diff --git a/gradle/maven.gradle b/gradle/maven.gradle
index 6f5b31b294..5702d6a753 100644
--- a/gradle/maven.gradle
+++ b/gradle/maven.gradle
@@ -14,6 +14,12 @@ artifacts {
     archives sourceJar
 }
 
+// Remove the archive configuration from the runtime configuration, so that anything added to archives
+// (such as the source jar) is no longer included in the runtime classpath
+configurations.default.extendsFrom = [configurations.runtime] as Set
+// Add the main jar into the default configuration
+artifacts { 'default' jar }
+
 dependencies {
     deployerJars "org.springframework.build.aws:org.springframework.build.aws.maven:3.0.0.RELEASE"
 }