diff --git a/build.gradle b/build.gradle
index 1e7a8cbef84..be47690d8eb 100644
--- a/build.gradle
+++ b/build.gradle
@@ -176,7 +176,6 @@ allprojects {
   }
   idea {
     module {
-      // same as for the IntelliJ Gradle tooling integration
       inheritOutputDirs = false
       outputDir = file('build-idea/classes/main')
       testOutputDir = file('build-idea/classes/test')
diff --git a/buildSrc/build.gradle b/buildSrc/build.gradle
index de3b7d02a0c..f994bd528e1 100644
--- a/buildSrc/build.gradle
+++ b/buildSrc/build.gradle
@@ -76,6 +76,14 @@ extraArchive {
   tests = false
 }
 
+idea {
+  module {
+    inheritOutputDirs = false
+    outputDir = file('build-idea/classes/main')
+    testOutputDir = file('build-idea/classes/test')
+  }
+}
+
 eclipse {
   classpath {
     defaultOutputDir = file('build-eclipse')