diff --git a/build.gradle b/build.gradle
index b48e92eead..ce2b50091a 100644
--- a/build.gradle
+++ b/build.gradle
@@ -296,22 +296,16 @@ List<String> getExternalDependencies(Project project) {
 
 	// for each dependency in the compile configuration
 	Configuration runtimeConfig = project.configurations.runtime
-	runtimeConfig.allDependencies.each { dep ->
 		
-		// if the dependency is an external jar
-		if (dep.class.toString().contains("DefaultExternalModuleDependency")) {
-	
-			// loop back through all the dependency files, looking for one that contains the dependency name.
-			String depPath = runtimeConfig.find {
-				it.name.contains(dep.name)
-			}
-			
-			// if we found the path, then add it to the list
-			if (depPath && !depPath.contains("libsForBuild")) {
-				list.add(depPath)
-			}
-		}	
+	runtimeConfig.resolvedConfiguration.getFiles { dep ->
+		dep.class.toString().contains("DefaultExternalModuleDependency")
+	}.each { f ->
+		// if we found the path, then add it to the list
+		if (!f.getAbsolutePath().contains("libsForBuild")) {
+			list.add(f)
+		}			
 	}
+	
 	return list
 }