diff --git a/clouddriver-sql-mysql/clouddriver-sql-mysql.gradle b/clouddriver-sql-mysql/clouddriver-sql-mysql.gradle
index e4e3778f65d..4849b635db3 100644
--- a/clouddriver-sql-mysql/clouddriver-sql-mysql.gradle
+++ b/clouddriver-sql-mysql/clouddriver-sql-mysql.gradle
@@ -2,5 +2,5 @@ dependencies {
   implementation project(":cats:cats-sql")
   implementation project(":clouddriver-sql")
 
-  implementation "mysql:mysql-connector-java:8.0.12"
+  runtimeOnly "mysql:mysql-connector-java:8.0.12"
 }
diff --git a/clouddriver-web/clouddriver-web.gradle b/clouddriver-web/clouddriver-web.gradle
index a103e090a8f..47024d0af07 100644
--- a/clouddriver-web/clouddriver-web.gradle
+++ b/clouddriver-web/clouddriver-web.gradle
@@ -23,8 +23,11 @@ dependencies {
   implementation project(":clouddriver-artifacts")
   implementation project(":clouddriver-core")
   implementation project(":clouddriver-security")
-  implementation project(":clouddriver-sql-mysql")
+  implementation project(":clouddriver-sql")
 
+  if (!rootProject.hasProperty("excludeSqlDrivers")) {
+    runtimeOnly(project(":clouddriver-sql-mysql"))
+  }
 
   compileOnly "org.projectlombok:lombok"
   annotationProcessor "org.projectlombok:lombok"