diff --git a/gitrest/build.gradle b/gitrest/build.gradle
index cec2b842c8a7a3883721d912ac2a5e4b0cd25f04..54017c592792dfe25c24bb39314f0b24efcf5090 100644
--- a/gitrest/build.gradle
+++ b/gitrest/build.gradle
@@ -20,13 +20,6 @@ android {
 
         testInstrumentationRunner "androidx.test.runner.AndroidJUnitRunner"
         consumerProguardFiles 'consumer-rules.pro'
-
-        configurations.all {
-            resolutionStrategy {
-                // excluding "-common" dependencies from Android to prevent duplicate META-INF bugs
-                exclude group: "org.jetbrains.kotlinx", module: "kotlinx-serialization-runtime-common"
-            }
-        }
     }
 
     sourceSets {
@@ -117,7 +110,10 @@ kotlin {
                 implementation "org.jetbrains.kotlinx:kotlinx-serialization-runtime:$serialization_version"
                 implementation "io.ktor:ktor-client-android:$ktor_version"
                 implementation "io.ktor:ktor-client-json-jvm:$ktor_version"
-                implementation "io.ktor:ktor-client-serialization-jvm:$ktor_version"
+                implementation ("io.ktor:ktor-client-serialization-jvm:$ktor_version") {
+                    // excluding "-common" dependencies from Android to prevent duplicate META-INF bugs
+                    exclude group: "org.jetbrains.kotlinx", module: "kotlinx-serialization-runtime-common"
+                }
             }
         }
         androidTest {