diff --git a/java-components/build-request-processor/src/main/java/com/redhat/hacbs/container/analyser/build/InvocationBuilder.java b/java-components/build-request-processor/src/main/java/com/redhat/hacbs/container/analyser/build/InvocationBuilder.java
index a172a741e..e10ac46e4 100644
--- a/java-components/build-request-processor/src/main/java/com/redhat/hacbs/container/analyser/build/InvocationBuilder.java
+++ b/java-components/build-request-processor/src/main/java/com/redhat/hacbs/container/analyser/build/InvocationBuilder.java
@@ -132,6 +132,7 @@ public BuildInfo build(CacheBuildInfoLocator buildInfoLocator) {
             info.setAdditionalDownloads(buildRecipeInfo.getAdditionalDownloads());
             info.setAdditionalMemory(buildRecipeInfo.getAdditionalMemory());
             info.setAllowedDifferences(buildRecipeInfo.getAllowedDifferences());
+            info.setDisabledPlugins(buildRecipeInfo.getDisabledPlugins());
         }
         //now we need to figure out what possible build recipes we can try
         //we work through from lowest Java version to highest
diff --git a/java-components/build-request-processor/src/main/java/com/redhat/hacbs/container/build/preprocessor/gradle/GradlePrepareCommand.java b/java-components/build-request-processor/src/main/java/com/redhat/hacbs/container/build/preprocessor/gradle/GradlePrepareCommand.java
index e1b8b68fc..9e53c83f0 100644
--- a/java-components/build-request-processor/src/main/java/com/redhat/hacbs/container/build/preprocessor/gradle/GradlePrepareCommand.java
+++ b/java-components/build-request-processor/src/main/java/com/redhat/hacbs/container/build/preprocessor/gradle/GradlePrepareCommand.java
@@ -1,12 +1,19 @@
 package com.redhat.hacbs.container.build.preprocessor.gradle;
 
+import static com.redhat.hacbs.container.analyser.build.BuildInfo.GRADLE;
+
 import java.io.IOException;
+import java.net.URI;
+import java.net.URISyntaxException;
 import java.nio.file.FileVisitResult;
 import java.nio.file.Files;
 import java.nio.file.Path;
 import java.nio.file.SimpleFileVisitor;
 import java.nio.file.attribute.BasicFileAttributes;
 
+import org.eclipse.microprofile.rest.client.RestClientBuilder;
+
+import com.redhat.hacbs.container.analyser.build.CacheBuildInfoLocator;
 import com.redhat.hacbs.container.build.preprocessor.AbstractPreprocessor;
 
 import io.quarkus.logging.Log;
@@ -46,13 +53,13 @@ public FileVisitResult visitFile(Path file, BasicFileAttributes attrs) throws IO
                 }
 
             });
-        } catch (IOException e) {
+        } catch (IOException | URISyntaxException e) {
             throw new RuntimeException(e);
         }
 
     }
 
-    private void setupInitScripts() throws IOException {
+    private void setupInitScripts() throws IOException, URISyntaxException {
         var initDir = buildRoot.resolve(".hacbs-init");
         Files.createDirectories(initDir);
         for (var initScript : INIT_SCRIPTS) {
@@ -61,6 +68,10 @@ private void setupInitScripts() throws IOException {
                 Files.copy(in, init);
 
                 if ("disable-plugins.gradle".equals(init.getFileName().toString())) {
+                    var buildInfoLocator = RestClientBuilder.newBuilder().baseUri(new URI(repositoryUrl))
+                            .build(CacheBuildInfoLocator.class);
+                    var defaultPlugins = buildInfoLocator.lookupPluginInfo(GRADLE);
+                    disabledPlugins.addAll(defaultPlugins);
                     Files.writeString(init,
                             Files.readString(init).replace("@DISABLED_PLUGINS@", String.join(",", disabledPlugins)));
                 }
diff --git a/java-components/build-request-processor/src/main/java/com/redhat/hacbs/container/build/preprocessor/maven/MavenPrepareCommand.java b/java-components/build-request-processor/src/main/java/com/redhat/hacbs/container/build/preprocessor/maven/MavenPrepareCommand.java
index a2d514848..dfbd8fa76 100644
--- a/java-components/build-request-processor/src/main/java/com/redhat/hacbs/container/build/preprocessor/maven/MavenPrepareCommand.java
+++ b/java-components/build-request-processor/src/main/java/com/redhat/hacbs/container/build/preprocessor/maven/MavenPrepareCommand.java
@@ -1,9 +1,12 @@
 package com.redhat.hacbs.container.build.preprocessor.maven;
 
 import static com.fasterxml.jackson.databind.DeserializationFeature.FAIL_ON_UNKNOWN_PROPERTIES;
+import static com.redhat.hacbs.container.analyser.build.BuildInfo.MAVEN;
 
 import java.io.BufferedReader;
 import java.io.IOException;
+import java.net.URI;
+import java.net.URISyntaxException;
 import java.nio.file.FileVisitResult;
 import java.nio.file.Files;
 import java.nio.file.Path;
@@ -18,9 +21,11 @@
 import org.apache.maven.model.io.xpp3.MavenXpp3Reader;
 import org.apache.maven.model.io.xpp3.MavenXpp3Writer;
 import org.codehaus.plexus.util.xml.Xpp3Dom;
+import org.eclipse.microprofile.rest.client.RestClientBuilder;
 
 import com.fasterxml.jackson.databind.ObjectMapper;
 import com.fasterxml.jackson.dataformat.yaml.YAMLMapper;
+import com.redhat.hacbs.container.analyser.build.CacheBuildInfoLocator;
 import com.redhat.hacbs.container.build.preprocessor.AbstractPreprocessor;
 
 import io.quarkus.logging.Log;
@@ -86,9 +91,14 @@ private void handleBuild(Path file, boolean topLevel) {
         }
     }
 
-    private boolean handlePlugins(List<Plugin> plugins, boolean pluginManagement, boolean topLevel) throws IOException {
+    private boolean handlePlugins(List<Plugin> plugins, boolean pluginManagement, boolean topLevel)
+            throws IOException, URISyntaxException {
         boolean modified = false;
         List<PluginInfo> toRemove = new ArrayList<>();
+        var buildInfoLocator = RestClientBuilder.newBuilder().baseUri(new URI(repositoryUrl))
+                .build(CacheBuildInfoLocator.class);
+        var defaultPlugins = buildInfoLocator.lookupPluginInfo(MAVEN);
+        disabledPlugins.addAll(defaultPlugins);
 
         for (String s : disabledPlugins) {
             String[] ga = s.split(":");