diff --git a/bom/application/pom.xml b/bom/application/pom.xml
index 6b7ee60e037a3..f5adf756bf483 100644
--- a/bom/application/pom.xml
+++ b/bom/application/pom.xml
@@ -1898,7 +1898,7 @@
             </dependency>
             <dependency>
                 <groupId>io.quarkus</groupId>
-                <artifactId>quarkus-vertx-kotlin</artifactId>
+                <artifactId>quarkus-vertx-deployment-spi</artifactId>
                 <version>${project.version}</version>
             </dependency>
             <dependency>
diff --git a/extensions/kotlin/deployment/pom.xml b/extensions/kotlin/deployment/pom.xml
index 6e931d801d627..46070fe8c2877 100644
--- a/extensions/kotlin/deployment/pom.xml
+++ b/extensions/kotlin/deployment/pom.xml
@@ -18,6 +18,14 @@
             <groupId>io.quarkus</groupId>
             <artifactId>quarkus-kotlin</artifactId>
         </dependency>
+        <dependency>
+            <groupId>io.quarkus</groupId>
+            <artifactId>quarkus-arc-deployment</artifactId>
+        </dependency>
+        <dependency>
+            <groupId>io.quarkus</groupId>
+            <artifactId>quarkus-vertx-deployment-spi</artifactId>
+        </dependency>
         <dependency>
             <groupId>io.quarkus</groupId>
             <artifactId>quarkus-jackson-spi</artifactId>
diff --git a/extensions/kotlin/deployment/src/main/java/io/quarkus/kotlin/deployment/KotlinProcessor.java b/extensions/kotlin/deployment/src/main/java/io/quarkus/kotlin/deployment/KotlinProcessor.java
index 340f4de9888ac..4f67df86a5b3e 100644
--- a/extensions/kotlin/deployment/src/main/java/io/quarkus/kotlin/deployment/KotlinProcessor.java
+++ b/extensions/kotlin/deployment/src/main/java/io/quarkus/kotlin/deployment/KotlinProcessor.java
@@ -2,6 +2,13 @@
 
 import static io.quarkus.deployment.builditem.nativeimage.NativeImageResourcePatternsBuildItem.builder;
 
+import java.util.function.BiConsumer;
+
+import org.jboss.jandex.MethodInfo;
+
+import io.quarkus.arc.deployment.AdditionalBeanBuildItem;
+import io.quarkus.arc.processor.InvokerBuilder;
+import io.quarkus.arc.processor.KotlinUtils;
 import io.quarkus.bootstrap.classloading.QuarkusClassLoader;
 import io.quarkus.deployment.Feature;
 import io.quarkus.deployment.annotations.BuildProducer;
@@ -11,10 +18,14 @@
 import io.quarkus.deployment.builditem.nativeimage.ReflectiveClassBuildItem;
 import io.quarkus.deployment.builditem.nativeimage.ReflectiveClassFinalFieldsWritablePredicateBuildItem;
 import io.quarkus.jackson.spi.ClassPathJacksonModuleBuildItem;
+import io.quarkus.kotlin.runtime.ApplicationCoroutineScope;
+import io.quarkus.kotlin.runtime.CoroutineInvoker;
+import io.quarkus.vertx.deployment.spi.EventConsumerInvokerCustomizerBuildItem;
 
 public class KotlinProcessor {
 
     private static final String KOTLIN_JACKSON_MODULE = "com.fasterxml.jackson.module.kotlin.KotlinModule";
+    private static final String KOTLIN_COROUTINE_SCOPE = "kotlinx.coroutines.CoroutineScope";
 
     @BuildStep
     FeatureBuildItem feature() {
@@ -68,4 +79,34 @@ void registerKotlinReflection(final BuildProducer<ReflectiveClassBuildItem> refl
                 ".*.kotlin_builtins")
                 .build());
     }
+
+    @BuildStep
+    void produceCoroutineScope(BuildProducer<AdditionalBeanBuildItem> additionalBean) {
+        if (!QuarkusClassLoader.isClassPresentAtRuntime(KOTLIN_COROUTINE_SCOPE)) {
+            return;
+        }
+
+        additionalBean.produce(AdditionalBeanBuildItem.builder()
+                .addBeanClass(ApplicationCoroutineScope.class)
+                .setUnremovable()
+                .build());
+    }
+
+    @BuildStep
+    void produceInvokerCustomizerForSuspendConsumeEventMethods(
+            BuildProducer<EventConsumerInvokerCustomizerBuildItem> customizers) {
+        if (!QuarkusClassLoader.isClassPresentAtRuntime(KOTLIN_COROUTINE_SCOPE)) {
+            return;
+        }
+
+        customizers.produce(new EventConsumerInvokerCustomizerBuildItem(new BiConsumer<MethodInfo, InvokerBuilder>() {
+            @Override
+            public void accept(MethodInfo method, InvokerBuilder invokerBuilder) {
+                if (KotlinUtils.isKotlinSuspendMethod(method)) {
+                    invokerBuilder.withInvocationWrapper(CoroutineInvoker.class, "inNewCoroutine");
+                }
+            }
+        }));
+    }
+
 }
diff --git a/extensions/kotlin/runtime/pom.xml b/extensions/kotlin/runtime/pom.xml
index a92dd5751b376..b5820188b1515 100644
--- a/extensions/kotlin/runtime/pom.xml
+++ b/extensions/kotlin/runtime/pom.xml
@@ -13,30 +13,16 @@
     <artifactId>quarkus-kotlin</artifactId>
     <name>Quarkus - Kotlin - Runtime</name>
     <description>Write your services in Kotlin</description>
-    <build>
-        <plugins>
-            <plugin>
-                <groupId>io.quarkus</groupId>
-                <artifactId>quarkus-extension-maven-plugin</artifactId>
-                <configuration>
-                    <lesserPriorityArtifacts>
-                        <!--
-                        see https://github.com/quarkusio/quarkus/issues/8405
-                        -->
-                        <lesserPriorityArtifact>org.jetbrains.kotlin:kotlin-compiler</lesserPriorityArtifact>
-                    </lesserPriorityArtifacts>
-                    <capabilities>
-                        <provides>io.quarkus.kotlin</provides>
-                    </capabilities>
-                </configuration>
-            </plugin>
-        </plugins>
-    </build>
+
     <dependencies>
         <dependency>
             <groupId>io.quarkus</groupId>
             <artifactId>quarkus-core</artifactId>
         </dependency>
+        <dependency>
+            <groupId>io.quarkus</groupId>
+            <artifactId>quarkus-arc</artifactId>
+        </dependency>
         <dependency>
             <groupId>org.jetbrains</groupId>
             <artifactId>annotations</artifactId>
@@ -59,6 +45,10 @@
             <groupId>org.jetbrains.kotlin</groupId>
             <artifactId>kotlin-reflect</artifactId>
         </dependency>
+        <dependency>
+            <groupId>io.vertx</groupId>
+            <artifactId>vertx-core</artifactId>
+        </dependency>
         <!-- Is this the right place for this? We don't really want users to have to add it-->
         <dependency>
             <groupId>io.smallrye.reactive</groupId>
@@ -79,4 +69,96 @@
             <artifactId>kotlinx-coroutines-jdk8</artifactId>
         </dependency>
     </dependencies>
+
+    <build>
+        <sourceDirectory>${project.basedir}/src/main/kotlin</sourceDirectory>
+        <testSourceDirectory>${project.basedir}/src/test/kotlin</testSourceDirectory>
+        <plugins>
+            <plugin>
+                <groupId>io.quarkus</groupId>
+                <artifactId>quarkus-extension-maven-plugin</artifactId>
+                <configuration>
+                    <lesserPriorityArtifacts>
+                        <!--
+                        see https://github.com/quarkusio/quarkus/issues/8405
+                        -->
+                        <lesserPriorityArtifact>org.jetbrains.kotlin:kotlin-compiler</lesserPriorityArtifact>
+                    </lesserPriorityArtifacts>
+                    <capabilities>
+                        <provides>io.quarkus.kotlin</provides>
+                    </capabilities>
+                </configuration>
+            </plugin>
+
+            <plugin>
+                <groupId>org.jetbrains.kotlin</groupId>
+                <artifactId>kotlin-maven-plugin</artifactId>
+                <version>${kotlin.version}</version>
+                <executions>
+                    <execution>
+                        <id>compile</id>
+                        <goals>
+                            <goal>compile</goal>
+                        </goals>
+                    </execution>
+                    <execution>
+                        <id>test-compile</id>
+                        <goals>
+                            <goal>test-compile</goal>
+                        </goals>
+                    </execution>
+                </executions>
+                <configuration>
+                    <jvmTarget>${maven.compiler.target}</jvmTarget>
+                </configuration>
+            </plugin>
+            <plugin>
+                <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
+                <artifactId>maven-compiler-plugin</artifactId>
+                <configuration>
+                    <annotationProcessorPaths>
+                        <path>
+                            <groupId>io.quarkus</groupId>
+                            <artifactId>quarkus-extension-processor</artifactId>
+                            <version>${project.version}</version>
+                        </path>
+                    </annotationProcessorPaths>
+                </configuration>
+                <executions>
+                    <!-- Replacing default-compile as it is treated specially by maven -->
+                    <execution>
+                        <id>default-compile</id>
+                        <phase>none</phase>
+                    </execution>
+                    <!-- Replacing default-testCompile as it is treated specially by maven -->
+                    <execution>
+                        <id>default-testCompile</id>
+                        <phase>none</phase>
+                    </execution>
+                    <execution>
+                        <id>java-compile</id>
+                        <phase>compile</phase>
+                        <goals>
+                            <goal>compile</goal>
+                        </goals>
+                    </execution>
+                    <execution>
+                        <id>java-test-compile</id>
+                        <phase>test-compile</phase>
+                        <goals>
+                            <goal>testCompile</goal>
+                        </goals>
+                    </execution>
+                </executions>
+            </plugin>
+            <plugin>
+                <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
+                <artifactId>maven-javadoc-plugin</artifactId>
+                <configuration>
+                    <failOnError>false</failOnError>
+                </configuration>
+            </plugin>
+        </plugins>
+    </build>
+
 </project>
diff --git a/extensions/vertx/kotlin/src/main/kotlin/io/quarkus/vertx/kotlin/runtime/ApplicationCoroutineScope.kt b/extensions/kotlin/runtime/src/main/kotlin/io/quarkus/kotlin/runtime/ApplicationCoroutineScope.kt
similarity index 92%
rename from extensions/vertx/kotlin/src/main/kotlin/io/quarkus/vertx/kotlin/runtime/ApplicationCoroutineScope.kt
rename to extensions/kotlin/runtime/src/main/kotlin/io/quarkus/kotlin/runtime/ApplicationCoroutineScope.kt
index 7a9719fdbeb86..4429a5d671fd7 100644
--- a/extensions/vertx/kotlin/src/main/kotlin/io/quarkus/vertx/kotlin/runtime/ApplicationCoroutineScope.kt
+++ b/extensions/kotlin/runtime/src/main/kotlin/io/quarkus/kotlin/runtime/ApplicationCoroutineScope.kt
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-package io.quarkus.vertx.kotlin.runtime
+package io.quarkus.kotlin.runtime
 
 import jakarta.annotation.PreDestroy
 import jakarta.inject.Singleton
diff --git a/extensions/vertx/kotlin/src/main/kotlin/io/quarkus/vertx/kotlin/runtime/CoroutineInvoker.kt b/extensions/kotlin/runtime/src/main/kotlin/io/quarkus/kotlin/runtime/CoroutineInvoker.kt
similarity index 96%
rename from extensions/vertx/kotlin/src/main/kotlin/io/quarkus/vertx/kotlin/runtime/CoroutineInvoker.kt
rename to extensions/kotlin/runtime/src/main/kotlin/io/quarkus/kotlin/runtime/CoroutineInvoker.kt
index 48e5a26f084f0..a777db5903533 100644
--- a/extensions/vertx/kotlin/src/main/kotlin/io/quarkus/vertx/kotlin/runtime/CoroutineInvoker.kt
+++ b/extensions/kotlin/runtime/src/main/kotlin/io/quarkus/kotlin/runtime/CoroutineInvoker.kt
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-package io.quarkus.vertx.kotlin.runtime
+package io.quarkus.kotlin.runtime
 
 import io.quarkus.arc.Arc
 import io.vertx.core.Vertx
diff --git a/extensions/vertx/kotlin/src/main/kotlin/io/quarkus/vertx/kotlin/runtime/VertxDispatcher.kt b/extensions/kotlin/runtime/src/main/kotlin/io/quarkus/kotlin/runtime/VertxDispatcher.kt
similarity index 94%
rename from extensions/vertx/kotlin/src/main/kotlin/io/quarkus/vertx/kotlin/runtime/VertxDispatcher.kt
rename to extensions/kotlin/runtime/src/main/kotlin/io/quarkus/kotlin/runtime/VertxDispatcher.kt
index 67cee1bfab8b8..51b56f460557a 100644
--- a/extensions/vertx/kotlin/src/main/kotlin/io/quarkus/vertx/kotlin/runtime/VertxDispatcher.kt
+++ b/extensions/kotlin/runtime/src/main/kotlin/io/quarkus/kotlin/runtime/VertxDispatcher.kt
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-package io.quarkus.vertx.kotlin.runtime
+package io.quarkus.kotlin.runtime
 
 import io.quarkus.arc.Arc
 import io.vertx.core.Context
diff --git a/extensions/vertx/deployment-spi/pom.xml b/extensions/vertx/deployment-spi/pom.xml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000..719736a3d4e08
--- /dev/null
+++ b/extensions/vertx/deployment-spi/pom.xml
@@ -0,0 +1,26 @@
+<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
+<project xmlns="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0"
+         xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance"
+         xsi:schemaLocation="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0 http://maven.apache.org/xsd/maven-4.0.0.xsd">
+    <parent>
+        <artifactId>quarkus-vertx-parent</artifactId>
+        <groupId>io.quarkus</groupId>
+        <version>999-SNAPSHOT</version>
+    </parent>
+    <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
+
+    <artifactId>quarkus-vertx-deployment-spi</artifactId>
+    <name>Quarkus - Vert.x - Deployment - SPI</name>
+
+    <dependencies>
+        <dependency>
+            <groupId>io.quarkus</groupId>
+            <artifactId>quarkus-core-deployment</artifactId>
+        </dependency>
+        <dependency>
+            <groupId>io.quarkus.arc</groupId>
+            <artifactId>arc-processor</artifactId>
+        </dependency>
+    </dependencies>
+
+</project>
diff --git a/extensions/vertx/deployment-spi/src/main/java/io/quarkus/vertx/deployment/spi/EventConsumerInvokerCustomizerBuildItem.java b/extensions/vertx/deployment-spi/src/main/java/io/quarkus/vertx/deployment/spi/EventConsumerInvokerCustomizerBuildItem.java
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000..20f4f993409d2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/extensions/vertx/deployment-spi/src/main/java/io/quarkus/vertx/deployment/spi/EventConsumerInvokerCustomizerBuildItem.java
@@ -0,0 +1,24 @@
+package io.quarkus.vertx.deployment.spi;
+
+import java.util.function.BiConsumer;
+
+import org.jboss.jandex.MethodInfo;
+
+import io.quarkus.arc.processor.InvokerBuilder;
+import io.quarkus.builder.item.MultiBuildItem;
+
+/**
+ * This build item should be considered private and should not be used outside of core Quarkus.
+ * It can be changed without notice.
+ */
+public final class EventConsumerInvokerCustomizerBuildItem extends MultiBuildItem {
+    private final BiConsumer<MethodInfo, InvokerBuilder> invokerCustomizer;
+
+    public EventConsumerInvokerCustomizerBuildItem(BiConsumer<MethodInfo, InvokerBuilder> invokerCustomizer) {
+        this.invokerCustomizer = invokerCustomizer;
+    }
+
+    public BiConsumer<MethodInfo, InvokerBuilder> getInvokerCustomizer() {
+        return invokerCustomizer;
+    }
+}
diff --git a/extensions/vertx/deployment/pom.xml b/extensions/vertx/deployment/pom.xml
index b716507a6b230..3caa22b6d250b 100644
--- a/extensions/vertx/deployment/pom.xml
+++ b/extensions/vertx/deployment/pom.xml
@@ -37,6 +37,10 @@
             <groupId>io.quarkus</groupId>
             <artifactId>quarkus-jackson-spi</artifactId>
         </dependency>
+        <dependency>
+            <groupId>io.quarkus</groupId>
+            <artifactId>quarkus-vertx-deployment-spi</artifactId>
+        </dependency>
         <dependency>
             <groupId>io.quarkus</groupId>
             <artifactId>quarkus-junit5-internal</artifactId>
@@ -62,16 +66,6 @@
             <artifactId>vertx-web-client</artifactId>
             <scope>test</scope>
         </dependency>
-        <dependency>
-            <groupId>org.jetbrains.kotlin</groupId>
-            <artifactId>kotlin-stdlib</artifactId>
-            <scope>test</scope>
-        </dependency>
-        <dependency>
-            <groupId>org.jetbrains.kotlinx</groupId>
-            <artifactId>kotlinx-coroutines-core</artifactId>
-            <scope>test</scope>
-        </dependency>
     </dependencies>
 
     <build>
@@ -95,80 +89,4 @@
         </plugins>
     </build>
 
-    <profiles>
-        <profile>
-            <id>kotlin-tests</id>
-            <activation>
-                <property>
-                    <name>!no-kotlin-tests</name>
-                </property>
-            </activation>
-
-            <build>
-                <plugins>
-                    <plugin>
-                        <groupId>org.jetbrains.kotlin</groupId>
-                        <artifactId>kotlin-maven-plugin</artifactId>
-                        <executions>
-                            <execution>
-                                <id>compile</id>
-                                <goals>
-                                    <goal>compile</goal>
-                                </goals>
-                                <configuration>
-                                    <sourceDirs>
-                                        <sourceDir>${project.basedir}/src/main/kotlin</sourceDir>
-                                        <sourceDir>${project.basedir}/src/main/java</sourceDir>
-                                    </sourceDirs>
-                                </configuration>
-                            </execution>
-                            <execution>
-                                <id>test-compile</id>
-                                <goals>
-                                    <goal>test-compile</goal>
-                                </goals>
-                                <configuration>
-                                    <sourceDirs>
-                                        <sourceDir>${project.basedir}/src/test/kotlin</sourceDir>
-                                        <sourceDir>${project.basedir}/src/test/java</sourceDir>
-                                    </sourceDirs>
-                                </configuration>
-                            </execution>
-                        </executions>
-                    </plugin>
-                    <plugin>
-                        <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
-                        <artifactId>maven-compiler-plugin</artifactId>
-                        <executions>
-                            <!-- Replacing default-compile as it is treated specially by Maven -->
-                            <execution>
-                                <id>default-compile</id>
-                                <phase>none</phase>
-                            </execution>
-                            <!-- Replacing default-testCompile as it is treated specially by Maven -->
-                            <execution>
-                                <id>default-testCompile</id>
-                                <phase>none</phase>
-                            </execution>
-                            <execution>
-                                <id>java-compile</id>
-                                <phase>compile</phase>
-                                <goals>
-                                    <goal>compile</goal>
-                                </goals>
-                            </execution>
-                            <execution>
-                                <id>java-test-compile</id>
-                                <phase>test-compile</phase>
-                                <goals>
-                                    <goal>testCompile</goal>
-                                </goals>
-                            </execution>
-                        </executions>
-                    </plugin>
-                </plugins>
-            </build>
-        </profile>
-    </profiles>
-
 </project>
diff --git a/extensions/vertx/deployment/src/main/java/io/quarkus/vertx/deployment/VertxProcessor.java b/extensions/vertx/deployment/src/main/java/io/quarkus/vertx/deployment/VertxProcessor.java
index ea374962a1d72..729fdacce1766 100644
--- a/extensions/vertx/deployment/src/main/java/io/quarkus/vertx/deployment/VertxProcessor.java
+++ b/extensions/vertx/deployment/src/main/java/io/quarkus/vertx/deployment/VertxProcessor.java
@@ -60,7 +60,7 @@
 import io.quarkus.gizmo.ClassOutput;
 import io.quarkus.vertx.ConsumeEvent;
 import io.quarkus.vertx.core.deployment.CoreVertxBuildItem;
-import io.quarkus.vertx.kotlin.runtime.CoroutineInvoker;
+import io.quarkus.vertx.deployment.spi.EventConsumerInvokerCustomizerBuildItem;
 import io.quarkus.vertx.runtime.EventConsumerInfo;
 import io.quarkus.vertx.runtime.VertxEventBusConsumerRecorder;
 import io.quarkus.vertx.runtime.VertxProducer;
@@ -139,6 +139,7 @@ public UnremovableBeanBuildItem unremovableBeans() {
     void collectEventConsumers(
             BeanRegistrationPhaseBuildItem beanRegistrationPhase,
             InvokerFactoryBuildItem invokerFactory,
+            List<EventConsumerInvokerCustomizerBuildItem> invokerCustomizers,
             BuildProducer<EventConsumerBusinessMethodItem> messageConsumerBusinessMethods,
             BuildProducer<BeanConfiguratorBuildItem> errors) {
         // We need to collect all business methods annotated with @ConsumeEvent first
@@ -207,8 +208,8 @@ void collectEventConsumers(
                         builder.withReturnValueTransformer(Uni.class, "subscribeAsCompletionStage");
                     }
 
-                    if (KotlinUtils.isKotlinSuspendMethod(method)) {
-                        builder.withInvocationWrapper(CoroutineInvoker.class, "inNewCoroutine");
+                    for (EventConsumerInvokerCustomizerBuildItem invokerCustomizer : invokerCustomizers) {
+                        invokerCustomizer.getInvokerCustomizer().accept(method, builder);
                     }
 
                     InvokerInfo invoker = builder.build();
@@ -229,18 +230,6 @@ AutoAddScopeBuildItem autoAddScope() {
                 .reason("Found event consumer business methods").build();
     }
 
-    @BuildStep
-    void produceCoroutineScope(BuildProducer<AdditionalBeanBuildItem> additionalBean) {
-        if (!QuarkusClassLoader.isClassPresentAtRuntime("kotlinx.coroutines.CoroutineScope")) {
-            return;
-        }
-
-        additionalBean.produce(AdditionalBeanBuildItem.builder()
-                .addBeanClass("io.quarkus.vertx.kotlin.runtime.ApplicationCoroutineScope")
-                .setUnremovable()
-                .build());
-    }
-
     @BuildStep
     void registerVerticleClasses(CombinedIndexBuildItem indexBuildItem,
             BuildProducer<ReflectiveClassBuildItem> reflectiveClass) {
diff --git a/extensions/vertx/kotlin/pom.xml b/extensions/vertx/kotlin/pom.xml
deleted file mode 100644
index 9d00dbfd46889..0000000000000
--- a/extensions/vertx/kotlin/pom.xml
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,110 +0,0 @@
-<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
-<project xmlns="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0"
-         xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance"
-         xsi:schemaLocation="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0 https://maven.apache.org/xsd/maven-4.0.0.xsd">
-    <parent>
-        <groupId>io.quarkus</groupId>
-        <artifactId>quarkus-vertx-parent</artifactId>
-        <version>999-SNAPSHOT</version>
-    </parent>
-    <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
-
-    <artifactId>quarkus-vertx-kotlin</artifactId>
-    <name>Quarkus - Vert.x - Kotlin</name>
-
-    <dependencies>
-        <dependency>
-            <groupId>io.quarkus</groupId>
-            <artifactId>quarkus-arc</artifactId>
-        </dependency>
-        <dependency>
-            <groupId>io.vertx</groupId>
-            <artifactId>vertx-core</artifactId>
-        </dependency>
-        <dependency>
-            <groupId>org.jetbrains.kotlin</groupId>
-            <artifactId>kotlin-stdlib</artifactId>
-            <optional>true</optional>
-        </dependency>
-        <dependency>
-            <groupId>org.jetbrains.kotlinx</groupId>
-            <artifactId>kotlinx-coroutines-core</artifactId>
-            <optional>true</optional>
-        </dependency>
-    </dependencies>
-
-    <build>
-        <sourceDirectory>${project.basedir}/src/main/kotlin</sourceDirectory>
-        <testSourceDirectory>${project.basedir}/src/test/kotlin</testSourceDirectory>
-        <plugins>
-            <plugin>
-                <groupId>org.jetbrains.kotlin</groupId>
-                <artifactId>kotlin-maven-plugin</artifactId>
-                <version>${kotlin.version}</version>
-                <executions>
-                    <execution>
-                        <id>compile</id>
-                        <goals>
-                            <goal>compile</goal>
-                        </goals>
-                    </execution>
-                    <execution>
-                        <id>test-compile</id>
-                        <goals>
-                            <goal>test-compile</goal>
-                        </goals>
-                    </execution>
-                </executions>
-                <configuration>
-                    <jvmTarget>${maven.compiler.target}</jvmTarget>
-                </configuration>
-            </plugin>
-            <plugin>
-                <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
-                <artifactId>maven-compiler-plugin</artifactId>
-                <configuration>
-                    <annotationProcessorPaths>
-                        <path>
-                            <groupId>io.quarkus</groupId>
-                            <artifactId>quarkus-extension-processor</artifactId>
-                            <version>${project.version}</version>
-                        </path>
-                    </annotationProcessorPaths>
-                </configuration>
-                <executions>
-                    <!-- Replacing default-compile as it is treated specially by maven -->
-                    <execution>
-                        <id>default-compile</id>
-                        <phase>none</phase>
-                    </execution>
-                    <!-- Replacing default-testCompile as it is treated specially by maven -->
-                    <execution>
-                        <id>default-testCompile</id>
-                        <phase>none</phase>
-                    </execution>
-                    <execution>
-                        <id>java-compile</id>
-                        <phase>compile</phase>
-                        <goals>
-                            <goal>compile</goal>
-                        </goals>
-                    </execution>
-                    <execution>
-                        <id>java-test-compile</id>
-                        <phase>test-compile</phase>
-                        <goals>
-                            <goal>testCompile</goal>
-                        </goals>
-                    </execution>
-                </executions>
-            </plugin>
-            <plugin>
-                <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
-                <artifactId>maven-javadoc-plugin</artifactId>
-                <configuration>
-                    <failOnError>false</failOnError>
-                </configuration>
-            </plugin>
-        </plugins>
-    </build>
-</project>
diff --git a/extensions/vertx/pom.xml b/extensions/vertx/pom.xml
index 59efbc67c06f1..d6ae6c6bf9d23 100644
--- a/extensions/vertx/pom.xml
+++ b/extensions/vertx/pom.xml
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@
     <packaging>pom</packaging>
     <modules>
         <module>deployment</module>
-        <module>kotlin</module>
+        <module>deployment-spi</module>
         <module>latebound-mdc-provider</module>
         <module>runtime</module>
     </modules>
diff --git a/extensions/vertx/runtime/pom.xml b/extensions/vertx/runtime/pom.xml
index 6f94170d5f43f..6809e3614a3e8 100644
--- a/extensions/vertx/runtime/pom.xml
+++ b/extensions/vertx/runtime/pom.xml
@@ -46,10 +46,6 @@
             <groupId>io.quarkus</groupId>
             <artifactId>quarkus-virtual-threads</artifactId>
         </dependency>
-        <dependency>
-            <groupId>io.quarkus</groupId>
-            <artifactId>quarkus-vertx-kotlin</artifactId>
-        </dependency>
         <dependency>
             <groupId>io.quarkus</groupId>
             <artifactId>quarkus-vertx-latebound-mdc-provider</artifactId>
diff --git a/integration-tests/kotlin-vertx/pom.xml b/integration-tests/kotlin-vertx/pom.xml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000..d614c4f1e00bb
--- /dev/null
+++ b/integration-tests/kotlin-vertx/pom.xml
@@ -0,0 +1,87 @@
+<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
+<project xmlns="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0"
+         xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance"
+         xsi:schemaLocation="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0 https://maven.apache.org/xsd/maven-4.0.0.xsd">
+    <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
+
+    <parent>
+        <artifactId>quarkus-integration-tests-parent</artifactId>
+        <groupId>io.quarkus</groupId>
+        <version>999-SNAPSHOT</version>
+    </parent>
+
+    <artifactId>quarkus-integration-test-kotlin-vertx</artifactId>
+    <name>Quarkus - Integration Tests - Kotlin Vert.x</name>
+
+    <dependencies>
+        <dependency>
+            <groupId>io.quarkus</groupId>
+            <artifactId>quarkus-arc-deployment</artifactId>
+        </dependency>
+        <dependency>
+            <groupId>io.quarkus</groupId>
+            <artifactId>quarkus-kotlin-deployment</artifactId>
+        </dependency>
+        <dependency>
+            <groupId>io.quarkus</groupId>
+            <artifactId>quarkus-vertx-deployment</artifactId>
+        </dependency>
+        <dependency>
+            <groupId>org.jetbrains.kotlin</groupId>
+            <artifactId>kotlin-stdlib</artifactId>
+        </dependency>
+        <dependency>
+            <groupId>org.jetbrains.kotlinx</groupId>
+            <artifactId>kotlinx-coroutines-core</artifactId>
+        </dependency>
+        <dependency>
+            <groupId>io.quarkus</groupId>
+            <artifactId>quarkus-junit5-internal</artifactId>
+            <scope>test</scope>
+        </dependency>
+        <dependency>
+            <groupId>org.assertj</groupId>
+            <artifactId>assertj-core</artifactId>
+            <scope>test</scope>
+        </dependency>
+    </dependencies>
+
+    <build>
+        <sourceDirectory>src/main/kotlin</sourceDirectory>
+        <testSourceDirectory>src/test/kotlin</testSourceDirectory>
+        <plugins>
+            <plugin>
+                <groupId>org.jetbrains.kotlin</groupId>
+                <artifactId>kotlin-maven-plugin</artifactId>
+                <executions>
+                    <execution>
+                        <id>compile</id>
+                        <phase>compile</phase>
+                        <goals>
+                            <goal>compile</goal>
+                        </goals>
+                    </execution>
+                    <execution>
+                        <id>test-compile</id>
+                        <phase>test-compile</phase>
+                        <goals>
+                            <goal>test-compile</goal>
+                        </goals>
+                    </execution>
+                </executions>
+            </plugin>
+            <plugin>
+                <groupId>io.quarkus</groupId>
+                <artifactId>quarkus-maven-plugin</artifactId>
+                <executions>
+                    <execution>
+                        <goals>
+                            <goal>build</goal>
+                        </goals>
+                    </execution>
+                </executions>
+            </plugin>
+        </plugins>
+    </build>
+
+</project>
diff --git a/extensions/vertx/deployment/src/test/kotlin/io/quarkus/vertx/kotlin/KotlinConsumeEventTest.kt b/integration-tests/kotlin-vertx/src/test/kotlin/io/quarkus/it/kotlin/vertx/KotlinConsumeEventTest.kt
similarity index 99%
rename from extensions/vertx/deployment/src/test/kotlin/io/quarkus/vertx/kotlin/KotlinConsumeEventTest.kt
rename to integration-tests/kotlin-vertx/src/test/kotlin/io/quarkus/it/kotlin/vertx/KotlinConsumeEventTest.kt
index 8790cf3d61d54..f578f658d3696 100644
--- a/extensions/vertx/deployment/src/test/kotlin/io/quarkus/vertx/kotlin/KotlinConsumeEventTest.kt
+++ b/integration-tests/kotlin-vertx/src/test/kotlin/io/quarkus/it/kotlin/vertx/KotlinConsumeEventTest.kt
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-package io.quarkus.vertx.kotlin
+package io.quarkus.it.kotlin.vertx
 
 import io.quarkus.test.QuarkusUnitTest
 import io.quarkus.vertx.ConsumeEvent
diff --git a/extensions/vertx/deployment/src/test/kotlin/io/quarkus/vertx/kotlin/KotlinSuspendConsumeEventTest.kt b/integration-tests/kotlin-vertx/src/test/kotlin/io/quarkus/it/kotlin/vertx/KotlinSuspendConsumeEventTest.kt
similarity index 99%
rename from extensions/vertx/deployment/src/test/kotlin/io/quarkus/vertx/kotlin/KotlinSuspendConsumeEventTest.kt
rename to integration-tests/kotlin-vertx/src/test/kotlin/io/quarkus/it/kotlin/vertx/KotlinSuspendConsumeEventTest.kt
index 5d5b549afd7a3..cc49aab6e0d3f 100644
--- a/extensions/vertx/deployment/src/test/kotlin/io/quarkus/vertx/kotlin/KotlinSuspendConsumeEventTest.kt
+++ b/integration-tests/kotlin-vertx/src/test/kotlin/io/quarkus/it/kotlin/vertx/KotlinSuspendConsumeEventTest.kt
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-package io.quarkus.vertx.kotlin
+package io.quarkus.it.kotlin.vertx
 
 import io.quarkus.test.QuarkusUnitTest
 import io.quarkus.vertx.ConsumeEvent
diff --git a/integration-tests/pom.xml b/integration-tests/pom.xml
index 0a63ea27ed39a..dd93e4cea51ff 100644
--- a/integration-tests/pom.xml
+++ b/integration-tests/pom.xml
@@ -296,6 +296,7 @@
                 <module>scala</module>
                 <module>kotlin</module>
                 <module>kotlin-serialization</module>
+                <module>kotlin-vertx</module>
                 <module>mongodb-panache</module>
                 <module>mongodb-panache-kotlin</module>
                 <module>mongodb-rest-data-panache</module>