diff --git a/grace-shell/build.gradle b/grace-shell/build.gradle
index 3222ca32ca..2ed59f13a9 100644
--- a/grace-shell/build.gradle
+++ b/grace-shell/build.gradle
@@ -12,7 +12,34 @@ ext {
 }
 
 configurations {
-	dependenciesBom
+    dependenciesBom
+    runtimeClasspath {
+        exclude group: 'commons-codec', module: 'commons-codec'
+        exclude group: 'com.github.ben-manes.caffeine', module: 'caffeine'
+        exclude group: 'com.google.errorprone', module: 'error_prone_annotations'
+        exclude group: 'jakarta.annotation', module: 'jakarta.annotation-api'
+        exclude group: 'jakarta.inject', module: 'jakarta.inject-api'
+        exclude group: 'javax.annotation', module: 'javax.annotation-api'
+        exclude group: 'javax.inject', module: 'javax.inject'
+        exclude group: 'javax.persistence', module: 'javax.persistence-api'
+        exclude group: 'javax.transaction', module: 'javax.transaction-api'
+        exclude group: 'org.checkerframework', module: 'checker-qual'
+        exclude group: 'org.apache.ant', module: 'ant-antlr'
+        exclude group: 'org.apache.ant', module: 'ant-junit'
+        exclude group: 'org.apache.commons', module: 'commons-compress'
+        exclude group: 'org.codehaus.groovy', module: 'groovy-groovydoc'
+        exclude group: 'org.codehaus.groovy', module: 'groovy-jmx'
+        exclude group: 'org.codehaus.plexus', module: 'plexus-classworlds'
+        exclude group: 'org.codehaus.plexus', module: 'plexus-component-annotations'
+        exclude group: 'org.codehaus.plexus', module: 'plexus-sec-dispatcher'
+        exclude group: 'org.javassist', module: 'javassist'
+        exclude group: 'org.springframework', module: 'spring-aop'
+        exclude group: 'org.springframework', module: 'spring-expression'
+        exclude group: 'org.springframework', module: 'spring-jcl'
+        exclude group: 'org.springframework', module: 'spring-tx'
+        exclude group: 'org.springframework', module: 'spring-web'
+        exclude group: 'org.springframework.boot', module: 'spring-boot-autoconfigure'
+    }
 }
 
 dependencies {
diff --git a/gradle/assemble.gradle b/gradle/assemble.gradle
index a692e738c5..890f7f6f4c 100644
--- a/gradle/assemble.gradle
+++ b/gradle/assemble.gradle
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ def libsConfigurations = []
 subprojects { subproject ->
     if(subproject.name == 'grace-dependencies') return
     if(subproject.name == 'grace-bom') return
-    if(subproject.name == 'grace-shell' || subproject.name == 'grace-core') {
+    if(subproject.name == 'grace-shell') {
 
         configurations {
             libsConfigurations << libs {
@@ -84,26 +84,6 @@ task configurePopulateDependencies {
                 if (!projectNames.contains(dependency.name)) {
                     populateDependencies.into("$dependency.group/$dependency.name/jars") {
                         from artifact.file // this will trigger the actual download if necessary
-                        def sourceJar = sourceArtifacts[dependency]
-                        if (sourceJar) {
-                            from sourceJar.file
-                        }
-                        def javadocJar = javadocArtifacts[dependency]
-                        if (javadocJar) {
-                            from javadocJar.file
-                        }
-                    }
-
-                    populateDependencies.into("$dependency.group/$dependency.name/jars") {
-                        from artifact.file // this will trigger the actual download if necessary
-                        def sourceJar = sourceArtifacts[dependency]
-                        if (sourceJar) {
-                            from sourceJar.file
-                        }
-                        def javadocJar = javadocArtifacts[dependency]
-                        if (javadocJar) {
-                            from javadocJar.file
-                        }
                     }
 
                     populateDependencies.into("$dependency.group/$dependency.name") {