diff --git a/gradle/docs.gradle b/gradle/docs.gradle
index 8a36fcc9..8b117ab3 100644
--- a/gradle/docs.gradle
+++ b/gradle/docs.gradle
@@ -1,3 +1,11 @@
+import java.text.SimpleDateFormat
+
+static String buildDate() {
+  def df = new SimpleDateFormat("yyyy-MM-dd")
+  df.setTimeZone(TimeZone.getTimeZone("UTC"))
+  return df.format(new Date())
+}
+
 asciidoctor {
   logDocuments true
   baseDirFollowsSourceDir()
diff --git a/plugin/build.gradle b/plugin/build.gradle
index 34a97043..5ca7f9ae 100644
--- a/plugin/build.gradle
+++ b/plugin/build.gradle
@@ -1,5 +1,3 @@
-import java.text.SimpleDateFormat
-
 buildscript {
     repositories {
         maven { url "https://repo.grails.org/grails/core" }
@@ -64,12 +62,6 @@ dependencies {
 
 bootJar.enabled = false
 
-static String buildDate() {
-    def df = new SimpleDateFormat("yyyy-MM-dd")
-    df.setTimeZone(TimeZone.getTimeZone("UTC"))
-    return df.format(new Date())
-}
-
 task wrapper(type: Wrapper) {
     gradleVersion = gradleWrapperVersion
 }
diff --git a/plugin/doc.sh b/plugin/doc.sh
deleted file mode 100755
index 13def6df..00000000
--- a/plugin/doc.sh
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,7 +0,0 @@
-#!/bin/sh
-rm -rf docs/manual
-grails doc --pdf --stacktrace | grep -v javadoc
-#grails doc --stacktrace | grep -v javadoc
-rm -rf docs/manual/api
-rm -rf docs/manual/gapi
-grails add-tracking