diff --git a/gradle/pom.xml b/gradle/pom.xml
index 57fd12afca..5e696ce2ff 100644
--- a/gradle/pom.xml
+++ b/gradle/pom.xml
@@ -61,30 +61,44 @@
                   <skip>true</skip>
               </configuration>
           </plugin>
-        <!-- execute Gradle command -->
-        <plugin>
-            <groupId>org.codehaus.mojo</groupId>
-			<artifactId>exec-maven-plugin</artifactId>
-                <executions>
-                    <execution>
-                        <id>gradle</id>
-                        <phase>prepare-package</phase>
-                        <configuration>
-                            <executable>${gradle.executable}</executable>
-                            <arguments>
-                                <argument>clean</argument>
-                                <argument>build</argument>
-                                <argument>-PprojectVersion=${project.version}</argument>
-                                <argument>-Ph2Version=${h2.version}</argument>
-                                <argument>-Dmaven.repo.local=${settings.localRepository}</argument>
-                            </arguments>
-                        </configuration>
-                        <goals>
-                            <goal>exec</goal>
-                        </goals>
-                    </execution>
-                </executions>
-		 </plugin>
+          <!-- execute Gradle command -->
+          <plugin>
+              <groupId>org.codehaus.mojo</groupId>
+              <artifactId>exec-maven-plugin</artifactId>
+              <executions>
+                  <execution>
+                      <id>gradle-package</id>
+                      <phase>prepare-package</phase>
+                      <configuration>
+                          <executable>${gradle.executable}</executable>
+                          <arguments>
+                              <argument>clean</argument>
+                              <argument>build</argument>
+                              <argument>-PprojectVersion=${project.version}</argument>
+                              <argument>-Ph2Version=${h2.version}</argument>
+                          </arguments>
+                      </configuration>
+                      <goals>
+                          <goal>exec</goal>
+                      </goals>
+                  </execution>
+                  <execution>
+                      <id>gradle-clean</id>
+                      <phase>clean</phase>
+                      <configuration>
+                          <executable>${gradle.executable}</executable>
+                          <arguments>
+                              <argument>clean</argument>
+                              <argument>-PprojectVersion=${project.version}</argument>
+                              <argument>-Ph2Version=${h2.version}</argument>
+                          </arguments>
+                      </configuration>
+                      <goals>
+                          <goal>exec</goal>
+                      </goals>
+                  </execution>
+              </executions>
+          </plugin>
       </plugins>
    </build>