diff --git a/build-tools/src/main/kotlin/org/jetbrains/kotlin/CacheTesting.kt b/build-tools/src/main/kotlin/org/jetbrains/kotlin/CacheTesting.kt
index b20beed8681..6be1f6c74f3 100644
--- a/build-tools/src/main/kotlin/org/jetbrains/kotlin/CacheTesting.kt
+++ b/build-tools/src/main/kotlin/org/jetbrains/kotlin/CacheTesting.kt
@@ -51,6 +51,7 @@ fun configureCacheTesting(project: Project): CacheTesting? {
                 "-p", cacheKind.visibleName,
                 "-o", cacheFile,
                 "-Xmake-cache=$stdlib",
+                "-no-default-libs", "-nostdlib",
                 "-g"
         )
     }