diff --git a/python/educational-core/build.gradle b/python/educational-core/build.gradle
index 9bafbd654549..cb5e3d1709bf 100644
--- a/python/educational-core/build.gradle
+++ b/python/educational-core/build.gradle
@@ -39,12 +39,12 @@ buildDir = new File(rootProject.projectDir, "gradleBuild/" + project.name)
 
 intellij {
   pluginName 'educational-core'
-  String ideaPath = getIdeaPath()
-  if (ideaPath == null) {
-    version ideaVersion
-  }
-  else {
+  if (project.hasProperty('ideaPath')) {
     localPath ideaPath
+  } else {
+    if (project.hasProperty('ideaVersion')) {
+      version ideaVersion
+    }
   }
   updateSinceUntilBuild Boolean.valueOf(updateBuildNumber)
   downloadSources Boolean.valueOf(downloadIdeaSources)
@@ -68,14 +68,4 @@ afterEvaluate {
   tasks.getByName('buildPlugin') {
     archiveName = "$intellij.pluginName-$version-${buildNumber}.zip"
   }
-}
-private static String getIdeaPath() {
-  Properties properties = new Properties()
-  try {
-    properties.load(new FileInputStream("local.properties"))
-    return properties.getProperty('ideaPath')
-  }
-  catch (ignored) {
-    return null
-  }
-}
+}
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/python/educational-python/build.gradle b/python/educational-python/build.gradle
index 9101af9912d9..75232284e849 100644
--- a/python/educational-python/build.gradle
+++ b/python/educational-python/build.gradle
@@ -4,16 +4,19 @@ buildscript {
   ext.kotlin_version = '1.0.6'
   repositories {
     mavenCentral()
+    maven {
+      url "https://oss.sonatype.org/content/repositories/snapshots/"
+    }
+    maven {
+      url 'http://dl.bintray.com/jetbrains/intellij-plugin-service'
+    }
   }
   dependencies {
     classpath "org.jetbrains.kotlin:kotlin-gradle-plugin:$kotlin_version"
+    classpath "org.jetbrains.intellij.plugins:gradle-intellij-plugin:0.2.0-SNAPSHOT"
   }
 }
 
-plugins {
-  id "org.jetbrains.intellij" version "0.0.39"
-}
-
 subprojects {
   apply plugin: 'java'
   apply plugin: 'kotlin'
@@ -94,6 +97,14 @@ project(':Edu-Python') {
 
   intellij {
     pluginName 'Edu-Python'
+
+    if (project.hasProperty('ideaPath')) {
+      localPath ideaPath
+    } else {
+      if (project.hasProperty('ideaVersion')) {
+        version ideaVersion
+      }
+    }
   }
 
   afterEvaluate {