diff --git a/libraries/tools/kotlin-gradle-plugin/src/common/kotlin/org/jetbrains/kotlin/gradle/plugin/mpp/MetadataDependencyTransformationTask.kt b/libraries/tools/kotlin-gradle-plugin/src/common/kotlin/org/jetbrains/kotlin/gradle/plugin/mpp/MetadataDependencyTransformationTask.kt
index 94bbd1496ae..8f070ef3fa2 100644
--- a/libraries/tools/kotlin-gradle-plugin/src/common/kotlin/org/jetbrains/kotlin/gradle/plugin/mpp/MetadataDependencyTransformationTask.kt
+++ b/libraries/tools/kotlin-gradle-plugin/src/common/kotlin/org/jetbrains/kotlin/gradle/plugin/mpp/MetadataDependencyTransformationTask.kt
@@ -6,6 +6,8 @@
 package org.jetbrains.kotlin.gradle.plugin.mpp
 
 import org.gradle.api.DefaultTask
+import org.gradle.api.Project
+import org.gradle.api.Task
 import org.gradle.api.artifacts.component.ComponentIdentifier
 import org.gradle.api.artifacts.component.ModuleComponentIdentifier
 import org.gradle.api.artifacts.component.ProjectComponentIdentifier
@@ -21,6 +23,8 @@ import org.jetbrains.kotlin.gradle.plugin.sources.KotlinDependencyScope.*
 import org.jetbrains.kotlin.gradle.plugin.sources.internal
 import org.jetbrains.kotlin.gradle.targets.metadata.KotlinMetadataTargetConfigurator
 import org.jetbrains.kotlin.gradle.targets.metadata.dependsOnClosureWithInterCompilationDependencies
+import org.jetbrains.kotlin.gradle.tasks.dependsOn
+import org.jetbrains.kotlin.gradle.tasks.locateOrRegisterTask
 import org.jetbrains.kotlin.gradle.tasks.locateTask
 import org.jetbrains.kotlin.gradle.utils.*
 import java.io.File
@@ -31,6 +35,26 @@ import javax.inject.Inject
 @Deprecated("Task was renamed to MetadataDependencyTransformationTask", replaceWith = ReplaceWith("MetadataDependencyTransformationTask"))
 typealias TransformKotlinGranularMetadata = MetadataDependencyTransformationTask
 
+internal const val TRANSFORM_ALL_SOURCESETS_DEPENDENCIES_METADATA = "transformDependenciesMetadata"
+private fun transformGranularMetadataTaskName(sourceSetName: String) =
+    lowerCamelCaseName("transform", sourceSetName, "DependenciesMetadata")
+
+internal fun Project.locateOrRegisterMetadataDependencyTransformationTask(
+    sourceSet: KotlinSourceSet
+): TaskProvider<MetadataDependencyTransformationTask> {
+    val transformationTask = project.locateOrRegisterTask<MetadataDependencyTransformationTask>(
+        transformGranularMetadataTaskName(sourceSet.name),
+        listOf(sourceSet)
+    ) {
+        description =
+            "Generates serialized dependencies metadata for compilation '${sourceSet.name}' (for tooling)"
+    }
+
+    project.locateOrRegisterTask<Task>(TRANSFORM_ALL_SOURCESETS_DEPENDENCIES_METADATA).dependsOn(transformationTask)
+
+    return transformationTask
+}
+
 open class MetadataDependencyTransformationTask
 @Inject constructor(
     kotlinSourceSet: KotlinSourceSet,
@@ -64,7 +88,7 @@ open class MetadataDependencyTransformationTask
         dependsOnClosureWithInterCompilationDependencies(kotlinSourceSet).mapNotNull {
             project
                 .tasks
-                .locateTask(KotlinMetadataTargetConfigurator.transformGranularMetadataTaskName(it.name))
+                .locateTask(transformGranularMetadataTaskName(it.name))
         }
     }
 
diff --git a/libraries/tools/kotlin-gradle-plugin/src/common/kotlin/org/jetbrains/kotlin/gradle/targets/metadata/KotlinMetadataTargetConfigurator.kt b/libraries/tools/kotlin-gradle-plugin/src/common/kotlin/org/jetbrains/kotlin/gradle/targets/metadata/KotlinMetadataTargetConfigurator.kt
index 17709d477c2..34a42949895 100644
--- a/libraries/tools/kotlin-gradle-plugin/src/common/kotlin/org/jetbrains/kotlin/gradle/targets/metadata/KotlinMetadataTargetConfigurator.kt
+++ b/libraries/tools/kotlin-gradle-plugin/src/common/kotlin/org/jetbrains/kotlin/gradle/targets/metadata/KotlinMetadataTargetConfigurator.kt
@@ -58,10 +58,6 @@ class KotlinMetadataTargetConfigurator :
     KotlinOnlyTargetConfigurator<KotlinCompilation<*>, KotlinMetadataTarget>(createTestCompilation = false) {
     companion object {
         internal const val ALL_METADATA_JAR_NAME = "allMetadataJar"
-        internal const val TRANSFORM_ALL_SOURCESETS_DEPENDENCIES_METADATA = "transformDependenciesMetadata"
-
-        internal fun transformGranularMetadataTaskName(sourceSetName: String) =
-            lowerCamelCaseName("transform", sourceSetName, "DependenciesMetadata")
     }
 
     override fun configureTarget(target: KotlinMetadataTarget) {
@@ -338,15 +334,7 @@ class KotlinMetadataTargetConfigurator :
         val project = compilation.target.project
         val sourceSet = compilation.defaultSourceSet
 
-        val transformationTask = project.locateOrRegisterTask<MetadataDependencyTransformationTask>(
-            transformGranularMetadataTaskName(sourceSet.name),
-            listOf(sourceSet)
-        ) {
-            description =
-                "Generates serialized dependencies metadata for compilation '${compilation.name}' of target '${compilation.target.name}' (for tooling)"
-        }
-
-        project.locateOrRegisterTask<Task>(TRANSFORM_ALL_SOURCESETS_DEPENDENCIES_METADATA).dependsOn(transformationTask)
+        val transformationTask = project.locateOrRegisterMetadataDependencyTransformationTask(sourceSet)
 
         val artifacts = sourceSet.internal.resolvableMetadataConfiguration.incoming.artifacts