diff --git a/compiler/cli/cli-js/src/org/jetbrains/kotlin/cli/js/K2JsIrCompiler.kt b/compiler/cli/cli-js/src/org/jetbrains/kotlin/cli/js/K2JsIrCompiler.kt
index e256b697c5c..3065acbbb91 100644
--- a/compiler/cli/cli-js/src/org/jetbrains/kotlin/cli/js/K2JsIrCompiler.kt
+++ b/compiler/cli/cli-js/src/org/jetbrains/kotlin/cli/js/K2JsIrCompiler.kt
@@ -33,7 +33,6 @@ import org.jetbrains.kotlin.cli.jvm.compiler.EnvironmentConfigFiles
 import org.jetbrains.kotlin.cli.jvm.compiler.KotlinCoreEnvironment
 import org.jetbrains.kotlin.cli.jvm.plugins.PluginCliParser
 import org.jetbrains.kotlin.config.*
-import org.jetbrains.kotlin.descriptors.DeclarationDescriptor
 import org.jetbrains.kotlin.diagnostics.DiagnosticReporterFactory
 import org.jetbrains.kotlin.incremental.components.ExpectActualTracker
 import org.jetbrains.kotlin.incremental.components.LookupTracker
@@ -48,7 +47,6 @@ import org.jetbrains.kotlin.ir.backend.js.transformers.irToJs.*
 import org.jetbrains.kotlin.ir.declarations.impl.IrFactoryImpl
 import org.jetbrains.kotlin.ir.declarations.impl.IrFactoryImplForJsIC
 import org.jetbrains.kotlin.ir.linkage.partial.setupPartialLinkageConfig
-import org.jetbrains.kotlin.ir.symbols.IrSymbol
 import org.jetbrains.kotlin.js.analyzer.JsAnalysisResult
 import org.jetbrains.kotlin.js.config.*
 import org.jetbrains.kotlin.konan.file.ZipFileSystemAccessor
@@ -442,7 +440,6 @@ class K2JsIrCompiler : CLICompiler<K2JSCompilerArguments>() {
         if (sourceModule.jsFrontEndResult.jsAnalysisResult.shouldGenerateCode && (arguments.irProduceKlibDir || arguments.irProduceKlibFile)) {
             val moduleSourceFiles = (sourceModule.mainModule as MainModule.SourceFiles).files
             val icData = environmentForJS.configuration.incrementalDataProvider?.getSerializedData(moduleSourceFiles) ?: emptyList()
-            val expectDescriptorToSymbol = mutableMapOf<DeclarationDescriptor, IrSymbol>()
 
             val (moduleFragment, _) = generateIrForKlibSerialization(
                 environmentForJS.project,
@@ -451,7 +448,6 @@ class K2JsIrCompiler : CLICompiler<K2JSCompilerArguments>() {
                 sourceModule.jsFrontEndResult.jsAnalysisResult,
                 sourceModule.allDependencies,
                 icData,
-                expectDescriptorToSymbol,
                 IrFactoryImpl,
                 verifySignatures = true
             ) {
@@ -471,7 +467,6 @@ class K2JsIrCompiler : CLICompiler<K2JSCompilerArguments>() {
                 nopack = arguments.irProduceKlibDir,
                 jsOutputName = arguments.irPerModuleOutputName,
                 icData = icData,
-                expectDescriptorToSymbol = expectDescriptorToSymbol,
                 moduleFragment = moduleFragment,
                 builtInsPlatform = if (arguments.wasm) BuiltInsPlatform.WASM else BuiltInsPlatform.JS
             ) { file ->
diff --git a/compiler/cli/cli-js/src/org/jetbrains/kotlin/cli/js/klib/compilerPipeline.kt b/compiler/cli/cli-js/src/org/jetbrains/kotlin/cli/js/klib/compilerPipeline.kt
index c7b2256c508..a0ad40dc368 100644
--- a/compiler/cli/cli-js/src/org/jetbrains/kotlin/cli/js/klib/compilerPipeline.kt
+++ b/compiler/cli/cli-js/src/org/jetbrains/kotlin/cli/js/klib/compilerPipeline.kt
@@ -319,7 +319,6 @@ fun serializeFirKlib(
         klibPath = outputKlibPath,
         moduleStructure.allDependencies,
         fir2IrActualizedResult.irModuleFragment,
-        expectDescriptorToSymbol = mutableMapOf(),
         cleanFiles = icData ?: emptyList(),
         nopack = nopack,
         perFile = false,
diff --git a/compiler/cli/cli-js/src/org/jetbrains/kotlin/cli/js/klib/irForKlib.kt b/compiler/cli/cli-js/src/org/jetbrains/kotlin/cli/js/klib/irForKlib.kt
index 8498aee468c..abb99e4ca86 100644
--- a/compiler/cli/cli-js/src/org/jetbrains/kotlin/cli/js/klib/irForKlib.kt
+++ b/compiler/cli/cli-js/src/org/jetbrains/kotlin/cli/js/klib/irForKlib.kt
@@ -25,7 +25,6 @@ import org.jetbrains.kotlin.backend.common.serialization.signature.IdSignatureDe
 import org.jetbrains.kotlin.config.CommonConfigurationKeys
 import org.jetbrains.kotlin.config.CompilerConfiguration
 import org.jetbrains.kotlin.config.languageVersionSettings
-import org.jetbrains.kotlin.descriptors.DeclarationDescriptor
 import org.jetbrains.kotlin.descriptors.ModuleDescriptor
 import org.jetbrains.kotlin.ir.backend.js.KotlinFileSerializedData
 import org.jetbrains.kotlin.ir.backend.js.generateModuleFragmentWithPlugins
@@ -35,7 +34,6 @@ import org.jetbrains.kotlin.ir.backend.js.lower.serialization.ir.JsManglerIr
 import org.jetbrains.kotlin.ir.declarations.IrFactory
 import org.jetbrains.kotlin.ir.declarations.IrModuleFragment
 import org.jetbrains.kotlin.ir.linkage.partial.partialLinkageConfig
-import org.jetbrains.kotlin.ir.symbols.IrSymbol
 import org.jetbrains.kotlin.ir.util.IrMessageLogger
 import org.jetbrains.kotlin.ir.util.SymbolTable
 import org.jetbrains.kotlin.ir.visitors.acceptVoid
@@ -54,7 +52,6 @@ fun generateIrForKlibSerialization(
     analysisResult: AnalysisResult,
     sortedDependencies: Collection<KotlinLibrary>,
     icData: List<KotlinFileSerializedData>,
-    expectDescriptorToSymbol: MutableMap<DeclarationDescriptor, IrSymbol>,
     irFactory: IrFactory,
     verifySignatures: Boolean = true,
     getDescriptorByLibrary: (KotlinLibrary) -> ModuleDescriptor,
@@ -102,7 +99,6 @@ fun generateIrForKlibSerialization(
         files,
         irLinker,
         messageLogger,
-        expectDescriptorToSymbol,
         stubGenerator
     )
 
diff --git a/compiler/ir/backend.jvm/entrypoint/src/org/jetbrains/kotlin/backend/jvm/JvmIrCodegenFactory.kt b/compiler/ir/backend.jvm/entrypoint/src/org/jetbrains/kotlin/backend/jvm/JvmIrCodegenFactory.kt
index a45ff42f50f..69bc84f3d83 100644
--- a/compiler/ir/backend.jvm/entrypoint/src/org/jetbrains/kotlin/backend/jvm/JvmIrCodegenFactory.kt
+++ b/compiler/ir/backend.jvm/entrypoint/src/org/jetbrains/kotlin/backend/jvm/JvmIrCodegenFactory.kt
@@ -264,7 +264,6 @@ open class JvmIrCodegenFactory(
                 input.files,
                 irProviders,
                 pluginExtensions,
-                expectDescriptorToSymbol = null,
                 fragmentInfo = evaluatorFragmentInfoForPsi2Ir
             )
 
diff --git a/compiler/ir/ir.psi2ir/src/org/jetbrains/kotlin/psi2ir/Psi2IrTranslator.kt b/compiler/ir/ir.psi2ir/src/org/jetbrains/kotlin/psi2ir/Psi2IrTranslator.kt
index 88c628f272b..1187faa14a3 100644
--- a/compiler/ir/ir.psi2ir/src/org/jetbrains/kotlin/psi2ir/Psi2IrTranslator.kt
+++ b/compiler/ir/ir.psi2ir/src/org/jetbrains/kotlin/psi2ir/Psi2IrTranslator.kt
@@ -17,12 +17,10 @@
 package org.jetbrains.kotlin.psi2ir
 
 import org.jetbrains.kotlin.config.LanguageVersionSettings
-import org.jetbrains.kotlin.descriptors.DeclarationDescriptor
 import org.jetbrains.kotlin.descriptors.ModuleDescriptor
 import org.jetbrains.kotlin.ir.declarations.IrModuleFragment
 import org.jetbrains.kotlin.ir.linkage.IrDeserializer
 import org.jetbrains.kotlin.ir.linkage.IrProvider
-import org.jetbrains.kotlin.ir.symbols.IrSymbol
 import org.jetbrains.kotlin.ir.util.SymbolTable
 import org.jetbrains.kotlin.psi.KtFile
 import org.jetbrains.kotlin.psi2ir.descriptors.IrBuiltInsOverDescriptors
@@ -86,13 +84,12 @@ class Psi2IrTranslator(
         ktFiles: Collection<KtFile>,
         irProviders: List<IrProvider>,
         linkerExtensions: Collection<IrDeserializer.IrLinkerExtension>,
-        expectDescriptorToSymbol: MutableMap<DeclarationDescriptor, IrSymbol>? = null,
         fragmentInfo: EvaluatorFragmentInfo? = null
     ): IrModuleFragment {
 
         val moduleGenerator = fragmentInfo?.let {
             FragmentModuleGenerator(context, it)
-        } ?: ModuleGenerator(context, expectDescriptorToSymbol)
+        } ?: ModuleGenerator(context)
 
         val irModule = moduleGenerator.generateModuleFragment(ktFiles)
 
diff --git a/compiler/ir/ir.psi2ir/src/org/jetbrains/kotlin/psi2ir/generators/ExpectDependencyGenerator.kt b/compiler/ir/ir.psi2ir/src/org/jetbrains/kotlin/psi2ir/generators/ExpectDependencyGenerator.kt
deleted file mode 100644
index a7247658e5f..00000000000
--- a/compiler/ir/ir.psi2ir/src/org/jetbrains/kotlin/psi2ir/generators/ExpectDependencyGenerator.kt
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,99 +0,0 @@
-/*
- * Copyright 2010-2020 JetBrains s.r.o. and Kotlin Programming Language contributors.
- * Use of this source code is governed by the Apache 2.0 license that can be found in the license/LICENSE.txt file.
- */
-
-package org.jetbrains.kotlin.psi2ir.generators
-
-import org.jetbrains.kotlin.descriptors.*
-import org.jetbrains.kotlin.ir.IrElement
-import org.jetbrains.kotlin.ir.declarations.*
-import org.jetbrains.kotlin.ir.symbols.IrSymbol
-import org.jetbrains.kotlin.ir.util.SymbolTable
-import org.jetbrains.kotlin.ir.visitors.IrElementVisitorVoid
-import org.jetbrains.kotlin.ir.visitors.acceptChildrenVoid
-import org.jetbrains.kotlin.ir.visitors.acceptVoid
-import org.jetbrains.kotlin.resolve.multiplatform.findExpects
-
-// Need to create unbound symbols for expects corresponding to actuals of the currently compiled module.
-// This is necessary because there are no explicit links between expects and actuals
-// neither in descriptors nor in IR.
-internal fun referenceExpectsForUsedActuals(
-    expectDescriptorToSymbol: MutableMap<DeclarationDescriptor, IrSymbol>,
-    symbolTable: SymbolTable,
-    element: IrElement,
-) {
-    element.acceptVoid(ExpectDependencyGenerator(expectDescriptorToSymbol, symbolTable))
-}
-
-private class ExpectDependencyGenerator(
-    private val expectDescriptorToSymbol: MutableMap<DeclarationDescriptor, IrSymbol>,
-    private val symbolTable: SymbolTable,
-) : IrElementVisitorVoid {
-    private fun <T> T.forEachExpect(body: (DeclarationDescriptor) -> Unit) where T : IrDeclaration {
-        this.descriptor.findExpects().forEach {
-            body(it)
-        }
-    }
-
-    override fun visitElement(element: IrElement) {
-        element.acceptChildrenVoid(this)
-    }
-
-    override fun visitClass(declaration: IrClass) {
-        declaration.forEachExpect { expectDescriptor ->
-            val symbol = symbolTable.descriptorExtension.referenceClass(expectDescriptor as ClassDescriptor)
-            expectDescriptorToSymbol[expectDescriptor] = symbol
-            expectDescriptor.constructors.forEach {
-                expectDescriptorToSymbol[it] = symbolTable.descriptorExtension.referenceConstructor(it as ClassConstructorDescriptor)
-            }
-        }
-        super.visitDeclaration(declaration)
-    }
-
-    override fun visitSimpleFunction(declaration: IrSimpleFunction) {
-        declaration.forEachExpect {
-            val symbol = symbolTable.descriptorExtension.referenceSimpleFunction(it as FunctionDescriptor)
-            expectDescriptorToSymbol[it] = symbol
-        }
-        super.visitDeclaration(declaration)
-    }
-
-    override fun visitConstructor(declaration: IrConstructor) {
-        declaration.forEachExpect {
-            val symbol = symbolTable.descriptorExtension.referenceConstructor(it as ClassConstructorDescriptor)
-            expectDescriptorToSymbol[it] = symbol
-
-        }
-        super.visitDeclaration(declaration)
-    }
-
-    override fun visitProperty(declaration: IrProperty) {
-        declaration.forEachExpect {
-            val symbol = symbolTable.descriptorExtension.referenceProperty(it as PropertyDescriptor)
-            expectDescriptorToSymbol[it] = symbol
-        }
-        super.visitDeclaration(declaration)
-    }
-
-    override fun visitEnumEntry(declaration: IrEnumEntry) {
-        declaration.forEachExpect {
-            val symbol = symbolTable.descriptorExtension.referenceEnumEntry(it as ClassDescriptor)
-            expectDescriptorToSymbol[it] = symbol
-
-        }
-        super.visitDeclaration(declaration)
-    }
-
-    override fun visitTypeAlias(declaration: IrTypeAlias) {
-        declaration.forEachExpect {
-            val symbol = when (it) {
-                is ClassDescriptor -> symbolTable.descriptorExtension.referenceClass(it)
-                else -> error("Unexpected expect for actual type alias: $it")
-            }
-            expectDescriptorToSymbol[it] = symbol
-
-        }
-        super.visitDeclaration(declaration)
-    }
-}
diff --git a/compiler/ir/ir.psi2ir/src/org/jetbrains/kotlin/psi2ir/generators/ModuleGenerator.kt b/compiler/ir/ir.psi2ir/src/org/jetbrains/kotlin/psi2ir/generators/ModuleGenerator.kt
index 17903d0563b..71acb0aa50f 100644
--- a/compiler/ir/ir.psi2ir/src/org/jetbrains/kotlin/psi2ir/generators/ModuleGenerator.kt
+++ b/compiler/ir/ir.psi2ir/src/org/jetbrains/kotlin/psi2ir/generators/ModuleGenerator.kt
@@ -17,7 +17,6 @@
 package org.jetbrains.kotlin.psi2ir.generators
 
 import org.jetbrains.kotlin.backend.common.CodegenUtil
-import org.jetbrains.kotlin.descriptors.DeclarationDescriptor
 import org.jetbrains.kotlin.descriptors.impl.EmptyPackageFragmentDescriptor
 import org.jetbrains.kotlin.ir.IrFileEntry
 import org.jetbrains.kotlin.ir.PsiIrFileEntry
@@ -28,7 +27,6 @@ import org.jetbrains.kotlin.ir.declarations.IrModuleFragment
 import org.jetbrains.kotlin.ir.declarations.impl.IrFileImpl
 import org.jetbrains.kotlin.ir.declarations.impl.IrModuleFragmentImpl
 import org.jetbrains.kotlin.ir.linkage.IrProvider
-import org.jetbrains.kotlin.ir.symbols.IrSymbol
 import org.jetbrains.kotlin.ir.util.ExternalDependenciesGenerator
 import org.jetbrains.kotlin.ir.util.patchDeclarationParents
 import org.jetbrains.kotlin.ir.visitors.acceptVoid
@@ -40,10 +38,7 @@ import org.jetbrains.kotlin.resolve.lazy.descriptors.findPackageFragmentForFile
 import org.jetbrains.kotlin.types.error.ErrorUtils
 import org.jetbrains.kotlin.utils.addIfNotNull
 
-open class ModuleGenerator(
-    override val context: GeneratorContext,
-    private val expectDescriptorToSymbol: MutableMap<DeclarationDescriptor, IrSymbol>? = null
-) : Generator {
+open class ModuleGenerator(override val context: GeneratorContext) : Generator {
 
     open fun generateModuleFragment(ktFiles: Collection<KtFile>): IrModuleFragment =
         IrModuleFragmentImpl(context.moduleDescriptor, context.irBuiltIns).also { irModule ->
@@ -75,10 +70,6 @@ open class ModuleGenerator(
 
         irFile.patchDeclarationParents()
 
-        if (expectDescriptorToSymbol != null) {
-            referenceExpectsForUsedActuals(expectDescriptorToSymbol, context.symbolTable, irFile)
-        }
-
         IrSyntheticDeclarationGenerator(context).generateSyntheticDeclarations(irFile)
 
         if (context.configuration.skipBodies) {
diff --git a/compiler/ir/ir.psi2ir/src/org/jetbrains/kotlin/psi2ir/generators/fragments/FragmentModuleGenerator.kt b/compiler/ir/ir.psi2ir/src/org/jetbrains/kotlin/psi2ir/generators/fragments/FragmentModuleGenerator.kt
index 505ffcc54b9..5ae434a71b3 100644
--- a/compiler/ir/ir.psi2ir/src/org/jetbrains/kotlin/psi2ir/generators/fragments/FragmentModuleGenerator.kt
+++ b/compiler/ir/ir.psi2ir/src/org/jetbrains/kotlin/psi2ir/generators/fragments/FragmentModuleGenerator.kt
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@ import org.jetbrains.kotlin.resolve.lazy.descriptors.findPackageFragmentForFile
 class FragmentModuleGenerator(
     override val context: GeneratorContext,
     private val fragmentInfo: EvaluatorFragmentInfo
-) : ModuleGenerator(context, expectDescriptorToSymbol = null) {
+) : ModuleGenerator(context) {
 
     override fun generateModuleFragment(
         ktFiles: Collection<KtFile>,
diff --git a/compiler/ir/serialization.js/src/org/jetbrains/kotlin/ir/backend/js/klib.kt b/compiler/ir/serialization.js/src/org/jetbrains/kotlin/ir/backend/js/klib.kt
index 505f0e5d4db..be1fd18f592 100644
--- a/compiler/ir/serialization.js/src/org/jetbrains/kotlin/ir/backend/js/klib.kt
+++ b/compiler/ir/serialization.js/src/org/jetbrains/kotlin/ir/backend/js/klib.kt
@@ -42,7 +42,6 @@ import org.jetbrains.kotlin.ir.declarations.IrModuleFragment
 import org.jetbrains.kotlin.ir.descriptors.IrDescriptorBasedFunctionFactory
 import org.jetbrains.kotlin.ir.linkage.IrDeserializer
 import org.jetbrains.kotlin.ir.linkage.partial.partialLinkageConfig
-import org.jetbrains.kotlin.ir.symbols.IrSymbol
 import org.jetbrains.kotlin.ir.util.*
 import org.jetbrains.kotlin.ir.visitors.acceptVoid
 import org.jetbrains.kotlin.js.analyze.AbstractTopDownAnalyzerFacadeForWeb
@@ -129,7 +128,6 @@ fun generateKLib(
     abiVersion: KotlinAbiVersion = KotlinAbiVersion.CURRENT,
     jsOutputName: String?,
     icData: List<KotlinFileSerializedData>,
-    expectDescriptorToSymbol: MutableMap<DeclarationDescriptor, IrSymbol>,
     moduleFragment: IrModuleFragment,
     builtInsPlatform: BuiltInsPlatform = BuiltInsPlatform.JS,
     serializeSingleFile: (KtSourceFile) -> ProtoBuf.PackageFragment
@@ -147,7 +145,6 @@ fun generateKLib(
         outputKlibPath,
         allDependencies,
         moduleFragment,
-        expectDescriptorToSymbol,
         icData,
         nopack,
         perFile = false,
@@ -413,7 +410,6 @@ fun GeneratorContext.generateModuleFragmentWithPlugins(
     files: List<KtFile>,
     irLinker: IrDeserializer,
     messageLogger: IrMessageLogger,
-    expectDescriptorToSymbol: MutableMap<DeclarationDescriptor, IrSymbol>? = null,
     stubGenerator: DeclarationStubGenerator? = null
 ): Pair<IrModuleFragment, IrPluginContext> {
     val psi2Ir = Psi2IrTranslator(languageVersionSettings, configuration, messageLogger::checkNoUnboundSymbols)
@@ -449,8 +445,7 @@ fun GeneratorContext.generateModuleFragmentWithPlugins(
         this,
         files,
         listOf(stubGenerator ?: irLinker),
-        extensions,
-        expectDescriptorToSymbol
+        extensions
     ) to pluginContext
 }
 
@@ -662,7 +657,6 @@ fun serializeModuleIntoKlib(
     klibPath: String,
     dependencies: List<KotlinLibrary>,
     moduleFragment: IrModuleFragment,
-    @Suppress("UNUSED_PARAMETER") expectDescriptorToSymbol: MutableMap<DeclarationDescriptor, IrSymbol>, // TODO: to be removed later
     cleanFiles: List<KotlinFileSerializedData>,
     nopack: Boolean,
     perFile: Boolean,
diff --git a/compiler/tests-common-new/tests/org/jetbrains/kotlin/test/backend/ir/IrBackendInput.kt b/compiler/tests-common-new/tests/org/jetbrains/kotlin/test/backend/ir/IrBackendInput.kt
index 3f48a698c5e..dd73cb207a6 100644
--- a/compiler/tests-common-new/tests/org/jetbrains/kotlin/test/backend/ir/IrBackendInput.kt
+++ b/compiler/tests-common-new/tests/org/jetbrains/kotlin/test/backend/ir/IrBackendInput.kt
@@ -10,12 +10,10 @@ import org.jetbrains.kotlin.backend.common.actualizer.IrActualizedResult
 import org.jetbrains.kotlin.backend.common.extensions.IrPluginContext
 import org.jetbrains.kotlin.backend.jvm.JvmIrCodegenFactory
 import org.jetbrains.kotlin.codegen.state.GenerationState
-import org.jetbrains.kotlin.descriptors.DeclarationDescriptor
 import org.jetbrains.kotlin.diagnostics.impl.BaseDiagnosticsCollector
 import org.jetbrains.kotlin.fir.backend.FirMangler
 import org.jetbrains.kotlin.ir.backend.js.KotlinFileSerializedData
 import org.jetbrains.kotlin.ir.declarations.IrModuleFragment
-import org.jetbrains.kotlin.ir.symbols.IrSymbol
 import org.jetbrains.kotlin.ir.util.KotlinMangler
 import org.jetbrains.kotlin.metadata.ProtoBuf
 import org.jetbrains.kotlin.test.model.BackendKind
@@ -84,7 +82,6 @@ sealed class IrBackendInput : ResultingArtifact.BackendInput<IrBackendInput>() {
         override val irPluginContext: IrPluginContext,
         val sourceFiles: List<KtSourceFile>,
         val icData: List<KotlinFileSerializedData>,
-        val expectDescriptorToSymbol: MutableMap<DeclarationDescriptor, IrSymbol>, // TODO: abstract from descriptors
         override val diagnosticReporter: BaseDiagnosticsCollector,
         val hasErrors: Boolean,
         override val descriptorMangler: KotlinMangler.DescriptorMangler,
@@ -116,7 +113,6 @@ sealed class IrBackendInput : ResultingArtifact.BackendInput<IrBackendInput>() {
         override val irPluginContext: IrPluginContext,
         val sourceFiles: List<KtSourceFile>,
         val icData: List<KotlinFileSerializedData>,
-        val expectDescriptorToSymbol: MutableMap<DeclarationDescriptor, IrSymbol>, // TODO: abstract from descriptors
         override val diagnosticReporter: BaseDiagnosticsCollector,
         val hasErrors: Boolean,
         override val descriptorMangler: KotlinMangler.DescriptorMangler,
diff --git a/compiler/tests-common-new/tests/org/jetbrains/kotlin/test/frontend/classic/ClassicFrontend2IrConverter.kt b/compiler/tests-common-new/tests/org/jetbrains/kotlin/test/frontend/classic/ClassicFrontend2IrConverter.kt
index 7927d18e04b..d81e38e0bf0 100644
--- a/compiler/tests-common-new/tests/org/jetbrains/kotlin/test/frontend/classic/ClassicFrontend2IrConverter.kt
+++ b/compiler/tests-common-new/tests/org/jetbrains/kotlin/test/frontend/classic/ClassicFrontend2IrConverter.kt
@@ -14,13 +14,11 @@ import org.jetbrains.kotlin.cli.js.klib.generateIrForKlibSerialization
 import org.jetbrains.kotlin.codegen.ClassBuilderFactories
 import org.jetbrains.kotlin.codegen.CodegenFactory
 import org.jetbrains.kotlin.codegen.state.GenerationState
-import org.jetbrains.kotlin.descriptors.DeclarationDescriptor
 import org.jetbrains.kotlin.diagnostics.DiagnosticReporterFactory
 import org.jetbrains.kotlin.ir.backend.js.*
 import org.jetbrains.kotlin.ir.backend.js.lower.serialization.ir.JsManglerIr
 import org.jetbrains.kotlin.ir.backend.jvm.serialization.JvmIrMangler
 import org.jetbrains.kotlin.ir.declarations.impl.IrFactoryImpl
-import org.jetbrains.kotlin.ir.symbols.IrSymbol
 import org.jetbrains.kotlin.ir.util.SymbolTable
 import org.jetbrains.kotlin.js.config.ErrorTolerancePolicy
 import org.jetbrains.kotlin.js.config.JSConfigurationKeys
@@ -92,7 +90,6 @@ class ClassicFrontend2IrConverter(
 
         val sourceFiles = psiFiles.values.toList()
         val icData = configuration.incrementalDataProvider?.getSerializedData(sourceFiles) ?: emptyList()
-        val expectDescriptorToSymbol = mutableMapOf<DeclarationDescriptor, IrSymbol>()
 
         val (moduleFragment, pluginContext) = generateIrForKlibSerialization(
             project,
@@ -101,7 +98,6 @@ class ClassicFrontend2IrConverter(
             analysisResult,
             sortDependencies(JsEnvironmentConfigurator.getAllDependenciesMappingFor(module, testServices)),
             icData,
-            expectDescriptorToSymbol,
             IrFactoryImpl,
             verifySignatures
         ) {
@@ -118,7 +114,6 @@ class ClassicFrontend2IrConverter(
             pluginContext,
             sourceFiles.map(::KtPsiSourceFile),
             icData,
-            expectDescriptorToSymbol = expectDescriptorToSymbol,
             diagnosticReporter = DiagnosticReporterFactory.createReporter(),
             hasErrors,
             descriptorMangler = (pluginContext.symbolTable as SymbolTable).signaturer.mangler,
@@ -137,7 +132,6 @@ class ClassicFrontend2IrConverter(
 
         val sourceFiles = psiFiles.values.toList()
         val icData = configuration.incrementalDataProvider?.getSerializedData(sourceFiles) ?: emptyList()
-        val expectDescriptorToSymbol = mutableMapOf<DeclarationDescriptor, IrSymbol>()
 
         val (moduleFragment, pluginContext) = generateIrForKlibSerialization(
             project,
@@ -146,7 +140,6 @@ class ClassicFrontend2IrConverter(
             analysisResult,
             sortDependencies(WasmEnvironmentConfigurator.getAllDependenciesMappingFor(module, testServices)),
             icData,
-            expectDescriptorToSymbol,
             IrFactoryImpl,
             verifySignatures
         ) {
@@ -164,7 +157,6 @@ class ClassicFrontend2IrConverter(
             pluginContext,
             sourceFiles.map(::KtPsiSourceFile),
             icData,
-            expectDescriptorToSymbol = expectDescriptorToSymbol,
             diagnosticReporter = DiagnosticReporterFactory.createReporter(),
             hasErrors,
             descriptorMangler = (pluginContext.symbolTable as SymbolTable).signaturer.mangler,
diff --git a/compiler/tests-common-new/tests/org/jetbrains/kotlin/test/frontend/fir/Fir2IrJsResultsConverter.kt b/compiler/tests-common-new/tests/org/jetbrains/kotlin/test/frontend/fir/Fir2IrJsResultsConverter.kt
index d4bb99fe7a8..c0c3ee4161d 100644
--- a/compiler/tests-common-new/tests/org/jetbrains/kotlin/test/frontend/fir/Fir2IrJsResultsConverter.kt
+++ b/compiler/tests-common-new/tests/org/jetbrains/kotlin/test/frontend/fir/Fir2IrJsResultsConverter.kt
@@ -121,7 +121,6 @@ class Fir2IrJsResultsConverter(
             mainPluginContext,
             sourceFiles,
             configuration.incrementalDataProvider?.getSerializedData(sourceFiles) ?: emptyList(),
-            expectDescriptorToSymbol = mutableMapOf(),
             diagnosticReporter = diagnosticReporter,
             hasErrors = inputArtifact.hasErrors,
             descriptorMangler = commonMemberStorage.symbolTable.signaturer.mangler,
diff --git a/compiler/tests-common-new/tests/org/jetbrains/kotlin/test/frontend/fir/Fir2IrWasmResultsConverter.kt b/compiler/tests-common-new/tests/org/jetbrains/kotlin/test/frontend/fir/Fir2IrWasmResultsConverter.kt
index 86ee7d55cfa..6d211d92200 100644
--- a/compiler/tests-common-new/tests/org/jetbrains/kotlin/test/frontend/fir/Fir2IrWasmResultsConverter.kt
+++ b/compiler/tests-common-new/tests/org/jetbrains/kotlin/test/frontend/fir/Fir2IrWasmResultsConverter.kt
@@ -119,7 +119,6 @@ class Fir2IrWasmResultsConverter(
             mainPluginContext,
             sourceFiles,
             configuration.incrementalDataProvider?.getSerializedData(sourceFiles) ?: emptyList(),
-            expectDescriptorToSymbol = mutableMapOf(),
             diagnosticReporter = diagnosticReporter,
             hasErrors = inputArtifact.hasErrors,
             descriptorMangler = commonMemberStorage.symbolTable.signaturer.mangler,
diff --git a/compiler/tests-common/tests/org/jetbrains/kotlin/klib/AbstractKlibIrTextTestCase.kt b/compiler/tests-common/tests/org/jetbrains/kotlin/klib/AbstractKlibIrTextTestCase.kt
index 43becbb7209..4554cf099dc 100644
--- a/compiler/tests-common/tests/org/jetbrains/kotlin/klib/AbstractKlibIrTextTestCase.kt
+++ b/compiler/tests-common/tests/org/jetbrains/kotlin/klib/AbstractKlibIrTextTestCase.kt
@@ -35,7 +35,6 @@ import org.jetbrains.kotlin.ir.backend.js.lower.serialization.ir.JsIrModuleSeria
 import org.jetbrains.kotlin.ir.backend.js.lower.serialization.ir.JsManglerDesc
 import org.jetbrains.kotlin.ir.declarations.*
 import org.jetbrains.kotlin.ir.declarations.impl.IrFactoryImpl
-import org.jetbrains.kotlin.ir.symbols.IrSymbol
 import org.jetbrains.kotlin.ir.util.*
 import org.jetbrains.kotlin.ir.visitors.*
 import org.jetbrains.kotlin.js.analyze.TopDownAnalyzerFacadeForJS
@@ -95,11 +94,10 @@ abstract class AbstractKlibIrTextTestCase : CodegenTestCase() {
     }
 
     fun doTest(wholeFile: File) {
-        val expectActualSymbols = mutableMapOf<DeclarationDescriptor, IrSymbol>()
         val ignoreErrors = AbstractIrGeneratorTestCase.shouldIgnoreErrors(wholeFile)
 
         val stdlib = loadKlibFromPath(listOf(runtimeKlibPath)).single()
-        val (irModule, bindingContext) = generateIrModule(stdlib, ignoreErrors, expectActualSymbols)
+        val (irModule, bindingContext) = generateIrModule(stdlib, ignoreErrors)
         irModule.cleanUpFromExpectDeclarations()
 
         val expected = irModule.dump(DumpIrTreeOptions(stableOrder = true, verboseErrorTypes = false))
@@ -287,7 +285,6 @@ abstract class AbstractKlibIrTextTestCase : CodegenTestCase() {
     private fun generateIrModule(
         stdlib: KotlinLibrary,
         ignoreErrors: Boolean,
-        expectActualSymbols: MutableMap<DeclarationDescriptor, IrSymbol>
     ): Pair<IrModuleFragment, BindingContext> {
         val stdlibDescriptor = getModuleDescriptor(stdlib)
 
@@ -319,7 +316,7 @@ abstract class AbstractKlibIrTextTestCase : CodegenTestCase() {
         val irLinker = JsIrLinker(moduleDescriptor, messageLogger, irBuiltIns, symbolTable, PartialLinkageSupportForLinker.DISABLED, null)
         irLinker.deserializeIrModuleHeader(stdlibDescriptor, stdlib)
 
-        return psi2Ir.generateModuleFragment(context, ktFiles, listOf(irLinker), emptyList(), expectActualSymbols) to bindingContext
+        return psi2Ir.generateModuleFragment(context, ktFiles, listOf(irLinker), emptyList()) to bindingContext
     }
 }
 
diff --git a/compiler/tests/org/jetbrains/kotlin/klib/FilePathsInKlibTest.kt b/compiler/tests/org/jetbrains/kotlin/klib/FilePathsInKlibTest.kt
index e6d8c0a28a6..cb78652a482 100644
--- a/compiler/tests/org/jetbrains/kotlin/klib/FilePathsInKlibTest.kt
+++ b/compiler/tests/org/jetbrains/kotlin/klib/FilePathsInKlibTest.kt
@@ -18,11 +18,9 @@ import org.jetbrains.kotlin.cli.jvm.compiler.KotlinCoreEnvironment
 import org.jetbrains.kotlin.codegen.CodegenTestCase
 import org.jetbrains.kotlin.config.CommonConfigurationKeys
 import org.jetbrains.kotlin.config.CompilerConfiguration
-import org.jetbrains.kotlin.descriptors.DeclarationDescriptor
 import org.jetbrains.kotlin.incremental.md5
 import org.jetbrains.kotlin.ir.backend.js.*
 import org.jetbrains.kotlin.ir.declarations.impl.IrFactoryImpl
-import org.jetbrains.kotlin.ir.symbols.IrSymbol
 import org.jetbrains.kotlin.protobuf.ExtensionRegistryLite
 import org.jetbrains.kotlin.psi.KtFile
 import org.jetbrains.kotlin.test.util.KtTestUtil
@@ -62,7 +60,6 @@ class FilePathsInKlibTest : CodegenTestCase() {
         // TODO: improve API for generateIrForKlibSerialization and related functionality and remove code duplication here and in similar places in the code
         val sourceFiles = (module.mainModule as MainModule.SourceFiles).files
         val icData = module.compilerConfiguration.incrementalDataProvider?.getSerializedData(sourceFiles) ?: emptyList()
-        val expectDescriptorToSymbol = mutableMapOf<DeclarationDescriptor, IrSymbol>()
         val (moduleFragment, _) = generateIrForKlibSerialization(
             module.project,
             sourceFiles,
@@ -70,7 +67,6 @@ class FilePathsInKlibTest : CodegenTestCase() {
             module.jsFrontEndResult.jsAnalysisResult,
             sortDependencies(module.moduleDependencies),
             icData,
-            expectDescriptorToSymbol,
             IrFactoryImpl,
             verifySignatures = true
         ) {
@@ -86,7 +82,6 @@ class FilePathsInKlibTest : CodegenTestCase() {
             nopack = false,
             jsOutputName = MODULE_NAME,
             icData = icData,
-            expectDescriptorToSymbol = expectDescriptorToSymbol,
             moduleFragment = moduleFragment
         ) { file ->
             metadataSerializer.serializeScope(file, module.jsFrontEndResult.bindingContext, moduleFragment.descriptor)
diff --git a/js/js.tests/test/org/jetbrains/kotlin/benchmarks/GenerateIrRuntime.kt b/js/js.tests/test/org/jetbrains/kotlin/benchmarks/GenerateIrRuntime.kt
index 101a8b63b9a..e624b45a166 100644
--- a/js/js.tests/test/org/jetbrains/kotlin/benchmarks/GenerateIrRuntime.kt
+++ b/js/js.tests/test/org/jetbrains/kotlin/benchmarks/GenerateIrRuntime.kt
@@ -480,7 +480,7 @@ class GenerateIrRuntime {
         val irProviders = listOf(irLinker)
 
         val psi2IrTranslator = Psi2IrTranslator(languageVersionSettings, psi2IrContext.configuration, messageLogger::checkNoUnboundSymbols)
-        return psi2IrTranslator.generateModuleFragment(psi2IrContext, files, irProviders, emptyList(), null)
+        return psi2IrTranslator.generateModuleFragment(psi2IrContext, files, irProviders, emptyList())
     }
 
     @OptIn(ExperimentalPathApi::class)
@@ -500,7 +500,6 @@ class GenerateIrRuntime {
             tmpKlibDir,
             emptyList(),
             moduleFragment,
-            mutableMapOf(),
             emptyList(),
             true,
             perFile,
diff --git a/js/js.tests/test/org/jetbrains/kotlin/incremental/IrAbstractInvalidationTest.kt b/js/js.tests/test/org/jetbrains/kotlin/incremental/IrAbstractInvalidationTest.kt
index 316a519b308..0ee77bbaad4 100644
--- a/js/js.tests/test/org/jetbrains/kotlin/incremental/IrAbstractInvalidationTest.kt
+++ b/js/js.tests/test/org/jetbrains/kotlin/incremental/IrAbstractInvalidationTest.kt
@@ -8,7 +8,6 @@ package org.jetbrains.kotlin.incremental
 import org.jetbrains.kotlin.cli.common.messages.AnalyzerWithCompilerReport
 import org.jetbrains.kotlin.cli.js.klib.generateIrForKlibSerialization
 import org.jetbrains.kotlin.config.CompilerConfiguration
-import org.jetbrains.kotlin.descriptors.DeclarationDescriptor
 import org.jetbrains.kotlin.ir.backend.js.*
 import org.jetbrains.kotlin.ir.backend.js.transformers.irToJs.JsGenerationGranularity
 import org.jetbrains.kotlin.ir.declarations.impl.IrFactoryImpl
@@ -16,7 +15,6 @@ import org.jetbrains.kotlin.ir.linkage.partial.PartialLinkageConfig
 import org.jetbrains.kotlin.ir.linkage.partial.PartialLinkageLogLevel
 import org.jetbrains.kotlin.ir.linkage.partial.PartialLinkageMode
 import org.jetbrains.kotlin.ir.linkage.partial.setupPartialLinkageConfig
-import org.jetbrains.kotlin.ir.symbols.IrSymbol
 import org.jetbrains.kotlin.serialization.js.ModuleKind
 import org.jetbrains.kotlin.test.TargetBackend
 import java.io.File
@@ -95,7 +93,6 @@ abstract class IrAbstractInvalidationTest(
 
         val moduleSourceFiles = (sourceModule.mainModule as MainModule.SourceFiles).files
         val icData = sourceModule.compilerConfiguration.incrementalDataProvider?.getSerializedData(moduleSourceFiles) ?: emptyList()
-        val expectDescriptorToSymbol = mutableMapOf<DeclarationDescriptor, IrSymbol>()
         val (moduleFragment, _) = generateIrForKlibSerialization(
             environment.project,
             moduleSourceFiles,
@@ -103,7 +100,6 @@ abstract class IrAbstractInvalidationTest(
             sourceModule.jsFrontEndResult.jsAnalysisResult,
             sortDependencies(sourceModule.moduleDependencies),
             icData,
-            expectDescriptorToSymbol,
             IrFactoryImpl,
             verifySignatures = true
         ) {
@@ -118,7 +114,6 @@ abstract class IrAbstractInvalidationTest(
             nopack = false,
             jsOutputName = moduleName,
             icData = icData,
-            expectDescriptorToSymbol = expectDescriptorToSymbol,
             moduleFragment = moduleFragment
         ) { file ->
             metadataSerializer.serializeScope(file, sourceModule.jsFrontEndResult.bindingContext, moduleFragment.descriptor)
diff --git a/js/js.tests/test/org/jetbrains/kotlin/js/test/converters/FirJsKlibBackendFacade.kt b/js/js.tests/test/org/jetbrains/kotlin/js/test/converters/FirJsKlibBackendFacade.kt
index 363032994d2..a3a24617cf6 100644
--- a/js/js.tests/test/org/jetbrains/kotlin/js/test/converters/FirJsKlibBackendFacade.kt
+++ b/js/js.tests/test/org/jetbrains/kotlin/js/test/converters/FirJsKlibBackendFacade.kt
@@ -66,7 +66,6 @@ class FirJsKlibBackendFacade(
                 klibPath = outputFile,
                 libraries.map { it.library },
                 inputArtifact.irModuleFragment,
-                inputArtifact.expectDescriptorToSymbol,
                 cleanFiles = inputArtifact.icData,
                 nopack = true,
                 perFile = false,
diff --git a/js/js.tests/test/org/jetbrains/kotlin/js/test/converters/JsKlibBackendFacade.kt b/js/js.tests/test/org/jetbrains/kotlin/js/test/converters/JsKlibBackendFacade.kt
index 831a22bba23..b73acc12fa5 100644
--- a/js/js.tests/test/org/jetbrains/kotlin/js/test/converters/JsKlibBackendFacade.kt
+++ b/js/js.tests/test/org/jetbrains/kotlin/js/test/converters/JsKlibBackendFacade.kt
@@ -55,7 +55,6 @@ class JsKlibBackendFacade(
                 klibPath = outputFile,
                 JsEnvironmentConfigurator.getAllRecursiveLibrariesFor(module, testServices).keys.toList(),
                 inputArtifact.irModuleFragment,
-                inputArtifact.expectDescriptorToSymbol,
                 cleanFiles = inputArtifact.icData,
                 nopack = true,
                 perFile = false,
diff --git a/wasm/wasm.tests/test/org/jetbrains/kotlin/wasm/test/converters/FirWasmKlibBackendFacade.kt b/wasm/wasm.tests/test/org/jetbrains/kotlin/wasm/test/converters/FirWasmKlibBackendFacade.kt
index 9d2a425ab1d..03b11805712 100644
--- a/wasm/wasm.tests/test/org/jetbrains/kotlin/wasm/test/converters/FirWasmKlibBackendFacade.kt
+++ b/wasm/wasm.tests/test/org/jetbrains/kotlin/wasm/test/converters/FirWasmKlibBackendFacade.kt
@@ -66,7 +66,6 @@ class FirWasmKlibBackendFacade(
                 klibPath = outputFile,
                 libraries.map { it.library },
                 inputArtifact.irModuleFragment,
-                inputArtifact.expectDescriptorToSymbol,
                 cleanFiles = inputArtifact.icData,
                 nopack = true,
                 perFile = false,