diff --git a/build.gradle b/build.gradle
index de6e2384efae..6c9b42ae8c38 100644
--- a/build.gradle
+++ b/build.gradle
@@ -212,23 +212,6 @@ allprojects {
 
 buildDir "${topobjdir}/gradle/build"
 
-// A stream that processes bytes line by line, prepending a tag before sending
-// each line to Gradle's logging.
-class TaggedLogOutputStream extends org.apache.commons.exec.LogOutputStream {
-    String tag
-    Logger logger
-
-    TaggedLogOutputStream(tag, logger) {
-        this.tag = tag
-        this.logger = logger
-    }
-
-    void processLine(String line, int level) {
-        logger.lifecycle("${this.tag} ${line}")
-    }
-}
-
-
 import  org.gradle.api.services.BuildServiceParameters
 abstract class MozconfigService implements BuildService<MozconfigService.Params>, AutoCloseable {
     interface Params extends BuildServiceParameters {
@@ -378,9 +361,8 @@ task machBuildFaster(type: MachExec) {
         args '-v'
     }
 
-    // `path` is like `:machBuildFaster`.
-    standardOutput = new TaggedLogOutputStream("${path}>", logger)
-    errorOutput = standardOutput
+    standardOutput = System.out
+    errorOutput = System.err
 }
 
 task machStagePackage(type: MachExec) {
@@ -408,9 +390,8 @@ task machStagePackage(type: MachExec) {
     // Force running `stage-package`.
     outputs.upToDateWhen { false }
 
-    // `path` is like `:machStagePackage`.
-    standardOutput = new TaggedLogOutputStream("${path}>", logger)
-    errorOutput = standardOutput
+    standardOutput = System.out
+    errorOutput = System.err
 }
 
 afterEvaluate {
diff --git a/gradle.properties b/gradle.properties
index c0843212d8cd..cf39759569d3 100644
--- a/gradle.properties
+++ b/gradle.properties
@@ -8,6 +8,14 @@ org.gradle.configureondemand=true
 # Be careful when changing org.gradle.jvmargs below. It will clobber
 # any defaults set by Gradle: https://github.com/gradle/gradle/issues/19750
 org.gradle.jvmargs=-Xmx8g -Xms2g -XX:MaxMetaspaceSize=6g
+
+org.gradle.configuration-cache=true
+
+# Bug 1946302: Currently task of type `com.google.android.gms.oss.licenses.plugin.LicensesTask` fails as
+# notCompatibleWithConfigurationCache. Issue tracked in https://github.com/google/play-services-plugins/issues/246
+# Solution provided here: https://docs.gradle.org/current/kotlin-dsl/gradle/org.gradle.api/-task/not-compatible-with-configuration-cache.html
+org.gradle.configuration-cache.problems=warn
+
 android.useAndroidX=true
 android.nonTransitiveRClass=false
 android.nonFinalResIds=false
diff --git a/mobile/android/android-components/components/feature/webcompat/build.gradle b/mobile/android/android-components/components/feature/webcompat/build.gradle
index 84b310ed1487..0765c26d8812 100644
--- a/mobile/android/android-components/components/feature/webcompat/build.gradle
+++ b/mobile/android/android-components/components/feature/webcompat/build.gradle
@@ -47,11 +47,15 @@ tasks.register("syncWebcompatExtension", Sync) {
     // webcompat adopted #include directives in Bug 1936031, which are only
     // processed for Desktop builds. The filter below pre-processes the files
     // that include these directives.
+
+    // configuration-cache doesn't allow calling file() from a groovy closure,
+    // in this case filesMatching callback, so we call file before the closure.
+    def interventionsJson = file("$topsrcdir/browser/extensions/webcompat/data/interventions.json")
     filesMatching([
         '**/run.js',
     ]) {
         filter(ReplaceTokens, beginToken: '', endToken: '', tokens: [
-            '#include data/interventions.json': file("$topsrcdir/browser/extensions/webcompat/data/interventions.json").text.trim(),
+            '#include data/interventions.json': interventionsJson.text.trim(),
         ])
     }
 }
diff --git a/mobile/android/android-components/components/support/base/build.gradle b/mobile/android/android-components/components/support/base/build.gradle
index 7c11e03ab713..ee30a31d367e 100644
--- a/mobile/android/android-components/components/support/base/build.gradle
+++ b/mobile/android/android-components/components/support/base/build.gradle
@@ -100,6 +100,7 @@ preBuild.finalizedBy("generateComponentEnum")
  * Generates a "Components" enum listing all published components.
  */
 tasks.register("generateComponentEnum") {
+    def buildConfigCache = buildConfig
     doLast {
         generatedSrcDir.mkdirs()
 
@@ -113,7 +114,7 @@ tasks.register("generateComponentEnum") {
         file << "\n"
         file << "enum class Component {" << "\n"
 
-        file << buildConfig.projects.findAll { project ->
+        file << buildConfigCache.projects.findAll { project ->
             project.value.publish
         }.collect { project ->
             "    " + project.key.replace("-", "_").toUpperCase(Locale.US)
diff --git a/mobile/android/fenix/build.gradle b/mobile/android/fenix/build.gradle
index e2be2eddd86a..7086cc83bb88 100644
--- a/mobile/android/fenix/build.gradle
+++ b/mobile/android/fenix/build.gradle
@@ -126,7 +126,7 @@ subprojects {
             if (it.startsWith('w: ') || it.startsWith('e: ')) {
                 def matches = (it =~ /([ew]): (.+):(\d+):(\d+) (.*)/)
                 if (!matches) {
-                    logger.quiet "kotlinc message format has changed!"
+                    task.logger.quiet "kotlinc message format has changed!"
                     if (it.startsWith('w: ')) {
                         // For warnings, don't continue because we don't want to throw an
                         // exception. For errors, we want the exception so that the new error
@@ -137,7 +137,7 @@ subprojects {
                 def (_, type, file, line, column, message) = matches[0]
                 type = (type == 'w') ? 'warning' : 'error'
                 // Use logger.lifecycle, which does not go through stderr again.
-                logger.lifecycle "$file:$line:$column: $type: $message"
+                task.logger.lifecycle "$file:$line:$column: $type: $message"
             }
         } as StandardOutputListener
 
diff --git a/mobile/android/fenix/gradle.properties b/mobile/android/fenix/gradle.properties
index 171523441a8c..d1038814d852 100644
--- a/mobile/android/fenix/gradle.properties
+++ b/mobile/android/fenix/gradle.properties
@@ -12,6 +12,14 @@
 # The setting is particularly useful for tweaking memory settings.
 org.gradle.jvmargs=-Xmx7g -Xms2g -XX:MaxMetaspaceSize=6g -XX:+HeapDumpOnOutOfMemoryError -XX:+UseParallelGC
 org.gradle.configureondemand=true
+
+org.gradle.configuration-cache=true
+
+# Bug 1946302: Currently task of type `com.google.android.gms.oss.licenses.plugin.LicensesTask` fails as
+# notCompatibleWithConfigurationCache. Issue tracked in https://github.com/google/play-services-plugins/issues/246
+# Solution provided here: https://docs.gradle.org/current/kotlin-dsl/gradle/org.gradle.api/-task/not-compatible-with-configuration-cache.html
+org.gradle.configuration-cache.problems=warn
+
 # When configured, Gradle will run in incubating parallel mode.
 # This option should only be used with decoupled projects. More details, visit
 # http://www.gradle.org/docs/current/userguide/multi_project_builds.html#sec:decoupled_projects
diff --git a/mobile/android/focus-android/app/build.gradle b/mobile/android/focus-android/app/build.gradle
index 52e929fe2202..e82d37df5cb4 100644
--- a/mobile/android/focus-android/app/build.gradle
+++ b/mobile/android/focus-android/app/build.gradle
@@ -552,15 +552,15 @@ android.applicationVariants.configureEach { variant ->
     }
 }
 
-def generatedLocaleListDir = 'src/main/java/org/mozilla/focus/generated'
+def generatedLocaleListDir = file('src/main/java/org/mozilla/focus/generated')
 def generatedLocaleListFilename = 'LocalesList.kt'
 
-tasks.register('generateLocaleList') {
-    doLast {
-        def dir = file(generatedLocaleListDir)
-        dir.mkdir()
-        def localeList = file(new File(dir, generatedLocaleListFilename))
+def enabledLocales = project.provider { getEnabledLocales() }
 
+tasks.register('generateLocaleList') {
+    def localeList = file(new File(generatedLocaleListDir, generatedLocaleListFilename))
+    doLast {
+        generatedLocaleListDir.mkdir()
         localeList.delete()
         localeList.createNewFile()
         localeList << "package org.mozilla.focus.generated" << "\n" << "\n"
@@ -578,7 +578,7 @@ tasks.register('generateLocaleList') {
         localeList << "        " << "listOf("
         localeList << "\n"
         localeList << "            "
-        localeList << getEnabledLocales().join(",\n" + "            ")
+        localeList << enabledLocales.get().join(",\n" + "            ")
         localeList << ",\n"
         localeList << "        )," << "\n"
         localeList << "    )" << "\n"
@@ -593,7 +593,7 @@ tasks.configureEach { task ->
 }
 
 clean.doLast {
-    file(generatedLocaleListDir).deleteDir()
+    generatedLocaleListDir.deleteDir()
 }
 
 if (project.hasProperty("coverage")) {
diff --git a/mobile/android/focus-android/gradle.properties b/mobile/android/focus-android/gradle.properties
index 54806618c1a5..c54d1bad0730 100644
--- a/mobile/android/focus-android/gradle.properties
+++ b/mobile/android/focus-android/gradle.properties
@@ -17,6 +17,13 @@ android.useAndroidX=true
 org.gradle.jvmargs=-Xmx7g -Xms2g -XX:MaxMetaspaceSize=6g -XX:+HeapDumpOnOutOfMemoryError -XX:+UseParallelGC
 org.gradle.configureondemand=true
 
+org.gradle.configuration-cache=true
+
+# Bug 1946302: Currently task of type `com.google.android.gms.oss.licenses.plugin.LicensesTask` fails as
+# notCompatibleWithConfigurationCache. Issue tracked in https://github.com/google/play-services-plugins/issues/246
+# Solution provided here: https://docs.gradle.org/current/kotlin-dsl/gradle/org.gradle.api/-task/not-compatible-with-configuration-cache.html
+org.gradle.configuration-cache.problems=warn
+
 # When configured, Gradle will run in incubating parallel mode.
 # This option should only be used with decoupled projects. More details, visit
 # http://www.gradle.org/docs/current/userguide/multi_project_builds.html#sec:decoupled_projects
diff --git a/mobile/android/geckoview/build.gradle b/mobile/android/geckoview/build.gradle
index ee726257c31b..27bde74d643c 100644
--- a/mobile/android/geckoview/build.gradle
+++ b/mobile/android/geckoview/build.gradle
@@ -184,6 +184,8 @@ tasks.withType(org.jetbrains.kotlin.gradle.tasks.KotlinCompile) {
     }
 }
 
+def projectVersion = project.ext.gleanVersion
+
 configurations {
     api {
         outgoing {
@@ -193,7 +195,7 @@ configurations {
             }
             afterEvaluate {
                 // Implicit capability
-                capability("org.mozilla.geckoview:${getArtifactId()}:${project.ext.versionNumber}")
+                capability("org.mozilla.geckoview:${getArtifactId()}:${projectVersion}")
             }
         }
     }
@@ -204,8 +206,7 @@ configurations {
     runtimeOnly {
         outgoing {
             afterEvaluate {
-                // Implicit capability
-                capability("org.mozilla.geckoview:geckoview:${project.ext.versionNumber}")
+                capability("org.mozilla.geckoview:geckoview:${projectVersion}")
             }
         }
     }
@@ -250,6 +251,16 @@ android.libraryVariants.all { variant ->
     // https://code.tutsplus.com/tutorials/creating-and-publishing-an-android-library--cms-24582,
     // and amended from numerous Stackoverflow posts.
     def name = variant.name
+    def classpathFilesProvider = variant.javaCompileProvider.flatMap { compileTask ->
+        project.provider { compileTask.classpath.files }
+    }
+
+    def classpathFilesProviderFiles = project.provider {
+        files(classpathFilesProvider.get())
+    }
+
+    def androidLintProperty = project.provider { project.hasProperty('android-lint') }
+
     def javadoc = task "javadoc${name.capitalize()}"(type: Javadoc) {
         failOnError = false
         description = "Generate Javadoc for build variant $name"
@@ -259,12 +270,13 @@ android.libraryVariants.all { variant ->
         // this is a problem for the javadoc lint, which needs to read the output of the task
         // to determine if there are warnings or errors. To force that we pass a -Pandroid-lint
         // parameter to all lints that can be used here to force running the task every time.
+
         outputs.upToDateWhen {
-            !project.hasProperty('android-lint')
+            !androidLintProperty.get()
         }
 
         doFirst {
-            classpath = files(variant.javaCompileProvider.get().classpath.files)
+            classpath = classpathFilesProviderFiles.get()
         }
 
         def results = []
@@ -288,6 +300,9 @@ android.libraryVariants.all { variant ->
             logging.addStandardErrorListener(listener)
         }
 
+        def reportsDir = file("$buildDir/reports")
+        def reportsJsonFile = file("$buildDir/reports/javadoc-results-${name}.json")
+
         doLast {
             logging.removeStandardErrorListener(listener)
 
@@ -295,8 +310,8 @@ android.libraryVariants.all { variant ->
             // `android-javadoc` linter to fail in the face of Javadoc warnings.
             def resultsJson = JsonOutput.toJson(results)
 
-            file("$buildDir/reports").mkdirs()
-            file("$buildDir/reports/javadoc-results-${name}.json").write(resultsJson)
+            reportsDir.mkdirs()
+            reportsJsonFile.write(resultsJson)
         }
 
         source = variant.sourceSets.collect({ it.java.srcDirs })
@@ -473,6 +488,13 @@ afterEvaluate {
 apply from: "${topsrcdir}/mobile/android/gradle/debug_level.gradle"
 android.libraryVariants.all configureVariantDebugLevel
 
+def androidBootClasspath = provider {
+    android.bootClasspath.findAll { it.name.startsWith('android.jar') }
+}
+
+def bindingsDir = "${topobjdir}/widget/android/bindings"
+
+def generateSdkBindingsArgsProvider = project.provider { project.hasProperty('generate_sdk_bindings_args') ? project.generate_sdk_bindings_args : false }
 // There's nothing specific to the :geckoview project here -- this just needs to
 // be somewhere where the Android plugin is available so that we can fish the
 // path to "android.jar".
@@ -494,14 +516,14 @@ task("generateSDKBindings", type: JavaExec) {
     doFirst {
         // We only want to generate bindings for the main framework JAR,
         // but not any of the additional android.test libraries.
-        args android.bootClasspath.findAll { it.getName().startsWith('android.jar') }
+        args androidBootClasspath.get()
         args 29
-        args "${topobjdir}/widget/android/bindings"
+        args bindingsDir
 
         // From -Pgenerate_sdk_bindings_args=... on command line; missing in
         // `android-gradle-dependencies` toolchain task.
-        if (project.hasProperty('generate_sdk_bindings_args')) {
-            args project.generate_sdk_bindings_args.split(';')
+        if (generateSdkBindingsArgsProvider.get()) {
+            args generateSdkBindingsArgsProvider.get().split(';')
         }
     }