diff --git a/com.ibm.wala.cast.js.nodejs/build.gradle b/com.ibm.wala.cast.js.nodejs/build.gradle
index 8237a729f..dbfdf9b41 100644
--- a/com.ibm.wala.cast.js.nodejs/build.gradle
+++ b/com.ibm.wala.cast.js.nodejs/build.gradle
@@ -33,7 +33,7 @@ task unpackNodeJSLib(type: Sync, dependsOn: verifyNodeJS) {
 	}
 
 	into temporaryDir
-	includeEmptyDirs = false
+	includeEmptyDirs false
 }
 
 sourceSets.main {
diff --git a/com.ibm.wala.cast.js.test.data/build.gradle b/com.ibm.wala.cast.js.test.data/build.gradle
index cc9b36320..8e2cfbaad 100644
--- a/com.ibm.wala.cast.js.test.data/build.gradle
+++ b/com.ibm.wala.cast.js.test.data/build.gradle
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@ task unpackAjaxslt(type: Copy, dependsOn: verifyAjaxslt) {
 	from(tarTree(verifyAjaxslt.src)) {
 		eachFile {
 			def newSegments = ['ajaxslt'] + relativePath.segments[1 .. -1] as String[]
-			relativePath = new RelativePath(!directory, newSegments)
+			relativePath new RelativePath(!directory, newSegments)
 		}
 	}
 	into 'examples-src'
diff --git a/com.ibm.wala.core.testdata/build.gradle b/com.ibm.wala.core.testdata/build.gradle
index a4c7bf8ea..fa67676e2 100644
--- a/com.ibm.wala.core.testdata/build.gradle
+++ b/com.ibm.wala.core.testdata/build.gradle
@@ -33,7 +33,7 @@ task extractBcel(type: Copy, dependsOn: verifyBcel) {
 	from(tarTree(verifyBcel.src)) {
 		include 'bcel-5.2/bcel-5.2.jar'
 		eachFile {
-			relativePath = new RelativePath(!directory, relativePath.lastName)
+			relativePath new RelativePath(!directory, relativePath.lastName)
 		}
 	}
 	into projectDir