diff --git a/.github/workflows/pre-merge.yaml b/.github/workflows/pre-merge.yaml
index 601fba7c..3e90a52f 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/pre-merge.yaml
+++ b/.github/workflows/pre-merge.yaml
@@ -45,7 +45,7 @@ jobs:
         if: always()
 
       - name: Build the Debug variant
-        run: ./gradlew assembleDebug --no-daemon
+        run: ./gradlew assembleDebug
 
       - name: Build the Release variant
-        run: ./gradlew assembleRelease --no-daemon
+        run: ./gradlew assembleRelease
diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index b44941ed..7c637dc0 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -1,17 +1,9 @@
-.PHONY: format clean preMerge stop all
+.PHONY: format preMerge all
 
 format:
 	./gradlew spotlessApply
 
-clean:
-	./gradlew clean
-
 preMerge:
 	./gradlew preMerge --continue
 
-# We stop gradle at the end to make sure the cache folders
-# don't contain any lock files and are free to be cached.
-stop:
-	./gradlew --stop
-
-all: stop clean format preMerge
+all: format preMerge
diff --git a/plugin-build/Makefile b/plugin-build/Makefile
index 8976d5b6..8cc671a3 100644
--- a/plugin-build/Makefile
+++ b/plugin-build/Makefile
@@ -1,13 +1,10 @@
-.PHONY: clean compile all dist
-
-clean:
-	./gradlew clean
+.PHONY: compile all dist
 
 compile:
 	./gradlew assemble
 
 # build distribution artifacts
 dist:
-	./gradlew distZip --no-daemon --no-parallel
+	./gradlew distZip --no-parallel
 
-all: clean compile dist
+all: compile dist
diff --git a/sentry-kotlin-compiler-plugin/Makefile b/sentry-kotlin-compiler-plugin/Makefile
index 8976d5b6..8cc671a3 100644
--- a/sentry-kotlin-compiler-plugin/Makefile
+++ b/sentry-kotlin-compiler-plugin/Makefile
@@ -1,13 +1,10 @@
-.PHONY: clean compile all dist
-
-clean:
-	./gradlew clean
+.PHONY: compile all dist
 
 compile:
 	./gradlew assemble
 
 # build distribution artifacts
 dist:
-	./gradlew distZip --no-daemon --no-parallel
+	./gradlew distZip --no-parallel
 
-all: clean compile dist
+all: compile dist