diff --git a/gradle/reprod/init.gradle b/gradle/reprod/init.gradle
index 1a4ef5da..2bd3aef1 100644
--- a/gradle/reprod/init.gradle
+++ b/gradle/reprod/init.gradle
@@ -49,7 +49,9 @@ allprojects {
             }.writeTo("pom.xml")
         }
     }
-    build.dependsOn createPom
+    if (!project.file('gradle/reprod').exists()) {
+        build.dependsOn createPom
+    }
 
     reproducibleBuilds {
         if (project.file('.').name == 'forgegradle') {