diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index 83e10b76eb..a8ae3612d3 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
 GIT_HEAD_ARG = --build-arg=GIT_HEAD=$(shell git rev-parse HEAD)
+export DOCKER_BUILDKIT = 0
 
 .PHONY: build
 build:
diff --git a/build.gradle b/build.gradle
index 87f9b0ab62..c329ad6634 100644
--- a/build.gradle
+++ b/build.gradle
@@ -1,10 +1,7 @@
 buildscript {
     repositories {
-        mavenLocal()
-        jcenter()
-        maven {
-            url "https://plugins.gradle.org/m2/"
-        }
+        mavenCentral()
+        maven { url "https://plugins.gradle.org/m2/" }
     }
 
     dependencies {
diff --git a/core/build.gradle b/core/build.gradle
index fbac5449e8..97ccbac2ff 100644
--- a/core/build.gradle
+++ b/core/build.gradle
@@ -8,7 +8,6 @@ defaultTasks 'build'
 
 repositories {
     mavenCentral()
-    jcenter()
     maven { url "https://jaspersoft.jfrog.io/jaspersoft/third-party-ce-artifacts" }
     maven { url "https://repo.osgeo.org/repository/release/" }
 }
@@ -141,7 +140,6 @@ dependencies {
             "io.dropwizard.metrics:metrics-jvm:4.2.12",
             "io.dropwizard.metrics:metrics-jmx:4.2.12",
             "io.dropwizard.metrics:metrics-logback:4.2.12",
-            'com.readytalk:metrics3-statsd:4.2.0'
     )
     geotools(
             "org.geotools:gt-epsg-hsql:27.2",
diff --git a/core/src/main/java/org/mapfish/print/metrics/StatsDReporterInit.java b/core/src/main/java/org/mapfish/print/metrics/StatsDReporterInit.java
index 5d03d69c86..6225d8e360 100644
--- a/core/src/main/java/org/mapfish/print/metrics/StatsDReporterInit.java
+++ b/core/src/main/java/org/mapfish/print/metrics/StatsDReporterInit.java
@@ -1,7 +1,6 @@
 package org.mapfish.print.metrics;
 
 import com.codahale.metrics.MetricRegistry;
-import com.readytalk.metrics.StatsDReporter;
 
 import org.slf4j.Logger;
 import org.slf4j.LoggerFactory;
@@ -11,10 +10,8 @@
 import java.net.URI;
 import java.net.URISyntaxException;
 import java.net.UnknownHostException;
-import java.util.concurrent.TimeUnit;
 
 import javax.annotation.PostConstruct;
-import javax.annotation.PreDestroy;
 
 /**
  * Will start a StatsD reporter if configured. Using those environment variables or Java system properties: -
@@ -31,8 +28,6 @@ public class StatsDReporterInit {
     @Autowired
     private MetricRegistry metricRegistry;
 
-    private StatsDReporter reporter = null;
-
     private static String getHostname() {
         String hostname = System.getenv("HOSTNAME");  // should work on Unix
         if (hostname == null) {
@@ -71,21 +66,6 @@ public final void init() throws URISyntaxException {
             final int period = Integer.parseInt(getConfig(PERIOD, "10"));
             LOGGER.info("Starting a StatsD reporter targeting {} with prefix {} and period {}s",
                         uri, prefix, period);
-            this.reporter = StatsDReporter.forRegistry(this.metricRegistry)
-                    .prefixedWith(prefix)
-                    .build(uri.getHost(), uri.getPort());
-            this.reporter.start(period, TimeUnit.SECONDS);
-        }
-    }
-
-    /**
-     * Stop the StatsD reporter, if configured.
-     */
-    @PreDestroy
-    public final void shutdown() {
-        if (this.reporter != null) {
-            LOGGER.info("Stopping the StatsD reporter");
-            this.reporter.stop();
         }
     }
 }
diff --git a/docs/build.gradle b/docs/build.gradle
index 93b966fb7f..6df4b7aed6 100644
--- a/docs/build.gradle
+++ b/docs/build.gradle
@@ -6,7 +6,6 @@ defaultTasks 'build'
 
 repositories {
     mavenCentral()
-    jcenter()
     maven { url "https://jaspersoft.jfrog.io/jaspersoft/third-party-ce-artifacts" }
     maven { url "https://repo.osgeo.org/repository/release/" }
 }
diff --git a/examples/build.gradle b/examples/build.gradle
index 1fe97fea8e..185ca736da 100644
--- a/examples/build.gradle
+++ b/examples/build.gradle
@@ -2,7 +2,6 @@ import org.gradle.api.tasks.testing.logging.TestLogEvent
 
 repositories {
     mavenCentral()
-    jcenter()
     maven { url 'https://maven.restlet.org' }
     maven { url "https://jaspersoft.jfrog.io/jaspersoft/third-party-ce-artifacts" }
     maven { url "https://repo.osgeo.org/repository/release/" }