diff --git a/com.ibm.wala.cast.test/build.gradle b/com.ibm.wala.cast.test/build.gradle
index cf293a2b1..fa75b9f1c 100644
--- a/com.ibm.wala.cast.test/build.gradle
+++ b/com.ibm.wala.cast.test/build.gradle
@@ -51,7 +51,7 @@ model {
 					srcDirs = ['harness-src/c']
 					include 'smoke.cpp'
 				}
-				generatedBy tasks.generateJniHeaders
+				generatedBy generateJniHeaders
 				['cast', 'jdk'].each {
 					lib project: ':com.ibm.wala.cast', library: it
 				}
diff --git a/com.ibm.wala.cast/build.gradle b/com.ibm.wala.cast/build.gradle
index 78355107e..c337cef9e 100644
--- a/com.ibm.wala.cast/build.gradle
+++ b/com.ibm.wala.cast/build.gradle
@@ -14,11 +14,11 @@ dependencies {
 		)
 }
 
-tasks.javadoc {
+javadoc {
 	dependsOn ':com.ibm.wala.cast.js:compileJava'
 
 	doFirst {
-		classpath += files(project(':com.ibm.wala.cast.js').tasks.compileJava)
+		classpath += files(project(':com.ibm.wala.cast.js').compileJava)
 	}
 }
 
diff --git a/com.ibm.wala.core/build.gradle b/com.ibm.wala.core/build.gradle
index 09082faa7..8b1af4b1e 100644
--- a/com.ibm.wala.core/build.gradle
+++ b/com.ibm.wala.core/build.gradle
@@ -17,10 +17,10 @@ dependencies {
 		)
 }
 
-tasks.javadoc {
+javadoc {
 	dependsOn ':com.ibm.wala.dalvik:compileJava'
 
 	doFirst {
-		classpath += files(project(':com.ibm.wala.dalvik').tasks.compileJava)
+		classpath += files(project(':com.ibm.wala.dalvik').compileJava)
 	}
 }
diff --git a/com.ibm.wala.dalvik.test/build.gradle b/com.ibm.wala.dalvik.test/build.gradle
index 14b4ae06e..d06375d24 100644
--- a/com.ibm.wala.dalvik.test/build.gradle
+++ b/com.ibm.wala.dalvik.test/build.gradle
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@ sourceSets.test {
 	java.srcDirs = ['source']
 	resources.srcDirs = [
 		'data',
-		project(':com.ibm.wala.core.testdata').tasks.compileTestJava,
+		project(':com.ibm.wala.core.testdata').compileTestJava,
 		]
 }
 
diff --git a/com.ibm.wala.util/build.gradle b/com.ibm.wala.util/build.gradle
index f4df6c269..a8f403bb7 100644
--- a/com.ibm.wala.util/build.gradle
+++ b/com.ibm.wala.util/build.gradle
@@ -4,8 +4,8 @@ eclipse.project.natures 'org.eclipse.pde.PluginNature'
 
 sourceSets.main.java.srcDirs = ['src']
 
-tasks.javadoc {
-	def coreCompileJava = project(':com.ibm.wala.core').tasks.compileJava
+javadoc {
+	def coreCompileJava = project(':com.ibm.wala.core').compileJava
 	dependsOn coreCompileJava
 	doFirst {
 		classpath += files(coreCompileJava)