diff --git a/benchmarks/build.gradle.kts b/benchmarks/build.gradle.kts
index 7006c915d9..2b124f6208 100644
--- a/benchmarks/build.gradle.kts
+++ b/benchmarks/build.gradle.kts
@@ -4,7 +4,6 @@ import org.jetbrains.kotlin.gradle.tasks.*
 import org.jetbrains.kotlin.gradle.dsl.JvmTarget
 
 plugins {
-    id("com.github.johnrengelman.shadow")
     id("me.champeau.jmh")
 }
 
diff --git a/build.gradle.kts b/build.gradle.kts
index caef1260ac..dc4a7f12f6 100644
--- a/build.gradle.kts
+++ b/build.gradle.kts
@@ -27,9 +27,6 @@ buildscript {
         classpath("ru.vyarus:gradle-animalsniffer-plugin:${version("animalsniffer")}") // Android API check
         classpath("org.jetbrains.kotlin:atomicfu:${version("kotlin")}")
         classpath("org.jetbrains.kotlinx:kover-gradle-plugin:${version("kover")}")
-
-        // JMH plugins
-        classpath("gradle.plugin.com.github.johnrengelman:shadow:${version("shadow")}")
     }
 
     with(CacheRedirector) { buildscript.configureBuildScript(rootProject) }
diff --git a/buildSrc/src/main/kotlin/version-file-conventions.gradle.kts b/buildSrc/src/main/kotlin/version-file-conventions.gradle.kts
index 587e184b30..5a807ef5a7 100644
--- a/buildSrc/src/main/kotlin/version-file-conventions.gradle.kts
+++ b/buildSrc/src/main/kotlin/version-file-conventions.gradle.kts
@@ -3,10 +3,6 @@ import org.gradle.api.tasks.bundling.*
 configure(subprojects.filter { !unpublished.contains(it.name) && it.name !in sourceless }) {
     val project = this
     val jarTaskName = when {
-        project.name == "kotlinx-coroutines-debug" -> {
-            project.apply(plugin = "com.github.johnrengelman.shadow")
-            "shadowJar"
-        }
         isMultiplatform -> "jvmJar"
         else -> "jar"
     }
diff --git a/gradle.properties b/gradle.properties
index 168fb6b6c5..90a43a6b5c 100644
--- a/gradle.properties
+++ b/gradle.properties
@@ -28,8 +28,6 @@ jna_version=5.9.0
 # Gradle
 jdk_toolchain_version=11
 animalsniffer_version=1.7.1
-shadow_version=7.1.2
-#shadow_version=8.1.1 For Gradle 8, not compatible with Gradle 7
 
 # Android versions
 android_version=4.1.1.4
diff --git a/kotlinx-coroutines-debug/README.md b/kotlinx-coroutines-debug/README.md
index d3cb5267bc..27d8b5b9b7 100644
--- a/kotlinx-coroutines-debug/README.md
+++ b/kotlinx-coroutines-debug/README.md
@@ -167,12 +167,9 @@ dependency of `kotlinx-coroutines-test`) may fail with `DuplicateRelativeFileExc
 
 The problem is that Android merges the resources of all its dependencies into a single directory and complains about
 conflicts, but:
-* `kotlinx-coroutines-debug` transitively depends on JNA and JNA-platform, both of which include license files in their
-  META-INF directories. Trying to merge these files leads to conflicts, which means that any Android project that
-  depends on JNA and JNA-platform will experience build failures.
-* Additionally, `kotlinx-coroutines-debug` embeds `byte-buddy-agent` and `byte-buddy`, along with their resource files.
-  Then, if the project separately depends on `byte-buddy`, merging the resources of `kotlinx-coroutines-debug` with ones
-  from `byte-buddy` and `byte-buddy-agent` will lead to conflicts as the resource files are duplicated.
+`kotlinx-coroutines-debug` transitively depends on JNA and JNA-platform, byte-buddy and byte-buddy-agent, all of them include license files in their
+META-INF directories. Trying to merge these files leads to conflicts, which means that any Android project that
+depends on JNA and JNA-platform will experience build failures.
 
 One possible workaround for these issues is to add the following to the `android` block in your gradle file for the
 application subproject:
diff --git a/kotlinx-coroutines-debug/build.gradle.kts b/kotlinx-coroutines-debug/build.gradle.kts
index 1d0be22bfd..70f592a98e 100644
--- a/kotlinx-coroutines-debug/build.gradle.kts
+++ b/kotlinx-coroutines-debug/build.gradle.kts
@@ -1,22 +1,12 @@
-import com.github.jengelman.gradle.plugins.shadow.tasks.*
-import java.net.*
-import java.nio.file.*
+import org.gradle.api.JavaVersion
+import org.gradle.api.file.DuplicatesStrategy
+import org.gradle.api.tasks.bundling.Jar
+import org.gradle.api.tasks.testing.Test
 
 plugins {
-    id("com.github.johnrengelman.shadow")
     id("org.jetbrains.kotlinx.kover") // apply plugin to use autocomplete for Kover DSL
 }
 
-configurations {
-    val shadowDeps by creating
-    compileOnly.configure {
-        extendsFrom(shadowDeps)
-    }
-    runtimeOnly.configure {
-        extendsFrom(shadowDeps)
-    }
-}
-
 val junit_version by properties
 val junit5_version by properties
 val byte_buddy_version by properties
@@ -28,8 +18,8 @@ dependencies {
     compileOnly("org.junit.jupiter:junit-jupiter-api:$junit5_version")
     testImplementation("org.junit.jupiter:junit-jupiter-engine:$junit5_version")
     testImplementation("org.junit.platform:junit-platform-testkit:1.7.0")
-    add("shadowDeps", "net.bytebuddy:byte-buddy:$byte_buddy_version")
-    add("shadowDeps", "net.bytebuddy:byte-buddy-agent:$byte_buddy_version")
+    implementation("net.bytebuddy:byte-buddy:$byte_buddy_version")
+    implementation("net.bytebuddy:byte-buddy-agent:$byte_buddy_version")
     compileOnly("io.projectreactor.tools:blockhound:$blockhound_version")
     testImplementation("io.projectreactor.tools:blockhound:$blockhound_version")
     testImplementation("com.google.code.gson:gson:2.8.6")
@@ -50,21 +40,7 @@ tasks.withType<Test>().configureEach {
     }
 }
 
-val jar by tasks.existing(Jar::class) {
-    enabled = false
-}
-
-val shadowJar by tasks.existing(ShadowJar::class) {
-    // Shadow only byte buddy, do not package kotlin stdlib
-    configurations = listOf(project.configurations["shadowDeps"])
-    relocate("net.bytebuddy", "kotlinx.coroutines.repackaged.net.bytebuddy")
-    /* These classifiers are both set to `null` to trick Gradle into thinking that this jar file is both the
-    artifact from the `jar` task and the one from `shadowJar`. Without this, Gradle complains that the artifact
-    from the `jar` task is not present when the compilaton finishes, even if the file with this name exists. */
-    archiveClassifier.convention(null as String?)
-    archiveClassifier = null
-    archiveBaseName = jar.flatMap { it.archiveBaseName }
-    archiveVersion = jar.flatMap { it.archiveVersion }
+tasks.named<Jar>("jar") {
     manifest {
         attributes(
             mapOf(
@@ -74,30 +50,17 @@ val shadowJar by tasks.existing(ShadowJar::class) {
             )
         )
     }
+
     // add module-info.class to the META-INF/versions/9/ directory.
     dependsOn(tasks.compileModuleInfoJava)
-    doLast {
-        // We can't do that directly with the shadowJar task because it doesn't support replacing existing files.
-        val zipPath = this@existing.outputs.files.singleFile.toPath()
-        val zipUri = URI.create("jar:${zipPath.toUri()}")
-        val moduleInfoFilePath = tasks.compileModuleInfoJava.get().outputs.files.asFileTree.matching {
-            include("module-info.class")
-        }.singleFile.toPath()
-        FileSystems.newFileSystem(zipUri, emptyMap<String, String>()).use { fs ->
-            val moduleInfoFile = fs.getPath("META-INF/versions/9/module-info.class")
-            Files.copy(moduleInfoFilePath, moduleInfoFile, StandardCopyOption.REPLACE_EXISTING)
-        }
+    from(tasks.compileModuleInfoJava.get().outputs.files.asFileTree.matching {
+        include("module-info.class")
+    }) {
+        this.duplicatesStrategy = DuplicatesStrategy.INCLUDE
+        into("META-INF/versions/9")
     }
 }
 
-configurations {
-    // shadowJar is already part of the `shadowRuntimeElements` and `shadowApiElements`, but the other subprojects
-    // that depend on `kotlinx-coroutines-debug` look at `runtimeElements` and `apiElements`.
-    artifacts {
-        add("apiElements", shadowJar)
-        add("runtimeElements", shadowJar)
-    }
-}
 
 kover {
     reports {