diff --git a/core/src/main/java/com/facebook/ktfmt/format/RedundantImportDetector.kt b/core/src/main/java/com/facebook/ktfmt/format/RedundantImportDetector.kt
index ba285f6d..323ac347 100644
--- a/core/src/main/java/com/facebook/ktfmt/format/RedundantImportDetector.kt
+++ b/core/src/main/java/com/facebook/ktfmt/format/RedundantImportDetector.kt
@@ -76,7 +76,11 @@ internal class RedundantImportDetector(val enabled: Boolean) {
             // Property delegation operators
             "getValue",
             "setValue",
-            "provideDelegate")
+            "provideDelegate",
+            // assign operator - Gradle compiler plugin
+            // https://blog.gradle.org/simpler-kotlin-dsl-property-assignment
+            "assign",
+        )
 
     private val COMPONENT_OPERATOR_REGEX = Regex("component\\d+")
 
diff --git a/core/src/test/java/com/facebook/ktfmt/format/FormatterTest.kt b/core/src/test/java/com/facebook/ktfmt/format/FormatterTest.kt
index efe54d7c..408dd2b5 100644
--- a/core/src/test/java/com/facebook/ktfmt/format/FormatterTest.kt
+++ b/core/src/test/java/com/facebook/ktfmt/format/FormatterTest.kt
@@ -1451,6 +1451,7 @@ class FormatterTest {
               |import com.example.timesAssign
               |import com.example.unaryMinus
               |import com.example.unaryPlus
+              |import org.gradle.kotlin.dsl.assign
               |"""
               .trimMargin())