Repositories in build scripts avoidance

Detects declarations of repositories in Gradle build scripts.

It's recommended to have all repositories declared in the Gradle settings file.

Example:

// build.gradle.kts
buildscript { // reports 'buildscript', suggests moving it to `settings.gradle.kts`
    repositories {
        mavenCentral()
        gradlePluginPortal()
    }
}

plugins {
    id("java")
}

repositories { // reports 'buildscript', suggests moving it to `settings.gradle.kts`
    mavenCentral()
}

// settings.gradle.kts
pluginManagement {
    repositories {
        mavenCentral()
        gradlePluginPortal()
    }
}

dependencyResolutionManagement {
    repositoriesMode = RepositoriesMode.FAIL_ON_PROJECT_REPOS
    repositories {
        mavenCentral()
    }
}

Best practice described here.

Locating this inspection

By ID

Can be used to locate inspection in e.g. Qodana configuration files, where you can quickly enable or disable it, or adjust its settings.

AvoidRepositoriesInBuildGradle

Via Settings dialog

Path to the inspection settings via IntelliJ Platform IDE Settings dialog, when you need to adjust inspection settings directly from your IDE.

Settings or Preferences | Editor | Inspections | Gradle | Best practices

Inspection ID: AvoidRepositoriesInBuildGradle

Suppressing Inspection

You can suppress this inspection by placing the following comment marker before the code fragment where you no longer want messages from this inspection to appear:

//noinspection AvoidRepositoriesInBuildGradle

More detailed instructions as well as other ways and options that you have can be found in the product documentation:

IntelliJ IDEA 2026.1

Inspection Details
By default bundled with:	IntelliJ IDEA 2026.1, Qodana for JVM 2026.1,

Last modified: 31 March 2026