diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index ef8a280058..a60c7f2518 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -108,13 +108,32 @@ tools.jackson.core.*;version=${project.version}
         <groupId>com.google.code.maven-replacer-plugin</groupId>
         <artifactId>replacer</artifactId>
       </plugin>
-
-      <!--  04-Mar-2019, tatu: Add rudimentary JDK9+ module info. To build with JDK 8
-             will have to use `moduleInfoFile` as anything else requires JDK 9+
+      <!-- 10-Jan-2025, tatu: [core#1380] Still need to use Moditect to
+         work around bug/misfeature of maven-shade-plugin where it absolutely
+         removes root-level `module-info.class`. So use Moditect to put it back
+         (but from diff place than with Jackson 2.x)
         -->
       <plugin>
         <groupId>org.moditect</groupId>
         <artifactId>moditect-maven-plugin</artifactId>
+        <executions>
+          <execution>
+            <id>add-module-infos</id>
+            <phase>package</phase>
+            <goals>
+              <goal>add-module-info</goal>
+            </goals>
+            <configuration>
+              <overwriteExistingFiles>true</overwriteExistingFiles>
+              <module>
+                <moduleInfoFile>src/main/java/module-info.java</moduleInfoFile>
+              </module>
+            </configuration>
+          </execution>
+        </executions>
+        <configuration>
+          <jvmVersion>17</jvmVersion>
+        </configuration>
       </plugin>
       <!-- 03-Nov-2020, tatu: Add LICENSE from main level -->
       <plugin>
@@ -139,6 +158,9 @@ tools.jackson.core.*;version=${project.version}
             </goals>
             <configuration>
               <filters>
+                <!-- Need to filter out FDP module-infos, don't need JDK11
+                     versions (min JDK 17+).
+                  -->
                 <filter>
                   <artifact>ch.randelshofer:fastdoubleparser</artifact>
                   <excludes>
@@ -155,7 +177,10 @@ tools.jackson.core.*;version=${project.version}
                      NOTE: `project.version.underscore' comes from `jackson-base/pom.xml`
                      parent pom
                     -->
-                  <shadedPattern>tools/jackson/core/internal/shaded/fdp/v${project.version.underscore}</shadedPattern> 
+                   <!-- 10-Jan-2025, tatu: while good idea pre-Modules (to break access),
+                      won't mix well with JPMS. So let's not.
+                     -->
+                  <shadedPattern>tools/jackson/core/internal/shaded/fdp</shadedPattern> 
                 </relocation>
                 <relocation>
                   <pattern>META-INF/LICENSE</pattern>
@@ -175,15 +200,15 @@ tools.jackson.core.*;version=${project.version}
                 </relocation>
                 <relocation>
                   <pattern>META-INF/versions/17/ch/randelshofer/fastdoubleparser</pattern>
-                  <shadedPattern>META-INF/versions/17/tools/jackson/core/internal/shaded/fdp/v${project.version.underscore}</shadedPattern>
+                  <shadedPattern>META-INF/versions/17/tools/jackson/core/internal/shaded/fdp</shadedPattern>
                 </relocation>
                 <relocation>
                   <pattern>META-INF/versions/21/ch/randelshofer/fastdoubleparser</pattern>
-                  <shadedPattern>META-INF/versions/21/tools/jackson/core/internal/shaded/fdp/v${project.version.underscore}</shadedPattern>
+                  <shadedPattern>META-INF/versions/21/tools/jackson/core/internal/shaded/fdp</shadedPattern>
                 </relocation>
                 <relocation>
                   <pattern>META-INF/versions/22/ch/randelshofer/fastdoubleparser</pattern>
-                  <shadedPattern>META-INF/versions/22/tools/jackson/core/internal/shaded/fdp/v${project.version.underscore}</shadedPattern>
+                  <shadedPattern>META-INF/versions/22/tools/jackson/core/internal/shaded/fdp</shadedPattern>
                 </relocation>
               </relocations>
             </configuration>
@@ -193,10 +218,10 @@ tools.jackson.core.*;version=${project.version}
       <plugin>
         <groupId>de.jjohannes</groupId>
         <artifactId>gradle-module-metadata-maven-plugin</artifactId>
-	<!-- 27-Apr-2023, tatu: [core#999]: Need to exclude shaded FDP
-	   dependency from GMM
-	  -->
-	<configuration>
+        <!-- 27-Apr-2023, tatu: [core#999]: Need to exclude shaded FDP
+             dependency from GMM
+          -->
+        <configuration>
           <removedDependencies>
             <dependency>
               <groupId>ch.randelshofer</groupId>
@@ -214,6 +239,14 @@ tools.jackson.core.*;version=${project.version}
               <Multi-Release>true</Multi-Release>
             </manifestEntries>
           </archive>
+          <!-- 10-Jan-2025, tatu: [core#1380] Kludgerus Maximums... must actually
+             remove `module-info.class` just so Moditect can add it in place
+             where shade plugin will not filter it out. Oy vey.
+            -->
+          <excludes>
+            <exclude>module-info.class</exclude>
+          </excludes>
+
         </configuration>
       </plugin>
 
diff --git a/release-notes/VERSION b/release-notes/VERSION
index 5b5b767e37..00bf0c3db9 100644
--- a/release-notes/VERSION
+++ b/release-notes/VERSION
@@ -49,6 +49,7 @@ JSON library.
   allocation default implementation (in 3.0)
 #1364: JSTEP-6: rename `JsonLocation` as `TokenStreamLocation`
 #1378: Rename `JsonParser.getText()` as `.getString()` [JSTEP-6]
+#1380: Change 3.0 to use `module-info.java` directly, remove use of Moditect
 - Rename `JsonGenerator.Feature.AUTO_CLOSE_JSON_CONTENT` as `AUTO_CLOSE_CONTENT`
 - Add `TreeCodec.nullNode()`, `TreeNode.isNull()` methods
 - Change the way `JsonLocation.NA` is included in exception messages
diff --git a/src/moditect/module-info.java b/src/main/java/module-info.java
similarity index 77%
rename from src/moditect/module-info.java
rename to src/main/java/module-info.java
index 69eb28ee53..91fa94caaf 100644
--- a/src/moditect/module-info.java
+++ b/src/main/java/module-info.java
@@ -1,4 +1,8 @@
+// jackson-core main Module descriptor
 module tools.jackson.core {
+    // FastDoubleParser shaded but JPMS still requires it to compile?
+    requires static ch.randelshofer.fastdoubleparser;
+
     exports tools.jackson.core;
     exports tools.jackson.core.async;
     exports tools.jackson.core.base;
diff --git a/src/test/java/module-info.java b/src/test/java/module-info.java
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..6c3f5d3ea1
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/test/java/module-info.java
@@ -0,0 +1,41 @@
+// jackson-core test Module descriptor: contains most if not all main
+// plus some test dependencies
+module tools.jackson.core {
+    // Additional test lib/framework dependencies
+    requires org.assertj.core;
+    requires org.junit.jupiter.api;
+    requires org.junit.jupiter.params;
+
+    // FastDoubleParser shaded but JPMS still requires it to compile?
+    requires static ch.randelshofer.fastdoubleparser;
+
+    // Main exports need to switch to "opens" for testing
+    opens tools.jackson.core;
+    opens tools.jackson.core.async;
+    opens tools.jackson.core.base;
+    opens tools.jackson.core.exc;
+    opens tools.jackson.core.filter;
+    opens tools.jackson.core.io;
+    opens tools.jackson.core.json;
+    opens tools.jackson.core.json.async;
+    opens tools.jackson.core.sym;
+    opens tools.jackson.core.tree;
+    opens tools.jackson.core.type;
+    opens tools.jackson.core.util;
+
+    // Additional test opens (not exported by main)
+
+    opens tools.jackson.core.base64;
+    opens tools.jackson.core.constraints;
+    opens tools.jackson.core.dos;
+    opens tools.jackson.core.fuzz;
+    opens tools.jackson.core.io.schubfach;
+    opens tools.jackson.core.jsonptr;
+    opens tools.jackson.core.read;
+    opens tools.jackson.core.read.loc;
+    opens tools.jackson.core.testutil.failure;
+    opens tools.jackson.core.tofix;
+    opens tools.jackson.core.tofix.async;
+    opens tools.jackson.core.write;
+
+}