diff --git a/build.gradle b/build.gradle
index e443d317e870b..c01d994903362 100644
--- a/build.gradle
+++ b/build.gradle
@@ -1003,10 +1003,6 @@ project(':core') {
     from(project(':connect:mirror').configurations.runtimeClasspath) { into("libs/") }
     from(project(':connect:mirror-client').jar) { into("libs/") }
     from(project(':connect:mirror-client').configurations.runtimeClasspath) { into("libs/") }
-    from(project(':storage').jar) { into("libs/") }
-    from(project(':storage').configurations.runtimeClasspath) { into("libs/") }
-    from(project(':storage:api').jar) { into("libs/") }
-    from(project(':storage:api').configurations.runtimeClasspath) { into("libs/") }
     from(project(':streams').jar) { into("libs/") }
     from(project(':streams').configurations.runtimeClasspath) { into("libs/") }
     from(project(':streams:streams-scala').jar) { into("libs/") }