diff --git a/subprojects/studio-plugin/src/main/java/org/gradle/profiler/studio/plugin/DefaultGradleSettingsListener.java b/subprojects/studio-plugin/src/main/java/org/gradle/profiler/studio/plugin/DefaultGradleSettingsListener.java
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..8be35f41
--- /dev/null
+++ b/subprojects/studio-plugin/src/main/java/org/gradle/profiler/studio/plugin/DefaultGradleSettingsListener.java
@@ -0,0 +1,27 @@
+package org.gradle.profiler.studio.plugin;
+
+import java.util.Collection;
+import java.util.Set;
+import org.jetbrains.annotations.NotNull;
+import org.jetbrains.annotations.Nullable;
+import org.jetbrains.plugins.gradle.settings.DistributionType;
+import org.jetbrains.plugins.gradle.settings.GradleProjectSettings;
+import org.jetbrains.plugins.gradle.settings.GradleSettingsListener;
+import org.jetbrains.plugins.gradle.settings.TestRunner;
+
+/**
+ * A default implementation of GradleSettingsListener that does nothing.
+ */
+public class DefaultGradleSettingsListener implements GradleSettingsListener {
+    @Override public void onProjectsLinked(@NotNull Collection<GradleProjectSettings> settings) { }
+    @Override public void onGradleHomeChange(@Nullable String oldPath, @Nullable String newPath, @NotNull String linkedProjectPath) {  }
+    @Override public void onGradleDistributionTypeChange(DistributionType currentValue, @NotNull String linkedProjectPath) { }
+    @Override public void onServiceDirectoryPathChange(@Nullable String oldPath, @Nullable String newPath) { }
+    @Override public void onGradleVmOptionsChange(@Nullable String oldOptions, @Nullable String newOptions) { }
+    @Override public void onBuildDelegationChange(boolean delegatedBuild, @NotNull String linkedProjectPath) {  }
+    @Override public void onTestRunnerChange(@NotNull TestRunner currentTestRunner, @NotNull String linkedProjectPath) { }
+    @Override public void onProjectRenamed(@NotNull String oldName, @NotNull String newName) { }
+    @Override public void onProjectsUnlinked(@NotNull Set<String> linkedProjectPaths) {  }
+    @Override public void onBulkChangeStart() { }
+    @Override public void onBulkChangeEnd() { }
+}
diff --git a/subprojects/studio-plugin/src/main/java/org/gradle/profiler/studio/plugin/GradleProfilerStartupActivity.java b/subprojects/studio-plugin/src/main/java/org/gradle/profiler/studio/plugin/GradleProfilerStartupActivity.java
index 46948f06..9c36b314 100644
--- a/subprojects/studio-plugin/src/main/java/org/gradle/profiler/studio/plugin/GradleProfilerStartupActivity.java
+++ b/subprojects/studio-plugin/src/main/java/org/gradle/profiler/studio/plugin/GradleProfilerStartupActivity.java
@@ -5,7 +5,6 @@
 import com.intellij.openapi.application.ApplicationManager;
 import com.intellij.openapi.diagnostic.Logger;
 import com.intellij.openapi.externalSystem.service.notification.ExternalSystemProgressNotificationManager;
-import com.intellij.openapi.externalSystem.settings.ExternalSystemSettingsListenerAdapter;
 import com.intellij.openapi.project.Project;
 import com.intellij.openapi.startup.StartupActivity;
 import com.intellij.openapi.util.registry.Registry;
@@ -84,7 +83,7 @@ private void disableDownloadOfExternalAnnotations(Project project) {
         GradleSettings gradleSettings = GradleSettings.getInstance(project);
         gradleSettings.getLinkedProjectsSettings()
             .forEach(settings -> settings.setResolveExternalAnnotations(false));
-        gradleSettings.subscribe(new ExternalSystemSettingsListenerAdapter<>() {
+        gradleSettings.subscribe(new DefaultGradleSettingsListener() {
             @Override
             public void onProjectsLinked(@NotNull Collection<GradleProjectSettings> linkedProjectsSettings) {
                 linkedProjectsSettings.forEach(settings -> settings.setResolveExternalAnnotations(false));
diff --git a/subprojects/studio-plugin/src/testFixtures/groovy/org/gradle/profiler/studio/plugin/IdeSetupHelper.groovy b/subprojects/studio-plugin/src/testFixtures/groovy/org/gradle/profiler/studio/plugin/IdeSetupHelper.groovy
index 0ed227af..f93e2f6e 100644
--- a/subprojects/studio-plugin/src/testFixtures/groovy/org/gradle/profiler/studio/plugin/IdeSetupHelper.groovy
+++ b/subprojects/studio-plugin/src/testFixtures/groovy/org/gradle/profiler/studio/plugin/IdeSetupHelper.groovy
@@ -3,7 +3,6 @@ package org.gradle.profiler.studio.plugin
 import com.android.tools.idea.sdk.Jdks
 import com.intellij.openapi.application.WriteAction
 import com.intellij.openapi.externalSystem.service.execution.ExternalSystemJdkUtil
-import com.intellij.openapi.externalSystem.settings.ExternalSystemSettingsListenerAdapter
 import com.intellij.openapi.project.Project
 import com.intellij.openapi.project.ex.ProjectManagerEx
 import com.intellij.openapi.projectRoots.ProjectJdkTable
@@ -53,7 +52,7 @@ class IdeSetupHelper extends HeavyPlatformTestCase {
                 ProjectRootManager.getInstance(project).setProjectSdk(jdk)
             }
             GradleSettings gradleSettings = GradleSettings.getInstance(project);
-            gradleSettings.subscribe(new ExternalSystemSettingsListenerAdapter<GradleProjectSettings>() {
+            gradleSettings.subscribe(new DefaultGradleSettingsListener() {
                 @Override
                 void onProjectsLinked(@NotNull Collection<GradleProjectSettings> linkedProjectsSettings) {
                     linkedProjectsSettings.each { it.gradleJvm = ExternalSystemJdkUtil.USE_PROJECT_JDK }