diff --git a/build.gradle b/build.gradle
index 427025f4ef..e2d5b67639 100644
--- a/build.gradle
+++ b/build.gradle
@@ -38,16 +38,7 @@ allprojects{
         }
 
         getArcHash = {
-            //get latest commit hash from github since JITPack's '-snapshot' version doesn't work correctly
-            if(arcHash == null){
-                try{
-                    arcHash = 'git ls-remote https://github.com/Anuken/Arc.git'.execute().text.split("\t")[0]
-                }catch(e){
-                    e.printStackTrace()
-                    arcHash = "-SNAPSHOT"
-                }
-            }
-            return arcHash
+            return new Properties().with{ p -> p.load(new File(projectDir, 'gradle.properties'))}["archash"]
         }
 
         arcModule = { String name ->
diff --git a/gradle.properties b/gradle.properties
index 7e937afc9e..be6e2d6e7e 100644
--- a/gradle.properties
+++ b/gradle.properties
@@ -1,4 +1,3 @@
 org.gradle.daemon=true
 org.gradle.jvmargs=-Xms256m -Xmx1024m
-#TODO set to true on release; see if it fixes things:
-#android.enableD8.desugaring=false
\ No newline at end of file
+archash=2a036f76037ef21885230f6df30068a646fc3a0a