diff --git a/build.gradle b/build.gradle
index 07b570bb3b..6ce59f39b6 100644
--- a/build.gradle
+++ b/build.gradle
@@ -88,7 +88,7 @@ animalsniffer {
 }
 
 jar {
-    bnd (
+    bnd(
             "Bundle-Name": "rxjava",
             "Bundle-Vendor": "RxJava Contributors",
             "Bundle-Description": "Reactive Extensions for the JVM – a library for composing asynchronous and event-based programs using observable sequences for the Java VM.",
@@ -126,7 +126,6 @@ plugins.withType(EclipsePlugin) {
 }
 
 test {
-    
     testLogging  {
         // showing skipped occasionally should prevent CI timeout due to lack of standard output
         events=["skipped", "failed"] // "started", "passed"
@@ -173,22 +172,6 @@ jacoco {
     toolVersion = jacocoVersion
 }
 
-task GCandMem(dependsOn: "check") doLast {
-    logger.lifecycle("Memory usage before: {}", java.lang.management.ManagementFactory.getMemoryMXBean().getHeapMemoryUsage().getUsed() / 1024.0 / 1024.0)
-    System.gc()
-    Thread.sleep(200)
-    logger.lifecycle("Memory usage: {}", java.lang.management.ManagementFactory.getMemoryMXBean().getHeapMemoryUsage().getUsed() / 1024.0 / 1024.0)
-}
-
-task GCandMem2(dependsOn: "test") doLast {
-    logger.lifecycle("Memory usage before: {}", java.lang.management.ManagementFactory.getMemoryMXBean().getHeapMemoryUsage().getUsed() / 1024.0 / 1024.0)
-    System.gc()
-    Thread.sleep(200)
-    logger.lifecycle("Memory usage: {}", java.lang.management.ManagementFactory.getMemoryMXBean().getHeapMemoryUsage().getUsed() / 1024.0 / 1024.0)
-}
-
-testng.dependsOn GCandMem2
-
 jacocoTestReport {
     reports {
         xml.enabled = true
@@ -196,8 +179,6 @@ jacocoTestReport {
     }
 }
 
-jacocoTestReport.dependsOn GCandMem
-
 build.dependsOn jacocoTestReport
 
 checkstyle {