diff --git a/compiler/ir/backend.common/src/org/jetbrains/kotlin/backend/common/lower/DefaultArgumentStubGenerator.kt b/compiler/ir/backend.common/src/org/jetbrains/kotlin/backend/common/lower/DefaultArgumentStubGenerator.kt
index 4d806273c58..9b7ac51744c 100644
--- a/compiler/ir/backend.common/src/org/jetbrains/kotlin/backend/common/lower/DefaultArgumentStubGenerator.kt
+++ b/compiler/ir/backend.common/src/org/jetbrains/kotlin/backend/common/lower/DefaultArgumentStubGenerator.kt
@@ -5,10 +5,18 @@
 
 package org.jetbrains.kotlin.backend.common.lower
 
-import org.jetbrains.kotlin.backend.common.*
-import org.jetbrains.kotlin.backend.common.descriptors.*
-import org.jetbrains.kotlin.backend.common.ir.*
-import org.jetbrains.kotlin.backend.common.phaser.makeIrFilePhase
+import org.jetbrains.kotlin.backend.common.CommonBackendContext
+import org.jetbrains.kotlin.backend.common.DeclarationContainerLoweringPass
+import org.jetbrains.kotlin.backend.common.FileLoweringPass
+import org.jetbrains.kotlin.backend.common.FunctionLoweringPass
+import org.jetbrains.kotlin.backend.common.descriptors.WrappedClassConstructorDescriptor
+import org.jetbrains.kotlin.backend.common.descriptors.WrappedSimpleFunctionDescriptor
+import org.jetbrains.kotlin.backend.common.descriptors.WrappedValueParameterDescriptor
+import org.jetbrains.kotlin.backend.common.descriptors.synthesizedName
+import org.jetbrains.kotlin.backend.common.ir.copyTo
+import org.jetbrains.kotlin.backend.common.ir.copyTypeParametersFrom
+import org.jetbrains.kotlin.backend.common.ir.ir2string
+import org.jetbrains.kotlin.backend.common.ir.passTypeArgumentsFrom
 import org.jetbrains.kotlin.descriptors.Modality
 import org.jetbrains.kotlin.ir.IrElement
 import org.jetbrains.kotlin.ir.UNDEFINED_OFFSET
@@ -30,12 +38,6 @@ import org.jetbrains.kotlin.ir.visitors.IrElementTransformerVoid
 import org.jetbrains.kotlin.ir.visitors.transformChildrenVoid
 import org.jetbrains.kotlin.name.Name
 
-val jvmDefaultArgumentStubPhase = makeIrFilePhase<CommonBackendContext>(
-    { context -> DefaultArgumentStubGenerator(context, false) },
-    name = "DefaultArgumentsStubGenerator",
-    description = "Generate synthetic stubs for functions with default parameter values"
-)
-
 // TODO: fix expect/actual default parameters
 
 open class DefaultArgumentStubGenerator(
diff --git a/compiler/ir/backend.common/src/org/jetbrains/kotlin/backend/common/lower/InnerClassesLowering.kt b/compiler/ir/backend.common/src/org/jetbrains/kotlin/backend/common/lower/InnerClassesLowering.kt
index 0012d2a0248..a027ddd1bed 100644
--- a/compiler/ir/backend.common/src/org/jetbrains/kotlin/backend/common/lower/InnerClassesLowering.kt
+++ b/compiler/ir/backend.common/src/org/jetbrains/kotlin/backend/common/lower/InnerClassesLowering.kt
@@ -30,13 +30,6 @@ import org.jetbrains.kotlin.ir.util.transformDeclarationsFlat
 import org.jetbrains.kotlin.ir.visitors.IrElementTransformerVoid
 import org.jetbrains.kotlin.ir.visitors.transformChildrenVoid
 
-// This pass has to run after LocalDeclarationsLowering, since we don't handle nested functions.
-val innerClassesPhase = makeIrFilePhase(
-    ::InnerClassesLowering,
-    name = "InnerClasses",
-    description = "Add 'outer this' fields to inner classes"
-)
-
 class InnerClassesLowering(val context: BackendContext) : ClassLoweringPass {
     private val IrValueSymbol.classForImplicitThis: IrClass?
         // TODO: is this the correct way to get the class?
diff --git a/compiler/ir/backend.common/src/org/jetbrains/kotlin/backend/common/lower/LateinitLowering.kt b/compiler/ir/backend.common/src/org/jetbrains/kotlin/backend/common/lower/LateinitLowering.kt
index 23d2ad4e412..54878b473a8 100644
--- a/compiler/ir/backend.common/src/org/jetbrains/kotlin/backend/common/lower/LateinitLowering.kt
+++ b/compiler/ir/backend.common/src/org/jetbrains/kotlin/backend/common/lower/LateinitLowering.kt
@@ -19,7 +19,6 @@ package org.jetbrains.kotlin.backend.common.lower
 import org.jetbrains.kotlin.backend.common.CommonBackendContext
 import org.jetbrains.kotlin.backend.common.FileLoweringPass
 import org.jetbrains.kotlin.backend.common.ir.Symbols
-import org.jetbrains.kotlin.backend.common.phaser.makeIrFilePhase
 import org.jetbrains.kotlin.ir.IrStatement
 import org.jetbrains.kotlin.ir.UNDEFINED_OFFSET
 import org.jetbrains.kotlin.ir.builders.*
@@ -35,12 +34,6 @@ import org.jetbrains.kotlin.ir.util.resolveFakeOverride
 import org.jetbrains.kotlin.ir.visitors.IrElementTransformerVoid
 import org.jetbrains.kotlin.ir.visitors.transformChildrenVoid
 
-val jvmLateinitPhase = makeIrFilePhase(
-    ::LateinitLowering,
-    name = "Lateinit",
-    description = "Insert checks for lateinit field references"
-)
-
 class LateinitLowering(val context: CommonBackendContext) : FileLoweringPass {
     override fun lower(irFile: IrFile) {
         irFile.transformChildrenVoid(object : IrElementTransformerVoid() {
diff --git a/compiler/ir/backend.common/src/org/jetbrains/kotlin/backend/common/lower/LocalDeclarationsLowering.kt b/compiler/ir/backend.common/src/org/jetbrains/kotlin/backend/common/lower/LocalDeclarationsLowering.kt
index 2deeac3b16f..6eac52b0d55 100644
--- a/compiler/ir/backend.common/src/org/jetbrains/kotlin/backend/common/lower/LocalDeclarationsLowering.kt
+++ b/compiler/ir/backend.common/src/org/jetbrains/kotlin/backend/common/lower/LocalDeclarationsLowering.kt
@@ -6,13 +6,13 @@
 package org.jetbrains.kotlin.backend.common.lower
 
 import org.jetbrains.kotlin.backend.common.BackendContext
-import org.jetbrains.kotlin.backend.common.CommonBackendContext
 import org.jetbrains.kotlin.backend.common.DeclarationContainerLoweringPass
 import org.jetbrains.kotlin.backend.common.descriptors.*
 import org.jetbrains.kotlin.backend.common.ir.copyTo
 import org.jetbrains.kotlin.backend.common.ir.copyTypeParametersFrom
-import org.jetbrains.kotlin.backend.common.phaser.makeIrFilePhase
-import org.jetbrains.kotlin.descriptors.*
+import org.jetbrains.kotlin.descriptors.Modality
+import org.jetbrains.kotlin.descriptors.Visibilities
+import org.jetbrains.kotlin.descriptors.Visibility
 import org.jetbrains.kotlin.ir.IrElement
 import org.jetbrains.kotlin.ir.IrStatement
 import org.jetbrains.kotlin.ir.declarations.*
@@ -30,23 +30,13 @@ import org.jetbrains.kotlin.ir.symbols.impl.IrValueParameterSymbolImpl
 import org.jetbrains.kotlin.ir.types.IrType
 import org.jetbrains.kotlin.ir.util.patchDeclarationParents
 import org.jetbrains.kotlin.ir.util.transformDeclarationsFlat
-import org.jetbrains.kotlin.ir.visitors.*
+import org.jetbrains.kotlin.ir.visitors.IrElementTransformerVoid
+import org.jetbrains.kotlin.ir.visitors.IrElementVisitorVoid
+import org.jetbrains.kotlin.ir.visitors.acceptChildrenVoid
+import org.jetbrains.kotlin.ir.visitors.transformChildrenVoid
 import org.jetbrains.kotlin.name.Name
-import org.jetbrains.kotlin.name.NameUtils
 import java.util.*
 
-val jvmLocalDeclarationsPhase = makeIrFilePhase<CommonBackendContext>(
-    { context ->
-        LocalDeclarationsLowering(context, object : LocalNameProvider {
-            override fun localName(declaration: IrDeclarationWithName): String =
-                NameUtils.sanitizeAsJavaIdentifier(super.localName(declaration))
-        }, Visibilities.PUBLIC)
-    },
-    name = "JvmLocalDeclarations",
-    description = "Move local declarations to classes",
-    prerequisite = setOf(sharedVariablesPhase)
-)
-
 interface LocalNameProvider {
     fun localName(declaration: IrDeclarationWithName): String =
         declaration.name.asString()
diff --git a/compiler/ir/backend.jvm/src/org/jetbrains/kotlin/backend/jvm/JvmLower.kt b/compiler/ir/backend.jvm/src/org/jetbrains/kotlin/backend/jvm/JvmLower.kt
index 7d69af9dd46..33dddb9c8dd 100644
--- a/compiler/ir/backend.jvm/src/org/jetbrains/kotlin/backend/jvm/JvmLower.kt
+++ b/compiler/ir/backend.jvm/src/org/jetbrains/kotlin/backend/jvm/JvmLower.kt
@@ -21,10 +21,13 @@ import org.jetbrains.kotlin.backend.common.lower.*
 import org.jetbrains.kotlin.backend.common.lower.loops.forLoopsPhase
 import org.jetbrains.kotlin.backend.common.phaser.*
 import org.jetbrains.kotlin.backend.jvm.lower.*
+import org.jetbrains.kotlin.descriptors.Visibilities
+import org.jetbrains.kotlin.ir.declarations.IrDeclarationWithName
 import org.jetbrains.kotlin.ir.declarations.IrFile
 import org.jetbrains.kotlin.ir.util.PatchDeclarationParentsVisitor
 import org.jetbrains.kotlin.ir.visitors.acceptVoid
 import org.jetbrains.kotlin.load.java.JvmAbi
+import org.jetbrains.kotlin.name.NameUtils
 
 private fun makePatchParentsPhase(number: Int) = namedIrFilePhase(
     lower = object : SameTypeCompilerPhase<CommonBackendContext, IrFile> {
@@ -50,6 +53,12 @@ private val expectDeclarationsRemovingPhase = makeIrFilePhase(
     description = "Remove expect declaration from module fragment"
 )
 
+private val lateinitPhase = makeIrFilePhase(
+    ::LateinitLowering,
+    name = "Lateinit",
+    description = "Insert checks for lateinit field references"
+)
+
 private val propertiesPhase = makeIrFilePhase<CommonBackendContext>(
     { context ->
         PropertiesLowering(context, JvmLoweredDeclarationOrigin.SYNTHETIC_METHOD_FOR_PROPERTY_ANNOTATIONS) { propertyName ->
@@ -61,6 +70,31 @@ private val propertiesPhase = makeIrFilePhase<CommonBackendContext>(
     stickyPostconditions = setOf((PropertiesLowering)::checkNoProperties)
 )
 
+private val defaultArgumentStubPhase = makeIrFilePhase<CommonBackendContext>(
+    { context -> DefaultArgumentStubGenerator(context, false) },
+    name = "DefaultArgumentsStubGenerator",
+    description = "Generate synthetic stubs for functions with default parameter values"
+)
+
+private val localDeclarationsPhase = makeIrFilePhase<CommonBackendContext>(
+    { context ->
+        LocalDeclarationsLowering(context, object : LocalNameProvider {
+            override fun localName(declaration: IrDeclarationWithName): String =
+                NameUtils.sanitizeAsJavaIdentifier(super.localName(declaration))
+        }, Visibilities.PUBLIC)
+    },
+    name = "JvmLocalDeclarations",
+    description = "Move local declarations to classes",
+    prerequisite = setOf(sharedVariablesPhase)
+)
+
+private val innerClassesPhase = makeIrFilePhase(
+    ::InnerClassesLowering,
+    name = "InnerClasses",
+    description = "Add 'outer this' fields to inner classes",
+    prerequisite = setOf(localDeclarationsPhase)
+)
+
 val jvmPhases = namedIrFilePhase<JvmBackendContext>(
     name = "IrLowering",
     description = "IR lowering",
@@ -69,7 +103,7 @@ val jvmPhases = namedIrFilePhase<JvmBackendContext>(
             kCallableNamePropertyPhase then
             arrayConstructorPhase then
 
-            jvmLateinitPhase then
+            lateinitPhase then
 
             moveCompanionObjectFieldsPhase then
             propertyReferencePhase then
@@ -79,7 +113,7 @@ val jvmPhases = namedIrFilePhase<JvmBackendContext>(
             renameFieldsPhase then
             annotationPhase then
 
-            jvmDefaultArgumentStubPhase then
+            defaultArgumentStubPhase then
 
             interfacePhase then
             interfaceDelegationPhase then
@@ -90,7 +124,7 @@ val jvmPhases = namedIrFilePhase<JvmBackendContext>(
 
             enumWhenPhase then
             singletonReferencesPhase then
-            jvmLocalDeclarationsPhase then
+            localDeclarationsPhase then
             singleAbstractMethodPhase then
             callableReferencePhase then
             functionNVarargInvokePhase then