diff --git a/ktlint-ruleset-template/build.gradle b/ktlint-ruleset-template/build.gradle
index 84ad1abdeb..e992349b51 100644
--- a/ktlint-ruleset-template/build.gradle
+++ b/ktlint-ruleset-template/build.gradle
@@ -1,87 +1,78 @@
-buildscript {
-    ext.kotlin_version = '1.3.31'
-    repositories {
-        mavenCentral()
-        maven { url 'https://repo.spring.io/plugins-release' }
-    }
-    dependencies {
-        classpath 'org.springframework.build.gradle:propdeps-plugin:0.0.7'
-        classpath "org.jetbrains.kotlin:kotlin-gradle-plugin:$kotlin_version"
-        classpath 'org.junit.platform:junit-platform-gradle-plugin:1.0.0'
-    }
+plugins {
+  id 'org.jetbrains.kotlin.jvm'
+  id 'java-library'
+  id 'maven'
 }
 
-apply plugin: 'java'
-apply plugin: 'maven'
-apply plugin: 'propdeps'
-apply plugin: 'propdeps-maven'
-apply plugin: 'kotlin'
-apply plugin: 'org.junit.platform.gradle.plugin'
-
 group = 'com.github.username'
 
-sourceCompatibility = 1.8
-targetCompatibility = 1.8
+sourceCompatibility = JavaVersion.VERSION_1_8
+targetCompatibility = JavaVersion.VERSION_1_8
 
 repositories {
-    jcenter()
+  jcenter()
 }
 
 task sourcesJar(type: Jar, dependsOn: classes) {
-    classifier = 'sources'
-    from sourceSets.main.allSource
+  classifier = 'sources'
+  from sourceSets.main.allSource
 }
 
 task javadocJar(type: Jar, dependsOn: javadoc) {
-    classifier = 'javadoc'
-    from javadoc.destinationDir
+  classifier = 'javadoc'
+  from javadoc.destinationDir
 }
 
 artifacts {
-    archives sourcesJar
-    archives javadocJar
+  archives sourcesJar
+  archives javadocJar
 }
 
 configurations {
-    ktlint
+  ktlint
 }
 
 dependencies {
-    compileOnly "org.jetbrains.kotlin:kotlin-stdlib-jdk8:$kotlin_version"
+  api project(':ktlint-core')
+  api deps.kotlin.stdlib
+  api deps.kotlin.compiler
 
-    provided 'com.pinterest.ktlint:ktlint-core:0.33.0'
+  testImplementation project(':ktlint-test')
+  testImplementation deps.assertj
+  testImplementation('org.jetbrains.spek:spek-junit-platform-engine:1.1.5') {
+    exclude group: 'org.jetbrains.kotlin', module: 'kotlin-stdlib'
+    exclude group: 'org.jetbrains.kotlin', module: 'kotlin-reflect'
+  }
+  testImplementation 'org.junit.jupiter:junit-jupiter-engine:5.1.0'
+  testImplementation 'org.junit.jupiter:junit-jupiter-api:5.1.0'
 
-    testCompile 'org.assertj:assertj-core:3.5.2'
-    testCompile 'com.pinterest.ktlint:ktlint-test:0.33.0'
-    testCompile "org.jetbrains.kotlin:kotlin-reflect:$kotlin_version"
-    testCompile('org.jetbrains.spek:spek-junit-platform-engine:1.1.5') {
-        exclude group: 'org.jetbrains.kotlin', module: 'kotlin-stdlib'
-        exclude group: 'org.jetbrains.kotlin', module: 'kotlin-reflect'
-    }
+  ktlint project(':ktlint')
+}
 
-    ktlint 'com.github.shyiko:ktlint:0.31.0'
+test {
+  useJUnitPlatform()
 }
 
 task ktlint(type: JavaExec, dependsOn: classes) {
-    main = 'com.pinterest.ktlint.Main'
-    // adding compiled classes to the classpath so that ktlint would validate project's sources
-    // using its own ruleset (in other words to dogfood)
-    classpath = configurations.ktlint + sourceSets.main.output
-    args '--debug', 'src/**/*.kt'
+  main = 'com.pinterest.ktlint.Main'
+  // adding compiled classes to the classpath so that ktlint would validate project's sources
+  // using its own ruleset (in other words to dogfood)
+  classpath = configurations.ktlint + sourceSets.main.output
+  args '--debug', 'src/**/*.kt'
 }
 
 check.dependsOn ktlint
 
 install {
-    repositories.mavenInstaller {
-        pom.project {
-            licenses {
-                license {
-                    name 'The Apache Software License, Version 2.0'
-                    url 'http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0.txt'
-                    distribution 'repo'
-                }
-            }
+  repositories.mavenInstaller {
+    pom.project {
+      licenses {
+        license {
+          name 'The Apache Software License, Version 2.0'
+          url 'http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0.txt'
+          distribution 'repo'
         }
+      }
     }
+  }
 }
diff --git a/ktlint-ruleset-template/gradle/wrapper/gradle-wrapper.jar b/ktlint-ruleset-template/gradle/wrapper/gradle-wrapper.jar
deleted file mode 100644
index 758de960ec..0000000000
Binary files a/ktlint-ruleset-template/gradle/wrapper/gradle-wrapper.jar and /dev/null differ
diff --git a/ktlint-ruleset-template/gradle/wrapper/gradle-wrapper.properties b/ktlint-ruleset-template/gradle/wrapper/gradle-wrapper.properties
deleted file mode 100644
index 2d80b69a76..0000000000
--- a/ktlint-ruleset-template/gradle/wrapper/gradle-wrapper.properties
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,5 +0,0 @@
-distributionBase=GRADLE_USER_HOME
-distributionPath=wrapper/dists
-distributionUrl=https\://services.gradle.org/distributions/gradle-4.8.1-bin.zip
-zipStoreBase=GRADLE_USER_HOME
-zipStorePath=wrapper/dists
diff --git a/ktlint-ruleset-template/gradlew b/ktlint-ruleset-template/gradlew
deleted file mode 100755
index cccdd3d517..0000000000
--- a/ktlint-ruleset-template/gradlew
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,172 +0,0 @@
-#!/usr/bin/env sh
-
-##############################################################################
-##
-##  Gradle start up script for UN*X
-##
-##############################################################################
-
-# Attempt to set APP_HOME
-# Resolve links: $0 may be a link
-PRG="$0"
-# Need this for relative symlinks.
-while [ -h "$PRG" ] ; do
-    ls=`ls -ld "$PRG"`
-    link=`expr "$ls" : '.*-> \(.*\)$'`
-    if expr "$link" : '/.*' > /dev/null; then
-        PRG="$link"
-    else
-        PRG=`dirname "$PRG"`"/$link"
-    fi
-done
-SAVED="`pwd`"
-cd "`dirname \"$PRG\"`/" >/dev/null
-APP_HOME="`pwd -P`"
-cd "$SAVED" >/dev/null
-
-APP_NAME="Gradle"
-APP_BASE_NAME=`basename "$0"`
-
-# Add default JVM options here. You can also use JAVA_OPTS and GRADLE_OPTS to pass JVM options to this script.
-DEFAULT_JVM_OPTS=""
-
-# Use the maximum available, or set MAX_FD != -1 to use that value.
-MAX_FD="maximum"
-
-warn () {
-    echo "$*"
-}
-
-die () {
-    echo
-    echo "$*"
-    echo
-    exit 1
-}
-
-# OS specific support (must be 'true' or 'false').
-cygwin=false
-msys=false
-darwin=false
-nonstop=false
-case "`uname`" in
-  CYGWIN* )
-    cygwin=true
-    ;;
-  Darwin* )
-    darwin=true
-    ;;
-  MINGW* )
-    msys=true
-    ;;
-  NONSTOP* )
-    nonstop=true
-    ;;
-esac
-
-CLASSPATH=$APP_HOME/gradle/wrapper/gradle-wrapper.jar
-
-# Determine the Java command to use to start the JVM.
-if [ -n "$JAVA_HOME" ] ; then
-    if [ -x "$JAVA_HOME/jre/sh/java" ] ; then
-        # IBM's JDK on AIX uses strange locations for the executables
-        JAVACMD="$JAVA_HOME/jre/sh/java"
-    else
-        JAVACMD="$JAVA_HOME/bin/java"
-    fi
-    if [ ! -x "$JAVACMD" ] ; then
-        die "ERROR: JAVA_HOME is set to an invalid directory: $JAVA_HOME
-
-Please set the JAVA_HOME variable in your environment to match the
-location of your Java installation."
-    fi
-else
-    JAVACMD="java"
-    which java >/dev/null 2>&1 || die "ERROR: JAVA_HOME is not set and no 'java' command could be found in your PATH.
-
-Please set the JAVA_HOME variable in your environment to match the
-location of your Java installation."
-fi
-
-# Increase the maximum file descriptors if we can.
-if [ "$cygwin" = "false" -a "$darwin" = "false" -a "$nonstop" = "false" ] ; then
-    MAX_FD_LIMIT=`ulimit -H -n`
-    if [ $? -eq 0 ] ; then
-        if [ "$MAX_FD" = "maximum" -o "$MAX_FD" = "max" ] ; then
-            MAX_FD="$MAX_FD_LIMIT"
-        fi
-        ulimit -n $MAX_FD
-        if [ $? -ne 0 ] ; then
-            warn "Could not set maximum file descriptor limit: $MAX_FD"
-        fi
-    else
-        warn "Could not query maximum file descriptor limit: $MAX_FD_LIMIT"
-    fi
-fi
-
-# For Darwin, add options to specify how the application appears in the dock
-if $darwin; then
-    GRADLE_OPTS="$GRADLE_OPTS \"-Xdock:name=$APP_NAME\" \"-Xdock:icon=$APP_HOME/media/gradle.icns\""
-fi
-
-# For Cygwin, switch paths to Windows format before running java
-if $cygwin ; then
-    APP_HOME=`cygpath --path --mixed "$APP_HOME"`
-    CLASSPATH=`cygpath --path --mixed "$CLASSPATH"`
-    JAVACMD=`cygpath --unix "$JAVACMD"`
-
-    # We build the pattern for arguments to be converted via cygpath
-    ROOTDIRSRAW=`find -L / -maxdepth 1 -mindepth 1 -type d 2>/dev/null`
-    SEP=""
-    for dir in $ROOTDIRSRAW ; do
-        ROOTDIRS="$ROOTDIRS$SEP$dir"
-        SEP="|"
-    done
-    OURCYGPATTERN="(^($ROOTDIRS))"
-    # Add a user-defined pattern to the cygpath arguments
-    if [ "$GRADLE_CYGPATTERN" != "" ] ; then
-        OURCYGPATTERN="$OURCYGPATTERN|($GRADLE_CYGPATTERN)"
-    fi
-    # Now convert the arguments - kludge to limit ourselves to /bin/sh
-    i=0
-    for arg in "$@" ; do
-        CHECK=`echo "$arg"|egrep -c "$OURCYGPATTERN" -`
-        CHECK2=`echo "$arg"|egrep -c "^-"`                                 ### Determine if an option
-
-        if [ $CHECK -ne 0 ] && [ $CHECK2 -eq 0 ] ; then                    ### Added a condition
-            eval `echo args$i`=`cygpath --path --ignore --mixed "$arg"`
-        else
-            eval `echo args$i`="\"$arg\""
-        fi
-        i=$((i+1))
-    done
-    case $i in
-        (0) set -- ;;
-        (1) set -- "$args0" ;;
-        (2) set -- "$args0" "$args1" ;;
-        (3) set -- "$args0" "$args1" "$args2" ;;
-        (4) set -- "$args0" "$args1" "$args2" "$args3" ;;
-        (5) set -- "$args0" "$args1" "$args2" "$args3" "$args4" ;;
-        (6) set -- "$args0" "$args1" "$args2" "$args3" "$args4" "$args5" ;;
-        (7) set -- "$args0" "$args1" "$args2" "$args3" "$args4" "$args5" "$args6" ;;
-        (8) set -- "$args0" "$args1" "$args2" "$args3" "$args4" "$args5" "$args6" "$args7" ;;
-        (9) set -- "$args0" "$args1" "$args2" "$args3" "$args4" "$args5" "$args6" "$args7" "$args8" ;;
-    esac
-fi
-
-# Escape application args
-save () {
-    for i do printf %s\\n "$i" | sed "s/'/'\\\\''/g;1s/^/'/;\$s/\$/' \\\\/" ; done
-    echo " "
-}
-APP_ARGS=$(save "$@")
-
-# Collect all arguments for the java command, following the shell quoting and substitution rules
-eval set -- $DEFAULT_JVM_OPTS $JAVA_OPTS $GRADLE_OPTS "\"-Dorg.gradle.appname=$APP_BASE_NAME\"" -classpath "\"$CLASSPATH\"" org.gradle.wrapper.GradleWrapperMain "$APP_ARGS"
-
-# by default we should be in the correct project dir, but when run from Finder on Mac, the cwd is wrong
-if [ "$(uname)" = "Darwin" ] && [ "$HOME" = "$PWD" ]; then
-  cd "$(dirname "$0")"
-fi
-
-exec "$JAVACMD" "$@"
diff --git a/ktlint-ruleset-template/gradlew.bat b/ktlint-ruleset-template/gradlew.bat
deleted file mode 100644
index f9553162f1..0000000000
--- a/ktlint-ruleset-template/gradlew.bat
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,84 +0,0 @@
-@if "%DEBUG%" == "" @echo off
-@rem ##########################################################################
-@rem
-@rem  Gradle startup script for Windows
-@rem
-@rem ##########################################################################
-
-@rem Set local scope for the variables with windows NT shell
-if "%OS%"=="Windows_NT" setlocal
-
-set DIRNAME=%~dp0
-if "%DIRNAME%" == "" set DIRNAME=.
-set APP_BASE_NAME=%~n0
-set APP_HOME=%DIRNAME%
-
-@rem Add default JVM options here. You can also use JAVA_OPTS and GRADLE_OPTS to pass JVM options to this script.
-set DEFAULT_JVM_OPTS=
-
-@rem Find java.exe
-if defined JAVA_HOME goto findJavaFromJavaHome
-
-set JAVA_EXE=java.exe
-%JAVA_EXE% -version >NUL 2>&1
-if "%ERRORLEVEL%" == "0" goto init
-
-echo.
-echo ERROR: JAVA_HOME is not set and no 'java' command could be found in your PATH.
-echo.
-echo Please set the JAVA_HOME variable in your environment to match the
-echo location of your Java installation.
-
-goto fail
-
-:findJavaFromJavaHome
-set JAVA_HOME=%JAVA_HOME:"=%
-set JAVA_EXE=%JAVA_HOME%/bin/java.exe
-
-if exist "%JAVA_EXE%" goto init
-
-echo.
-echo ERROR: JAVA_HOME is set to an invalid directory: %JAVA_HOME%
-echo.
-echo Please set the JAVA_HOME variable in your environment to match the
-echo location of your Java installation.
-
-goto fail
-
-:init
-@rem Get command-line arguments, handling Windows variants
-
-if not "%OS%" == "Windows_NT" goto win9xME_args
-
-:win9xME_args
-@rem Slurp the command line arguments.
-set CMD_LINE_ARGS=
-set _SKIP=2
-
-:win9xME_args_slurp
-if "x%~1" == "x" goto execute
-
-set CMD_LINE_ARGS=%*
-
-:execute
-@rem Setup the command line
-
-set CLASSPATH=%APP_HOME%\gradle\wrapper\gradle-wrapper.jar
-
-@rem Execute Gradle
-"%JAVA_EXE%" %DEFAULT_JVM_OPTS% %JAVA_OPTS% %GRADLE_OPTS% "-Dorg.gradle.appname=%APP_BASE_NAME%" -classpath "%CLASSPATH%" org.gradle.wrapper.GradleWrapperMain %CMD_LINE_ARGS%
-
-:end
-@rem End local scope for the variables with windows NT shell
-if "%ERRORLEVEL%"=="0" goto mainEnd
-
-:fail
-rem Set variable GRADLE_EXIT_CONSOLE if you need the _script_ return code instead of
-rem the _cmd.exe /c_ return code!
-if  not "" == "%GRADLE_EXIT_CONSOLE%" exit 1
-exit /b 1
-
-:mainEnd
-if "%OS%"=="Windows_NT" endlocal
-
-:omega
diff --git a/settings.gradle b/settings.gradle
index e1178c46e3..da0ee7ba6d 100644
--- a/settings.gradle
+++ b/settings.gradle
@@ -7,4 +7,5 @@ include ':ktlint-reporter-json'
 include ':ktlint-reporter-plain'
 include ':ktlint-ruleset-experimental'
 include ':ktlint-ruleset-standard'
+include ':ktlint-ruleset-template'
 include ':ktlint-test'