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```val artifacts = configurations
  .getByName("compileClasspath")
  .artifactsFor("jar")
tasks.register&lt;ResolveDependenciesTask&gt;("resolveDependencies") {
  setCompileClasspath(artifacts)
}```
where `artifactsFor()` is defined as:
```private fun Configuration.artifactsFor(attrValue: String): ArtifactCollection = incoming
  .artifactViewFor(attrValue)
  .artifacts

private fun ResolvableDependencies.artifactViewFor(attrValue: String): ArtifactView = artifactView {
  it.attributes.attribute(attributeKey, attrValue)
  it.lenient(true)
  it.componentFilter { componentIdentifier -&gt;
    componentIdentifier is ModuleComponentIdentifier
  }
}```
note this is necessary because I'm dealing with an Android project

simply configuring that task resolves dependencies (by gradle)

I suppose this is because you're calling `.artifacts` on your artifact view at configuration time. How about doing that in a provider you pass to `setCompileClasspath` instead? (such that it's only resolved at execution time)

If I use `provider { artifactView.artifacts.artifactFiles }`, I still see this, which does look like it's resolving the dependencies at configuration time. What am I missing?

no matter what I try, it really wants to resolve these dependencies during configuration :disappointed: