diff --git a/lib/modules/manager/gradle/extract.ts b/lib/modules/manager/gradle/extract.ts
index 8e7bf0d24e4fab14a94bcf9e97a37ba090e27c72..d7587357fbe4242de13d2f90094e98a0164f64bf 100644
--- a/lib/modules/manager/gradle/extract.ts
+++ b/lib/modules/manager/gradle/extract.ts
@@ -12,7 +12,6 @@ import type {
 } from './types';
 import {
   getVars,
-  isGradleFile,
   isPropsFile,
   isTOMLFile,
   reorderFiles,
@@ -68,7 +67,7 @@ export async function extractAllPackageFiles(
       } else if (isTOMLFile(packageFile)) {
         const updatesFromCatalog = parseCatalog(packageFile, content);
         extractedDeps.push(...updatesFromCatalog);
-      } else if (isGradleFile(packageFile)) {
+      } else {
         const vars = getVars(registry, dir);
         const {
           deps,
diff --git a/lib/modules/manager/gradle/utils.ts b/lib/modules/manager/gradle/utils.ts
index 076646b6ddeaf6b527d7612ab0fa90ce57684edb..b5f491429cc04e2a8f6d0629d628aaccd2a6a90d 100644
--- a/lib/modules/manager/gradle/utils.ts
+++ b/lib/modules/manager/gradle/utils.ts
@@ -101,7 +101,6 @@ export function interpolateString(
 
 const gradleVersionsFileRegex = regEx('^versions\\.gradle(?:\\.kts)?$', 'i');
 const gradleBuildFileRegex = regEx('^build\\.gradle(?:\\.kts)?$', 'i');
-const gradleFileRegex = regEx('\\.gradle(?:\\.kts)?$', 'i');
 
 export function isGradleVersionsFile(path: string): boolean {
   const filename = upath.basename(path);
@@ -113,11 +112,6 @@ export function isGradleBuildFile(path: string): boolean {
   return gradleBuildFileRegex.test(filename);
 }
 
-export function isGradleFile(path: string): boolean {
-  const filename = upath.basename(path);
-  return gradleFileRegex.test(filename);
-}
-
 export function isPropsFile(path: string): boolean {
   const filename = upath.basename(path).toLowerCase();
   return filename === 'gradle.properties';