diff --git a/build-logic/build.gradle.kts b/build-logic/build.gradle.kts
index 447c701e3..d19208717 100644
--- a/build-logic/build.gradle.kts
+++ b/build-logic/build.gradle.kts
@@ -61,7 +61,7 @@ gradlePlugin {
 
 checkstyle {
     toolVersion = libs.versions.checkstyle.get()
-    configDirectory.set(project.layout.projectDirectory.dir("../config/checkstyle"))
+    configDirectory = project.layout.projectDirectory.dir("../config/checkstyle")
 }
 
 java {
diff --git a/classlib/build.gradle.kts b/classlib/build.gradle.kts
index 9eb9ae042..a3887e5cd 100644
--- a/classlib/build.gradle.kts
+++ b/classlib/build.gradle.kts
@@ -37,15 +37,15 @@ dependencies {
 }
 
 tasks {
-    val generatedClassesDir = File(buildDir, "generated/classes/java/main")
+    val generatedClassesDir = layout.buildDirectory.dir("generated/classes/java/main")
     val generateTzCache by registering(JavaExec::class) {
-        val outputFile = File(generatedClassesDir, "org/teavm/classlib/impl/tz/cache")
+        val outputFile = generatedClassesDir.map { it.dir( "org/teavm/classlib/impl/tz/cache") }
         classpath(sourceSets.main.get().runtimeClasspath, sourceSets.main.get().compileClasspath)
         outputs.file(outputFile)
         inputs.files(sourceSets.main.get().runtimeClasspath)
         dependsOn(compileJava)
-        mainClass.set("org.teavm.classlib.impl.tz.TimeZoneCache")
-        args(outputFile.absolutePath)
+        mainClass = "org.teavm.classlib.impl.tz.TimeZoneCache"
+        args(outputFile.get().asFile.absolutePath)
     }
     jar {
         dependsOn(generateTzCache)
diff --git a/samples/async/build.gradle.kts b/samples/async/build.gradle.kts
index bf11d12e4..09a28b866 100644
--- a/samples/async/build.gradle.kts
+++ b/samples/async/build.gradle.kts
@@ -30,8 +30,8 @@ dependencies {
 }
 
 teavm.js {
-    addedToWebApp.set(true)
-    mainClass.set("org.teavm.samples.async.AsyncProgram")
+    addedToWebApp = true
+    mainClass = "org.teavm.samples.async.AsyncProgram"
 }
 
 tasks.war {
diff --git a/samples/benchmark/build.gradle.kts b/samples/benchmark/build.gradle.kts
index d35eb2410..43924de99 100644
--- a/samples/benchmark/build.gradle.kts
+++ b/samples/benchmark/build.gradle.kts
@@ -43,18 +43,18 @@ val executableFile = File(buildDir, "dist/teavm_benchmark")
 
 teavm {
     js {
-        addedToWebApp.set(true)
-        mainClass.set("org.teavm.samples.benchmark.teavm.BenchmarkStarter")
-        debugInformation.set(true)
+        addedToWebApp = true
+        mainClass = "org.teavm.samples.benchmark.teavm.BenchmarkStarter"
+        debugInformation = true
     }
     wasm {
-        addedToWebApp.set(true)
-        mainClass.set("org.teavm.samples.benchmark.teavm.WasmBenchmarkStarter")
+        addedToWebApp = true
+        mainClass = "org.teavm.samples.benchmark.teavm.WasmBenchmarkStarter"
     }
     c {
-        mainClass.set("org.teavm.samples.benchmark.teavm.Gtk3BenchmarkStarter")
-        relativePathInOutputDir.set("")
-        outputDir.set(generatedCSources)
+        mainClass = "org.teavm.samples.benchmark.teavm.Gtk3BenchmarkStarter"
+        relativePathInOutputDir = ""
+        outputDir = generatedCSources
     }
 }
 
diff --git a/samples/hello/build.gradle.kts b/samples/hello/build.gradle.kts
index 76f184aa5..bd02656c5 100644
--- a/samples/hello/build.gradle.kts
+++ b/samples/hello/build.gradle.kts
@@ -26,6 +26,6 @@ dependencies {
 }
 
 teavm.js {
-    addedToWebApp.set(true)
-    mainClass.set("org.teavm.samples.hello.Client")
+    addedToWebApp = true
+    mainClass = "org.teavm.samples.hello.Client"
 }
diff --git a/samples/kotlin/build.gradle.kts b/samples/kotlin/build.gradle.kts
index d4745ff0e..135fcf276 100644
--- a/samples/kotlin/build.gradle.kts
+++ b/samples/kotlin/build.gradle.kts
@@ -25,6 +25,6 @@ dependencies {
 }
 
 teavm.js {
-    addedToWebApp.set(true)
-    mainClass.set("org.teavm.samples.kotlin.HelloKt")
+    addedToWebApp = true
+    mainClass = "org.teavm.samples.kotlin.HelloKt"
 }
diff --git a/samples/pi/build.gradle.kts b/samples/pi/build.gradle.kts
index a5a0e1051..1944aced2 100644
--- a/samples/pi/build.gradle.kts
+++ b/samples/pi/build.gradle.kts
@@ -30,17 +30,17 @@ dependencies {
 
 teavm {
     js {
-        addedToWebApp.set(true)
+        addedToWebApp = true
     }
     wasm {
-        addedToWebApp.set(true)
+        addedToWebApp = true
     }
     wasi {
-        outputDir.set(File(buildDir, "libs/wasi"))
-        relativePathInOutputDir.set("")
+        outputDir = layout.buildDirectory.dir("libs/wasi").get().asFile
+        relativePathInOutputDir = ""
     }
     all {
-        mainClass.set("org.teavm.samples.pi.PiCalculator")
+        mainClass = "org.teavm.samples.pi.PiCalculator"
     }
 }
 
@@ -56,7 +56,7 @@ tasks.assemble {
 val buildNativeLinux by tasks.register<Exec>("buildNativeLinux") {
     group = "build"
     dependsOn(tasks.generateC)
-    inputs.dir(File(buildDir, "generated/teavm/c"))
+    inputs.dir(layout.buildDirectory.dir("generated/teavm/c"))
     inputs.file(project.file("CMakeLists.txt"))
     outputs.file("build/dist/calc_pi")
     executable = "./build-native.sh"
diff --git a/samples/scala/build.gradle.kts b/samples/scala/build.gradle.kts
index 3ba21e7b9..ca818b6ef 100644
--- a/samples/scala/build.gradle.kts
+++ b/samples/scala/build.gradle.kts
@@ -26,6 +26,6 @@ dependencies {
 }
 
 teavm.js {
-    addedToWebApp.set(true)
-    mainClass.set("org.teavm.samples.scala.Client")
+    addedToWebApp = true
+    mainClass = "org.teavm.samples.scala.Client"
 }
diff --git a/samples/settings.gradle.kts b/samples/settings.gradle.kts
index 30f440da7..881a2b92f 100644
--- a/samples/settings.gradle.kts
+++ b/samples/settings.gradle.kts
@@ -85,7 +85,7 @@ gradle.afterProject {
         extensions.configure<CheckstyleExtension> {
             toolVersion = extensions.getByType<VersionCatalogsExtension>().named("libs")
                     .findVersion("checkstyle").get().requiredVersion
-            configDirectory.set(File(settings.rootDir, "../config/checkstyle"))
+            configDirectory = File(settings.rootDir, "../config/checkstyle")
         }
         java.sourceCompatibility = JavaVersion.VERSION_11
         java.targetCompatibility = JavaVersion.VERSION_11
diff --git a/samples/web-apis/build.gradle.kts b/samples/web-apis/build.gradle.kts
index c077ddbe3..9d344dc9d 100644
--- a/samples/web-apis/build.gradle.kts
+++ b/samples/web-apis/build.gradle.kts
@@ -25,6 +25,6 @@ dependencies {
 }
 
 teavm.js {
-    addedToWebApp.set(true)
-    mainClass.set("org.teavm.samples.webapis.Main")
+    addedToWebApp = true
+    mainClass = "org.teavm.samples.webapis.Main"
 }
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/settings.gradle.kts b/settings.gradle.kts
index 1e0a31474..349272eca 100644
--- a/settings.gradle.kts
+++ b/settings.gradle.kts
@@ -95,29 +95,29 @@ gradle.afterProject {
 }
 
 fun MavenPom.setupPom(project: Project) {
-    name.set(project.description)
-    description.set(project.description)
+    name = project.description
+    description = project.description
     licenses {
         license {
-            name.set("The Apache Software License, Version 2.0")
-            url.set("http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0.txt")
-            distribution.set("repo")
-            comments.set("A business-friendly OSS license")
+            name = "The Apache Software License, Version 2.0"
+            url = "http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0.txt"
+            distribution = "repo"
+            comments = "A business-friendly OSS license"
         }
     }
     developers {
         developer {
-            id.set("konsoletyper")
-            name.set("Alexey Andreev")
-            email.set("konsoletyper@gmail.com")
-            timezone.set("Europe/Berlin")
+            id = "konsoletyper"
+            name = "Alexey Andreev"
+            email = "konsoletyper@gmail.com"
+            timezone = "Europe/Berlin"
         }
     }
     scm {
-        url.set("https://github.com/konsoletyper/teavm")
-        connection.set("scm:git:git@github.com:konsoletyper/teavm.git")
+        url = "https://github.com/konsoletyper/teavm"
+        connection = "scm:git:git@github.com:konsoletyper/teavm.git"
     }
-    url.set("https://teavm.org")
+    url = "https://teavm.org"
 }
 
 extensions.configure<DependencyRelocationExtension> {
diff --git a/tests/build.gradle.kts b/tests/build.gradle.kts
index b0404b192..821853227 100644
--- a/tests/build.gradle.kts
+++ b/tests/build.gradle.kts
@@ -39,7 +39,7 @@ dependencies {
 }
 
 tasks.test {
-    systemProperty("teavm.junit.target", "${project.buildDir.absolutePath }/teavm-tests")
+    systemProperty("teavm.junit.target", layout.buildDirectory.dir("teavm-tests").get().asFile.absolutePath)
     systemProperty("teavm.junit.threads", "1")
     val browser = providers.gradleProperty("teavm.tests.browser").orElse("browser-chrome").get()
 
diff --git a/tools/classlib-comparison-gen/build.gradle.kts b/tools/classlib-comparison-gen/build.gradle.kts
index c4303db87..690611719 100644
--- a/tools/classlib-comparison-gen/build.gradle.kts
+++ b/tools/classlib-comparison-gen/build.gradle.kts
@@ -33,7 +33,7 @@ val generateComparison by tasks.register<JavaExec>("generateComparison") {
     inputs.files(tasks["relocateJar"].outputs.files)
     outputs.dir(outputDir)
     classpath = configurations.runtimeClasspath.get() + tasks["relocateJar"].outputs.files
-    mainClass.set("org.teavm.tools.classlibcomparison.JCLComparisonBuilder")
+    mainClass = "org.teavm.tools.classlibcomparison.JCLComparisonBuilder"
     args("-output", outputDir.get().asFile.absolutePath)
 }
 
diff --git a/tools/deobfuscator-js/build.gradle.kts b/tools/deobfuscator-js/build.gradle.kts
index f681ba8bb..ceee4509a 100644
--- a/tools/deobfuscator-js/build.gradle.kts
+++ b/tools/deobfuscator-js/build.gradle.kts
@@ -35,37 +35,37 @@ dependencies {
 }
 
 val generateJs by tasks.register<JavaExec>("generateJs") {
-    outputs.dir(File(buildDir, "teavm"))
+    outputs.dir(layout.buildDirectory.dir("teavm"))
     dependsOn(tasks.classes)
     classpath += configurations["teavmCompile"]
     classpath += java.sourceSets.main.get().output.classesDirs
-    mainClass.set("org.teavm.tooling.deobfuscate.js.Compiler")
+    mainClass = "org.teavm.tooling.deobfuscate.js.Compiler"
     args(
         "org.teavm.tooling.deobfuscate.js.Deobfuscator",
         "\$teavm_deobfuscator",
-        File(buildDir, "teavm").absolutePath,
+        layout.buildDirectory.dir("teavm").get().asFile.absolutePath,
         "deobfuscator.js"
     )
 }
 
 val generateLibJs by tasks.register<JavaExec>("generateLibJs") {
-    outputs.dir(File(buildDir, "teavm-lib"))
+    outputs.dir(layout.buildDirectory.dir("teavm-lib"))
     dependsOn(tasks.classes)
     classpath += configurations["teavmCompile"]
     classpath += java.sourceSets.main.get().output.classesDirs
-    mainClass.set("org.teavm.tooling.deobfuscate.js.Compiler")
+    mainClass = "org.teavm.tooling.deobfuscate.js.Compiler"
     args(
         "org.teavm.tooling.deobfuscate.js.DeobfuscatorLib",
         "deobfuscator",
-        File(buildDir, "teavm-lib").absolutePath,
+        layout.buildDirectory.dir("teavm-lib").get().asFile.absolutePath,
         "deobfuscator-lib.js",
     )
 }
 
 val zipWithJs by tasks.register<Jar>("zipWithJs") {
     dependsOn(generateJs, generateLibJs)
-    archiveClassifier.set("js")
-    from(File(buildDir, "teavm"), File(buildDir, "teavm-lib"))
+    archiveClassifier = "js"
+    from(layout.buildDirectory.dir("teavm"), layout.buildDirectory.dir("teavm-lib"))
     entryCompression = ZipEntryCompression.DEFLATED
 }
 
diff --git a/tools/gradle/build.gradle.kts b/tools/gradle/build.gradle.kts
index 53736d5d4..c07fc25a5 100644
--- a/tools/gradle/build.gradle.kts
+++ b/tools/gradle/build.gradle.kts
@@ -29,22 +29,22 @@ dependencies {
 }
 
 gradlePlugin {
-    website.set("https://teavm.org")
-    vcsUrl.set("https://github.com/konsoletyper/teavm")
+    website = "https://teavm.org"
+    vcsUrl = "https://github.com/konsoletyper/teavm"
     plugins {
         create("TeaVMPlugin") {
             id = "org.teavm"
             implementationClass = "org.teavm.gradle.TeaVMPlugin"
             displayName = "TeaVM application plugin"
             description = "Installs TeaVM compilation tasks, configurations and source sets"
-            tags.set(listOf("teavm", "javascript", "webassembly", "compiler", "aot-compiler"))
+            tags = listOf("teavm", "javascript", "webassembly", "compiler", "aot-compiler")
         }
         create("TeaVMLibraryPlugin") {
             id = "org.teavm.library"
             implementationClass = "org.teavm.gradle.TeaVMLibraryPlugin"
             displayName = "TeaVM library plugin"
             description = "Installs TeaVM DSL for consuming TeaVM libraries and running tests in a browser"
-            tags.set(listOf("teavm", "javascript", "webassembly", "compiler", "aot-compiler"))
+            tags = listOf("teavm", "javascript", "webassembly", "compiler", "aot-compiler")
         }
     }
 }
diff --git a/tools/ide-deps/build.gradle.kts b/tools/ide-deps/build.gradle.kts
index d04874d10..50e181708 100644
--- a/tools/ide-deps/build.gradle.kts
+++ b/tools/ide-deps/build.gradle.kts
@@ -29,6 +29,6 @@ dependencies {
 }
 
 tasks.shadowJar {
-    archiveFileName.set("teavm.jar")
+    archiveFileName = "teavm.jar"
     mergeServiceFiles()
 }
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/tools/idea/build.gradle.kts b/tools/idea/build.gradle.kts
index 2fdc98049..bac2eb0f7 100644
--- a/tools/idea/build.gradle.kts
+++ b/tools/idea/build.gradle.kts
@@ -20,15 +20,15 @@ plugins {
 }
 
 intellij {
-    version.set(libs.versions.idea.asProvider().get())
-    type.set("IC")
-    updateSinceUntilBuild.set(false)
+    version = libs.versions.idea.asProvider().get()
+    type = "IC"
+    updateSinceUntilBuild = false
 
-    plugins.set(listOf(
+    plugins = listOf(
             "java",
             "org.intellij.scala:${libs.versions.idea.scala.get()}",
             "org.jetbrains.kotlin"
-    ))
+    )
 }
 
 dependencies {
@@ -37,13 +37,13 @@ dependencies {
 
 tasks {
     instrumentedJar {
-        archiveFileName.set("teavm-plugin.jar")
+        archiveFileName = "teavm-plugin.jar"
     }
     buildSearchableOptions {
         enabled = false
     }
 
     publishPlugin {
-        token.set(providers.gradleProperty("teavm.idea.publishToken"))
+        token = providers.gradleProperty("teavm.idea.publishToken")
     }
 }