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The shadowed variant you publish should have ‘Usage=Java-Runtime’ then it can be used for everything:tm:

You can deactivate all other variants in publishing like this:
```val javaComponent = components["java"] as AdhocComponentWithVariants
javaComponent.withVariantsFromConfiguration(configurationYouNoLongerWantAsVariant) {
    skip()
}```
See: <https://docs.gradle.org/current/userguide/publishing_customization.html#sec:adding-variants-to-existing-components>

thanks jendrik! I'll try that and report back on my presumed success :slightly_smiling_face:

works a charm
```val javaComponent = components["java"] as AdhocComponentWithVariants
listOf("apiElements", "runtimeElements").forEach { unpublishable -&gt;
  javaComponent.withVariantsFromConfiguration(configurations[unpublishable]) {
    skip()
  }
}```