diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 88fcf47..c0ca021 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -10,6 +10,7 @@ and this project adheres to [Semantic Versioning](https://semver.org/spec/v2.0.0
 
 ### Changed
 - MPP does not use JVM and JS(IR) targets anymore. They could be turned manually via `js()`, `jvm()` or `fullStack()`
+- Signing is not applied if signingId is not provided
 
 ### Deprecated
 
diff --git a/src/main/kotlin/space/kscience/gradle/internal/publishing.kt b/src/main/kotlin/space/kscience/gradle/internal/publishing.kt
index c3b67af..372fcf6 100644
--- a/src/main/kotlin/space/kscience/gradle/internal/publishing.kt
+++ b/src/main/kotlin/space/kscience/gradle/internal/publishing.kt
@@ -89,21 +89,25 @@ internal fun Project.setupPublication(mavenPomConfiguration: MavenPom.() -> Unit
                 }
             }
 
+            if (requestPropertyOrNull("publishing.signing.id") != null || requestPropertyOrNull("signing.gnupg.keyName") != null) {
 
-            if (!plugins.hasPlugin("signing")) {
-                apply<SigningPlugin>()
-            }
+                if (!plugins.hasPlugin("signing")) {
+                    apply<SigningPlugin>()
+                }
 
-            extensions.configure<SigningExtension>("signing") {
-                val signingId: String? = requestPropertyOrNull("publishing.signing.id")
-                if (!signingId.isNullOrBlank()) {
-                    val signingKey: String = requestProperty("publishing.signing.key")
-                    val signingPassphrase: String = requestProperty("publishing.signing.passPhrase")
+                extensions.configure<SigningExtension>("signing") {
+                    val signingId: String? = requestPropertyOrNull("publishing.signing.id")
+                    if (!signingId.isNullOrBlank()) {
+                        val signingKey: String = requestProperty("publishing.signing.key")
+                        val signingPassphrase: String = requestProperty("publishing.signing.passPhrase")
 
-                    // if key is provided, use it
-                    useInMemoryPgpKeys(signingId, signingKey, signingPassphrase)
-                } // else use file signing
-                sign(publications)
+                        // if key is provided, use it
+                        useInMemoryPgpKeys(signingId, signingKey, signingPassphrase)
+                    } // else use agent signing
+                    sign(publications)
+                }
+            } else {
+                logger.warn("Signing information is not provided. Skipping artefact signing.")
             }
         }
     }