diff --git a/build.gradle b/build.gradle
index 0feccb1e53..95145af9c2 100644
--- a/build.gradle
+++ b/build.gradle
@@ -499,7 +499,6 @@ subprojects {
           password = artifactoryKey
         }
         defaults {
-          publishBuildInfo = false //currently 404'ing still to be investigated
           publications('mavenJava')
           publishArtifacts = true
           publishPom = true
@@ -696,21 +695,6 @@ publishing {
   }
 }
 
-def artifactoryUser = project.hasProperty('artifactoryUser') ? project.property('artifactoryUser') : System.getenv('ARTIFACTORY_USER')
-def artifactoryKey = project.hasProperty('artifactoryApiKey') ? project.property('artifactoryApiKey') : System.getenv('ARTIFACTORY_KEY')
-def artifactoryOrg = System.getenv('ARTIFACTORY_ORG') ?: 'hyperledger'
-
-artifactory {
-  contextUrl = "https://hyperledger.jfrog.io/${artifactoryOrg}"
-  publish {
-    defaults {
-      publications('distArtifactory')
-      publishArtifacts = true
-      publishPom = false
-    }
-  }
-}
-
 artifactoryPublish {
   dependsOn distTar
   dependsOn distZip