diff --git a/sonatype/src/main/kotlin/com/bakdata/gradle/SonatypePlugin.kt b/sonatype/src/main/kotlin/com/bakdata/gradle/SonatypePlugin.kt
index 2afde67..e345999 100644
--- a/sonatype/src/main/kotlin/com/bakdata/gradle/SonatypePlugin.kt
+++ b/sonatype/src/main/kotlin/com/bakdata/gradle/SonatypePlugin.kt
@@ -215,19 +215,14 @@ class SonatypePlugin : Plugin<Project> {
             apply(plugin = "signing")
             apply(plugin = "org.gradle.maven-publish")
 
-            val javadocJar by tasks.creating(Jar::class) {
-                archiveClassifier.set("javadoc")
-                from(tasks.findByName("javadoc") ?: tasks.findByName("dokka"))
-            }
-
             configure<JavaPluginExtension> {
                 withSourcesJar()
+                withJavadocJar()
             }
 
             configure<PublishingExtension> {
                 publications.create<MavenPublication>("sonatype") {
                     from(components["java"])
-                    artifact(javadocJar)
                 }
             }