diff --git a/com.ibm.wala.cast.java.test.data/build.gradle b/com.ibm.wala.cast.java.test.data/build.gradle
index 8c6264a3e..6b3bcc0e9 100644
--- a/com.ibm.wala.cast.java.test.data/build.gradle
+++ b/com.ibm.wala.cast.java.test.data/build.gradle
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@ task downloadJLex(type: VerifiedDownload) {
 }
 
 task cleanDownloadJLex(type: Delete) {
-	delete files(downloadJLex).singleFile.parent
+	delete downloadJLex.dest.parent
 }
 
 compileTestJava.dependsOn downloadJLex
diff --git a/com.ibm.wala.cast.js.nodejs/build.gradle b/com.ibm.wala.cast.js.nodejs/build.gradle
index c8c9afd87..fe771d451 100644
--- a/com.ibm.wala.cast.js.nodejs/build.gradle
+++ b/com.ibm.wala.cast.js.nodejs/build.gradle
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@ task downloadNodeJS(type: VerifiedDownload) {
 }
 
 task unpackNodeJSLib(type: Copy, dependsOn: downloadNodeJS) {
-	from(zipTree(files(downloadNodeJS).singleFile)) {
+	from(zipTree(downloadNodeJS.dest)) {
 		include 'nodejs-node-0a604e9/lib/*.js'
 		eachFile {
 			relativePath new RelativePath(!directory, relativePath.lastName)
diff --git a/com.ibm.wala.cast.js.test.data/build.gradle b/com.ibm.wala.cast.js.test.data/build.gradle
index 0bd43a3f3..1608009e8 100644
--- a/com.ibm.wala.cast.js.test.data/build.gradle
+++ b/com.ibm.wala.cast.js.test.data/build.gradle
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ task downloadAjaxslt(type: VerifiedDownload) {
 }
 
 task unpackAjaxslt(type: Sync, dependsOn: downloadAjaxslt) {
-	from(tarTree(files(downloadAjaxslt).singleFile)) {
+	from(tarTree(downloadAjaxslt.dest)) {
 		eachFile {
 			def newSegments = relativePath.segments[1 .. -1] as String[]
 			relativePath new RelativePath(!directory, newSegments)
diff --git a/com.ibm.wala.cast/build.gradle b/com.ibm.wala.cast/build.gradle
index 86abf2a97..9158a32bc 100644
--- a/com.ibm.wala.cast/build.gradle
+++ b/com.ibm.wala.cast/build.gradle
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@ javadoc {
 	}
 
 	dependsOn js.createPackageList
-	options.linksOffline js.javadoc.outputDirectory.path, files(js.createPackageList).singleFile.parent
+	options.linksOffline js.javadoc.outputDirectory.path, js.createPackageList.packageList.parent
 }
 
 def currentJavaHome = org.gradle.internal.jvm.Jvm.current().javaHome
diff --git a/com.ibm.wala.core.testdata/build.gradle b/com.ibm.wala.core.testdata/build.gradle
index d26a4ef1e..58f685aa2 100644
--- a/com.ibm.wala.core.testdata/build.gradle
+++ b/com.ibm.wala.core.testdata/build.gradle
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@ task downloadBcel(type: VerifiedDownload) {
 }
 
 task extractBcel(type: Copy, dependsOn: downloadBcel) {
-	from(tarTree(files(downloadBcel).singleFile)) {
+	from(tarTree(downloadBcel.dest)) {
 		include "bcel-${downloadBcel.version}/bcel-${downloadBcel.version}.jar"
 		eachFile {
 			relativePath new RelativePath(!directory, relativePath.lastName)
@@ -93,20 +93,24 @@ task downloadOcamlJava(type: VerifiedDownload) {
 }
 
 task unpackOcamlJava(type: Sync, dependsOn: downloadOcamlJava) {
-	from tarTree(files(downloadOcamlJava).singleFile)
+	from tarTree(downloadOcamlJava.dest)
 	into temporaryDir
 }
 
 task generateHelloHashJar(type: JavaExec, dependsOn: unpackOcamlJava) {
-	inputs.file 'ocaml/hello_hash.ml'
-	outputs.file 'hello_hash.jar'
-	args inputs.files.singleFile, '-o', outputs.files.singleFile
+	def ocamlSource = file('ocaml/hello_hash.ml')
+	inputs.file ocamlSource
+
+	def jarTarget = file('hello_hash.jar')
+	outputs.file jarTarget
 	outputs.cacheIf { true }
 
-	def ocamlJavaHome = new File(files(unpackOcamlJava).singleFile, downloadOcamlJava.basename)
-	classpath new File(ocamlJavaHome, 'lib/ocamljava.jar')
+	def ocamlJavaJar = new File("$unpackOcamlJava.destinationDir/$downloadOcamlJava.basename/lib/ocamljava.jar")
+	inputs.file ocamlJavaJar
+	classpath ocamlJavaJar
+
 	main 'ocaml.compilers.ocamljavaMain'
-	inputs.dir ocamlJavaHome
+	args ocamlSource, '-o', jarTarget
 }
 
 task cleanGenerateHelloHashJar(type: Delete) {
diff --git a/com.ibm.wala.dalvik.test/build.gradle b/com.ibm.wala.dalvik.test/build.gradle
index e38d2f454..a80780dc5 100644
--- a/com.ibm.wala.dalvik.test/build.gradle
+++ b/com.ibm.wala.dalvik.test/build.gradle
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@ task downloadDroidBench(type: VerifiedDownload) {
 }
 
 task unpackDroidBench(type: Sync, dependsOn: downloadDroidBench) {
-	from(zipTree(files(downloadDroidBench).singleFile)) {
+	from(zipTree(downloadDroidBench.dest)) {
 		eachFile {
 			relativePath new RelativePath(!directory, relativePath.segments[1..-1] as String[])
 		}
@@ -49,7 +49,7 @@ task downloadAndroidSdk(type: VerifiedDownload) {
 }
 
 task installAndroidSdk(type: Sync, dependsOn: downloadAndroidSdk) {
-	from zipTree(files(downloadAndroidSdk).singleFile)
+	from zipTree(downloadAndroidSdk.dest)
 	into temporaryDir
 
 	def buildToolsVersion = '26.0.2'
@@ -95,7 +95,7 @@ compileTestJava.dependsOn copyDxJar
 afterEclipseBuildshipImport.dependsOn copyDxJar
 
 task copyAndroidJar(type: Sync, dependsOn: installAndroidSdk) {
-	from "${files(installAndroidSdk).singleFile}/platforms/${installAndroidSdk.components['platforms']}/android.jar"
+	from "${installAndroidSdk.destinationDir}/platforms/${installAndroidSdk.components['platforms']}/android.jar"
 	into temporaryDir
 }
 
@@ -119,14 +119,14 @@ dependencies {
 	testCompile(
 		'junit:junit:4.11',
 		'org.osgi:org.osgi.core:4.2.0',
-		files("${files(copyDxJar).singleFile}/dx.jar"),
+		files("${copyDxJar.destinationDir}/dx.jar"),
 		project(':com.ibm.wala.core'),
 		project(':com.ibm.wala.dalvik'),
 		project(':com.ibm.wala.shrike'),
 		project(':com.ibm.wala.util'),
 		project(configuration: 'testArchives', path: ':com.ibm.wala.core.tests'),
 		)
-	testRuntime files("${files(copyAndroidJar).singleFile}/android.jar")
+	testRuntime files("${copyAndroidJar.destinationDir}/android.jar")
 }
 
 processTestResources {
diff --git a/com.ibm.wala.dalvik/build.gradle b/com.ibm.wala.dalvik/build.gradle
index ad57cafc4..241109b32 100644
--- a/com.ibm.wala.dalvik/build.gradle
+++ b/com.ibm.wala.dalvik/build.gradle
@@ -17,5 +17,5 @@ task createPackageList(type: CreatePackageList) {
 
 javadoc {
 	dependsOn createPackageList
-	options.linksOffline outputDirectory.path, files(createPackageList).singleFile.parent
+	options.linksOffline outputDirectory.path, createPackageList.packageList.parent
 }