diff --git a/gui/build.gradle b/gui/build.gradle
index 35f09878..13a0ab39 100644
--- a/gui/build.gradle
+++ b/gui/build.gradle
@@ -63,9 +63,27 @@ apply plugin: 'org.kordamp.gradle.stats'
 apply plugin: 'com.github.ben-manes.versions'
 apply plugin: 'com.github.kt3k.coveralls'
 
+
+configurations.all {
+        exclude group:'org.codehaus.groovy', module:'groovy-test'
+        exclude group:'org.codehaus.groovy', module:'groovy-testng'
+        exclude group:'org.codehaus.groovy', module:'groovy-test-junit5'
+        exclude group:'org.codehaus.groovy', module:'groovy-ant'
+        exclude group:'org.codehaus.groovy', module:'groovy-sql'
+        exclude group:'org.codehaus.groovy', module:'groovy-nio'
+        exclude group:'org.codehaus.groovy', module:'groovy-servlet'
+        exclude group:'org.codehaus.groovy', module:'groovy-jmx'
+        exclude group:'org.codehaus.groovy', module:'groovy-groovydoc'
+        exclude group:'org.codehaus.groovy', module:'groovy-groovysh'
+        exclude group:'org.codehaus.groovy', module:'groovy-xml'
+        exclude group:'org.codehaus.groovy', module:'groovy-docgenerator'
+        // TODO: add more as discovered
+}
+
 dependencies {
     compile project(":core")
     compile "org.codehaus.griffon:griffon-guice:${griffon.version}"
+    compile "org.codehaus.groovy:groovy-all:${groovyVersion}" 
 
     // runtime "org.slf4j:slf4j-simple:${slf4jVersion}"