diff --git a/gradle.properties b/gradle.properties
index b6829a7d0e53d8a0734ec5156d31d77516b1b3fa..972becf0d6f5dca077449178dcb68ae25022f88b 100644
--- a/gradle.properties
+++ b/gradle.properties
@@ -18,5 +18,3 @@ POM_SCM_DEV_CONNECTION=scm:git:ssh://git@code.briarproject.org:briar/dont-kill-m
 POM_DEVELOPER_ID=grote
 POM_DEVELOPER_NAME=Torsten Grote
 POM_DEVELOPER_URL=https://github.com/grote/
-
-RELEASE_SIGNING_ENABLED=false
diff --git a/lib/build.gradle b/lib/build.gradle
index 93a425fa5e2fd91135d0b05eeb7035c2650ffa7d..c4d84eaffa46b32e7402a386c99935e7d898880f 100644
--- a/lib/build.gradle
+++ b/lib/build.gradle
@@ -38,4 +38,8 @@ dependencies {
     implementation "org.jetbrains.kotlin:kotlin-stdlib-jdk7:$kotlin_version"
 }
 
+signing {
+    useGpgCmd()
+}
+
 apply from: "${rootProject.rootDir}/gradle/ktlint.gradle"