diff --git a/src/main/java/com/gtnewhorizons/gtnhgradle/PropertiesConfiguration.java b/src/main/java/com/gtnewhorizons/gtnhgradle/PropertiesConfiguration.java
index 927ca74..4b25611 100644
--- a/src/main/java/com/gtnewhorizons/gtnhgradle/PropertiesConfiguration.java
+++ b/src/main/java/com/gtnewhorizons/gtnhgradle/PropertiesConfiguration.java
@@ -533,10 +533,24 @@ Enables using modern Java syntax (up to version 17) via Jabel, while still targe
         preferPopulated = true,
         required = false,
         docComment = """
-            Adds the GTNH maven, CurseMaven, Modrinth, and some more well-known 1.7.10 repositories.
+            Adds CurseMaven, Modrinth, and some more well-known 1.7.10 repositories.
             """)
     public boolean includeWellKnownRepositories = true;
 
+    /** See annotation */
+    @Prop(
+        name = "excludeWellKnownRepositories",
+        isSettings = false,
+        preferPopulated = true,
+        required = false,
+        docComment = """
+            A list of repositories to exclude from the includeWellKnownRepositories setting. Should be a space separated
+            list of strings, with the acceptable keys being(case does not matter):
+            cursemaven
+            modrinth
+            """)
+    public @NotNull String excludeWellKnownRepositories = "";
+
     /** See annotation */
     @Prop(
         name = "useIC2FromCurseforge",
diff --git a/src/main/java/com/gtnewhorizons/gtnhgradle/modules/WellKnownRepositoriesModule.java b/src/main/java/com/gtnewhorizons/gtnhgradle/modules/WellKnownRepositoriesModule.java
index ac43248..34ae2f6 100644
--- a/src/main/java/com/gtnewhorizons/gtnhgradle/modules/WellKnownRepositoriesModule.java
+++ b/src/main/java/com/gtnewhorizons/gtnhgradle/modules/WellKnownRepositoriesModule.java
@@ -8,6 +8,9 @@
 import org.gradle.api.artifacts.dsl.RepositoryHandler;
 import org.jetbrains.annotations.NotNull;
 
+import java.util.Arrays;
+import java.util.List;
+
 /** Provides various well-known repositories to the buildscript */
 public class WellKnownRepositoriesModule implements GTNHModule {
 
@@ -21,26 +24,29 @@ public void apply(GTNHGradlePlugin.@NotNull GTNHExtension gtnh, @NotNull Project
         final RepositoryHandler repos = project.getRepositories();
         final ModUtils modUtils = project.getExtensions()
             .getByType(ModUtils.class);
-        repos.exclusiveContent(ec -> {
-            ec.forRepositories(repos.maven(mvn -> {
-                mvn.setName("CurseMaven");
-                mvn.setUrl("https://cursemaven.com");
-            }));
-            ec.filter(f -> { f.includeGroup("curse.maven"); });
-        });
-        repos.exclusiveContent(ec -> {
-            ec.forRepositories(repos.maven(mvn -> {
-                mvn.setName("Modrinth");
-                mvn.setUrl("https://api.modrinth.com/maven");
-            }));
-            ec.filter(f -> { f.includeGroup("maven.modrinth"); });
-        });
-        // MMD maven often goes down with a broken certificate
-        project.afterEvaluate(p -> {
-            repos.maven(mvn -> {
-                mvn.setName("MMD Maven");
-                mvn.setUrl("https://maven.mcmoddev.com/");
+
+        List<String> excludes = Arrays.asList(
+            gtnh.configuration.excludeWellKnownRepositories.toUpperCase()
+                .split(" "));
+
+        if (!excludes.contains("CURSEMAVEN")) {
+            repos.exclusiveContent(ec -> {
+                ec.forRepositories(repos.maven(mvn -> {
+                    mvn.setName("CurseMaven");
+                    mvn.setUrl("https://cursemaven.com");
+                }));
+                ec.filter(f -> { f.includeGroup("curse.maven"); });
+            });
+        }
+
+        if (!excludes.contains("MODRINTH")) {
+            repos.exclusiveContent(ec -> {
+                ec.forRepositories(repos.maven(mvn -> {
+                    mvn.setName("Modrinth");
+                    mvn.setUrl("https://api.modrinth.com/maven");
+                }));
+                ec.filter(f -> { f.includeGroup("maven.modrinth"); });
             });
-        });
+        }
     }
 }