diff --git a/build.gradle b/build.gradle
index 123ad83475..21be11b5af 100644
--- a/build.gradle
+++ b/build.gradle
@@ -109,15 +109,15 @@ subprojects { subProject ->
     // minimize changes, at least for now (gradle uses 'build' by default)..
     buildDir = "target"
 
-	if ( subProject.name.startsWith( 'release' ) || subProject.name.startsWith( 'documentation' ) ) {
-		return;
+	if ( subProject.name.startsWith( 'release' ) ) {
+		return
 	}
 
 	if ( subProject.name.startsWith( 'hibernate-orm-modules' ) ) {
-		return;
+		return
 	}
 
-	// everything below here in the closure applies to java projects
+	// everything below here in the closure applies to modules with Java code
 	apply plugin: 'java'
 	apply plugin: 'maven-publish'
 	apply plugin: 'maven-publish-auth'
@@ -455,28 +455,31 @@ subprojects { subProject ->
 
 	// ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
 	// Publishing
-	publishing {
-		publications {
-			mavenJava(MavenPublication) {
-				from components.java
+	if ( !subProject.name.equals( 'documentation' ) ) {
+		// do not configure publishing for the documentation module
+		publishing {
+			publications {
+				mavenJava(MavenPublication) {
+					from components.java
 
-				artifact( sourcesJar ) {
-					classifier 'sources'
+					artifact( sourcesJar ) {
+						classifier 'sources'
+					}
 				}
+				// http://issues.gradle.org/browse/GRADLE-2966
+				// Once ^^ is resolved:
+				//		1) Move hibernate-testing module into hibernate-core tests
+				//		2) Define a second publication on hibernate-core for publishing the testing jar
+				// We could kind of do this now, but it would just be the jar.  Every module would still need
+				// to duplicate the testing dependencies.  Well, on second thought, we could centralize the
+				// testing dependencies here within the subprojects block
 			}
-			// http://issues.gradle.org/browse/GRADLE-2966
-			// Once ^^ is resolved:
-			//		1) Move hibernate-testing module into hibernate-core tests
-			//		2) Define a second publication on hibernate-core for publishing the testing jar
-			// We could kind of do this now, but it would just be the jar.  Every module would still need
-			// to duplicate the testing dependencies.  Well, on second thought, we could centralize the
-			// testing dependencies here within the subprojects block
 		}
-	}
 
-	model {
-		tasks.generatePomFileForMavenJavaPublication {
-			destination = file( "$subProject.buildDir/generated-pom.xml" )
+		model {
+			tasks.generatePomFileForMavenJavaPublication {
+				destination = file( "$subProject.buildDir/generated-pom.xml" )
+			}
 		}
 	}
 	// ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
diff --git a/documentation/documentation.gradle b/documentation/documentation.gradle
index 4bf010a288..53b539eabd 100644
--- a/documentation/documentation.gradle
+++ b/documentation/documentation.gradle
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 import org.apache.tools.ant.filters.ReplaceTokens
 import org.asciidoctor.gradle.AsciidoctorTask
+
 /*
  * Hibernate, Relational Persistence for Idiomatic Java
  *
@@ -8,13 +9,6 @@ import org.asciidoctor.gradle.AsciidoctorTask
  */
 buildscript {
     repositories {
-        mavenCentral()
-        mavenLocal()
-
-        maven {
-            name 'jboss-nexus'
-            url "http://repository.jboss.org/nexus/content/groups/public/"
-        }
         jcenter()
     }
     dependencies {
@@ -74,19 +68,6 @@ dependencies {
 
 	testCompile "org.osgi:org.osgi.core:4.3.1"
 
-	if (db.equalsIgnoreCase("oracle")) {
-		dependencies {
-			testRuntime( libraries.oracle ) {
-				exclude group: 'com.oracle.jdbc', module: 'xmlparserv2'
-			}
-		}
-	}
-	if (db.equalsIgnoreCase("hana")) {
-		dependencies {
-			testRuntime( libraries.hana )
-		}
-	}
-
 	// ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
 	// Java 9 ftw!
 	if ( JavaVersion.current().isJava9Compatible() ) {
@@ -113,21 +94,6 @@ dependencies {
 	// ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
 }
 
-processTestResources.doLast( {
-	copy {
-		from( sourceSets.test.java.srcDirs ) {
-			include '**/*.properties'
-			include '**/*.xml'
-		}
-		into sourceSets.test.output.classesDir
-	}
-	copy {
-		ext.targetDir = file( "${buildDir}/resources/test" )
-		from file('src/test/resources')
-		into targetDir
-		filter( ReplaceTokens, tokens: dbBundle[db] );
-	}
-} )
 
 // ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
 // grouping tasks - declaration, see below for task dependency definitions