Think it's fixed now

simpleexample/build.gradle

@@ -14,6 +14,9 @@ repositories {
         url "https://plugins.gradle.org/m2/"
     }
     mavenLocal()
+    flatDir {
+    	dirs 'libs'
+    }
 }
 
 mainClassName = 'simpleex.ui.FxApp' // application plugin
@@ -26,29 +29,17 @@ javafx {
     // launch debugger using Remote Java Application debug launch configuration
 }
 
-sourceSets {
-    main {
-        java {
-			// don't include UI without FxMapControl installed
-			if (project.hasProperty('gitlab-ci')) {
-                exclude 'simpleex.ui/*'
-            }
-        }
-    }
-}
-
 test {
 	// don't run UI test on server (that cannot run javafx)
-	if (project.hasProperty('gitlab-ci')) {
-		exclude 'simpleex.ui/*'
+	if (project.hasProperty('ci') && "$ci" == 'gitlab') {
+		exclude 'simpleex/ui/*'
 	}
 }
 
 dependencies {
     compile "com.fasterxml.jackson.core:jackson-databind:2.9.8"
-    if (! project.hasProperty('gitlab-ci')) {
-        compile 'fischer.clemens:FxMapControl:1.0'
-    }
+    // compile 'fischer.clemens:FxMapControl:1.0'
+    compile name: 'fx-map-control-1.0'
     testImplementation 'junit:junit:4.12'
     testImplementation "org.testfx:testfx-core:4.0.16-alpha"
     testImplementation "org.testfx:testfx-junit:4.0.16-alpha"