diff --git a/build.gradle.kts b/build.gradle.kts
index f0f1542e2..9882da181 100644
--- a/build.gradle.kts
+++ b/build.gradle.kts
@@ -19,6 +19,7 @@ plugins {
     id("io.gitlab.arturbosch.detekt")
     id("org.jetbrains.dokka") version "0.9.18" apply false
     jacoco
+    `maven-publish`
 }
 
 buildScan {
@@ -45,7 +46,7 @@ tasks.check {
     dependsOn(gradle.includedBuild("detekt-gradle-plugin").task(":check"))
 }
 
-tasks.withType<Detekt> {
+tasks.withType<Detekt>().configureEach {
     dependsOn(gradle.includedBuild("detekt-gradle-plugin").task(":detekt"))
 }
 
@@ -59,8 +60,8 @@ tasks {
         subprojects
             .filterNot { it.name in listOf("detekt-test", "detekt-sample-extensions") }
             .forEach {
-                this@jacocoTestReport.sourceSets(it.sourceSets["main"])
-                this@jacocoTestReport.dependsOn(it.tasks["test"])
+                this@jacocoTestReport.sourceSets(it.sourceSets.main.get())
+                this@jacocoTestReport.dependsOn(it.tasks.test)
             }
 
         reports {
@@ -77,9 +78,7 @@ allprojects {
     version = detektVersion + if (System.getProperty("snapshot")?.toBoolean() == true) "-SNAPSHOT" else ""
 
     repositories {
-        mavenLocal()
         jcenter()
-        maven(url = "https://dl.bintray.com/arturbosch/generic")
     }
 }
 
@@ -103,7 +102,7 @@ subprojects {
         jacoco.toolVersion = jacocoVersion
     }
 
-    tasks.withType<Detekt> {
+    tasks.withType<Detekt>().configureEach {
         exclude("resources/")
         exclude("build/")
     }
@@ -130,7 +129,7 @@ subprojects {
         }
     }
 
-    val shadowedProjects = listOf("detekt-cli", "detekt-watcher", "detekt-generator")
+    val shadowedProjects = listOf("detekt-cli", "detekt-generator")
 
     if (project.name in shadowedProjects) {
         apply {
@@ -139,7 +138,7 @@ subprojects {
         }
     }
 
-    tasks.withType<Test> {
+    tasks.withType<Test>().configureEach {
         useJUnitPlatform()
         testLogging {
             // set options for log level LIFECYCLE
@@ -156,7 +155,7 @@ subprojects {
         }
     }
 
-    tasks.withType<KotlinCompile> {
+    tasks.withType<KotlinCompile>().configureEach {
         kotlinOptions.jvmTarget = "1.8"
         // https://youtrack.jetbrains.com/issue/KT-24946
         kotlinOptions.freeCompilerArgs = listOf(
@@ -168,18 +167,8 @@ subprojects {
         kotlinOptions.allWarningsAsErrors = shouldTreatCompilerWarningsAsErrors()
     }
 
-    val bintrayUser =
-    if (project.hasProperty("bintrayUser")) {
-        project.property("bintrayUser").toString()
-    } else {
-        System.getenv("BINTRAY_USER")
-    }
-    val bintrayKey =
-    if (project.hasProperty("bintrayKey")) {
-        project.property("bintrayKey").toString()
-    } else {
-        System.getenv("BINTRAY_API_KEY")
-    }
+    val bintrayUser = findProperty("bintrayUser")?.toString() ?: System.getenv("BINTRAY_USER")
+    val bintrayKey = findProperty("bintrayKey")?.toString() ?: System.getenv("BINTRAY_API_KEY")
     val detektPublication = "DetektPublication"
 
     bintray {
@@ -216,9 +205,9 @@ subprojects {
     }
 
     val sourcesJar by tasks.creating(Jar::class) {
-        dependsOn("classes")
+        dependsOn(tasks.classes)
         archiveClassifier.set("sources")
-        from(sourceSets["main"].allSource)
+        from(sourceSets.main.get().allSource)
     }
 
     val javadocJar by tasks.creating(Jar::class) {
@@ -231,7 +220,7 @@ subprojects {
         archives(javadocJar)
     }
 
-    configure<PublishingExtension> {
+    publishing {
         publications.create<MavenPublication>(detektPublication) {
             from(components["java"])
             artifact(sourcesJar)
@@ -242,32 +231,32 @@ subprojects {
             groupId = this@subprojects.group as? String
             artifactId = this@subprojects.name
             version = this@subprojects.version as? String
-            pom.withXml {
-                asNode().apply {
-                    appendNode("description", "Static code analysis for Kotlin")
-                    appendNode("name", "detekt")
-                    appendNode("url", "https://arturbosch.github.io/detekt")
-
-                    val license = appendNode("licenses").appendNode("license")
-                    license.appendNode("name", "The Apache Software License, Version 2.0")
-                    license.appendNode("url", "http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0.txt")
-                    license.appendNode("distribution", "repo")
-
-                    val developer = appendNode("developers").appendNode("developer")
-                    developer.appendNode("id", "Artur Bosch")
-                    developer.appendNode("name", "Artur Bosch")
-                    developer.appendNode("email", "arturbosch@gmx.de")
-
-                    appendNode("scm").appendNode("url", "https://github.com/arturbosch/detekt")
+            pom {
+                description.set("Static code analysis for Kotlin")
+                name.set("detekt")
+                url.set("https://arturbosch.github.io/detekt")
+                licenses {
+                    license {
+                        name.set("The Apache Software License, Version 2.0")
+                        url.set("http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0.txt")
+                        distribution.set("repo")
+                    }
+                }
+                developers {
+                    developer {
+                        id.set("Artur Bosch")
+                        name.set("Artur Bosch")
+                        email.set("arturbosch@gmx.de")
+                    }
+                }
+                scm {
+                    url.set("https://github.com/arturbosch/detekt")
                 }
             }
         }
     }
 
-    fun artifactory(configure: ArtifactoryPluginConvention.() -> Unit): Unit =
-        configure(project.convention.getPluginByName("artifactory"))
-
-    artifactory {
+    configure<ArtifactoryPluginConvention> {
         setContextUrl("https://oss.jfrog.org/artifactory")
         publish(delegateClosureOf<PublisherConfig> {
             repository(delegateClosureOf<GroovyObject> {
@@ -298,7 +287,7 @@ subprojects {
         kotlinTest("org.spekframework.spek2:spek-dsl-jvm:$spekVersion")
     }
 
-    sourceSets["main"].java.srcDirs("src/main/kotlin")
+    sourceSets.main.get().java.srcDirs("src/main/kotlin")
 }
 
 /**
@@ -326,9 +315,9 @@ val detektFormat by tasks.registering(Detekt::class) {
     exclude("**/build/**")
     config = files("$rootDir/config/detekt/format.yml")
     reports {
-        xml { enabled = false }
-        html { enabled = false }
-        txt { enabled = false }
+        xml.enabled = false
+        html.enabled = false
+        txt.enabled = false
     }
 }
 
diff --git a/detekt-api/build.gradle.kts b/detekt-api/build.gradle.kts
index 10eb3ce87..fb263ef20 100644
--- a/detekt-api/build.gradle.kts
+++ b/detekt-api/build.gradle.kts
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ plugins {
     id("org.jetbrains.dokka")
 }
 
-configurations.testImplementation.extendsFrom(configurations["kotlinTest"])
+configurations.testImplementation.get().extendsFrom(configurations.kotlinTest.get())
 
 val yamlVersion: String by project
 val junitPlatformVersion: String by project
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@ dependencies {
     testRuntimeOnly("org.spekframework.spek2:spek-runner-junit5:$spekVersion")
 }
 
-tasks.withType<DokkaTask> {
+tasks.withType<DokkaTask>().configureEach {
     // suppresses undocumented classes but not dokka warnings https://github.com/Kotlin/dokka/issues/90
     reportUndocumented = false
     outputFormat = "jekyll"
@@ -30,7 +30,7 @@ tasks.withType<DokkaTask> {
     jdkVersion = 8
 }
 
-tasks.withType<Test> {
+tasks.withType<Test>().configureEach {
     systemProperty("kotlinVersion", embeddedKotlinVersion)
 
     doFirst {
diff --git a/detekt-cli/build.gradle.kts b/detekt-cli/build.gradle.kts
index a031372ad..609964d13 100644
--- a/detekt-cli/build.gradle.kts
+++ b/detekt-cli/build.gradle.kts
@@ -9,13 +9,12 @@ val detektVersion: String by project
 val reflectionsVersion: String by project
 
 // implementation.extendsFrom kotlin is not enough for using cli in a gradle task - #58
-configurations.testImplementation.get().extendsFrom(configurations["kotlinTest"])
+configurations.testImplementation.get().extendsFrom(configurations.kotlinTest.get())
 
 dependencies {
     implementation(project(":detekt-core"))
     runtimeOnly(project(":detekt-rules"))
     implementation("com.beust:jcommander:$jcommanderVersion")
-    implementation(kotlin("compiler-embeddable"))
 
     testImplementation(project(":detekt-test"))
     testImplementation(project(":detekt-rules"))
@@ -24,10 +23,8 @@ dependencies {
     testRuntimeOnly("org.spekframework.spek2:spek-runner-junit5:$spekVersion")
 }
 
-tasks["test"].dependsOn(":detekt-generator:generateDocumentation")
-
 // bundle detekt's version for debug logging on rule exceptions
-tasks.withType<Jar> {
+tasks.withType<Jar>().configureEach {
     manifest {
         attributes(mapOf("DetektVersion" to detektVersion))
     }
diff --git a/detekt-core/build.gradle.kts b/detekt-core/build.gradle.kts
index bb9fd5c84..34e99cb5b 100644
--- a/detekt-core/build.gradle.kts
+++ b/detekt-core/build.gradle.kts
@@ -1,11 +1,10 @@
-configurations.testImplementation.extendsFrom(configurations["kotlinTest"])
+configurations.testImplementation.get().extendsFrom(configurations.kotlinTest.get())
 
 val junitPlatformVersion: String by project
 val spekVersion: String by project
 val reflectionsVersion: String by project
 
 dependencies {
-    implementation(kotlin("compiler-embeddable"))
     api(project(":detekt-api"))
 
     testImplementation(project(":detekt-rules"))
diff --git a/detekt-formatting/build.gradle.kts b/detekt-formatting/build.gradle.kts
index 5b68c4eba..bc4ae2a7a 100644
--- a/detekt-formatting/build.gradle.kts
+++ b/detekt-formatting/build.gradle.kts
@@ -1,13 +1,11 @@
-configurations["implementation"].isCanBeResolved = true
-configurations.testImplementation.get()
-    .extendsFrom(configurations["kotlinTest"])
+configurations.implementation.get().isCanBeResolved = true
+configurations.testImplementation.get().extendsFrom(configurations.kotlinTest.get())
 
 val ktlintVersion: String by project
 val junitPlatformVersion: String by project
 val spekVersion: String by project
 
 dependencies {
-    implementation(kotlin("compiler-embeddable"))
     implementation(project(":detekt-api"))
     implementation("com.pinterest.ktlint:ktlint-ruleset-standard:$ktlintVersion") {
         exclude(group = "org.jetbrains.kotlin")
@@ -25,9 +23,9 @@ dependencies {
     testRuntimeOnly("org.spekframework.spek2:spek-runner-junit5:$spekVersion")
 }
 
-tasks.withType<Jar> {
+tasks.withType<Jar>().configureEach {
     from(
-        configurations["implementation"]
+        configurations.implementation.get()
             .filter { "com.pinterest.ktlint" in it.toString() }
             .map { if (it.isDirectory) it else zipTree(it) }
     )
diff --git a/detekt-generator/build.gradle.kts b/detekt-generator/build.gradle.kts
index 193c51aec..4abd58d7f 100644
--- a/detekt-generator/build.gradle.kts
+++ b/detekt-generator/build.gradle.kts
@@ -11,12 +11,12 @@ val jar by tasks.getting(Jar::class) {
 }
 
 // implementation.extendsFrom kotlin is not enough for using cli in a gradle task - #58
-configurations.testImplementation.get().extendsFrom(configurations["kotlinTest"])
+configurations.testImplementation.get().extendsFrom(configurations.kotlinTest.get())
 
 val detektVersion: String by project
 
-val generateDocumentation: Task by tasks.creating {
-    dependsOn(":detekt-generator:shadowJar")
+val generateDocumentation by tasks.registering {
+    dependsOn(tasks.shadowJar)
     description = "Generates detekt documentation and the default config.yml based on Rule KDoc"
     group = "documentation"
 
@@ -43,8 +43,8 @@ val generateDocumentation: Task by tasks.creating {
     }
 }
 
-val verifyGeneratorOutput: Task by tasks.creating {
-    dependsOn(listOf(":detekt-generator:shadowJar", ":detekt-generator:generateDocumentation"))
+val verifyGeneratorOutput by tasks.registering {
+    dependsOn(listOf(tasks.shadowJar, generateDocumentation))
     description = "Verifies that all documentation and the config.yml are up-to-date"
     doLast {
         assertDefaultConfigUpToDate()
@@ -91,7 +91,6 @@ dependencies {
     implementation(project(":detekt-rules"))
     implementation(project(":detekt-formatting"))
     implementation("com.beust:jcommander:$jcommanderVersion")
-    implementation(kotlin("compiler-embeddable"))
     implementation(kotlin("reflect"))
 
     testImplementation(project(":detekt-test"))
diff --git a/detekt-gradle-plugin/build.gradle.kts b/detekt-gradle-plugin/build.gradle.kts
index 2f1c6ce21..ef28f2aa0 100644
--- a/detekt-gradle-plugin/build.gradle.kts
+++ b/detekt-gradle-plugin/build.gradle.kts
@@ -3,17 +3,7 @@ import org.gradle.api.tasks.testing.logging.TestExceptionFormat
 import org.gradle.api.tasks.testing.logging.TestLogEvent
 import java.util.Date
 
-buildscript {
-    repositories {
-        mavenCentral()
-        mavenLocal()
-        jcenter()
-    }
-}
-
 repositories {
-    gradlePluginPortal()
-    mavenLocal()
     jcenter()
 }
 
@@ -31,8 +21,6 @@ plugins {
 group = "io.gitlab.arturbosch.detekt"
 version = "1.0.0"
 
-val detektGradleVersion: String by project
-val jcommanderVersion: String by project
 val spekVersion = "2.0.2"
 val junitPlatformVersion = "1.4.1"
 val assertjVersion = "3.12.2"
@@ -102,7 +90,7 @@ tasks.dokka {
     outputDirectory = "$buildDir/javadoc"
 }
 
-val generateDefaultDetektVersionFile: Task by tasks.creating {
+val generateDefaultDetektVersionFile by tasks.registering {
     val defaultDetektVersionFile =
         File("$buildDir/generated/src/io/gitlab/arturbosch/detekt", "PluginVersion.kt")
 
@@ -119,20 +107,20 @@ val generateDefaultDetektVersionFile: Task by tasks.creating {
     }
 }
 
-sourceSets["main"].java.srcDir("$buildDir/generated/src")
+sourceSets.main.get().java.srcDir("$buildDir/generated/src")
 
 tasks.compileKotlin {
     dependsOn(generateDefaultDetektVersionFile)
 }
 
 val sourcesJar by tasks.creating(Jar::class) {
-    dependsOn("classes")
+    dependsOn(tasks.classes)
     archiveClassifier.set("sources")
-    from(sourceSets["main"].allSource)
+    from(sourceSets.main.get().allSource)
 }
 
 val javadocJar by tasks.creating(Jar::class) {
-    dependsOn("dokka")
+    dependsOn(tasks.dokka)
     archiveClassifier.set("javadoc")
     from(buildDir.resolve("javadoc"))
 }
@@ -148,18 +136,8 @@ detekt {
         project.rootDir.resolve("../config/detekt/detekt.yml")
     )
 }
-val bintrayUser: String? =
-    if (project.hasProperty("bintrayUser")) {
-        project.property("bintrayUser").toString()
-    } else {
-        System.getenv("BINTRAY_USER")
-    }
-val bintrayKey: String? =
-    if (project.hasProperty("bintrayKey")) {
-        project.property("bintrayKey").toString()
-    } else {
-        System.getenv("BINTRAY_API_KEY")
-    }
+val bintrayUser = findProperty("bintrayUser")?.toString() ?: System.getenv("BINTRAY_USER")
+val bintrayKey = findProperty("bintrayKey")?.toString() ?: System.getenv("BINTRAY_API_KEY")
 val detektPublication = "DetektPublication"
 
 publishing {
@@ -170,23 +148,26 @@ publishing {
         groupId = rootProject.group as? String
         artifactId = rootProject.name
         version = rootProject.version as? String
-        pom.withXml {
-            asNode().apply {
-                appendNode("description", "Static code analysis for Kotlin")
-                appendNode("name", "detekt")
-                appendNode("url", "https://github.com/arturbosch/detekt")
-
-                val license = appendNode("licenses").appendNode("license")
-                license.appendNode("name", "The Apache Software License, Version 2.0")
-                license.appendNode("url", "http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0.txt")
-                license.appendNode("distribution", "repo")
-
-                val developer = appendNode("developers").appendNode("developer")
-                developer.appendNode("id", "Artur Bosch")
-                developer.appendNode("name", "Artur Bosch")
-                developer.appendNode("email", "arturbosch@gmx.de")
-
-                appendNode("scm").appendNode("url", "https://github.com/arturbosch/detekt")
+        pom {
+            description.set("Static code analysis for Kotlin")
+            name.set("detekt")
+            url.set("https://github.com/arturbosch/detekt")
+            licenses {
+                license {
+                    name.set("The Apache Software License, Version 2.0")
+                    url.set("http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0.txt")
+                    distribution.set("repo")
+                }
+            }
+            developers {
+                developer {
+                    id.set("Artur Bosch")
+                    name.set("Artur Bosch")
+                    email.set("arturbosch@gmx.de")
+                }
+            }
+            scm {
+                url.set("https://github.com/arturbosch/detekt")
             }
         }
     }
diff --git a/detekt-rules/build.gradle.kts b/detekt-rules/build.gradle.kts
index a07a4104f..78f5f1ac2 100644
--- a/detekt-rules/build.gradle.kts
+++ b/detekt-rules/build.gradle.kts
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
-configurations.testImplementation.extendsFrom(configurations["kotlinTest"])
+configurations.testImplementation.get().extendsFrom(configurations.kotlinTest.get())
 
-tasks["build"].finalizedBy(":detekt-generator:generateDocumentation")
+tasks.build { finalizedBy(":detekt-generator:generateDocumentation") }
 
 val junitPlatformVersion: String by project
 val spekVersion: String by project
@@ -8,7 +8,6 @@ val reflectionsVersion: String by project
 
 dependencies {
     implementation(project(":detekt-api"))
-    implementation(kotlin("compiler-embeddable"))
 
     testImplementation("org.reflections:reflections:$reflectionsVersion")
     testImplementation(project(":detekt-test"))
diff --git a/detekt-sample-extensions/build.gradle.kts b/detekt-sample-extensions/build.gradle.kts
index 709e444c9..dd1e24fb5 100644
--- a/detekt-sample-extensions/build.gradle.kts
+++ b/detekt-sample-extensions/build.gradle.kts
@@ -6,7 +6,6 @@ dependencies {
     // When creating a sample extension, change this dependency to the detekt-api version you build against, e.g.
     // io.gitlab.arturbosch.detekt:detekt-api:1.0.0-RC15
     implementation(project(":detekt-api"))
-    implementation(kotlin("compiler-embeddable"))
 
     // When creating a sample extension, change this dependency to the detekt-test version you build against, e.g.
     // io.gitlab.arturbosch.detekt:detekt-test:1.0.0-RC15
diff --git a/detekt-test/build.gradle.kts b/detekt-test/build.gradle.kts
index 17b266dde..014458f89 100644
--- a/detekt-test/build.gradle.kts
+++ b/detekt-test/build.gradle.kts
@@ -2,7 +2,6 @@ val assertjVersion: String by project
 
 dependencies {
     implementation(kotlin("script-runtime"))
-    implementation(kotlin("compiler-embeddable"))
     implementation(kotlin("script-util"))
     implementation(kotlin("scripting-compiler-embeddable"))