diff --git a/src/main/kotlin/com/beust/kobalt/kotlin/BuildFileCompiler.kt b/src/main/kotlin/com/beust/kobalt/kotlin/BuildFileCompiler.kt
index ba6a80df..77dfd5fa 100644
--- a/src/main/kotlin/com/beust/kobalt/kotlin/BuildFileCompiler.kt
+++ b/src/main/kotlin/com/beust/kobalt/kotlin/BuildFileCompiler.kt
@@ -155,7 +155,7 @@ public class BuildFileCompiler @Inject constructor(@Assisted("buildFiles") val b
             classpath(files.kobaltJar)
             sourceFiles(buildFile.path.toFile().absolutePath)
             output = buildScriptJarFile.absolutePath
-        }.compile(null)
+        }.compile()
     }
 
     class BuildScriptInfo(val projects: List<Project>, val classLoader: ClassLoader)
diff --git a/src/main/kotlin/com/beust/kobalt/plugin/java/JavaCompiler.kt b/src/main/kotlin/com/beust/kobalt/plugin/java/JavaCompiler.kt
index a8b84ec3..82c4983b 100644
--- a/src/main/kotlin/com/beust/kobalt/plugin/java/JavaCompiler.kt
+++ b/src/main/kotlin/com/beust/kobalt/plugin/java/JavaCompiler.kt
@@ -16,6 +16,36 @@ import java.io.File
 
 @Singleton
 class JavaCompiler @Inject constructor(val jvmCompiler: JvmCompiler) {
+    val compilerAction = object : ICompilerAction {
+        override fun compile(info: CompilerActionInfo): TaskResult {
+
+            val jvm = JavaInfo.create(File(SystemProperties.javaBase))
+            val javac = jvm.javacExecutable
+
+            val allArgs = arrayListOf(
+                    javac!!.absolutePath,
+                    "-d", info.outputDir)
+            if (info.dependencies.size > 0) {
+                allArgs.add("-classpath")
+                allArgs.add(info.dependencies.map {it.jarFile.get()}.joinToString(File.pathSeparator))
+            }
+            allArgs.addAll(info.compilerArgs)
+            allArgs.addAll(info.sourceFiles)
+
+            val pb = ProcessBuilder(allArgs)
+            pb.directory(File(info.outputDir))
+            pb.inheritIO()
+            val line = allArgs.joinToString(" ")
+            log(1, "  Compiling ${info.sourceFiles.size} files with classpath size " + info.dependencies.size)
+            log(2, "  Compiling $line")
+            val process = pb.start()
+            val errorCode = process.waitFor()
+
+            return if (errorCode == 0) TaskResult(true, "Compilation succeeded")
+            else TaskResult(false, "There were errors")
+        }
+    }
+
     /**
      * Create an ICompilerAction and a CompilerActionInfo suitable to be passed to doCompiler() to perform the
      * actual compilation.
@@ -24,35 +54,6 @@ class JavaCompiler @Inject constructor(val jvmCompiler: JvmCompiler) {
             sourceFiles: List<String>, outputDir: String, args: List<String>) : TaskResult {
 
         val info = CompilerActionInfo(dependencies, sourceFiles, outputDir, args)
-        val compilerAction = object : ICompilerAction {
-            override fun compile(info: CompilerActionInfo): TaskResult {
-
-                val jvm = JavaInfo.create(File(SystemProperties.javaBase))
-                val javac = jvm.javacExecutable
-
-                val allArgs = arrayListOf(
-                        javac!!.absolutePath,
-                        "-d", info.outputDir)
-                if (info.dependencies.size > 0) {
-                    allArgs.add("-classpath")
-                    allArgs.add(info.dependencies.map {it.jarFile.get()}.joinToString(File.pathSeparator))
-                }
-                allArgs.addAll(info.compilerArgs)
-                allArgs.addAll(info.sourceFiles)
-
-                val pb = ProcessBuilder(allArgs)
-                pb.directory(File(info.outputDir))
-                pb.inheritIO()
-                val line = allArgs.joinToString(" ")
-                log(1, "  Compiling ${info.sourceFiles.size} files with classpath size " + info.dependencies.size)
-                log(2, "  Compiling ${project?.name}:\n$line")
-                val process = pb.start()
-                val errorCode = process.waitFor()
-
-                return if (errorCode == 0) TaskResult(true, "Compilation succeeded")
-                else TaskResult(false, "There were errors")
-            }
-        }
         return jvmCompiler.doCompile(project, context, compilerAction, info)
     }
 }
diff --git a/src/main/kotlin/com/beust/kobalt/plugin/java/JavaPlugin.kt b/src/main/kotlin/com/beust/kobalt/plugin/java/JavaPlugin.kt
index 2d811e03..1b2a0523 100644
--- a/src/main/kotlin/com/beust/kobalt/plugin/java/JavaPlugin.kt
+++ b/src/main/kotlin/com/beust/kobalt/plugin/java/JavaPlugin.kt
@@ -11,7 +11,6 @@ import com.beust.kobalt.internal.JvmCompilerPlugin
 import com.beust.kobalt.internal.TaskResult
 import com.beust.kobalt.maven.DepFactory
 import com.beust.kobalt.maven.DependencyManager
-import com.beust.kobalt.maven.IClasspathDependency
 import com.beust.kobalt.maven.LocalRepo
 import com.beust.kobalt.misc.KFiles
 import com.beust.kobalt.misc.KobaltExecutors
@@ -46,13 +45,6 @@ public class JavaPlugin @Inject constructor(
 
     override fun accept(project: Project) = project is JavaProject
 
-    private fun compilePrivate(project: Project, cpList: List<IClasspathDependency>, sourceFiles: List<String>,
-            outputDirectory: File): TaskResult {
-        val result = javaCompiler.compile(project, context, cpList, sourceFiles, outputDirectory.absolutePath,
-                compilerArgs)
-        return result
-    }
-
     /**
      * Replace all the .java files with their directories + *.java in order to limit the
      * size of the command line (which blows up on Windows if there are a lot of files).
@@ -105,7 +97,7 @@ public class JavaPlugin @Inject constructor(
             { it: String -> it.endsWith(".java") }
                 .map { File(projectDir, it).absolutePath }
         val classpath = jvmCompiler.calculateDependencies(project, context!!, project.compileDependencies)
-        return compilePrivate(project, classpath, sourceFiles, buildDir)
+        return javaCompiler.compile(project, context, classpath, sourceFiles, buildDir.absolutePath, compilerArgs)
     }
 
     @Task(name = TASK_COMPILE_TEST, description = "Compile the tests", runAfter = arrayOf("compile"))
@@ -113,16 +105,14 @@ public class JavaPlugin @Inject constructor(
         copyResources(project, JvmCompilerPlugin.SOURCE_SET_TEST)
         val projectDir = File(project.directory)
 
-        val absoluteSourceFiles = files.findRecursively(projectDir, project.sourceDirectoriesTest.map { File(it) })
+        val sourceFiles = files.findRecursively(projectDir, project.sourceDirectoriesTest.map { File(it) })
                 { it: String -> it.endsWith(".java") }
                 .map { File(projectDir, it).absolutePath }
 
         val result =
-            if (absoluteSourceFiles.size > 0) {
-                compilePrivate(project,
-                        testDependencies(project),
-                        absoluteSourceFiles,
-                        makeOutputTestDir(project))
+            if (sourceFiles.size > 0) {
+                javaCompiler.compile(project, context, testDependencies(project), sourceFiles,
+                        makeOutputTestDir(project).absolutePath, compilerArgs)
             } else {
                 // No files to compile
                 TaskResult()
diff --git a/src/main/kotlin/com/beust/kobalt/plugin/kotlin/KotlinCompiler.kt b/src/main/kotlin/com/beust/kobalt/plugin/kotlin/KotlinCompiler.kt
index 2443dd2f..03bbc3bf 100644
--- a/src/main/kotlin/com/beust/kobalt/plugin/kotlin/KotlinCompiler.kt
+++ b/src/main/kotlin/com/beust/kobalt/plugin/kotlin/KotlinCompiler.kt
@@ -1,8 +1,12 @@
 package com.beust.kobalt.plugin.kotlin;
 
 import com.beust.kobalt.api.Kobalt
+import com.beust.kobalt.api.KobaltContext
 import com.beust.kobalt.api.Project
-import com.beust.kobalt.internal.*
+import com.beust.kobalt.internal.CompilerActionInfo
+import com.beust.kobalt.internal.ICompilerAction
+import com.beust.kobalt.internal.JvmCompiler
+import com.beust.kobalt.internal.TaskResult
 import com.beust.kobalt.maven.*
 import com.beust.kobalt.misc.KobaltExecutors
 import com.beust.kobalt.misc.log
@@ -18,16 +22,27 @@ import kotlin.properties.Delegates
  * @since 08 03, 2015
  */
 @Singleton
-class KotlinCompiler @Inject constructor(override val localRepo : LocalRepo,
-        override val files: com.beust.kobalt.misc.KFiles,
-        override val depFactory: DepFactory,
-        override val dependencyManager: DependencyManager,
-        override val executors: KobaltExecutors,
-        override val jvmCompiler: JvmCompiler)
-        : JvmCompilerPlugin(localRepo, files, depFactory, dependencyManager, executors, jvmCompiler) {
+class KotlinCompiler @Inject constructor(val localRepo : LocalRepo,
+        val files: com.beust.kobalt.misc.KFiles,
+        val depFactory: DepFactory,
+        val executors: KobaltExecutors,
+        val jvmCompiler: JvmCompiler) {
     private val KOTLIN_VERSION = "1.0.0-beta-1038"
 
-    override val name = "kotlin"
+    val compilerAction = object: ICompilerAction {
+        override fun compile(info: CompilerActionInfo): TaskResult {
+            log(1, "Compiling ${info.sourceFiles.size} files")
+            val allArgs : Array<String> = arrayOf(
+                    "-d", info.outputDir,
+                    "-classpath", info.dependencies.map {it.jarFile.get()}.joinToString(File.pathSeparator),
+                    *(info.compilerArgs.toTypedArray()),
+                    info.sourceFiles.joinToString(" ")
+            )
+            log(2, "Calling kotlinc " + allArgs.joinToString(" "))
+            CLICompiler.doMainNoExit(K2JVMCompiler(), allArgs)
+            return TaskResult()
+        }
+    }
 
     private fun getKotlinCompilerJar(name: String) : String {
         val id = "org.jetbrains.kotlin:$name:$KOTLIN_VERSION"
@@ -40,8 +55,8 @@ class KotlinCompiler @Inject constructor(override val localRepo : LocalRepo,
      * Create an ICompilerAction and a CompilerActionInfo suitable to be passed to doCompiler() to perform the
      * actual compilation.
      */
-    fun compile(project: Project?, compileDependencies: List<IClasspathDependency>, otherClasspath: List<String>,
-            source: List<String>, outputDir: String, args: List<String>) : TaskResult {
+    fun compile(project: Project?, context: KobaltContext?, compileDependencies: List<IClasspathDependency>,
+            otherClasspath: List<String>, source: List<String>, outputDir: String, args: List<String>) : TaskResult {
 
         val executor = executors.newExecutor("KotlinCompiler", 10)
         val compilerDep = depFactory.create("org.jetbrains.kotlin:kotlin-compiler-embeddable:$KOTLIN_VERSION", executor)
@@ -62,20 +77,6 @@ class KotlinCompiler @Inject constructor(override val localRepo : LocalRepo,
             .plus(classpathList)
             .plus(otherClasspath.map { FileDependency(it)})
         val info = CompilerActionInfo(dependencies, source, outputDir, args)
-        val compilerAction = object: ICompilerAction {
-            override fun compile(info: CompilerActionInfo): TaskResult {
-                log(1, "Compiling ${source.size} files")
-                val allArgs : Array<String> = arrayOf(
-                        "-d", info.outputDir,
-                        "-classpath", info.dependencies.map {it.jarFile.get()}.joinToString(File.pathSeparator),
-                        *(info.compilerArgs.toTypedArray()),
-                        info.sourceFiles.joinToString(" ")
-                )
-                log(2, "Calling kotlinc " + allArgs.joinToString(" "))
-                CLICompiler.doMainNoExit(K2JVMCompiler(), allArgs)
-                return TaskResult()
-            }
-        }
         return jvmCompiler.doCompile(project, context, compilerAction, info)
     }
 }
@@ -97,8 +98,8 @@ class KConfiguration @Inject constructor(val compiler: KotlinCompiler){
 
     fun compilerArgs(s: List<String>) = args.addAll(s)
 
-    fun compile(project: Project?) : TaskResult {
-        return compiler.compile(project, dependencies, classpath, source, output, args)
+    fun compile(project: Project? = null, context: KobaltContext? = null) : TaskResult {
+        return compiler.compile(project, context, dependencies, classpath, source, output, args)
     }
 }
 
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 c76c61dd..41602924 100644
--- a/src/main/kotlin/com/beust/kobalt/plugin/kotlin/KotlinPlugin.kt
+++ b/src/main/kotlin/com/beust/kobalt/plugin/kotlin/KotlinPlugin.kt
@@ -96,7 +96,7 @@ class KotlinPlugin @Inject constructor(
             sourceFiles(sources)
             compilerArgs(compilerArgs)
             output = outputDirectory
-        }.compile(project)
+        }.compile(project, context)
     }
 }