diff --git a/buildSrc/src/main/kotlin/dependencies.kt b/buildSrc/src/main/kotlin/dependencies.kt
index 953fe57aa72..8f9616a343d 100644
--- a/buildSrc/src/main/kotlin/dependencies.kt
+++ b/buildSrc/src/main/kotlin/dependencies.kt
@@ -93,12 +93,15 @@ private fun String.toMaybeVersionedJarRegex(): Regex {
 }
 
 
-private val jreHome = System.getProperty("java.home")
 
-fun firstFromJavaHomeThatExists(vararg paths: String): File? =
-        paths.mapNotNull { File(jreHome, it).takeIf { it.exists() } }.firstOrNull()
+fun Project.firstFromJavaHomeThatExists(vararg paths: String, jdkHome: File = File(this.property("JDK_18") as String)): File? =
+    paths.map { File(jdkHome, it) }.firstOrNull { it.exists() }.also {
+        if (it == null)
+            logger.warn("Cannot find file by paths: ${paths.toList()} in $jdkHome")
+    }
 
-fun toolsJar(): File? = firstFromJavaHomeThatExists("../lib/tools.jar", "../Classes/tools.jar")
+fun Project.toolsJar(jdkHome: File = File(this.property("JDK_18") as String)): File? =
+    firstFromJavaHomeThatExists("lib/tools.jar", jdkHome = jdkHome)
 
 object EmbeddedComponents {
     val CONFIGURATION_NAME = "embeddedComponents"
diff --git a/libraries/reflect/build.gradle.kts b/libraries/reflect/build.gradle.kts
index cd8aebb72ee..b3c19675699 100644
--- a/libraries/reflect/build.gradle.kts
+++ b/libraries/reflect/build.gradle.kts
@@ -41,7 +41,7 @@ dependencies {
     compile(project(":kotlin-stdlib"))
 
     proguardDeps(project(":kotlin-stdlib"))
-    proguardDeps(files(firstFromJavaHomeThatExists("lib/rt.jar", "../Classes/classes.jar")))
+    proguardDeps(files(firstFromJavaHomeThatExists("jre/lib/rt.jar", "../Classes/classes.jar", jdkHome = File(property("JDK_16") as String))))
 
     shadows(project(":kotlin-reflect-api"))
     shadows(project(":core:descriptors"))
diff --git a/prepare/compiler/build.gradle.kts b/prepare/compiler/build.gradle.kts
index cdd07bb942e..81ec06b1e77 100644
--- a/prepare/compiler/build.gradle.kts
+++ b/prepare/compiler/build.gradle.kts
@@ -57,8 +57,8 @@ dependencies {
     fatJarContents(commonDep("io.javaslang", "javaslang"))
     fatJarContents(commonDep("org.jetbrains.kotlinx", "kotlinx-coroutines-core")) { isTransitive = false }
 
-    proguardLibraryJars(files(firstFromJavaHomeThatExists("lib/rt.jar", "../Classes/classes.jar"),
-            firstFromJavaHomeThatExists("lib/jsse.jar", "../Classes/jsse.jar"),
+    proguardLibraryJars(files(firstFromJavaHomeThatExists("jre/lib/rt.jar", "../Classes/classes.jar"),
+            firstFromJavaHomeThatExists("jre/lib/jsse.jar", "../Classes/jsse.jar"),
             toolsJar()))
     proguardLibraryJars(projectDist(":kotlin-stdlib"))
     proguardLibraryJars(projectDist(":kotlin-script-runtime"))