diff --git a/build.gradle.kts b/build.gradle.kts
index 7b652803cdb..82a3ef5620d 100644
--- a/build.gradle.kts
+++ b/build.gradle.kts
@@ -339,6 +339,8 @@ allprojects {
         internalKotlinRepo?.let(::maven)
     }
 
+    configureJvmProject(javaHome!!, jvmTarget!!)
+
     val commonCompilerArgs = listOfNotNull(
         "-Xallow-kotlin-package",
         "-Xread-deserialized-contracts",
@@ -379,8 +381,10 @@ allprojects {
     task("listDistJar") { listConfigurationContents("distJar") }
 
     afterEvaluate {
-        logger.info("configuring project $name to compile to the target jvm version $jvmTarget using jdk: $javaHome")
-        configureJvmProject(javaHome!!, jvmTarget!!)
+        if (javaHome != defaultJavaHome || jvmTarget != defaultJvmTarget) {
+            logger.info("configuring project $name to compile to the target jvm version $jvmTarget using jdk: $javaHome")
+            configureJvmProject(javaHome!!, jvmTarget!!)
+        } // else we will actually fail during the first task execution. We could not fail before configuration is done due to impact on import in IDE
 
         fun File.toProjectRootRelativePathOrSelf() = (relativeToOrNull(rootDir)?.takeUnless { it.startsWith("..") } ?: this).path