diff --git a/build.gradle b/build.gradle
index 48d82bf..a827935 100644
--- a/build.gradle
+++ b/build.gradle
@@ -1,71 +1,53 @@
-buildscript {
-  repositories {
-    mavenLocal()
-    jcenter()
-    mavenCentral()
-  }
-}
-
 plugins {
-  id 'java'
-  id 'maven'
+  id 'java-library'
+  id 'maven' // TODO: migrate to 'maven-publish'
   id 'signing'
   //id 'checkstyle'
-  id 'org.sonarqube' version '2.8'
-  id 'net.saliman.cobertura' version '3.0.0'
+  id 'org.sonarqube' version '3.0'
+  id 'net.saliman.cobertura' version '4.0.0'
 }
 
 group = 'net.named-data.jndn-extra'
 version = '1.2.0'
 
-sourceCompatibility = JavaVersion.VERSION_1_8
-targetCompatibility = JavaVersion.VERSION_1_8
-compileJava.options.encoding = 'UTF-8'
-
 repositories {
   mavenLocal()
   jcenter()
   mavenCentral()
   maven {
-    url "https://oss.sonatype.org/content/repositories/releases/"
+    url 'https://oss.sonatype.org/content/repositories/releases'
   }
 }
 
-configurations {
-  checkstyleConfig
-}
-
 dependencies {
-  compile 'net.named-data:jndn:0.24'
+  api 'net.named-data:jndn:0.24'
 
-  testCompile 'junit:junit:4.12'
-  testRuntime 'org.slf4j:slf4j-api:1.7.30'
-
-  checkstyleConfig 'com.puppycrawl.tools:checkstyle:8.23'
+  testImplementation 'junit:junit:4.12'
+  testRuntimeOnly 'org.slf4j:slf4j-api:1.7.30'
 }
 
-task javadocJar(type: Jar) {
-  classifier = 'javadoc'
-  from javadoc
-}
-
-task sourcesJar(type: Jar) {
-  classifier = 'sources'
-  from sourceSets.main.allSource
+java {
+  sourceCompatibility = JavaVersion.VERSION_1_8
+  targetCompatibility = JavaVersion.VERSION_1_8
+  withJavadocJar()
+  withSourcesJar()
 }
 
 tasks.withType(JavaCompile) {
   options.deprecation = true
+  options.encoding = 'UTF-8'
+}
+
+tasks.withType(Javadoc) {
+  options.addBooleanOption('Xdoclint:none', true)
 }
 
 tasks.withType(Test) {
-  reports.html.destination = file("${reporting.baseDir}/${name}")
-  testLogging {
-    events "passed", "skipped", "failed"
-    showStandardStreams = true
-    exceptionFormat = "full"
-  }
   outputs.upToDateWhen { false }
+  testLogging {
+    events "passed", "failed", "skipped"
+    exceptionFormat "full"
+  }
 }
 
 tasks.withType(Checkstyle) {
@@ -75,12 +57,8 @@
   }
 }
 
-if (JavaVersion.current().isJava8Compatible()) {
-  allprojects {
-    tasks.withType(Javadoc) {
-      options.addStringOption('Xdoclint:none', '-quiet')
-    }
-  }
+cobertura {
+  coverageFormats = ['html', 'xml']
 }
 
 artifacts {
@@ -148,7 +126,3 @@
     }
   }
 }
-
-cobertura {
-  coverageFormats = ['html', 'xml']
-}