diff --git a/compiler/ir/ir.tree/src/org/jetbrains/kotlin/ir/util/ExpectDeclarationRemover.kt b/compiler/ir/backend.common/src/org/jetbrains/kotlin/backend/common/lower/ExpectDeclarationRemover.kt
similarity index 97%
rename from compiler/ir/ir.tree/src/org/jetbrains/kotlin/ir/util/ExpectDeclarationRemover.kt
rename to compiler/ir/backend.common/src/org/jetbrains/kotlin/backend/common/lower/ExpectDeclarationRemover.kt
index f7478b1b464..0e1c577ee24 100644
--- a/compiler/ir/ir.tree/src/org/jetbrains/kotlin/ir/util/ExpectDeclarationRemover.kt
+++ b/compiler/ir/backend.common/src/org/jetbrains/kotlin/backend/common/lower/ExpectDeclarationRemover.kt
@@ -1,11 +1,10 @@
 /*
- * Copyright 2010-2019 JetBrains s.r.o. and Kotlin Programming Language contributors.
+ * Copyright 2010-2021 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.ir.util
+package org.jetbrains.kotlin.backend.common.lower
 
-import org.jetbrains.kotlin.descriptors.ClassDescriptor
 import org.jetbrains.kotlin.descriptors.ClassKind
 import org.jetbrains.kotlin.descriptors.MemberDescriptor
 import org.jetbrains.kotlin.ir.IrElement
@@ -16,6 +15,7 @@ import org.jetbrains.kotlin.ir.expressions.IrGetValue
 import org.jetbrains.kotlin.ir.expressions.impl.IrGetValueImpl
 import org.jetbrains.kotlin.ir.symbols.IrValueParameterSymbol
 import org.jetbrains.kotlin.ir.symbols.IrValueSymbol
+import org.jetbrains.kotlin.ir.util.*
 import org.jetbrains.kotlin.ir.visitors.IrElementTransformerVoid
 import org.jetbrains.kotlin.ir.visitors.IrElementVisitorVoid
 import org.jetbrains.kotlin.ir.visitors.acceptChildrenVoid
diff --git a/compiler/ir/backend.common/src/org/jetbrains/kotlin/backend/common/lower/ExpectDeclarationsRemoveLowering.kt b/compiler/ir/backend.common/src/org/jetbrains/kotlin/backend/common/lower/ExpectDeclarationsRemoveLowering.kt
index 1fc65bc339c..bb0cd9dd254 100644
--- a/compiler/ir/backend.common/src/org/jetbrains/kotlin/backend/common/lower/ExpectDeclarationsRemoveLowering.kt
+++ b/compiler/ir/backend.common/src/org/jetbrains/kotlin/backend/common/lower/ExpectDeclarationsRemoveLowering.kt
@@ -8,7 +8,6 @@ package org.jetbrains.kotlin.backend.common.lower
 import org.jetbrains.kotlin.backend.common.BackendContext
 import org.jetbrains.kotlin.backend.common.DeclarationTransformer
 import org.jetbrains.kotlin.ir.declarations.IrDeclaration
-import org.jetbrains.kotlin.ir.util.ExpectDeclarationRemover
 
 /**
  * This pass removes all declarations with `isExpect == true`.
diff --git a/compiler/ir/serialization.js/build.gradle.kts b/compiler/ir/serialization.js/build.gradle.kts
index 07801bd7cec..03e2e491346 100644
--- a/compiler/ir/serialization.js/build.gradle.kts
+++ b/compiler/ir/serialization.js/build.gradle.kts
@@ -8,6 +8,7 @@ dependencies {
     compile(project(":compiler:ir.psi2ir"))
     compile(project(":compiler:ir.serialization.common"))
     compile(project(":js:js.frontend"))
+    implementation(project(":compiler:ir.backend.common"))
 
     compileOnly(intellijCoreDep()) { includeJars("intellij-core") }
 }
diff --git a/compiler/ir/serialization.js/src/org/jetbrains/kotlin/ir/backend/js/klib.kt b/compiler/ir/serialization.js/src/org/jetbrains/kotlin/ir/backend/js/klib.kt
index 7a708021309..345655dd414 100644
--- a/compiler/ir/serialization.js/src/org/jetbrains/kotlin/ir/backend/js/klib.kt
+++ b/compiler/ir/serialization.js/src/org/jetbrains/kotlin/ir/backend/js/klib.kt
@@ -12,6 +12,7 @@ import org.jetbrains.kotlin.analyzer.AbstractAnalyzerWithCompilerReport
 import org.jetbrains.kotlin.analyzer.AnalysisResult
 import org.jetbrains.kotlin.backend.common.extensions.IrGenerationExtension
 import org.jetbrains.kotlin.backend.common.extensions.IrPluginContextImpl
+import org.jetbrains.kotlin.backend.common.lower.ExpectDeclarationRemover
 import org.jetbrains.kotlin.backend.common.overrides.FakeOverrideChecker
 import org.jetbrains.kotlin.backend.common.serialization.DeserializationStrategy
 import org.jetbrains.kotlin.backend.common.serialization.ICData