diff --git a/apitest/build.gradle b/apitest/build.gradle
index e99e51b4570..6f9c36ea207 100644
--- a/apitest/build.gradle
+++ b/apitest/build.gradle
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 plugins {
-    id 'bisq.java-conventions'
+    id 'bisq.application'
 }
 
 mainClassName = 'bisq.apitest.ApiTestMain'
diff --git a/build.gradle b/build.gradle
index 933f3e2d93c..0eda1badc2c 100644
--- a/build.gradle
+++ b/build.gradle
@@ -19,77 +19,6 @@ configure(rootProject) {
     }
 }
 
-configure([project(':cli'),
-           project(':daemon'),
-           project(':desktop'),
-           project(':seednode'),
-           project(':statsnode'),
-           project(':apitest')]) {
-
-    apply plugin: 'application'
-
-    build.dependsOn installDist
-    installDist.destinationDir = file('build/app')
-    distZip.enabled = false
-    distTar.enabled = false
-
-    // the 'installDist' and 'startScripts' blocks below configure bisq executables to put
-    // generated shell scripts in the root project directory, such that users can easily
-    // discover and invoke e.g. ./bisq-desktop, ./bisq-seednode, etc.
-    // See https://stackoverflow.com/q/46327736 for details.
-
-    installDist {
-        doLast {
-            // copy generated shell scripts, e.g. `bisq-desktop` directly to the project
-            // root directory for discoverability and ease of use
-
-            copy {
-                from "$destinationDir/bin"
-                into rootProject.projectDir
-            }
-            // copy libs required for generated shell script classpaths to 'lib' dir under
-            // the project root directory
-            copy {
-                from "$destinationDir/lib"
-                into "${rootProject.projectDir}/lib"
-            }
-
-            // edit generated shell scripts such that they expect to be executed in the
-            // project root dir as opposed to a 'bin' subdirectory
-            def windowsScriptFile = file("${rootProject.projectDir}/bisq-${applicationName}.bat")
-            windowsScriptFile.text = windowsScriptFile.text.replace(
-                'set APP_HOME=%DIRNAME%..', 'set APP_HOME=%DIRNAME%')
-
-            def unixScriptFile = file("${rootProject.projectDir}/bisq-$applicationName")
-            unixScriptFile.text = unixScriptFile.text.replace(
-                'APP_HOME=$( cd "${APP_HOME:-./}.." && pwd -P ) || exit', 'APP_HOME=$( cd "${APP_HOME:-./}" && pwd -P ) || exit')
-
-            if (applicationName == 'desktop') {
-                def script = file("${rootProject.projectDir}/bisq-$applicationName")
-                script.text = script.text.replace(
-                    'DEFAULT_JVM_OPTS=""', 'DEFAULT_JVM_OPTS="-XX:MaxRAM=8g -Xss1280k -XX:+UseG1GC ' +
-                    '-XX:MaxHeapFreeRatio=10 -XX:MinHeapFreeRatio=5 -XX:+UseStringDeduplication ' +
-                    '-Djava.net.preferIPv4Stack=true"')
-            }
-
-            if (applicationName == 'apitest') {
-                // Pass the logback config file as a system property to avoid chatty
-                // logback startup due to multiple logback.xml files in the classpath
-                // (:daemon & :cli).
-                def script = file("${rootProject.projectDir}/bisq-$applicationName")
-                script.text = script.text.replace(
-                    'DEFAULT_JVM_OPTS=""', 'DEFAULT_JVM_OPTS="' +
-                    '-Dlogback.configurationFile=apitest/build/resources/main/logback.xml"')
-            }
-        }
-    }
-
-    startScripts {
-        // rename scripts from, e.g. `desktop` to `bisq-desktop`
-        applicationName = "bisq-$applicationName"
-    }
-}
-
 if (hasProperty('buildScan')) {
     buildScan {
         termsOfServiceUrl = 'https://gradle.com/terms-of-service'
diff --git a/cli/build.gradle b/cli/build.gradle
index af5fc38a35a..8d358eb4908 100644
--- a/cli/build.gradle
+++ b/cli/build.gradle
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 plugins {
-    id 'bisq.java-conventions'
+    id 'bisq.application'
 }
 
 distTar.enabled = true
diff --git a/daemon/build.gradle b/daemon/build.gradle
index d26c2f4d300..7606d288ff3 100644
--- a/daemon/build.gradle
+++ b/daemon/build.gradle
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 plugins {
-    id 'bisq.java-conventions'
+    id 'bisq.application'
 }
 
 distTar.enabled = true
diff --git a/desktop/build.gradle b/desktop/build.gradle
index 8996f6e1ae2..10da8398220 100644
--- a/desktop/build.gradle
+++ b/desktop/build.gradle
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 plugins {
-    id 'bisq.java-conventions'
+    id 'bisq.application'
     id 'bisq.javafx'
 }
 
diff --git a/seednode/build.gradle b/seednode/build.gradle
index 9027c94dcf1..8d8622b7884 100644
--- a/seednode/build.gradle
+++ b/seednode/build.gradle
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 plugins {
-    id 'bisq.java-conventions'
+    id 'bisq.application'
 }
 
 mainClassName = 'bisq.seednode.SeedNodeMain'
diff --git a/statsnode/build.gradle b/statsnode/build.gradle
index 60f4d99edc1..b593c42b615 100644
--- a/statsnode/build.gradle
+++ b/statsnode/build.gradle
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 plugins {
-    id 'bisq.java-conventions'
+    id 'bisq.application'
 }
 
 mainClassName = 'bisq.statistics.StatisticsMain'