diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 8a6e3a4fe..7a7b6f478 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -9,5 +9,4 @@ zones.tab
 .classpath
 .project
 .settings/
-gradle.properties
 out/
diff --git a/build.gradle b/build.gradle
index 2a66c44d2..5d283fa36 100644
--- a/build.gradle
+++ b/build.gradle
@@ -245,32 +245,3 @@ signing {
 //    sign configurations.archives
     sign publishing.publications.mavenArtifacts
 }
-
-bintray {
-    user = bintray_user
-    key = bintray_key
-    pkg {
-        repo = 'maven'
-        name = 'ical4j'
-        userOrg = 'ical4j'
-        licenses = ['BSD']
-        vcsUrl = 'https://github.com/ical4j/ical4j.git'
-        version {
-            name = scmVersion.version
-            desc = "iCal4j $scmVersion.version"
-            released  = new Date()
-            vcsTag = "ical4j-$scmVersion.version"
-            gpg {
-                sign = isReleaseVersion
-            }
-            mavenCentralSync {
-                sync = isReleaseVersion
-                user = sonatype_username //OSS user token: mandatory
-                password = sonatype_password //OSS user password: mandatory
-//                close = '0' //Optional property. By default the staging repository is closed and artifacts are released to Maven Central. You can optionally turn this behaviour off (by puting 0 as value) and release the version manually.
-            }
-        }
-    }
-//    configurations = ['archives']
-    publications = ['mavenArtifacts']
-}
diff --git a/gradle.properties.template b/gradle.properties
similarity index 92%
rename from gradle.properties.template
rename to gradle.properties
index 4d13b8925..802f81ae2 100644
--- a/gradle.properties.template
+++ b/gradle.properties
@@ -15,6 +15,3 @@ jacoco_htmlReport = true
 
 sonatype_username=
 sonatype_password=
-
-bintray_user=
-bintray_key=