diff --git a/generators/tests/org/jetbrains/kotlin/generators/arguments/GenerateGradleOptions.kt b/generators/tests/org/jetbrains/kotlin/generators/arguments/GenerateGradleOptions.kt
index 047d52098eb..e1fef8554cc 100644
--- a/generators/tests/org/jetbrains/kotlin/generators/arguments/GenerateGradleOptions.kt
+++ b/generators/tests/org/jetbrains/kotlin/generators/arguments/GenerateGradleOptions.kt
@@ -760,6 +760,7 @@ private fun Printer.addAdditionalJvmArgs(implType: FqName) {
         println("// Arguments with always default values when used from build tools")
         println("args.noStdlib = true")
         println("args.noReflect = true")
+        println("args.allowNoSourceFiles = true")
     }
 }
 
diff --git a/libraries/tools/kotlin-gradle-plugin/src/common/kotlin/org/jetbrains/kotlin/gradle/dsl/KotlinJvmCompilerOptionsHelper.kt b/libraries/tools/kotlin-gradle-plugin/src/common/kotlin/org/jetbrains/kotlin/gradle/dsl/KotlinJvmCompilerOptionsHelper.kt
index c28ac8aceb0..c4441195662 100644
--- a/libraries/tools/kotlin-gradle-plugin/src/common/kotlin/org/jetbrains/kotlin/gradle/dsl/KotlinJvmCompilerOptionsHelper.kt
+++ b/libraries/tools/kotlin-gradle-plugin/src/common/kotlin/org/jetbrains/kotlin/gradle/dsl/KotlinJvmCompilerOptionsHelper.kt
@@ -20,6 +20,7 @@ internal object KotlinJvmCompilerOptionsHelper {
         // Arguments with always default values when used from build tools
         args.noStdlib = true
         args.noReflect = true
+        args.allowNoSourceFiles = true
     }
 
     internal fun fillDefaultValues(
@@ -34,6 +35,7 @@ internal object KotlinJvmCompilerOptionsHelper {
         // Arguments with always default values when used from build tools
         args.noStdlib = true
         args.noReflect = true
+        args.allowNoSourceFiles = true
     }
 
     internal fun syncOptionsAsConvention(
diff --git a/libraries/tools/kotlin-gradle-plugin/src/common/kotlin/org/jetbrains/kotlin/gradle/tasks/KotlinCompile.kt b/libraries/tools/kotlin-gradle-plugin/src/common/kotlin/org/jetbrains/kotlin/gradle/tasks/KotlinCompile.kt
index 4c4674674da..29862a7b4db 100644
--- a/libraries/tools/kotlin-gradle-plugin/src/common/kotlin/org/jetbrains/kotlin/gradle/tasks/KotlinCompile.kt
+++ b/libraries/tools/kotlin-gradle-plugin/src/common/kotlin/org/jetbrains/kotlin/gradle/tasks/KotlinCompile.kt
@@ -221,8 +221,6 @@ abstract class KotlinCompile @Inject constructor(
         context: KotlinCompilerArgumentsProducer.CreateCompilerArgumentsContext
     ): K2JVMCompilerArguments = context.create<K2JVMCompilerArguments> {
         primitive { args ->
-            args.allowNoSourceFiles = true
-
             args.multiPlatform = multiPlatformEnabled.get()
 
             args.pluginOptions = (pluginOptions.toSingleCompilerPluginOptions() + kotlinPluginData?.orNull?.options)