diff --git a/build.gradle b/build.gradle
index e40fe6583f..a13a8bdb9c 100644
--- a/build.gradle
+++ b/build.gradle
@@ -18,17 +18,6 @@ allprojects {
 }
 apply from: rootProject.file('gradle/spotless-freshmark.gradle')
 
-spotless {
-	groovyGradle {
-		target '*.gradle', 'gradle/*.gradle'
-	}
-	format 'dotfiles', {
-		target '.gitignore', '.gitattributes', '.editorconfig'
-		leadingTabsToSpaces(2)
-		trimTrailingWhitespace()
-		endWithNewline()
-	}
-}
 
 dependencies {
 	rewrite(platform('org.openrewrite.recipe:rewrite-recipe-bom:3.18.0'))
diff --git a/gradle/spotless.gradle b/gradle/spotless.gradle
index f19bf46911..4202d3e62b 100644
--- a/gradle/spotless.gradle
+++ b/gradle/spotless.gradle
@@ -16,7 +16,13 @@ spotless {
 		}
 	}
 	groovyGradle {
-		target '*.gradle'
+		target '*.gradle', 'gradle/*.gradle'
 		greclipse().configFile rootProject.files('gradle/spotless.eclipseformat.xml', 'gradle/spotless.groovyformat.prefs')
 	}
+	format 'dotfiles', {
+		target '.gitignore', '.gitattributes', '.editorconfig'
+		leadingTabsToSpaces(2)
+		trimTrailingWhitespace()
+		endWithNewline()
+	}
 }