build.gradle: don't need the "dist" directory, so don't assemble it

build.gradle

@@ -239,14 +239,6 @@ tasks.register('release') {
     description 'Stages Maven artifacts to Sonatype OSSRH.'
 }
 
-assemble.dependsOn('copyToDistJars')
-tasks.register('copyToDistJars', Copy) {
-    dependsOn 'jar', 'javadocJar', 'signArchives', 'signMavenPublication', 'sourcesJar'
-    from 'build/libs'
-    include '*.jar', '*.jar.asc'
-    into 'dist'
-}
-
 jar {
     archiveBaseName = project.ext.baseName
     doLast {
@@ -269,36 +261,6 @@ tasks.register('sourcesJar', Jar) {
 
 javadoc.dependsOn('compileTestJava')
 
-assemble.dependsOn('module', 'moduleAsc', 'pom', 'pomAsc')
-tasks.register('module', Copy) {
-    dependsOn 'generateMetadataFileForMavenPublication'
-    description 'Copies the module metadata to dist.'
-    from "${buildDir}/publications/maven/module.json"
-    into 'dist'
-    rename 'module.json', project.ext.baseName + '.module'
-}
-tasks.register('moduleAsc', Copy) {
-    dependsOn 'signMavenPublication'
-    description 'Copies the signature of the module metadata to dist.'
-    from "${buildDir}/publications/maven/module.json.asc"
-    into 'dist'
-    rename 'module.json.asc', project.ext.baseName + '.module.asc'
-}
-tasks.register('pom', Copy) {
-    dependsOn 'generatePomFileForMavenPublication'
-    description 'Copies the Maven POM to dist.'
-    from "${buildDir}/publications/maven/pom-default.xml"
-    into 'dist'
-    rename 'pom-default.xml', project.ext.baseName + '.pom'
-}
-tasks.register('pomAsc', Copy) {
-    dependsOn 'signMavenPublication'
-    description 'Copies the signature of the Maven POM to dist.'
-    from "${buildDir}/publications/maven/pom-default.xml.asc"
-    into 'dist'
-    rename 'pom-default.xml.asc', project.ext.baseName + '.pom.asc'
-}
-
 publishing {
     publications {
         maven(MavenPublication) {
@@ -373,7 +335,6 @@ signing {
 tasks.withType(Sign) {
     onlyIf { project.hasProperty('signingKeyEncoded') }
 }
-signMavenPublication.dependsOn('module')
 
 def base64Decode(encodedString){
     if (encodedString != null) {
@@ -405,14 +366,11 @@ tasks.register('unpackJoltSource', Copy) {
 
 // Register cleanup tasks:
 
-clean.dependsOn('cleanAutoHeaders', 'cleanDist', 'cleanLogs')
+clean.dependsOn('cleanAutoHeaders', 'cleanLogs')
 
 tasks.register('cleanAutoHeaders', Delete) { // auto-generated JNI headers
     delete 'src/main/native/auto'
 }
-tasks.register('cleanDist', Delete) { // files to be distributed
-    delete 'dist'
-}
 tasks.register('cleanDownloads', Delete) { // downloaded files
     delete 'downloads'
 }