("lint-baseline.xml")
-  }
-}
-ktlint {
-  android = true
-}
-jacoco {
-  toolVersion = "0.8.3"
 }
 
-tasks.withType(Test) {
-  jacoco.includeNoLocationClasses = true
-}
 dependencies {
   implementation project(':core')
   implementation(Libs.appcompat)
diff --git a/custom/lint-baseline.xml b/custom/lint-baseline.xml
index c09985245..7610b6885 100644
--- a/custom/lint-baseline.xml
+++ b/custom/lint-baseline.xml
@@ -41,17 +41,6 @@
             column="5"/>
     </issue>
 
-    <issue
-        id="OldTargetApi"
-        message="Not targeting the latest versions of Android; compatibility modes apply. Consider testing and updating this version. Consult the android.os.Build.VERSION_CODES javadoc for details."
-        errorLine1="    targetSdkVersion 28"
-        errorLine2="    ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~">
-        <location
-            file="build.gradle"
-            line="38"
-            column="5"/>
-    </issue>
-
     <issue
         id="UnusedAttribute"
         message="Attribute `networkSecurityConfig` is only used in API level 24 and higher (current min is 15)"