diff --git a/theodolite-benchmarks/buildSrc/src/main/groovy/theodolite.flink.gradle b/theodolite-benchmarks/buildSrc/src/main/groovy/theodolite.flink.gradle
index f9c1d98d9f88a95bdc3fa25e7c1bec2f3c9bddb4..d6d5217667a73a1529d73ac59260bcf47d8cf2e1 100644
--- a/theodolite-benchmarks/buildSrc/src/main/groovy/theodolite.flink.gradle
+++ b/theodolite-benchmarks/buildSrc/src/main/groovy/theodolite.flink.gradle
@@ -6,6 +6,23 @@ plugins {
 
 applicationDefaultJvmArgs = ["-Dlog4j.configuration=log4j.properties"]
 
+
+run.classpath = sourceSets.main.runtimeClasspath
+
+jar {
+    manifest {
+        attributes 'Built-By': System.getProperty('user.name'),
+                   'Build-Jdk': System.getProperty('java.version')
+    }
+}
+
+shadowJar {
+    configurations = [project.configurations.compile]
+    zip64 true
+}
+
+tasks.distZip.enabled = false
+
 ext {
   flinkVersion = '1.12.2'
   scalaBinaryVersion = '2.12'
@@ -48,17 +65,3 @@ dependencies {
     // Use JUnit test framework
     testImplementation 'junit:junit:4.12'
 }
-
-run.classpath = sourceSets.main.runtimeClasspath
-
-jar {
-    manifest {
-        attributes 'Built-By': System.getProperty('user.name'),
-                   'Build-Jdk': System.getProperty('java.version')
-    }
-}
-
-shadowJar {
-    configurations = [project.configurations.compile]
-    zip64 true
-}
diff --git a/theodolite-benchmarks/buildSrc/src/main/groovy/theodolite.kstreams.gradle b/theodolite-benchmarks/buildSrc/src/main/groovy/theodolite.kstreams.gradle
index c6779fbc4348a8d665776e68688858ab3d2f4146..eece7b835ae9d6f39283ea371ce8b0b8194cdaa0 100644
--- a/theodolite-benchmarks/buildSrc/src/main/groovy/theodolite.kstreams.gradle
+++ b/theodolite-benchmarks/buildSrc/src/main/groovy/theodolite.kstreams.gradle
@@ -6,6 +6,8 @@ plugins {
   id 'application'
 }
 
+tasks.distZip.enabled = false
+
 repositories {
   jcenter()
   maven {
diff --git a/theodolite-benchmarks/buildSrc/src/main/groovy/theodolite.load-generator.gradle b/theodolite-benchmarks/buildSrc/src/main/groovy/theodolite.load-generator.gradle
index 13b7ea191d11c942cd0ca58b882ffda7bc7912be..c6c2b6057cf35c32faa4d67b6ea6dba9e5c13beb 100644
--- a/theodolite-benchmarks/buildSrc/src/main/groovy/theodolite.load-generator.gradle
+++ b/theodolite-benchmarks/buildSrc/src/main/groovy/theodolite.load-generator.gradle
@@ -6,6 +6,8 @@ plugins {
   id 'application'
 }
 
+tasks.distZip.enabled = false
+
 repositories {
   jcenter()
   maven {