diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index f4a212a1c..973574e97 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -30,6 +30,8 @@ example
 
 /test/.externalNativeBuild
 /test/androidx/cdv-gradle-config.json
+/test/androidx/repositories.gradle
+/test/androidx/app/repositories.gradle
 /test/androidx/tools
 /test/androidx/build
 /test/assets/www/.tmp*
diff --git a/framework/cordova.gradle b/framework/cordova.gradle
index abb5b411b..c8734a9ba 100644
--- a/framework/cordova.gradle
+++ b/framework/cordova.gradle
@@ -240,10 +240,8 @@ ext {
 }
 
 buildscript {
-    repositories {
-        google()
-        mavenCentral()
-    }
+    apply from: 'repositories.gradle'
+    repositories repos
 
     dependencies {
         classpath 'io.github.g00fy2:versioncompare:1.4.1@jar'
diff --git a/test/run_java_unit_tests.js b/test/run_java_unit_tests.js
index 23e3c5c4e..ad2556f8d 100644
--- a/test/run_java_unit_tests.js
+++ b/test/run_java_unit_tests.js
@@ -62,6 +62,8 @@ class AndroidTestRunner {
             .then(_ => {
                 // TODO we should probably not only copy these files, but instead create a new project from scratch
                 fs.copyFileSync(path.resolve(this.projectDir, '../../framework/cdv-gradle-config-defaults.json'), path.resolve(this.projectDir, 'cdv-gradle-config.json'));
+                fs.copyFileSync(path.resolve(this.projectDir, '../../framework/repositories.gradle'), path.resolve(this.projectDir, 'repositories.gradle'));
+                fs.copyFileSync(path.resolve(this.projectDir, '../../framework/repositories.gradle'), path.resolve(this.projectDir, 'app', 'repositories.gradle'));
                 fs.cpSync(path.resolve(this.projectDir, '../../templates/project/tools'), path.resolve(this.projectDir, 'tools'), { recursive: true });
                 fs.copyFileSync(
                     path.join(__dirname, '../templates/project/assets/www/cordova.js'),