diff --git a/custom-trait-examples/custom-annotation-trait/build.gradle.kts b/custom-trait-examples/custom-annotation-trait/build.gradle.kts
index f9dc560..58b06a6 100644
--- a/custom-trait-examples/custom-annotation-trait/build.gradle.kts
+++ b/custom-trait-examples/custom-annotation-trait/build.gradle.kts
@@ -58,3 +58,8 @@ dependencies {
 
     implementation("software.amazon.smithy:smithy-model:$smithyVersion")
 }
+
+smithy {
+    // Set to an empty list because no smithy-build config files are used
+    smithyBuildConfigs.set(project.files())
+}
diff --git a/custom-trait-examples/custom-string-trait/build.gradle.kts b/custom-trait-examples/custom-string-trait/build.gradle.kts
index ed69ff8..a4c5d70 100644
--- a/custom-trait-examples/custom-string-trait/build.gradle.kts
+++ b/custom-trait-examples/custom-string-trait/build.gradle.kts
@@ -63,3 +63,8 @@ dependencies {
     testImplementation("org.junit.jupiter:junit-jupiter-engine:5.4.0")
     testImplementation("org.junit.jupiter:junit-jupiter-params:5.4.0")
 }
+
+smithy {
+    // Set to an empty list because no smithy-build config files are used
+    smithyBuildConfigs.set(project.files())
+}
diff --git a/custom-trait-examples/custom-string-trait/smithy-build.json b/custom-trait-examples/custom-string-trait/smithy-build.json
deleted file mode 100644
index 2cc32aa..0000000
--- a/custom-trait-examples/custom-string-trait/smithy-build.json
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,3 +0,0 @@
-{
-  "version": "1.0"
-}
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/custom-trait-examples/custom-structure-trait/build.gradle.kts b/custom-trait-examples/custom-structure-trait/build.gradle.kts
index 89a1301..376427f 100644
--- a/custom-trait-examples/custom-structure-trait/build.gradle.kts
+++ b/custom-trait-examples/custom-structure-trait/build.gradle.kts
@@ -58,3 +58,8 @@ dependencies {
     testImplementation("org.junit.jupiter:junit-jupiter-engine:5.4.0")
     testImplementation("org.junit.jupiter:junit-jupiter-params:5.4.0")
 }
+
+smithy {
+    // Set to an empty list because no smithy-build config files are used
+    smithyBuildConfigs.set(project.files())
+}
diff --git a/custom-trait-examples/custom-structure-trait/smithy-build.json b/custom-trait-examples/custom-structure-trait/smithy-build.json
deleted file mode 100644
index 2cc32aa..0000000
--- a/custom-trait-examples/custom-structure-trait/smithy-build.json
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,3 +0,0 @@
-{
-  "version": "1.0"
-}
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/custom-trait-examples/integ/custom-annotation-trait-test/build.gradle.kts b/custom-trait-examples/integ/custom-annotation-trait-test/build.gradle.kts
index a31b5ee..77202f3 100644
--- a/custom-trait-examples/integ/custom-annotation-trait-test/build.gradle.kts
+++ b/custom-trait-examples/integ/custom-annotation-trait-test/build.gradle.kts
@@ -14,3 +14,7 @@ dependencies {
 
     implementation(project(":custom-trait-examples:custom-annotation-trait"))
 }
+
+smithy {
+    smithyBuildConfigs.set(project.files())
+}
diff --git a/custom-trait-examples/integ/custom-string-trait-test/build.gradle.kts b/custom-trait-examples/integ/custom-string-trait-test/build.gradle.kts
index 5777918..34ce899 100644
--- a/custom-trait-examples/integ/custom-string-trait-test/build.gradle.kts
+++ b/custom-trait-examples/integ/custom-string-trait-test/build.gradle.kts
@@ -16,3 +16,7 @@ dependencies {
 
     implementation(project(":custom-trait-examples:custom-string-trait"))
 }
+
+smithy {
+    smithyBuildConfigs.set(project.files())
+}
diff --git a/custom-trait-examples/integ/custom-structure-trait-test/build.gradle.kts b/custom-trait-examples/integ/custom-structure-trait-test/build.gradle.kts
index 556c212..48a2782 100644
--- a/custom-trait-examples/integ/custom-structure-trait-test/build.gradle.kts
+++ b/custom-trait-examples/integ/custom-structure-trait-test/build.gradle.kts
@@ -14,3 +14,7 @@ dependencies {
 
     implementation(project(":custom-trait-examples:custom-structure-trait"))
 }
+
+smithy {
+    smithyBuildConfigs.set(project.files())
+}
diff --git a/linting-and-validation-examples/integ/common-linting-configuration-test/build.gradle.kts b/linting-and-validation-examples/integ/common-linting-configuration-test/build.gradle.kts
index 81a68b3..6b406de 100644
--- a/linting-and-validation-examples/integ/common-linting-configuration-test/build.gradle.kts
+++ b/linting-and-validation-examples/integ/common-linting-configuration-test/build.gradle.kts
@@ -30,3 +30,7 @@ dependencies {
     testImplementation("org.junit.jupiter:junit-jupiter-params:5.4.0")
     testImplementation("org.hamcrest:hamcrest:2.1")
 }
+
+smithy {
+    smithyBuildConfigs.set(project.files())
+}
diff --git a/linting-and-validation-examples/integ/custom-linter-test/build.gradle.kts b/linting-and-validation-examples/integ/custom-linter-test/build.gradle.kts
index 3b32fb7..9fa10dd 100644
--- a/linting-and-validation-examples/integ/custom-linter-test/build.gradle.kts
+++ b/linting-and-validation-examples/integ/custom-linter-test/build.gradle.kts
@@ -29,3 +29,7 @@ dependencies {
     testImplementation("org.junit.jupiter:junit-jupiter-engine:5.4.0")
     testImplementation("org.junit.jupiter:junit-jupiter-params:5.4.0")
 }
+
+smithy {
+    smithyBuildConfigs.set(project.files())
+}
diff --git a/linting-and-validation-examples/integ/custom-validator-test/build.gradle.kts b/linting-and-validation-examples/integ/custom-validator-test/build.gradle.kts
index c3b5de6..aa0e97a 100644
--- a/linting-and-validation-examples/integ/custom-validator-test/build.gradle.kts
+++ b/linting-and-validation-examples/integ/custom-validator-test/build.gradle.kts
@@ -29,3 +29,7 @@ dependencies {
     testImplementation("org.junit.jupiter:junit-jupiter-engine:5.4.0")
     testImplementation("org.junit.jupiter:junit-jupiter-params:5.4.0")
 }
+
+smithy {
+    smithyBuildConfigs.set(project.files())
+}