diff --git a/examples/plantuml/.gitignore b/examples/plantuml/.gitignore
deleted file mode 100644
index 930e968d..00000000
--- a/examples/plantuml/.gitignore
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,2 +0,0 @@
-dist
-dist2
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diff --git a/examples/plantuml/build.gradle b/examples/plantuml/build.gradle
index 3bc92547..8be004d4 100644
--- a/examples/plantuml/build.gradle
+++ b/examples/plantuml/build.gradle
@@ -6,12 +6,12 @@ plugins {
 
 plantUml {
     fileFormat = "PNG"
-    outputDirectory = file("dist")
+    outputDirectory = layout.buildDirectory.dir("dist")
 }
 
 tasks.register("plantUml2", PlantumlTask) {
-    it.source("src/plantuml2")
-    it.includePattern = "**/*.tuml"
-    it.fileFormat = "SVG"
-    it.outputDirectory = file("dist2")
-}
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+    source("src/plantuml2")
+    includePattern = "**/*.tuml"
+    fileFormat = "SVG"
+    outputDirectory = layout.buildDirectory.dir("dist2")
+}