diff --git a/buildSrc/src/main/kotlin/LibsConfig.kt b/buildSrc/src/main/kotlin/LibsConfig.kt
index 4fd69cb65..695bb8e3c 100644
--- a/buildSrc/src/main/kotlin/LibsConfig.kt
+++ b/buildSrc/src/main/kotlin/LibsConfig.kt
@@ -27,7 +27,6 @@ import javax.inject.Inject
 
 fun Project.applyLibrariesConfiguration() {
     applyCommonConfiguration()
-    apply(plugin = "java-base")
     apply(plugin = "maven-publish")
     apply(plugin = "com.github.johnrengelman.shadow")
     apply(plugin = "signing")
diff --git a/worldedit-libs/core/build.gradle.kts b/worldedit-libs/core/build.gradle.kts
index c5eb10887..6de670a59 100644
--- a/worldedit-libs/core/build.gradle.kts
+++ b/worldedit-libs/core/build.gradle.kts
@@ -1,3 +1,7 @@
+plugins {
+    `java-base`
+}
+
 applyLibrariesConfiguration()
 
 dependencies {