Removed mergedJavadocs task

build.gradle

@@ -7,37 +7,6 @@ plugins {
 // We don't want to generate javadocs for the root project
 javadoc.enabled = false
 
-
-// See https://discuss.gradle.org/t/best-approach-gradle-multi-module-project-generate-just-one-global-javadoc/18657
-task mergedJavadocs(type: Javadoc, 
-		description: 'Generate merged javadocs for all projects',
-		group: 'Documentation',
-		dependsOn: subprojects.tasks.collect {it.withType(Javadoc)} ) {
-
-	destinationDir = file("$buildDir/docs-merged/javadoc")
-	title = "QuPath $gradle.ext.qupathVersion"
-
-	// See https://docs.gradle.org/current/javadoc/org/gradle/external/javadoc/StandardJavadocDocletOptions.html
-	options.author(true)
-	options.addStringOption('Xdoclint:none', '-quiet')
-
-	options.encoding = 'UTF-8'
-
-	options.links "https://docs.oracle.com/en/java/javase/${libs.versions.jdk.get()}/docs/api/"
-    // Need to use the major version only with javafx
-	options.links "https://openjfx.io/javadoc/${libs.versions.javafx.get().split('\\.')[0]}/"
-	options.links "https://javadoc.io/doc/org.bytedeco/javacpp/${libs.versions.javacpp.get()}/"
-	options.links "https://javadoc.io/doc/org.bytedeco/opencv/${libs.versions.opencv.get()}/"
-	options.links "https://javadoc.io/doc/com.google.code.gson/gson/${libs.versions.gson.get()}/"
-	options.links "https://javadoc.io/doc/org.locationtech.jts/jts-core/${libs.versions.jts.get()}/"
-	options.links "https://javadoc.io/doc/net.imagej/ij/${libs.versions.imagej.get()}/"
-	options.links "https://javadoc.scijava.org/Bio-Formats/"
-	options.links "https://javadoc.io/doc/ai.djl/api/${libs.versions.deepJavaLibrary.get()}/"
-
-	// Don't fail on error, because this happened too often due to a javadoc link being temporarily down
-	failOnError = false
-}
-
 /*
  * Get version catalog
  */

qupath-app/build.gradle

@@ -106,20 +106,6 @@ dependencies {
     implementation libs.picocli
 }
 
-/**
- * Create a single javadoc jar
- */
-task mergedJavadocJar(type: Jar, dependsOn: rootProject.tasks.mergedJavadocs) {
-    archiveFileName = "qupath-$qupathVersion-javadoc.jar"
-    destinationDirectory = rootProject.layout.buildDirectory.dir("docs-merged")
-    from rootProject.tasks.mergedJavadocs.destinationDir
-}
-
-/**
- * Specify task dependencies
- */
-jpackage.dependsOn(mergedJavadocJar)
-
 
 /**
  * Retrieve Javadocs of dependencies and sub-projects
@@ -222,10 +208,6 @@ distributions {
                 from this.rootProject.layout.buildDirectory.dir("reports/dependency-license")
                 include 'THIRD-PARTY.txt'
             }
-            // Copy native libraries
-            into('lib/docs') {
-                from mergedJavadocJar.archiveFile
-            }
             // Copy javadocs
             into('lib/docs') {
                 from layout.buildDirectory.dir("javadocs")