diff --git a/build-conventions/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/gradle/internal/conventions/EclipseConventionPlugin.java b/build-conventions/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/gradle/internal/conventions/EclipseConventionPlugin.java
index 58b183fac3155..48465cb08cc79 100644
--- a/build-conventions/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/gradle/internal/conventions/EclipseConventionPlugin.java
+++ b/build-conventions/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/gradle/internal/conventions/EclipseConventionPlugin.java
@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@
 import org.gradle.api.Plugin;
 import org.gradle.api.Project;
 import org.gradle.api.Transformer;
+import org.gradle.api.invocation.Gradle;
 import org.gradle.api.plugins.JavaBasePlugin;
 import org.gradle.api.plugins.JavaPluginExtension;
 import org.gradle.api.tasks.Copy;
@@ -38,6 +39,15 @@ public class EclipseConventionPlugin implements Plugin<Project> {
     @Override
     public void apply(Project project) {
         project.getPlugins().apply(EclipsePlugin.class);
+        Gradle gradle = project.getGradle();
+
+        boolean isEclipse = project.getProviders().systemProperty("eclipse.launcher").isPresent() ||   // Gradle launched from Eclipse
+            project.getProviders().systemProperty("eclipse.application").isPresent() || // Gradle launched from the Eclipse compiler server
+            gradle.getStartParameter().getTaskNames().contains("eclipse") ||  // Gradle launched from the command line to do eclipse stuff
+            gradle.getStartParameter().getTaskNames().contains("cleanEclipse");
+        // for eclipse ide specific hacks...
+        project.getExtensions().add("isEclipse", isEclipse);
+
         EclipseModel eclipseModel = project.getExtensions().getByType(EclipseModel.class);
         EclipseProject eclipseProject = eclipseModel.getProject();
 
diff --git a/build.gradle b/build.gradle
index 9d22d196a3ca4..c856c04b046c6 100644
--- a/build.gradle
+++ b/build.gradle
@@ -250,15 +250,6 @@ allprojects {
     }
   }
 
-  // injecting groovy property variables into all projects
-  project.ext {
-    // for ide hacks...
-    isEclipse = providers.systemProperty("eclipse.launcher").isPresent() ||   // Detects gradle launched from Eclipse's IDE
-      providers.systemProperty("eclipse.application").isPresent() ||    // Detects gradle launched from the Eclipse compiler server
-      gradle.startParameter.taskNames.contains('eclipse') ||  // Detects gradle launched from the command line to do eclipse stuff
-      gradle.startParameter.taskNames.contains('cleanEclipse')
-  }
-
   ext.bwc_tests_enabled = bwc_tests_enabled
 
   // eclipse configuration