This is the dependency I added:

implementation "io.ktor:ktor-client-core-jvm:1.2.0"

Looks like the reflection is used for the reified generics:

client.get<ResponseClass>{}

. I manually excluded

kotlin-reflect

in Gradle from my project, and as expected,

client.get

(put, post, delete as well) no longer works. I just need a

HttpResponse

so I can just use the

client.call

method instead (which does not use reflection). So for now, I have a solution.

Why does Ktor need Kotlin reflect? Why can't it just use Java reflection for this?