diff --git a/desktop/build.gradle b/desktop/build.gradle
index 2430866a5d9..6445139527f 100644
--- a/desktop/build.gradle
+++ b/desktop/build.gradle
@@ -2,7 +2,6 @@ plugins {
     id 'bisq.application'
     id 'bisq.javafx'
     id 'bisq.gradle.packaging.PackagingPlugin'
-    id "com.github.johnrengelman.shadow" version "5.2.0"
 }
 
 application {
@@ -12,9 +11,6 @@ application {
                                  '-Djava.net.preferIPv4Stack=true']
 }
 
-shadowDistTar.enabled = false
-shadowDistZip.enabled = false
-
 javafx {
     modules = ['javafx.controls', 'javafx.fxml']
 }
diff --git a/seednode/create_jar.sh b/seednode/create_jar.sh
deleted file mode 100755
index 3027264a297..00000000000
--- a/seednode/create_jar.sh
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,3 +0,0 @@
-#!/bin/bash
-
-./gradlew build -x test shadowJar