diff --git a/modules/kobalt-plugin-api/src/main/kotlin/com/beust/kobalt/internal/KotlinJarFiles.kt b/modules/kobalt-plugin-api/src/main/kotlin/com/beust/kobalt/internal/KotlinJarFiles.kt
index 3f29427a..123e8b76 100644
--- a/modules/kobalt-plugin-api/src/main/kotlin/com/beust/kobalt/internal/KotlinJarFiles.kt
+++ b/modules/kobalt-plugin-api/src/main/kotlin/com/beust/kobalt/internal/KotlinJarFiles.kt
@@ -16,6 +16,5 @@ class KotlinJarFiles @Inject constructor(val dependencyManager: DependencyManage
     }
 
     val stdlib: File get() = getKotlinCompilerJar("stdlib")
-    val runtime: File get() = getKotlinCompilerJar("runtime")
     val compiler: File get() = getKotlinCompilerJar("compiler-embeddable")
 }
diff --git a/src/main/kotlin/com/beust/kobalt/plugin/kotlin/KotlinPlugin.kt b/src/main/kotlin/com/beust/kobalt/plugin/kotlin/KotlinPlugin.kt
index 3c437628..788a8dc2 100644
--- a/src/main/kotlin/com/beust/kobalt/plugin/kotlin/KotlinPlugin.kt
+++ b/src/main/kotlin/com/beust/kobalt/plugin/kotlin/KotlinPlugin.kt
@@ -101,7 +101,7 @@ class KotlinPlugin @Inject constructor(val executors: KobaltExecutors, val depen
     override fun classpathEntriesFor(project: Project?, context: KobaltContext): List<IClasspathDependency> =
         if (project == null || accept(project)) {
             // All Kotlin projects automatically get the Kotlin runtime added to their class path
-            listOf(kotlinJarFiles.stdlib, kotlinJarFiles.runtime)
+            listOf(kotlinJarFiles.stdlib)
                     .map { FileDependency(it.absolutePath) }
         } else {
             emptyList()