diff --git a/compiler/frontend.java/frontend.java.iml b/compiler/frontend.java/frontend.java.iml
index d7777f41301..53368d078d9 100644
--- a/compiler/frontend.java/frontend.java.iml
+++ b/compiler/frontend.java/frontend.java.iml
@@ -9,7 +9,6 @@
     <orderEntry type="sourceFolder" forTests="false" />
     <orderEntry type="module" module-name="frontend" exported="" />
     <orderEntry type="library" scope="PROVIDED" name="intellij-core" level="project" />
-    <orderEntry type="module" module-name="deserialization" />
     <orderEntry type="module" module-name="descriptor.loader.java" exported="" />
     <orderEntry type="module" module-name="util" />
     <orderEntry type="module" module-name="util.runtime" />
diff --git a/compiler/serialization/serialization.iml b/compiler/serialization/serialization.iml
index 31b18a14140..892e47a6964 100644
--- a/compiler/serialization/serialization.iml
+++ b/compiler/serialization/serialization.iml
@@ -9,8 +9,7 @@
     <orderEntry type="sourceFolder" forTests="false" />
     <orderEntry type="library" name="protobuf-java" level="project" />
     <orderEntry type="library" name="javax.inject" level="project" />
-    <orderEntry type="module" module-name="descriptors" />
-    <orderEntry type="module" module-name="deserialization" exported="" />
+    <orderEntry type="module" module-name="descriptors" exported="" />
     <orderEntry type="module" module-name="util" />
   </component>
 </module>
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/core/descriptor.loader.java/descriptor.loader.java.iml b/core/descriptor.loader.java/descriptor.loader.java.iml
index 132495f8a5a..4e857a22011 100644
--- a/core/descriptor.loader.java/descriptor.loader.java.iml
+++ b/core/descriptor.loader.java/descriptor.loader.java.iml
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@
     <orderEntry type="inheritedJdk" />
     <orderEntry type="sourceFolder" forTests="false" />
     <orderEntry type="library" name="javax.inject" level="project" />
-    <orderEntry type="module" module-name="deserialization" />
     <orderEntry type="module" module-name="util.runtime" />
+    <orderEntry type="module" module-name="descriptors" exported="" />
   </component>
 </module>
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/core/descriptors.runtime/descriptors.runtime.iml b/core/descriptors.runtime/descriptors.runtime.iml
index fc28ecd9818..2cfca739c92 100644
--- a/core/descriptors.runtime/descriptors.runtime.iml
+++ b/core/descriptors.runtime/descriptors.runtime.iml
@@ -9,7 +9,6 @@
     <orderEntry type="sourceFolder" forTests="false" />
     <orderEntry type="module" module-name="descriptor.loader.java" exported="" />
     <orderEntry type="module" module-name="descriptors" exported="" />
-    <orderEntry type="module" module-name="deserialization" exported="" />
     <orderEntry type="module" module-name="util.runtime" />
   </component>
 </module>
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/core/descriptors/descriptors.iml b/core/descriptors/descriptors.iml
index c8f7a255163..0205852dc9e 100644
--- a/core/descriptors/descriptors.iml
+++ b/core/descriptors/descriptors.iml
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@
     <orderEntry type="inheritedJdk" />
     <orderEntry type="sourceFolder" forTests="false" />
     <orderEntry type="library" exported="" scope="RUNTIME" name="builtins" level="project" />
-    <orderEntry type="module" module-name="deserialization" />
+    <orderEntry type="module" module-name="deserialization" exported="" />
     <orderEntry type="module" module-name="util.runtime" />
     <orderEntry type="library" name="javax.inject" level="project" />
   </component>
diff --git a/core/deserialization/deserialization.iml b/core/deserialization/deserialization.iml
index 2dc5c7ffd03..ec411166fe2 100644
--- a/core/deserialization/deserialization.iml
+++ b/core/deserialization/deserialization.iml
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@
     <orderEntry type="sourceFolder" forTests="false" />
     <orderEntry type="library" exported="" name="protobuf-java" level="project" />
     <orderEntry type="library" name="javax.inject" level="project" />
-    <orderEntry type="module" module-name="descriptors" exported="" />
+    <orderEntry type="module" module-name="descriptors" />
     <orderEntry type="module" module-name="util.runtime" />
   </component>
 </module>
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/idea/idea-analysis/idea-analysis.iml b/idea/idea-analysis/idea-analysis.iml
index 6d09ff694d9..cbd86dafe91 100644
--- a/idea/idea-analysis/idea-analysis.iml
+++ b/idea/idea-analysis/idea-analysis.iml
@@ -14,7 +14,6 @@
     <orderEntry type="library" scope="PROVIDED" name="properties" level="project" />
     <orderEntry type="library" scope="PROVIDED" name="java-i18n" level="project" />
     <orderEntry type="library" scope="PROVIDED" name="gradle-and-groovy-plugin" level="project" />
-    <orderEntry type="module" module-name="deserialization" />
     <orderEntry type="module" module-name="eval4j" />
     <orderEntry type="library" name="intellij-core-analysis" level="project" />
     <orderEntry type="module-library">
diff --git a/idea/idea.iml b/idea/idea.iml
index b77ac1495b2..397bb482896 100644
--- a/idea/idea.iml
+++ b/idea/idea.iml
@@ -23,7 +23,6 @@
     <orderEntry type="module" module-name="compiler-tests" scope="TEST" />
     <orderEntry type="module" module-name="light-classes" />
     <orderEntry type="module" module-name="cli-common" />
-    <orderEntry type="module" module-name="deserialization" />
     <orderEntry type="library" name="idea-full" level="project" />
     <orderEntry type="library" scope="PROVIDED" name="intellilang-plugin" level="project" />
     <orderEntry type="library" scope="PROVIDED" name="junit-plugin" level="project" />
diff --git a/jps-plugin/jps-plugin.iml b/jps-plugin/jps-plugin.iml
index e092109dfa7..cceadef5599 100644
--- a/jps-plugin/jps-plugin.iml
+++ b/jps-plugin/jps-plugin.iml
@@ -16,7 +16,6 @@
     <orderEntry type="module" module-name="backend" scope="TEST" />
     <orderEntry type="module" module-name="descriptors" />
     <orderEntry type="module" module-name="frontend.java" />
-    <orderEntry type="module" module-name="deserialization" />
     <orderEntry type="module" module-name="compiler-tests" scope="TEST" />
     <orderEntry type="library" name="asm" level="project" />
     <orderEntry type="module" module-name="util" />