diff --git a/build.gradle.kts b/build.gradle.kts
index 97feaeaa123..2ecb95e1472 100644
--- a/build.gradle.kts
+++ b/build.gradle.kts
@@ -628,6 +628,7 @@ tasks {
             ":compiler:tests-against-klib:test"
         )
         dependsOn(":plugins:jvm-abi-gen:test")
+        dependsOn(":repo:codebase-tests:test")
     }
 
     register("testsForBootstrapBuildTest") {
@@ -791,6 +792,10 @@ tasks {
         dependsOn(":kotlin-annotation-processing-cli:test")
     }
 
+    register("codebaseTests") {
+        dependsOn(":repo:codebase-tests:test")
+    }
+
     register("test") {
         doLast {
             throw GradleException("Don't use directly, use aggregate tasks *-check instead")
diff --git a/compiler/build.gradle.kts b/compiler/build.gradle.kts
index 5340c07260b..f49dc6588bc 100644
--- a/compiler/build.gradle.kts
+++ b/compiler/build.gradle.kts
@@ -35,9 +35,6 @@ dependencies {
 
     testImplementation(commonDependency("org.jetbrains.kotlin:kotlin-reflect")) { isTransitive = false }
     testImplementation(toolsJar())
-    testImplementation("com.fasterxml.jackson.dataformat:jackson-dataformat-xml:2.12.7")
-    testImplementation("com.fasterxml.jackson.module:jackson-module-kotlin:2.12.7")
-    testImplementation("com.fasterxml.woodstox:woodstox-core:6.2.4")
 
     antLauncherJar(commonDependency("org.apache.ant", "ant"))
     antLauncherJar(toolsJar())
diff --git a/repo/codebase-tests/build.gradle.kts b/repo/codebase-tests/build.gradle.kts
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..479e51143b0
--- /dev/null
+++ b/repo/codebase-tests/build.gradle.kts
@@ -0,0 +1,27 @@
+plugins {
+    kotlin("jvm")
+    id("jps-compatible")
+}
+
+dependencies {
+    testImplementation(intellijCore())
+    testImplementation(projectTests(":compiler:tests-common"))
+
+    testImplementation("com.fasterxml.jackson.dataformat:jackson-dataformat-xml:2.12.7")
+    testImplementation("com.fasterxml.jackson.module:jackson-module-kotlin:2.12.7")
+    testImplementation("com.fasterxml.woodstox:woodstox-core:6.2.4")
+}
+
+sourceSets {
+    "main" {}
+    "test" {
+        projectDefault()
+    }
+}
+
+projectTest() {
+    dependsOn(":dist")
+    workingDir = rootDir
+}
+
+testsJar()
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/compiler/tests/org/jetbrains/kotlin/code/CodeConformanceTest.kt b/repo/codebase-tests/tests/org/jetbrains/kotlin/code/CodeConformanceTest.kt
similarity index 99%
rename from compiler/tests/org/jetbrains/kotlin/code/CodeConformanceTest.kt
rename to repo/codebase-tests/tests/org/jetbrains/kotlin/code/CodeConformanceTest.kt
index b54247ec6b8..377112008f8 100644
--- a/compiler/tests/org/jetbrains/kotlin/code/CodeConformanceTest.kt
+++ b/repo/codebase-tests/tests/org/jetbrains/kotlin/code/CodeConformanceTest.kt
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 /*
- * Copyright 2010-2020 JetBrains s.r.o. and Kotlin Programming Language contributors.
+ * Copyright 2010-2022 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.
  */
 
diff --git a/compiler/tests/org/jetbrains/kotlin/code/DepsVerificationMetadataTest.kt b/repo/codebase-tests/tests/org/jetbrains/kotlin/code/DepsVerificationMetadataTest.kt
similarity index 100%
rename from compiler/tests/org/jetbrains/kotlin/code/DepsVerificationMetadataTest.kt
rename to repo/codebase-tests/tests/org/jetbrains/kotlin/code/DepsVerificationMetadataTest.kt
diff --git a/compiler/tests/org/jetbrains/kotlin/code/ReflectionCodeSanityTest.kt b/repo/codebase-tests/tests/org/jetbrains/kotlin/code/ReflectionCodeSanityTest.kt
similarity index 86%
rename from compiler/tests/org/jetbrains/kotlin/code/ReflectionCodeSanityTest.kt
rename to repo/codebase-tests/tests/org/jetbrains/kotlin/code/ReflectionCodeSanityTest.kt
index 1422b4ef5fe..3d2798ab043 100644
--- a/compiler/tests/org/jetbrains/kotlin/code/ReflectionCodeSanityTest.kt
+++ b/repo/codebase-tests/tests/org/jetbrains/kotlin/code/ReflectionCodeSanityTest.kt
@@ -1,17 +1,6 @@
 /*
- * Copyright 2010-2015 JetBrains s.r.o.
- *
- * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
- * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
- * You may obtain a copy of the License at
- *
- * http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
- *
- * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
- * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
- * WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
- * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
- * limitations under the License.
+ * Copyright 2010-2022 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.code
diff --git a/settings.gradle b/settings.gradle
index dba70487720..5662b729fa8 100644
--- a/settings.gradle
+++ b/settings.gradle
@@ -305,8 +305,8 @@ include ":kotlin-imports-dumper-compiler-plugin",
         ":plugins:jvm-abi-gen",
         ":plugins:jvm-abi-gen-embeddable",
         ":test-instrumenter",
-        ":wasm:wasm.ir"
-
+        ":wasm:wasm.ir",
+        ":repo:codebase-tests"
 
 include ":kotlinx-atomicfu-compiler-plugin",
         ":kotlinx-atomicfu-runtime",