diff --git a/libraries/tools/kotlin-gradle-plugin/src/main/kotlin/org/jetbrains/kotlin/gradle/plugin/KotlinTargetConfigurator.kt b/libraries/tools/kotlin-gradle-plugin/src/main/kotlin/org/jetbrains/kotlin/gradle/plugin/KotlinTargetConfigurator.kt
index 9d15c15533a..9468bed767b 100644
--- a/libraries/tools/kotlin-gradle-plugin/src/main/kotlin/org/jetbrains/kotlin/gradle/plugin/KotlinTargetConfigurator.kt
+++ b/libraries/tools/kotlin-gradle-plugin/src/main/kotlin/org/jetbrains/kotlin/gradle/plugin/KotlinTargetConfigurator.kt
@@ -341,6 +341,8 @@ abstract class KotlinOnlyTargetConfigurator<KotlinCompilationType : KotlinCompil
     createDefaultSourceSets,
     createTestCompilation
 ) {
+    open val archiveType: String = ArtifactTypeDefinition.JAR_TYPE
+
     internal abstract fun buildCompilationProcessor(compilation: KotlinCompilationType): KotlinCompilationProcessor<*>
 
     override fun configureCompilations(target: KotlinTargetType) {
@@ -355,13 +357,13 @@ abstract class KotlinOnlyTargetConfigurator<KotlinCompilationType : KotlinCompil
     }
 
     /** The implementations are expected to create a [Zip] task under the name [KotlinTarget.artifactsTaskName] of the [target]. */
-    protected open fun createJarTasks(target: KotlinTargetType): Pair<String, Zip> {
-        val result = target.project.tasks.create(target.artifactsTaskName, Jar::class.java)
-        result.description = "Assembles a jar archive containing the main classes."
-        result.group = BasePlugin.BUILD_GROUP
-        result.from(target.compilations.getByName(KotlinCompilation.MAIN_COMPILATION_NAME).output.allOutputs)
-
-        return ArtifactTypeDefinition.JAR_TYPE to result
+    protected open fun createArchiveTasks(target: KotlinTargetType): Zip {
+        //TODO Change Jar on Zip
+        return target.project.tasks.create(target.artifactsTaskName, Jar::class.java).apply {
+            description = "Assembles an archive containing the main classes."
+            group = BasePlugin.BUILD_GROUP
+            from(target.compilations.getByName(KotlinCompilation.MAIN_COMPILATION_NAME).output.allOutputs)
+        }
     }
 
     override fun configureArchivesAndComponent(target: KotlinTargetType) {
@@ -369,7 +371,7 @@ abstract class KotlinOnlyTargetConfigurator<KotlinCompilationType : KotlinCompil
 
         val mainCompilation = target.compilations.getByName(KotlinCompilation.MAIN_COMPILATION_NAME)
 
-        val (type, task) = createJarTasks(target)
+        val task = createArchiveTasks(target)
 
         target.disambiguationClassifier?.let { task.appendix = it.toLowerCase() }
 
@@ -378,28 +380,28 @@ abstract class KotlinOnlyTargetConfigurator<KotlinCompilationType : KotlinCompil
         project.afterEvaluate {
             project.artifacts.add(Dependency.ARCHIVES_CONFIGURATION, task) { jarArtifact ->
                 jarArtifact.builtBy(task)
-                jarArtifact.type = type
+                jarArtifact.type = archiveType
 
                 val apiElementsConfiguration = project.configurations.getByName(target.apiElementsConfigurationName)
-                addJar(apiElementsConfiguration, jarArtifact, type)
+                addJar(apiElementsConfiguration, jarArtifact)
 
                 if (mainCompilation is KotlinCompilationToRunnableFiles<*>) {
                     val runtimeConfiguration = project.configurations.getByName(mainCompilation.deprecatedRuntimeConfigurationName)
                     val runtimeElementsConfiguration = project.configurations.getByName(target.runtimeElementsConfigurationName)
-                    addJar(runtimeConfiguration, jarArtifact, type)
-                    addJar(runtimeElementsConfiguration, jarArtifact, type)
+                    addJar(runtimeConfiguration, jarArtifact)
+                    addJar(runtimeElementsConfiguration, jarArtifact)
                     // TODO Check Gradle's special split into variants for classes & resources -- do we need that too?
                 }
             }
         }
     }
 
-    private fun addJar(configuration: Configuration, jarArtifact: PublishArtifact, type: String) {
+    private fun addJar(configuration: Configuration, jarArtifact: PublishArtifact) {
         val publications = configuration.outgoing
 
         // Configure an implicit variant
         publications.artifacts.add(jarArtifact)
-        publications.attributes.attribute(ArtifactAttributes.ARTIFACT_FORMAT, type)
+        publications.attributes.attribute(ArtifactAttributes.ARTIFACT_FORMAT, archiveType)
     }
 }
 
diff --git a/libraries/tools/kotlin-gradle-plugin/src/main/kotlin/org/jetbrains/kotlin/gradle/targets/js/ir/KotlinJsIrTargetConfigurator.kt b/libraries/tools/kotlin-gradle-plugin/src/main/kotlin/org/jetbrains/kotlin/gradle/targets/js/ir/KotlinJsIrTargetConfigurator.kt
index 8478bdf63b0..5b81eaa99e3 100644
--- a/libraries/tools/kotlin-gradle-plugin/src/main/kotlin/org/jetbrains/kotlin/gradle/targets/js/ir/KotlinJsIrTargetConfigurator.kt
+++ b/libraries/tools/kotlin-gradle-plugin/src/main/kotlin/org/jetbrains/kotlin/gradle/targets/js/ir/KotlinJsIrTargetConfigurator.kt
@@ -22,6 +22,9 @@ open class KotlinJsIrTargetConfigurator(kotlinPluginVersion: String) :
 
     override val testRunClass: Class<KotlinJsReportAggregatingTestRun> get() = KotlinJsReportAggregatingTestRun::class.java
 
+    override val archiveType: String
+        get() = KLIB_TYPE
+
     override fun createTestRun(
         name: String,
         target: KotlinJsIrTarget
@@ -50,12 +53,11 @@ open class KotlinJsIrTargetConfigurator(kotlinPluginVersion: String) :
         return KotlinJsIrSourceSetProcessor(tasksProvider, compilation, kotlinPluginVersion)
     }
 
-    override fun createJarTasks(target: KotlinJsIrTarget): Pair<String, Zip> {
-        val (_, task) = super.createJarTasks(target)
-        // not archiveExtension because it is since Gradle 5.1 only
-        task.extension = KLIB_TYPE
-
-        return KLIB_TYPE to task
+    override fun createArchiveTasks(target: KotlinJsIrTarget): Zip {
+        return super.createArchiveTasks(target).apply {
+            // not archiveExtension because it is since Gradle 5.1 only
+            extension = KLIB_TYPE
+        }
     }
 
     override fun configureCompilations(target: KotlinJsIrTarget) {
diff --git a/libraries/tools/kotlin-gradle-plugin/src/main/kotlin/org/jetbrains/kotlin/gradle/targets/metadata/KotlinMetadataTargetConfigurator.kt b/libraries/tools/kotlin-gradle-plugin/src/main/kotlin/org/jetbrains/kotlin/gradle/targets/metadata/KotlinMetadataTargetConfigurator.kt
index 4aa19ea2a2c..8e17de37972 100644
--- a/libraries/tools/kotlin-gradle-plugin/src/main/kotlin/org/jetbrains/kotlin/gradle/targets/metadata/KotlinMetadataTargetConfigurator.kt
+++ b/libraries/tools/kotlin-gradle-plugin/src/main/kotlin/org/jetbrains/kotlin/gradle/targets/metadata/KotlinMetadataTargetConfigurator.kt
@@ -132,8 +132,8 @@ class KotlinMetadataTargetConfigurator(kotlinPluginVersion: String) :
         override fun run() = Unit
     }
 
-    override fun createJarTasks(target: KotlinMetadataTarget): Pair<String, Zip> {
-        val result = super.createJarTasks(target)
+    override fun createArchiveTasks(target: KotlinMetadataTarget): Zip {
+        val result = super.createArchiveTasks(target)
 
         if (target.project.isKotlinGranularMetadataEnabled) {
             target.project.locateTask<Jar>(target.artifactsTaskName)!!.configure {