diff --git a/gradle.properties b/gradle.properties
index 410b3bb7d5..2fa78cb0d0 100644
--- a/gradle.properties
+++ b/gradle.properties
@@ -6,4 +6,6 @@ kapt.incremental.apt = true
 kapt.use.worker.api=true
 # Compilation avoidance (see https://kotlinlang.org/docs/kapt.html#compile-avoidance-for-kapt-since-1-3-20)
 kapt.include.compile.classpath=false
+# I don't need to use the kotlin stdlib yet, so remove it to prevent extra bloat & method count issues
+kotlin.stdlib.default.dependency=false
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