diff --git a/build.sbt b/build.sbt
index d5823e3b8f..b3537cc746 100644
--- a/build.sbt
+++ b/build.sbt
@@ -85,9 +85,7 @@ lazy val commonSettings = Seq(
 )
 
 lazy val noPublishSettings = Seq(
-  publish := {},
-  publishLocal := {},
-  publishArtifact := false
+  skip in publish := true
 )
 
 lazy val publishSettings = Seq(
diff --git a/project/plugins.sbt b/project/plugins.sbt
index 03e2d34b65..443a20c5ee 100644
--- a/project/plugins.sbt
+++ b/project/plugins.sbt
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 addSbtPlugin("com.typesafe.sbt" % "sbt-git" % "0.9.3")
 addSbtPlugin("com.jsuereth" % "sbt-pgp" % "1.1.0")
 addSbtPlugin("com.github.gseitz" % "sbt-release" % "1.0.7")
+addSbtPlugin("org.xerial.sbt" % "sbt-sonatype" % "2.2")
 
 addSbtPlugin("com.eed3si9n"      % "sbt-unidoc"  % "0.4.1")
 addSbtPlugin("org.wartremover" % "sbt-wartremover" % "2.2.1")