diff --git a/processor/build.gradle b/processor/build.gradle
index e036469..e55cbfb 100644
--- a/processor/build.gradle
+++ b/processor/build.gradle
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@ compileTestKotlin {
 dependencies {
   compile project(':annotations')
 
-  api 'com.squareup:kotlinpoet:1.0.1'
+  compile 'com.squareup:kotlinpoet:1.0.1'
   implementation "org.jetbrains.kotlin:kotlin-stdlib-jdk8:$kotlin_version"
   implementation "com.google.auto.service:auto-service:1.0-rc4"
   kapt "com.google.auto.service:auto-service:1.0-rc4"