diff --git a/build-tools/build.gradle.kts b/build-tools/build.gradle.kts
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..2f9b3ffff2b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/build-tools/build.gradle.kts
@@ -0,0 +1,82 @@
+/*
+ * Copyright 2010-2019 JetBrains s.r.o. Use of this source code is governed by the Apache 2.0 license
+ * that can be found in the license/LICENSE.txt file.
+ */
+
+import org.jetbrains.kotlin.gradle.plugin.KotlinSourceSet
+import org.jetbrains.kotlin.gradle.tasks.KotlinCompile
+import java.util.Properties
+
+plugins {
+    // We explicitly configure versions of plugins in settings.gradle.kts.
+    // due to https://github.com/gradle/gradle/issues/1697.
+    id("kotlin")
+    id("kotlinx-serialization")
+    groovy
+    `java-gradle-plugin`
+}
+
+val rootProperties = Properties().apply {
+    rootDir.resolve("../gradle.properties").reader().use(::load)
+}
+
+val kotlinVersion: String by rootProperties
+val kotlinCompilerRepo: String by rootProperties
+val buildKotlinVersion: String by rootProperties
+val buildKotlinCompilerRepo: String by rootProperties
+val konanVersion: String by rootProperties
+
+group = "org.jetbrains.kotlin"
+version = konanVersion
+
+repositories {
+    maven(kotlinCompilerRepo)
+    maven(buildKotlinCompilerRepo)
+    maven("https://cache-redirector.jetbrains.com/maven-central")
+    maven("https://kotlin.bintray.com/kotlinx")
+}
+
+dependencies {
+    compileOnly(gradleApi())
+
+    implementation("org.jetbrains.kotlin:kotlin-gradle-plugin:$kotlinVersion")
+    implementation("org.jetbrains.kotlin:kotlin-stdlib:$kotlinVersion")
+    implementation("org.jetbrains.kotlin:kotlin-reflect:$kotlinVersion")
+    implementation("com.ullink.slack:simpleslackapi:1.2.0")
+    implementation("org.jetbrains.kotlinx:kotlinx-serialization-runtime:0.10.0")
+
+    implementation("io.ktor:ktor-client-auth:1.2.1")
+    implementation("io.ktor:ktor-client-core:1.2.1")
+    implementation("io.ktor:ktor-client-cio:1.2.1")
+
+    api("org.jetbrains.kotlin:kotlin-native-utils:$kotlinVersion")
+
+    // Located in <repo root>/shared and always provided by the composite build.
+    api("org.jetbrains.kotlin:kotlin-native-shared:$konanVersion")
+}
+
+sourceSets["main"].withConvention(KotlinSourceSet::class) {
+    kotlin.srcDir("$projectDir/../tools/benchmarks/shared/src")
+}
+
+gradlePlugin {
+    plugins {
+        create("benchmarkPlugin") {
+            id = "benchmarking"
+            implementationClass = "org.jetbrains.kotlin.benchmark.BenchmarkingPlugin"
+        }
+        create("compileBenchmarking") {
+            id = "compile-benchmarking"
+            implementationClass = "org.jetbrains.kotlin.benchmark.CompileBenchmarkingPlugin"
+        }
+    }
+}
+
+val compileKotlin: KotlinCompile by tasks
+val compileGroovy: GroovyCompile by tasks
+
+// Add Kotlin classes to a classpath for the Groovy compiler
+compileGroovy.apply {
+    classpath += project.files(compileKotlin.destinationDir)
+    dependsOn(compileKotlin)
+}
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/build-tools/settings.gradle.kts b/build-tools/settings.gradle.kts
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..784941bed23
--- /dev/null
+++ b/build-tools/settings.gradle.kts
@@ -0,0 +1,28 @@
+pluginManagement {
+    val rootProperties = java.util.Properties().apply {
+        rootDir.resolve("../gradle.properties").reader().use(::load)
+    }
+
+    val kotlinCompilerRepo: String by rootProperties
+    val kotlinVersion by rootProperties
+
+    repositories {
+        maven(kotlinCompilerRepo)
+        maven("https://cache-redirector.jetbrains.com/maven-central")
+    }
+
+    resolutionStrategy {
+        eachPlugin {
+            if (requested.id.id == "kotlin") {
+                useModule("org.jetbrains.kotlin:kotlin-gradle-plugin:$kotlinVersion")
+            }
+            if (requested.id.id == "kotlinx-serialization") {
+                useModule("org.jetbrains.kotlin:kotlin-serialization:$kotlinVersion")
+            }
+        }
+    }
+}
+
+rootProject.name = "kotlin-native-build-tools"
+
+includeBuild("../shared")
diff --git a/buildSrc/plugins/src/main/groovy/org/jetbrains/kotlin/CompileToBitcode.groovy b/build-tools/src/main/groovy/org/jetbrains/kotlin/CompileToBitcode.groovy
similarity index 100%
rename from buildSrc/plugins/src/main/groovy/org/jetbrains/kotlin/CompileToBitcode.groovy
rename to build-tools/src/main/groovy/org/jetbrains/kotlin/CompileToBitcode.groovy
diff --git a/buildSrc/plugins/src/main/groovy/org/jetbrains/kotlin/KonanTest.groovy b/build-tools/src/main/groovy/org/jetbrains/kotlin/KonanTest.groovy
similarity index 100%
rename from buildSrc/plugins/src/main/groovy/org/jetbrains/kotlin/KonanTest.groovy
rename to build-tools/src/main/groovy/org/jetbrains/kotlin/KonanTest.groovy
diff --git a/buildSrc/plugins/src/main/groovy/org/jetbrains/kotlin/NativeInteropPlugin.groovy b/build-tools/src/main/groovy/org/jetbrains/kotlin/NativeInteropPlugin.groovy
similarity index 100%
rename from buildSrc/plugins/src/main/groovy/org/jetbrains/kotlin/NativeInteropPlugin.groovy
rename to build-tools/src/main/groovy/org/jetbrains/kotlin/NativeInteropPlugin.groovy
diff --git a/buildSrc/plugins/src/main/kotlin/org/jetbrains/kotlin/BuildRegister.kt b/build-tools/src/main/kotlin/org/jetbrains/kotlin/BuildRegister.kt
similarity index 100%
rename from buildSrc/plugins/src/main/kotlin/org/jetbrains/kotlin/BuildRegister.kt
rename to build-tools/src/main/kotlin/org/jetbrains/kotlin/BuildRegister.kt
diff --git a/buildSrc/plugins/src/main/kotlin/org/jetbrains/kotlin/CopyCommonSources.kt b/build-tools/src/main/kotlin/org/jetbrains/kotlin/CopyCommonSources.kt
similarity index 100%
rename from buildSrc/plugins/src/main/kotlin/org/jetbrains/kotlin/CopyCommonSources.kt
rename to build-tools/src/main/kotlin/org/jetbrains/kotlin/CopyCommonSources.kt
diff --git a/buildSrc/plugins/src/main/kotlin/org/jetbrains/kotlin/CopySamples.kt b/build-tools/src/main/kotlin/org/jetbrains/kotlin/CopySamples.kt
similarity index 100%
rename from buildSrc/plugins/src/main/kotlin/org/jetbrains/kotlin/CopySamples.kt
rename to build-tools/src/main/kotlin/org/jetbrains/kotlin/CopySamples.kt
diff --git a/buildSrc/plugins/src/main/kotlin/org/jetbrains/kotlin/ExecClang.kt b/build-tools/src/main/kotlin/org/jetbrains/kotlin/ExecClang.kt
similarity index 100%
rename from buildSrc/plugins/src/main/kotlin/org/jetbrains/kotlin/ExecClang.kt
rename to build-tools/src/main/kotlin/org/jetbrains/kotlin/ExecClang.kt
diff --git a/buildSrc/plugins/src/main/kotlin/org/jetbrains/kotlin/ExecLlvm.kt b/build-tools/src/main/kotlin/org/jetbrains/kotlin/ExecLlvm.kt
similarity index 100%
rename from buildSrc/plugins/src/main/kotlin/org/jetbrains/kotlin/ExecLlvm.kt
rename to build-tools/src/main/kotlin/org/jetbrains/kotlin/ExecLlvm.kt
diff --git a/buildSrc/plugins/src/main/kotlin/org/jetbrains/kotlin/ExecutorService.kt b/build-tools/src/main/kotlin/org/jetbrains/kotlin/ExecutorService.kt
similarity index 100%
rename from buildSrc/plugins/src/main/kotlin/org/jetbrains/kotlin/ExecutorService.kt
rename to build-tools/src/main/kotlin/org/jetbrains/kotlin/ExecutorService.kt
diff --git a/buildSrc/plugins/src/main/kotlin/org/jetbrains/kotlin/ExternalReportUtils.kt b/build-tools/src/main/kotlin/org/jetbrains/kotlin/ExternalReportUtils.kt
similarity index 100%
rename from buildSrc/plugins/src/main/kotlin/org/jetbrains/kotlin/ExternalReportUtils.kt
rename to build-tools/src/main/kotlin/org/jetbrains/kotlin/ExternalReportUtils.kt
diff --git a/buildSrc/plugins/src/main/kotlin/org/jetbrains/kotlin/FrameworkTest.kt b/build-tools/src/main/kotlin/org/jetbrains/kotlin/FrameworkTest.kt
similarity index 100%
rename from buildSrc/plugins/src/main/kotlin/org/jetbrains/kotlin/FrameworkTest.kt
rename to build-tools/src/main/kotlin/org/jetbrains/kotlin/FrameworkTest.kt
diff --git a/buildSrc/plugins/src/main/kotlin/org/jetbrains/kotlin/Internals.kt b/build-tools/src/main/kotlin/org/jetbrains/kotlin/Internals.kt
similarity index 100%
rename from buildSrc/plugins/src/main/kotlin/org/jetbrains/kotlin/Internals.kt
rename to build-tools/src/main/kotlin/org/jetbrains/kotlin/Internals.kt
diff --git a/buildSrc/plugins/src/main/kotlin/org/jetbrains/kotlin/KLibInstall.kt b/build-tools/src/main/kotlin/org/jetbrains/kotlin/KLibInstall.kt
similarity index 100%
rename from buildSrc/plugins/src/main/kotlin/org/jetbrains/kotlin/KLibInstall.kt
rename to build-tools/src/main/kotlin/org/jetbrains/kotlin/KLibInstall.kt
diff --git a/buildSrc/plugins/src/main/kotlin/org/jetbrains/kotlin/KonanTestSuiteReport.kt b/build-tools/src/main/kotlin/org/jetbrains/kotlin/KonanTestSuiteReport.kt
similarity index 100%
rename from buildSrc/plugins/src/main/kotlin/org/jetbrains/kotlin/KonanTestSuiteReport.kt
rename to build-tools/src/main/kotlin/org/jetbrains/kotlin/KonanTestSuiteReport.kt
diff --git a/buildSrc/plugins/src/main/kotlin/org/jetbrains/kotlin/KotlinBuildPusher.kt b/build-tools/src/main/kotlin/org/jetbrains/kotlin/KotlinBuildPusher.kt
similarity index 100%
rename from buildSrc/plugins/src/main/kotlin/org/jetbrains/kotlin/KotlinBuildPusher.kt
rename to build-tools/src/main/kotlin/org/jetbrains/kotlin/KotlinBuildPusher.kt
diff --git a/buildSrc/plugins/src/main/kotlin/org/jetbrains/kotlin/KotlinNativeTest.kt b/build-tools/src/main/kotlin/org/jetbrains/kotlin/KotlinNativeTest.kt
similarity index 100%
rename from buildSrc/plugins/src/main/kotlin/org/jetbrains/kotlin/KotlinNativeTest.kt
rename to build-tools/src/main/kotlin/org/jetbrains/kotlin/KotlinNativeTest.kt
diff --git a/buildSrc/plugins/src/main/kotlin/org/jetbrains/kotlin/MPPTools.kt b/build-tools/src/main/kotlin/org/jetbrains/kotlin/MPPTools.kt
similarity index 100%
rename from buildSrc/plugins/src/main/kotlin/org/jetbrains/kotlin/MPPTools.kt
rename to build-tools/src/main/kotlin/org/jetbrains/kotlin/MPPTools.kt
diff --git a/buildSrc/plugins/src/main/kotlin/org/jetbrains/kotlin/PlatformInfo.kt b/build-tools/src/main/kotlin/org/jetbrains/kotlin/PlatformInfo.kt
similarity index 100%
rename from buildSrc/plugins/src/main/kotlin/org/jetbrains/kotlin/PlatformInfo.kt
rename to build-tools/src/main/kotlin/org/jetbrains/kotlin/PlatformInfo.kt
diff --git a/buildSrc/plugins/src/main/kotlin/org/jetbrains/kotlin/RegressionsReporter.kt b/build-tools/src/main/kotlin/org/jetbrains/kotlin/RegressionsReporter.kt
similarity index 100%
rename from buildSrc/plugins/src/main/kotlin/org/jetbrains/kotlin/RegressionsReporter.kt
rename to build-tools/src/main/kotlin/org/jetbrains/kotlin/RegressionsReporter.kt
diff --git a/buildSrc/plugins/src/main/kotlin/org/jetbrains/kotlin/RegressionsSummaryReporter.kt b/build-tools/src/main/kotlin/org/jetbrains/kotlin/RegressionsSummaryReporter.kt
similarity index 100%
rename from buildSrc/plugins/src/main/kotlin/org/jetbrains/kotlin/RegressionsSummaryReporter.kt
rename to build-tools/src/main/kotlin/org/jetbrains/kotlin/RegressionsSummaryReporter.kt
diff --git a/buildSrc/plugins/src/main/kotlin/org/jetbrains/kotlin/Reporter.kt b/build-tools/src/main/kotlin/org/jetbrains/kotlin/Reporter.kt
similarity index 100%
rename from buildSrc/plugins/src/main/kotlin/org/jetbrains/kotlin/Reporter.kt
rename to build-tools/src/main/kotlin/org/jetbrains/kotlin/Reporter.kt
diff --git a/buildSrc/plugins/src/main/kotlin/org/jetbrains/kotlin/RunBenchmarksExecutableTask.kt b/build-tools/src/main/kotlin/org/jetbrains/kotlin/RunBenchmarksExecutableTask.kt
similarity index 100%
rename from buildSrc/plugins/src/main/kotlin/org/jetbrains/kotlin/RunBenchmarksExecutableTask.kt
rename to build-tools/src/main/kotlin/org/jetbrains/kotlin/RunBenchmarksExecutableTask.kt
diff --git a/buildSrc/plugins/src/main/kotlin/org/jetbrains/kotlin/RunJvmTask.kt b/build-tools/src/main/kotlin/org/jetbrains/kotlin/RunJvmTask.kt
similarity index 100%
rename from buildSrc/plugins/src/main/kotlin/org/jetbrains/kotlin/RunJvmTask.kt
rename to build-tools/src/main/kotlin/org/jetbrains/kotlin/RunJvmTask.kt
diff --git a/buildSrc/plugins/src/main/kotlin/org/jetbrains/kotlin/RunKotlinNativeTask.kt b/build-tools/src/main/kotlin/org/jetbrains/kotlin/RunKotlinNativeTask.kt
similarity index 100%
rename from buildSrc/plugins/src/main/kotlin/org/jetbrains/kotlin/RunKotlinNativeTask.kt
rename to build-tools/src/main/kotlin/org/jetbrains/kotlin/RunKotlinNativeTask.kt
diff --git a/buildSrc/plugins/src/main/kotlin/org/jetbrains/kotlin/TestDirectives.kt b/build-tools/src/main/kotlin/org/jetbrains/kotlin/TestDirectives.kt
similarity index 100%
rename from buildSrc/plugins/src/main/kotlin/org/jetbrains/kotlin/TestDirectives.kt
rename to build-tools/src/main/kotlin/org/jetbrains/kotlin/TestDirectives.kt
diff --git a/buildSrc/plugins/src/main/kotlin/org/jetbrains/kotlin/Utils.kt b/build-tools/src/main/kotlin/org/jetbrains/kotlin/Utils.kt
similarity index 100%
rename from buildSrc/plugins/src/main/kotlin/org/jetbrains/kotlin/Utils.kt
rename to build-tools/src/main/kotlin/org/jetbrains/kotlin/Utils.kt
diff --git a/buildSrc/plugins/src/main/kotlin/org/jetbrains/kotlin/Wrappers.kt b/build-tools/src/main/kotlin/org/jetbrains/kotlin/Wrappers.kt
similarity index 100%
rename from buildSrc/plugins/src/main/kotlin/org/jetbrains/kotlin/Wrappers.kt
rename to build-tools/src/main/kotlin/org/jetbrains/kotlin/Wrappers.kt
diff --git a/buildSrc/plugins/src/main/kotlin/org/jetbrains/kotlin/benchmark/BenchmarkingPlugin.kt b/build-tools/src/main/kotlin/org/jetbrains/kotlin/benchmark/BenchmarkingPlugin.kt
similarity index 100%
rename from buildSrc/plugins/src/main/kotlin/org/jetbrains/kotlin/benchmark/BenchmarkingPlugin.kt
rename to build-tools/src/main/kotlin/org/jetbrains/kotlin/benchmark/BenchmarkingPlugin.kt
diff --git a/buildSrc/plugins/src/main/kotlin/org/jetbrains/kotlin/benchmark/CompileBenchmarkingPlugin.kt b/build-tools/src/main/kotlin/org/jetbrains/kotlin/benchmark/CompileBenchmarkingPlugin.kt
similarity index 100%
rename from buildSrc/plugins/src/main/kotlin/org/jetbrains/kotlin/benchmark/CompileBenchmarkingPlugin.kt
rename to build-tools/src/main/kotlin/org/jetbrains/kotlin/benchmark/CompileBenchmarkingPlugin.kt
diff --git a/buildSrc/plugins/src/main/kotlin/org/jetbrains/kotlin/coroutineTestUtil.kt b/build-tools/src/main/kotlin/org/jetbrains/kotlin/coroutineTestUtil.kt
similarity index 100%
rename from buildSrc/plugins/src/main/kotlin/org/jetbrains/kotlin/coroutineTestUtil.kt
rename to build-tools/src/main/kotlin/org/jetbrains/kotlin/coroutineTestUtil.kt
diff --git a/build.gradle b/build.gradle
index 495821043ce..9087a905594 100644
--- a/build.gradle
+++ b/build.gradle
@@ -25,10 +25,14 @@ buildscript {
 
     repositories {
         maven { url kotlinCompilerRepo }
+        maven { url "https://kotlin.bintray.com/kotlinx" }
+        maven { url "https://cache-redirector.jetbrains.com/maven-central" }
     }
 
     dependencies {
+        classpath "org.jetbrains.kotlin:kotlin-native-utils:$kotlinVersion"
         classpath "org.jetbrains.kotlin:kotlin-native-shared:$konanVersion"
+        classpath "org.jetbrains.kotlin:kotlin-native-build-tools:$konanVersion"
     }
 }
 import org.jetbrains.kotlin.konan.*
diff --git a/buildSrc/build.gradle.kts b/buildSrc/build.gradle.kts
deleted file mode 100644
index 90b0cd9e375..00000000000
--- a/buildSrc/build.gradle.kts
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,44 +0,0 @@
-/*
- * Copyright 2010-2017 JetBrains s.r.o.
- *
- * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
- * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
- * You may obtain a copy of the License at
- *
- * http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
- *
- * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
- * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
- * WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
- * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
- * limitations under the License.
- */
-
-buildscript {
-    val rootBuildDirectory = "$rootDir/.."
-    extra["rootBuildDirectory"] = rootBuildDirectory
-    apply(from = "$rootBuildDirectory/gradle/loadRootProperties.gradle")
-    apply(from = "$rootBuildDirectory/gradle/kotlinGradlePlugin.gradle")
-}
-
-val buildKotlinCompilerRepo: String by project
-val kotlinCompilerRepo: String by project
-
-val repos = listOf(
-    buildKotlinCompilerRepo,
-    kotlinCompilerRepo,
-    "https://cache-redirector.jetbrains.com/maven-central",
-    "https://kotlin.bintray.com/kotlinx"
-)
-
-allprojects {
-    repositories {
-        repos.forEach { repoUrl ->
-            maven { setUrl(repoUrl) }
-        }
-    }
-}
-
-dependencies {
-    runtime(project(":plugins"))
-}
diff --git a/buildSrc/plugins/build.gradle b/buildSrc/plugins/build.gradle
deleted file mode 100644
index b2c8022cfc9..00000000000
--- a/buildSrc/plugins/build.gradle
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,74 +0,0 @@
-/*
- * Copyright 2010-2017 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.
- */
-
-apply plugin: 'groovy'
-apply plugin: 'kotlin'
-
-buildscript {
-    ext.rootBuildDirectory = "$rootDir/.."
-    apply from: "$rootBuildDirectory/gradle/loadRootProperties.gradle"
-    apply from: "$rootBuildDirectory/gradle/kotlinGradlePlugin.gradle"
-    dependencies{
-        classpath "org.jetbrains.kotlin:kotlin-serialization:$buildKotlinVersion"
-        classpath "org.jetbrains.kotlin:kotlin-gradle-plugin:$kotlinVersion"
-    }
-    
-}
-
-apply plugin: 'kotlin'
-apply plugin: 'kotlinx-serialization'
-apply plugin: 'java-gradle-plugin'
-
-/* don't use repositories: gradle will ignore it anyway, but may confuse gradle build engineer, see outer build.gradle */
-
-dependencies {
-    compile gradleApi()
-    compile localGroovy()
-    compile "org.jetbrains.kotlin:kotlin-stdlib:$buildKotlinVersion"
-    compile "org.jetbrains.kotlin:kotlin-reflect:$buildKotlinVersion"
-    compile group: 'com.ullink.slack', name: 'simpleslackapi', version: '1.2.0'
-    // An artifact from the included build 'shared' cannot be used here due to https://github.com/gradle/gradle/issues/3768
-    implementation "org.jetbrains.kotlin:kotlin-gradle-plugin"
-    compile project(':shared')
-    compile "org.jetbrains.kotlinx:kotlinx-serialization-runtime:0.10.0"
-    implementation 'io.ktor:ktor-client-auth:1.2.1'
-    implementation 'io.ktor:ktor-client-core:1.2.1'
-    implementation 'io.ktor:ktor-client-cio:1.2.1'
-}
-
-sourceSets.main.kotlin.srcDirs = ["src", "$projectDir/../../tools/benchmarks/shared/src"]
-
-rootProject.dependencies {
-    runtime project(path)
-}
-
-compileGroovy {
-    // Add Kotlin classes to a classpath for the Groovy compiler
-    classpath += project.files(compileKotlin.destinationDir)
-}
-
-gradlePlugin {
-    plugins {
-        benchmarkPlugin {
-            id = "benchmarking"
-            implementationClass = "org.jetbrains.kotlin.benchmark.BenchmarkingPlugin"
-        }
-        compileBenchmarking {
-            id = "compile-benchmarking"
-            implementationClass = "org.jetbrains.kotlin.benchmark.CompileBenchmarkingPlugin"
-        }
-    }
-}
diff --git a/buildSrc/settings.gradle.kts b/buildSrc/settings.gradle.kts
deleted file mode 100644
index 9b10c7ee710..00000000000
--- a/buildSrc/settings.gradle.kts
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,18 +0,0 @@
-/*
- * Copyright 2010-2017 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.
- */
-
-include(":plugins")
-include(":shared")
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/buildSrc/shared/build.gradle b/buildSrc/shared/build.gradle
deleted file mode 100644
index bee13ca01d6..00000000000
--- a/buildSrc/shared/build.gradle
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,44 +0,0 @@
-/*
- * Copyright 2010-2017 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.
- */
-
-buildscript {
-    ext {
-        gradleProperties = new Properties()
-        gradleProperties.load(new FileInputStream("$projectDir/../../gradle.properties"))
-        buildKotlinVersion = gradleProperties."buildKotlinVersion"
-        buildKotlinCompilerRepo = gradleProperties."buildKotlinCompilerRepo"
-    }
-
-    apply from: '../../gradle/kotlinGradlePlugin.gradle'
-}
-
-apply plugin: 'kotlin'
-
-// We reuse the source code from the Project in buildSrc.
-sourceSets.main.kotlin.srcDirs = ["$projectDir/../../shared/src/main/kotlin"]
-
-dependencies {
-    compile "org.jetbrains.kotlin:kotlin-stdlib:$buildKotlinVersion"
-    compile "org.jetbrains.kotlin:kotlin-native-utils:$kotlinVersion"
-}
-
-rootProject.dependencies {
-    runtime project(path)
-}
-
-compileKotlin {
-    kotlinOptions.jvmTarget = "1.8"
-}
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/gradle.properties b/gradle.properties
index be5d05636d3..5ab581f60dc 100644
--- a/gradle.properties
+++ b/gradle.properties
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 #
-# Copyright 2010-2017 JetBrains s.r.o.
+# Copyright 2010-2019 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.
@@ -26,8 +26,3 @@ testKotlinCompilerVersion=1.3.50-dev-1455
 konanVersion=1.3.50
 org.gradle.jvmargs='-Dfile.encoding=UTF-8'
 org.gradle.workers.max=4
-#kotlinProjectPath=/Users/jetbrains/IdeaProjects/kotlin
-#sharedProjectPath=/Users/jetbrains/IdeaProjects/kotlin-native-shared
-#kotlinProjectPath=/Users/jetbrains/kotlin-native/kotlin
-#sharedProjectPath=/Users/jetbrains/kotlin-native/kotlin-native-shared/kotlin-native-shared
-
diff --git a/gradle/kotlinGradlePlugin.gradle b/gradle/kotlinGradlePlugin.gradle
index 0cb74d7d1e7..8ed6b6e3dae 100644
--- a/gradle/kotlinGradlePlugin.gradle
+++ b/gradle/kotlinGradlePlugin.gradle
@@ -1,13 +1,12 @@
-if (!hasProperty('buildKotlinVersion')) {
-    throw new GradleException('Please ensure the "buildKotlinVersion" property is defined before applying this script.')
-}
+def properties = ['buildKotlinVersion', 'buildKotlinCompilerRepo', 'kotlinVersion', 'kotlinCompilerRepo']
 
-if (!hasProperty('buildKotlinCompilerRepo')) {
-    throw new GradleException('Please ensure the "buildKotlinCompilerRepo" property is defined before applying this script.')
+for (prop in properties) {
+    if (!hasProperty(prop)) {
+        throw new GradleException("Please ensure the '$prop' property is defined before applying this script.")
+    }
 }
 
 project.buildscript.repositories {
-
     maven {
         url buildKotlinCompilerRepo
     }
diff --git a/performance/build.gradle b/performance/build.gradle
index e3c7167e449..5fde30aa992 100644
--- a/performance/build.gradle
+++ b/performance/build.gradle
@@ -4,24 +4,16 @@ import org.jetbrains.kotlin.BuildRegister
 import org.jetbrains.kotlin.MPPTools
 
 buildscript {
-    ext.rootBuildDirectory = file('..')
-
-    apply from: "$rootBuildDirectory/gradle/loadRootProperties.gradle"
-    apply from: "$rootBuildDirectory/gradle/kotlinGradlePlugin.gradle"
+    apply from: "$rootProject.projectDir/gradle/kotlinGradlePlugin.gradle"
     repositories {
         maven {
             url 'https://cache-redirector.jetbrains.com/jcenter'
         }
-        maven {
-            url kotlinCompilerRepo
-        }
-    }
-
-    dependencies {
-        classpath "org.jetbrains.kotlin:kotlin-gradle-plugin:$kotlinVersion"
     }
 }
 
+def rootBuildDirectory = rootProject.projectDir
+
 task konanRun {
     subprojects.each {
         dependsOn it.getTasksByName('konanRun', true)[0]
diff --git a/performance/framework/build.gradle b/performance/framework/build.gradle
index 059d05e98b7..40cd5a5ac75 100644
--- a/performance/framework/build.gradle
+++ b/performance/framework/build.gradle
@@ -3,22 +3,12 @@ import org.jetbrains.kotlin.PlatformInfo
 import org.jetbrains.kotlin.RunJvmTask
 
 buildscript {
-    ext.rootBuildDirectory = file('../..')
-
-    apply from: "$rootBuildDirectory/gradle/loadRootProperties.gradle"
-    apply from: "$rootBuildDirectory/gradle/kotlinGradlePlugin.gradle"
+    apply from: "$rootProject.projectDir/gradle/kotlinGradlePlugin.gradle"
 
     repositories {
         maven {
             url 'https://cache-redirector.jetbrains.com/jcenter'
         }
-        maven {
-            url kotlinCompilerRepo
-        }
-    }
-
-    dependencies {
-        classpath "org.jetbrains.kotlin:kotlin-gradle-plugin:$kotlinVersion"
     }
 }
 
diff --git a/performance/swiftinterop/build.gradle b/performance/swiftinterop/build.gradle
index 68f51df90bd..2a3ce855ebb 100644
--- a/performance/swiftinterop/build.gradle
+++ b/performance/swiftinterop/build.gradle
@@ -6,22 +6,11 @@ import org.jetbrains.kotlin.UtilsKt
 import java.nio.file.Paths
 
 buildscript {
-    ext.rootBuildDirectory = file('../..')
-
-    apply from: "$rootBuildDirectory/gradle/loadRootProperties.gradle"
-    apply from: "$rootBuildDirectory/gradle/kotlinGradlePlugin.gradle"
-
+    apply from: "$rootProject.projectDir/gradle/kotlinGradlePlugin.gradle"
     repositories {
         maven {
             url 'https://cache-redirector.jetbrains.com/jcenter'
         }
-        maven {
-            url kotlinCompilerRepo
-        }
-    }
-
-    dependencies {
-        classpath "org.jetbrains.kotlin:kotlin-gradle-plugin:$kotlinVersion"
     }
 }
 
diff --git a/platformLibs/build.gradle b/platformLibs/build.gradle
index 62114dd7685..c977135110a 100644
--- a/platformLibs/build.gradle
+++ b/platformLibs/build.gradle
@@ -4,8 +4,6 @@ import org.jetbrains.kotlin.konan.util.*
 
 import static org.jetbrains.kotlin.konan.util.VisibleNamedKt.getVisibleName
 
-apply plugin: 'konan'
-
 buildscript {
     repositories {
         maven {
@@ -14,18 +12,27 @@ buildscript {
         maven {
             url buildKotlinCompilerRepo
         }
+        maven {
+            url kotlinCompilerRepo
+        }
+        maven {
+            url "https://kotlin.bintray.com/kotlinx"
+        }
     }
 
     dependencies {
         classpath "org.jetbrains.kotlin:kotlin-native-gradle-plugin:$gradlePluginVersion"
+        classpath "org.jetbrains.kotlin:kotlin-native-build-tools:$konanVersion"
     }
-
-    ext.konanHome = distDir.absolutePath
-    def jvmArguments = [project.findProperty("platformLibsJvmArgs") ?: "-Xmx6G", *HostManager.defaultJvmArgs]
-    ext.jvmArgs = jvmArguments.join(" ")
-    ext.setProperty("org.jetbrains.kotlin.native.home", konanHome)
-    ext.setProperty("konan.jvmArgs", jvmArgs)
 }
+// These properties are used by the 'konan' plugin, thus we set them before applying it.
+ext.konanHome = distDir.absolutePath
+def jvmArguments = [project.findProperty("platformLibsJvmArgs") ?: "-Xmx6G", *HostManager.defaultJvmArgs]
+ext.jvmArgs = jvmArguments.join(" ")
+ext.setProperty("org.jetbrains.kotlin.native.home", konanHome)
+ext.setProperty("konan.jvmArgs", jvmArgs)
+
+apply plugin: 'konan'
 
 //#region Util functions.
 private ArrayList<DefFile> targetDefFiles(KonanTarget  target) {
diff --git a/settings.gradle b/settings.gradle
index a1fcba03218..0340ff9d754 100644
--- a/settings.gradle
+++ b/settings.gradle
@@ -1,5 +1,3 @@
-import org.jetbrains.kotlin.PlatformInfo
-import org.jetbrains.kotlin.konan.target.HostManager
 
 /*
  * Copyright 2010-2017 JetBrains s.r.o.
@@ -32,22 +30,19 @@ include ':common'
 include ':backend.native:tests'
 include ':backend.native:debugger-tests'
 include ':utilities'
+
 include ':performance'
 include ':performance:ring'
 include ':performance:cinterop'
 include ':performance:helloworld'
 include ':performance:videoplayer'
 include ':performance:framework'
-if (PlatformInfo.isAppleTarget(HostManager.host)) {
+if (System.getProperty("os.name") == "Mac OS X") {
     include ':performance:objcinterop'
     include ':performance:swiftinterop'
 }
-include ':platformLibs'
 
-includeBuild 'shared'
-includeBuild 'extracted/konan.metadata'
-includeBuild 'extracted/konan.serializer'
-includeBuild 'tools/kotlin-native-gradle-plugin'
+include ':platformLibs'
 
 if (hasProperty("kotlinProjectPath")) {
     include ':runtime:generator'
@@ -56,12 +51,15 @@ if (hasProperty("kotlinProjectPath")) {
             substitute module('org.jetbrains.kotlin:kotlin-compiler') with project(':include:kotlin-compiler')
             substitute module("org.jetbrains.kotlin:kotlin-stdlib-common:$kotlinStdlibVersion") with project(':include:kotlin-stdlib-common-sources')
             substitute module("org.jetbrains.kotlin:kotlin-stdlib-gen:$kotlinStdlibVersion") with project(':tools:kotlin-stdlib-gen')
-            substitute module("org.jetbrains.kotlin:kotlin-util-io:$kotlinVersion") with project(':kotlin-util-io')
-            substitute module("org.jetbrains.kotlin:kotlin-util-klib:$kotlinVersion") with project(':kotlin-util-klib')
+            substitute module("org.jetbrains.kotlin:kotlin-util-io") with project(':kotlin-util-io')
+            substitute module("org.jetbrains.kotlin:kotlin-util-klib") with project(':kotlin-util-klib')
+            substitute module("org.jetbrains.kotlin:kotlin-native-utils") with project(':kotlin-native:kotlin-native-utils')
         }
     }
 }
 
-if (hasProperty("sharedProjectPath")) {
-    includeBuild(sharedProjectPath)
-}
+includeBuild 'shared'
+includeBuild 'build-tools'
+includeBuild 'extracted/konan.metadata'
+includeBuild 'extracted/konan.serializer'
+includeBuild 'tools/kotlin-native-gradle-plugin'