diff --git a/buildSrc/src/main/kotlin/Publishing.kt b/buildSrc/src/main/kotlin/Publishing.kt
index ab82d06c73..2fec3c0e2c 100644
--- a/buildSrc/src/main/kotlin/Publishing.kt
+++ b/buildSrc/src/main/kotlin/Publishing.kt
@@ -43,38 +43,13 @@ fun MavenPom.configureMavenCentralMetadata(project: Project) {
     }
 }
 
-/**
- * 'libs.space.pub' is a dev option that is set on our CI in order to publish
- * dev build into 'https://maven.pkg.jetbrains.space/public/p/kotlinx-coroutines/maven' Maven repository.
- * In order to use it, pass the corresponding ENV to the TC 'Deploy' task.
- */
-private val spacePublicationEnabled = System.getenv("libs.space.pub")?.equals("true") ?: false
-
-fun mavenRepositoryUri(): URI {
-    if (spacePublicationEnabled) {
-        return URI("https://maven.pkg.jetbrains.space/public/p/kotlinx-coroutines/maven")
-    }
-
-    val repositoryId: String? = System.getenv("libs.repository.id")
-    return if (repositoryId == null) {
-        URI("https://oss.sonatype.org/service/local/staging/deploy/maven2/")
-    } else {
-        URI("https://oss.sonatype.org/service/local/staging/deployByRepositoryId/$repositoryId")
-    }
-}
-
 fun configureMavenPublication(rh: RepositoryHandler, project: Project) {
     rh.maven {
-        url = mavenRepositoryUri()
-        credentials {
-            if (spacePublicationEnabled) {
-                // Configure space credentials
-                username = project.getSensitiveProperty("libs.space.user")
-                password = project.getSensitiveProperty("libs.space.password")
-            } else {
-                // Configure sonatype credentials
-                username = project.getSensitiveProperty("libs.sonatype.user")
-                password = project.getSensitiveProperty("libs.sonatype.password")
+        setUrl(project.getSensitiveProperty("libs.repo.url") ?: "file://${project.rootProject.layout.buildDirectory.dir("repo").get().asFile}")
+        if (url.scheme != "file") {
+            credentials {
+                username = project.getSensitiveProperty("libs.repo.user")
+                password = project.getSensitiveProperty("libs.repo.password")
             }
         }
     }