diff --git a/build.gradle b/build.gradle
index 04444810..38ca841f 100644
--- a/build.gradle
+++ b/build.gradle
@@ -1,8 +1,6 @@
 buildscript {
     repositories {
-        mavenLocal()
         jcenter()
-        mavenCentral()
     }
     dependencies {
         classpath 'org.junit.platform:junit-platform-gradle-plugin:1.0.0-M2'
@@ -16,7 +14,6 @@ plugins {
 
 import org.gradle.internal.jvm.Jvm
 import org.apache.tools.ant.util.TeeOutputStream
-boolean debug = false
 
 class Tags {
     Boolean hasMainMethod = false
@@ -158,7 +155,8 @@ subprojects {
         // compile group: 'org.slf4j', name: 'slf4j-jdk14', version: '1.7.5'
 
         // JUnit testing:
-        compile     "org.junit.jupiter:junit-jupiter-api:${junitJupiterVersion}"
+        // Commented as per Ben
+        // compile     "org.junit.jupiter:junit-jupiter-api:${junitJupiterVersion}"
         testCompile "org.junit.jupiter:junit-jupiter-api:${junitJupiterVersion}"
         testRuntime "org.junit.jupiter:junit-jupiter-engine:${junitJupiterVersion}"
     }
@@ -228,7 +226,6 @@ subprojects {
         if (file.name.endsWith('.java')) {
 
             Tags tags = new Tags(file)
-            if(debug && tags.hasTags()) println tags
 
             // Exclude java sources that will not compile
             if (tags.compileTimeError) {
@@ -377,7 +374,8 @@ configure(subprojects - project(':onjava')) {
         compile project(':onjava')
         compile group: 'com.google.guava', name: 'guava', version: '19.0'
         compile "org.openjdk.jmh:jmh-core:${jmh.jmhVersion}"
-        compile 'org.junit.platform:junit-platform-gradle-plugin:1.0.0-M2'
+        // commented as per Ben:
+        // compile 'org.junit.platform:junit-platform-gradle-plugin:1.0.0-M2'
     }
 }