diff --git a/buildSrc/src/main/groovy/io.deephaven.java-conventions.gradle b/buildSrc/src/main/groovy/io.deephaven.java-conventions.gradle
index 6ad4cb343a8..b72fa1c143f 100644
--- a/buildSrc/src/main/groovy/io.deephaven.java-conventions.gradle
+++ b/buildSrc/src/main/groovy/io.deephaven.java-conventions.gradle
@@ -145,9 +145,12 @@ plugins.withType(ApplicationPlugin) {
   }
 }
 tasks.withType(CreateStartScripts).configureEach {
-  inputs.properties(['scriptVers': Math.random()])
-  windowsStartScriptGenerator.template = resources.text.fromUri(getClass().classLoader.getResource('windowsStartScript.txt'))
-  unixStartScriptGenerator.template = resources.text.fromUri(getClass().classLoader.getResource('unixStartScript.txt'))
+  def windowsStartScript = resources.text.fromUri(getClass().classLoader.getResource('windowsStartScript.txt'))
+  def unixStartScript = resources.text.fromUri(getClass().classLoader.getResource('unixStartScript.txt'))
+  inputs.files windowsStartScript
+  inputs.files unixStartScript
+  windowsStartScriptGenerator.template = windowsStartScript
+  unixStartScriptGenerator.template = unixStartScript
   // Note that we don't call c2ExcludesJvmArgs() at this time, there is no way to template those strings.
   // Instead, we hard code the expected paths in the above templates to match the path lib/dh-compiler-directives.txt
 //  defaultJvmOpts += c2ExcludesJvmArgs(c2ExcludesFile.singleFile.path)