diff --git a/gradle/reprod/init.gradle b/gradle/reprod/init.gradle
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..d5c717bf
--- /dev/null
+++ b/gradle/reprod/init.gradle
@@ -0,0 +1,8 @@
+allprojects {
+    tasks.withType(AbstractArchiveTask) {
+        preserveFileTimestamps = false
+        reproducibleFileOrder = true
+        dirMode = 0775
+        fileMode = 0664
+    }
+}
diff --git a/gradle/reprod/patches/fernflower/0001-Add-build.gradle.patch b/gradle/reprod/patches/fernflower/0001-Add-build.gradle.patch
index e276b82b..f353d072 100644
--- a/gradle/reprod/patches/fernflower/0001-Add-build.gradle.patch
+++ b/gradle/reprod/patches/fernflower/0001-Add-build.gradle.patch
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@ new file mode 100644
 index 0000000..22fa679
 --- /dev/null
 +++ b/build.gradle
-@@ -0,0 +1,25 @@
+@@ -0,0 +1,18 @@
 +apply plugin: 'java'
 +
 +sourceCompatibility = 1.8
@@ -32,13 +32,6 @@ index 0000000..22fa679
 +    }
 +}
 +
-+tasks.withType(AbstractArchiveTask) {
-+    preserveFileTimestamps = false
-+    reproducibleFileOrder = true
-+    dirMode = 0775
-+    fileMode = 0664
-+}
-+
 -- 
 2.5.5
 
diff --git a/gradle/reprod/patches/forgeflower/0001-Configure-gradle-to-build-reproducible-archives.patch b/gradle/reprod/patches/forgeflower/0001-Configure-gradle-to-build-reproducible-archives.patch
deleted file mode 100644
index 41679570..00000000
--- a/gradle/reprod/patches/forgeflower/0001-Configure-gradle-to-build-reproducible-archives.patch
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,28 +0,0 @@
-From 21caf62b4f60cce47a5d3b8c939cc7b177904e00 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
-From: Jonas Herzig <me@johni0702.de>
-Date: Mon, 7 Aug 2017 19:52:13 +0200
-Subject: [PATCH] Configure gradle to build reproducible archives
-
----
- fernflower.gradle | 5 +++++
- 1 file changed, 5 insertions(+)
-
-diff --git a/fernflower.gradle b/fernflower.gradle
-index 78a2be1..468733e 100644
---- a/fernflower.gradle
-+++ b/fernflower.gradle
-@@ -12,4 +12,11 @@ compileJava {
- }
- 
-+tasks.withType(AbstractArchiveTask) {
-+    preserveFileTimestamps = false
-+    reproducibleFileOrder = true
-+    dirMode = 0775
-+    fileMode = 0664
-+}
-+
- sourceSets {
-     main.java.srcDirs = ['src']
--- 
-2.5.5
-
diff --git a/gradle/reprod/patches/forgegradle/0001-Configure-gradle-to-build-reproducible-archives.patch b/gradle/reprod/patches/forgegradle/0001-Configure-gradle-to-build-reproducible-archives.patch
deleted file mode 100644
index dd19b896..00000000
--- a/gradle/reprod/patches/forgegradle/0001-Configure-gradle-to-build-reproducible-archives.patch
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,30 +0,0 @@
-From 21caf62b4f60cce47a5d3b8c939cc7b177904e00 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
-From: Jonas Herzig <me@johni0702.de>
-Date: Mon, 7 Aug 2017 19:52:13 +0200
-Subject: [PATCH 1/5] Configure gradle to build reproducible archives
-
----
- build.gradle | 5 +++++
- 1 file changed, 5 insertions(+)
-
-diff --git a/build.gradle b/build.gradle
-index 78a2be1..468733e 100644
---- a/build.gradle
-+++ b/build.gradle
-@@ -138,6 +138,13 @@ jar {
-     }
- }
- 
-+tasks.withType(AbstractArchiveTask) {
-+    preserveFileTimestamps = false
-+    reproducibleFileOrder = true
-+    dirMode = 0775
-+    fileMode = 0664
-+}
-+
- javadoc {
- 	classpath += configurations.compileOnly
- 
--- 
-2.5.5
-
diff --git a/gradle/reprod/patches/forgegradle/0002-Manually-force-reproducible-archives.patch b/gradle/reprod/patches/forgegradle/0002-Manually-force-reproducible-archives.patch
index 3d104f7d..70fdbe7c 100644
--- a/gradle/reprod/patches/forgegradle/0002-Manually-force-reproducible-archives.patch
+++ b/gradle/reprod/patches/forgegradle/0002-Manually-force-reproducible-archives.patch
@@ -47,7 +47,7 @@ index 468733e..91ea99a 100644
 +    }
  }
  
- tasks.withType(AbstractArchiveTask) {
+ javadoc {
 -- 
 2.5.5
 
diff --git a/gradle/reprod/patches/gitpatcher/0001-Configure-gradle-to-build-reproducible-archives.patch b/gradle/reprod/patches/gitpatcher/0001-Configure-gradle-to-build-reproducible-archives.patch
deleted file mode 100644
index 34b7ca5c..00000000
--- a/gradle/reprod/patches/gitpatcher/0001-Configure-gradle-to-build-reproducible-archives.patch
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,30 +0,0 @@
-From ef56dfff6da10203e6319289b88571e8aa511ae4 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
-From: Jonas Herzig <me@johni0702.de>
-Date: Sat, 26 Aug 2017 16:58:15 +0200
-Subject: [PATCH 1/3] Configure gradle to build reproducible archives
-
----
- build.gradle | 7 +++++++
- 1 file changed, 7 insertions(+)
-
-diff --git a/build.gradle b/build.gradle
-index 9d0e832..bc6d5bb 100644
---- a/build.gradle
-+++ b/build.gradle
-@@ -18,6 +18,13 @@ description = 'A Gradle plugin to manage patches for Git repositories'
- sourceCompatibility = '1.7'
- targetCompatibility = '1.7'
- 
-+tasks.withType(AbstractArchiveTask) {
-+    preserveFileTimestamps = false
-+    reproducibleFileOrder = true
-+    dirMode = 0775
-+    fileMode = 0664
-+}
-+
- repositories {
-     jcenter()
- }
--- 
-2.5.5
-
diff --git a/gradle/reprod/patches/gradle-witness/0001-Configure-gradle-to-build-reproducible-archives.patch b/gradle/reprod/patches/gradle-witness/0001-Configure-gradle-to-build-reproducible-archives.patch
deleted file mode 100644
index ecc3172a..00000000
--- a/gradle/reprod/patches/gradle-witness/0001-Configure-gradle-to-build-reproducible-archives.patch
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,27 +0,0 @@
-From e6caf7be3f8b7fbe6be79449b30a93c8a362997f Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
-From: Jonas Herzig <me@johni0702.de>
-Date: Mon, 7 Aug 2017 20:00:16 +0200
-Subject: [PATCH] Configure gradle to build reproducible archives
-
----
- build.gradle | 5 +++++
- 1 file changed, 5 insertions(+)
-
-diff --git a/build.gradle b/build.gradle
-index 988a3bf..b75571c 100644
---- a/build.gradle
-+++ b/build.gradle
-@@ -8,3 +8,10 @@ dependencies {
- sourceCompatibility = '1.7'
- targetCompatibility = '1.7'
- 
-+tasks.withType(AbstractArchiveTask) {
-+    preserveFileTimestamps = false
-+    reproducibleFileOrder = true
-+    dirMode = 0775
-+    fileMode = 0664
-+}
-+
--- 
-2.5.5
-
diff --git a/gradle/reprod/patches/mcinjector/0002-Configure-gradle-to-build-reproducible-archives.patch b/gradle/reprod/patches/mcinjector/0002-Configure-gradle-to-build-reproducible-archives.patch
deleted file mode 100644
index 8803cda9..00000000
--- a/gradle/reprod/patches/mcinjector/0002-Configure-gradle-to-build-reproducible-archives.patch
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,30 +0,0 @@
-From e00b13e31dde9e889a177b905db0f384f20eaf05 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
-From: Jonas Herzig <me@johni0702.de>
-Date: Sat, 26 Aug 2017 17:29:13 +0200
-Subject: [PATCH 2/2] Configure gradle to build reproducible archives
-
----
- build.gradle | 7 +++++++
- 1 file changed, 7 insertions(+)
-
-diff --git a/build.gradle b/build.gradle
-index b6c63bb..da0fdb9 100644
---- a/build.gradle
-+++ b/build.gradle
-@@ -16,6 +16,13 @@ jar {
-     manifest.attributes('Main-Class': 'de.oceanlabs.mcp.mcinjector.MCInjector')
- }
- 
-+tasks.withType(AbstractArchiveTask) {
-+    preserveFileTimestamps = false
-+    reproducibleFileOrder = true
-+    dirMode = 0775
-+    fileMode = 0664
-+}
-+
- dependencies {
-     compile 'org.ow2.asm:asm-debug-all:5.0.4'
-     compile 'net.sf.jopt-simple:jopt-simple:4.5'
--- 
-2.5.5
-
diff --git a/gradle/reprod/patches/mixin/0001-Configure-gradle-to-build-reproducible-archives.patch b/gradle/reprod/patches/mixin/0001-Configure-gradle-to-build-reproducible-archives.patch
deleted file mode 100644
index 27d54426..00000000
--- a/gradle/reprod/patches/mixin/0001-Configure-gradle-to-build-reproducible-archives.patch
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,30 +0,0 @@
-From e60dd702c247692529a7cece94a475650623482e Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
-From: Jonas Herzig <me@johni0702.de>
-Date: Tue, 8 Aug 2017 19:05:14 +0200
-Subject: [PATCH 1/7] Configure gradle to build reproducible archives
-
----
- build.gradle | 5 +++++
- 1 file changed, 5 insertions(+)
-
-diff --git a/build.gradle b/build.gradle
-index 4f0aa28..e0c46ea 100644
---- a/build.gradle
-+++ b/build.gradle
-@@ -170,6 +170,13 @@ processResources {
-    from 'LICENSE.txt'
- }
- 
-+tasks.withType(AbstractArchiveTask) {
-+    preserveFileTimestamps = false
-+    reproducibleFileOrder = true
-+    dirMode = 0775
-+    fileMode = 0664
-+}
-+
- // License header formatting
- license {
-     ext {
--- 
-2.5.5
-
diff --git a/gradle/reprod/patches/mixin/0002-Remove-replace-all-buildscript-dependencies.patch b/gradle/reprod/patches/mixin/0002-Remove-replace-all-buildscript-dependencies.patch
index 9ef5a526..85acfd93 100644
--- a/gradle/reprod/patches/mixin/0002-Remove-replace-all-buildscript-dependencies.patch
+++ b/gradle/reprod/patches/mixin/0002-Remove-replace-all-buildscript-dependencies.patch
@@ -30,8 +30,8 @@ index e0c46ea..165dbe4 100644
  apply plugin: 'checkstyle'
  apply plugin: 'maven'
  apply plugin: 'eclipse'
-@@ -177,23 +172,6 @@ tasks.withType(AbstractArchiveTask) {
-     fileMode = 0664
+@@ -170,23 +165,6 @@ tasks.withType(AbstractArchiveTask) {
+    from 'LICENSE.txt'
  }
  
 -// License header formatting
diff --git a/gradle/reprod/patches/mixin/0004-Disable-checkstyle.patch b/gradle/reprod/patches/mixin/0004-Disable-checkstyle.patch
index de4d8f3d..6ea99932 100644
--- a/gradle/reprod/patches/mixin/0004-Disable-checkstyle.patch
+++ b/gradle/reprod/patches/mixin/0004-Disable-checkstyle.patch
@@ -19,8 +19,8 @@ index 0f189ec..f8598a3 100644
  apply plugin: 'maven'
  apply plugin: 'eclipse'
  apply plugin: 'idea'
-@@ -172,17 +171,6 @@ tasks.withType(AbstractArchiveTask) {
-     fileMode = 0664
+@@ -165,17 +164,6 @@ tasks.withType(AbstractArchiveTask) {
+    from 'LICENSE.txt'
  }
  
 -checkstyle {
diff --git a/gradle/reprod/patches/mixingradle/0001-Configure-gradle-to-build-reproducible-archives.patch b/gradle/reprod/patches/mixingradle/0001-Configure-gradle-to-build-reproducible-archives.patch
deleted file mode 100644
index b4b6c736..00000000
--- a/gradle/reprod/patches/mixingradle/0001-Configure-gradle-to-build-reproducible-archives.patch
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,30 +0,0 @@
-From 34446d49be65c3a17e962c2e4053ed3e41aa2ab4 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
-From: Jonas Herzig <me@johni0702.de>
-Date: Mon, 7 Aug 2017 20:04:25 +0200
-Subject: [PATCH 1/3] Configure gradle to build reproducible archives
-
----
- build.gradle | 5 +++++
- 1 file changed, 5 insertions(+)
-
-diff --git a/build.gradle b/build.gradle
-index 3127c7f..c34a8a2 100644
---- a/build.gradle
-+++ b/build.gradle
-@@ -71,6 +71,13 @@ task groovydocJar(type: Jar, dependsOn: groovydoc) {
-     classifier = 'groovydoc'
- }
- 
-+tasks.withType(AbstractArchiveTask) {
-+    preserveFileTimestamps = false
-+    reproducibleFileOrder = true
-+    dirMode = 0775
-+    fileMode = 0664
-+}
-+
- artifacts {
-     archives jar
-     archives groovydocJar
--- 
-2.5.5
-
diff --git a/gradle/reprod/patches/replaymod/0005-Configure-gradle-to-build-reproducible-archives.patch b/gradle/reprod/patches/replaymod/0005-Configure-gradle-to-build-reproducible-archives.patch
deleted file mode 100644
index 6bee4a7e..00000000
--- a/gradle/reprod/patches/replaymod/0005-Configure-gradle-to-build-reproducible-archives.patch
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,28 +0,0 @@
-From 07de60f9e430063f398bcc86e15397afb8a00413 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
-From: Jonas Herzig <me@johni0702.de>
-Date: Tue, 8 Aug 2017 21:29:01 +0200
-Subject: [PATCH 5/5] Configure gradle to build reproducible archives
-
----
- build.gradle | 5 +++++
- 1 file changed, 5 insertions(+)
-
-diff --git a/build.gradle b/build.gradle
-index bda297b..7ed5cfe 100755
---- a/build.gradle
-+++ b/build.gradle
-@@ -194,6 +194,11 @@ jar {
- 	}
- }
- 
-+tasks.withType(AbstractArchiveTask) {
-+    preserveFileTimestamps = false
-+    reproducibleFileOrder = true
-+}
-+
- def gitDescribe() {
-     try {
-         def stdout = new ByteArrayOutputStream()
--- 
-2.5.5
-
diff --git a/gradle/reprod/patches/shadow/0001-Configure-gradle-to-build-reproducible-archives.patch b/gradle/reprod/patches/shadow/0001-Configure-gradle-to-build-reproducible-archives.patch
deleted file mode 100644
index 7255661c..00000000
--- a/gradle/reprod/patches/shadow/0001-Configure-gradle-to-build-reproducible-archives.patch
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,30 +0,0 @@
-From 66c234d97042d31771df1c3633e1c7cb662e4882 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
-From: Jonas Herzig <me@johni0702.de>
-Date: Tue, 8 Aug 2017 19:00:22 +0200
-Subject: [PATCH 1/4] Configure gradle to build reproducible archives
-
----
- build.gradle | 5 +++++
- 1 file changed, 5 insertions(+)
-
-diff --git a/build.gradle b/build.gradle
-index 3d2095e..2292a4d 100644
---- a/build.gradle
-+++ b/build.gradle
-@@ -91,6 +91,13 @@ idea {
-     }
- }
- 
-+tasks.withType(AbstractArchiveTask) {
-+    preserveFileTimestamps = false
-+    reproducibleFileOrder = true
-+    dirMode = 0775
-+    fileMode = 0664
-+}
-+
- sourceCompatibility = '1.6'
- targetCompatibility = '1.6'
- 
--- 
-2.5.5
-
diff --git a/gradle/reprod/patches/shadow/0002-Remove-non-essential-parts-of-build.gradle.patch b/gradle/reprod/patches/shadow/0002-Remove-non-essential-parts-of-build.gradle.patch
index ffd98261..412af9ea 100644
--- a/gradle/reprod/patches/shadow/0002-Remove-non-essential-parts-of-build.gradle.patch
+++ b/gradle/reprod/patches/shadow/0002-Remove-non-essential-parts-of-build.gradle.patch
@@ -85,7 +85,7 @@ index 2292a4d..1b06411 100644
  }
  
  jar {
-@@ -85,12 +23,6 @@ jar {
+@@ -85,22 +23,6 @@ jar {
      from rootProject.file('NOTICE')
  }
  
@@ -95,10 +95,6 @@ index 2292a4d..1b06411 100644
 -    }
 -}
 -
- tasks.withType(AbstractArchiveTask) {
-     preserveFileTimestamps = false
-     reproducibleFileOrder = true
-@@ -99,13 +31,3 @@ tasks.withType(AbstractArchiveTask) {
  sourceCompatibility = '1.6'
  targetCompatibility = '1.6'
  
diff --git a/gradle/reprod/patches/shadow/0004-Manually-shade-deps.patch b/gradle/reprod/patches/shadow/0004-Manually-shade-deps.patch
index d4656cd9..f8642c60 100644
--- a/gradle/reprod/patches/shadow/0004-Manually-shade-deps.patch
+++ b/gradle/reprod/patches/shadow/0004-Manually-shade-deps.patch
@@ -48,7 +48,7 @@ index a0d350b..b12a46d 100644
 +    from (files(configurations.shade).collect {it.isDirectory() ? filesTree(it) : zipTree(it)})
  }
  
- tasks.withType(AbstractArchiveTask) {
+ sourceCompatibility = '1.6'
 -- 
 2.5.5
 
diff --git a/gradle/reprod/patches/srg2source/0001-Configure-gradle-to-build-reproducible-archives.patch b/gradle/reprod/patches/srg2source/0001-Configure-gradle-to-build-reproducible-archives.patch
deleted file mode 100644
index f07e1d5d..00000000
--- a/gradle/reprod/patches/srg2source/0001-Configure-gradle-to-build-reproducible-archives.patch
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,30 +0,0 @@
-From 0b256e84ff52a8a83b629cdfd404b4d28d0d8450 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
-From: Jonas Herzig <me@johni0702.de>
-Date: Sat, 26 Aug 2017 17:33:25 +0200
-Subject: [PATCH 1/2] Configure gradle to build reproducible archives
-
----
- build.gradle | 7 +++++++
- 1 file changed, 7 insertions(+)
-
-diff --git a/build.gradle b/build.gradle
-index 8a9dfbe..fda0b61 100644
---- a/build.gradle
-+++ b/build.gradle
-@@ -22,6 +22,13 @@ archivesBaseName = 'Srg2Source'
- targetCompatibility = '1.6'
- sourceCompatibility = '1.6'
- 
-+tasks.withType(AbstractArchiveTask) {
-+    preserveFileTimestamps = false
-+    reproducibleFileOrder = true
-+    dirMode = 0775
-+    fileMode = 0664
-+}
-+
- configurations {
-     deployerJars
- }
--- 
-2.5.5
-
diff --git a/gradle/reprod/patches/srg2source/0002-Remove-non-essential-parts-of-build.gradle.patch b/gradle/reprod/patches/srg2source/0002-Remove-non-essential-parts-of-build.gradle.patch
index b0a09fd1..5edf7dd0 100644
--- a/gradle/reprod/patches/srg2source/0002-Remove-non-essential-parts-of-build.gradle.patch
+++ b/gradle/reprod/patches/srg2source/0002-Remove-non-essential-parts-of-build.gradle.patch
@@ -28,9 +28,9 @@ index fda0b61..eefeafe 100644
  apply plugin: 'java'
  apply plugin: 'idea'
  apply plugin: 'eclipse'
-@@ -29,10 +16,6 @@ tasks.withType(AbstractArchiveTask) {
-     fileMode = 0664
- }
+@@ -22,10 +9,6 @@ configurations {
+ targetCompatibility = '1.6'
+ sourceCompatibility = '1.6'
  
 -configurations {
 -    deployerJars
@@ -39,7 +39,7 @@ index fda0b61..eefeafe 100644
  dependencies {
      testCompile "junit:junit:4.12"
      
-@@ -56,9 +39,6 @@ dependencies {
+@@ -45,9 +28,6 @@ dependencies {
      
      // Potential Eclipse AST replacement (not used yet)
      //compile 'fr.inria.gforge.spoon:spoon-core:5.1.0'
@@ -49,7 +49,7 @@ index fda0b61..eefeafe 100644
  }
  
  repositories {
-@@ -84,86 +64,3 @@ jar {
+@@ -73,86 +53,3 @@ jar {
      exclude 'data/**'
  }
  
diff --git a/gradle/reprod/setup.sh b/gradle/reprod/setup.sh
index 1bfdb276..f76b50a9 100755
--- a/gradle/reprod/setup.sh
+++ b/gradle/reprod/setup.sh
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 set -e
 set -x
 
-cd gradle/reprod
+pushd gradle/reprod
 
 SHA256SUM="sha256sum"
 command -v "$SHA256SUM" > /dev/null 2>&1 || SHA256SUM="shasum -a 256" # OSX
@@ -44,7 +44,7 @@ setup_dep () {
         cp ../../../../gradlew .
 
         chmod +x gradlew
-        ./gradlew build -x test
+        ./gradlew -I ../../init.gradle build -x test
 
         actual_hash=$(sha256val "$jar")
         if [ "$actual_hash" != "$jarhash" ]; then
@@ -87,3 +87,7 @@ pushd tmp
 	git commit -m "Add build.gradle"
 	git am ../patches/replaymod/*.patch
 popd
+
+popd # Back to root
+
+./gradlew -Preprod -I gradle/reprod/init.gradle "$@"
diff --git a/gradlew b/gradlew
index 34c4fe99..085750b4 100755
--- a/gradlew
+++ b/gradlew
@@ -7,8 +7,7 @@
 ##############################################################################
 
 if [ "$REPRODUCIBLE_BUILD" == "1" ] && [ -f ./gradle/reprod/setup.sh ] && [ "$1" != "-Preprod" ]; then
-    ./gradle/reprod/setup.sh || exit
-    ./gradlew -Preprod "$@"
+    ./gradle/reprod/setup.sh "$@"
     exit
 fi