diff --git a/build.xml b/build.xml
index 399921036bb2..858e5c7df76e 100644
--- a/build.xml
+++ b/build.xml
@@ -16,6 +16,7 @@
       <os family="windows"/>
     </condition>
     <exec executable="${gradle.executable}" dir="${project.home}/build/dependencies" failonerror="true">
+      <arg value="--no-daemon"/>
       <arg value="setupKotlin"/>
     </exec>
     <propertyset id="intellij.build.properties">
diff --git a/build/update.xml b/build/update.xml
index e4bf48492036..c8fe7a45bd31 100644
--- a/build/update.xml
+++ b/build/update.xml
@@ -30,6 +30,7 @@
         <os family="windows"/>
       </condition>
       <exec executable="${gradle.executable}" dir="${project.home}/build/dependencies" failonerror="true">
+        <arg value="--no-daemon"/>
         <arg value="setupKotlin"/>
       </exec>
       <java failonerror="true" classname="org.apache.tools.ant.Main" fork="true">