diff --git a/compiler/ir/backend.common/src/org/jetbrains/kotlin/backend/common/extensions/IrGenerationExtension.kt b/compiler/ir/backend.common/src/org/jetbrains/kotlin/backend/common/extensions/IrGenerationExtension.kt
index 5c8714f7928..08dfbd38009 100644
--- a/compiler/ir/backend.common/src/org/jetbrains/kotlin/backend/common/extensions/IrGenerationExtension.kt
+++ b/compiler/ir/backend.common/src/org/jetbrains/kotlin/backend/common/extensions/IrGenerationExtension.kt
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@ class IrPluginContext(
     val symbolTable: SymbolTable,
     val typeTranslator: TypeTranslator,
     override val irBuiltIns: IrBuiltIns,
-    val symbols: BuiltinSymbolsBase = BuiltinSymbolsBase(irBuiltIns.builtIns, symbolTable)
+    val symbols: BuiltinSymbolsBase = BuiltinSymbolsBase(irBuiltIns, irBuiltIns.builtIns, symbolTable)
 ) : IrGeneratorContext()
 
 interface IrGenerationExtension : IrExtensionGenerator {
diff --git a/compiler/ir/backend.common/src/org/jetbrains/kotlin/backend/common/ir/Ir.kt b/compiler/ir/backend.common/src/org/jetbrains/kotlin/backend/common/ir/Ir.kt
index e6e78ecae2e..39147c79165 100644
--- a/compiler/ir/backend.common/src/org/jetbrains/kotlin/backend/common/ir/Ir.kt
+++ b/compiler/ir/backend.common/src/org/jetbrains/kotlin/backend/common/ir/Ir.kt
@@ -48,7 +48,7 @@ abstract class Ir<out T : CommonBackendContext>(val context: T, val irModule: Ir
 /**
  * Symbols for builtins that are available without any context and are not specific to any backend
  */
-open class BuiltinSymbolsBase(protected val builtIns: KotlinBuiltIns, private val symbolTable: SymbolTable) {
+open class BuiltinSymbolsBase(protected val irBuiltIns: IrBuiltIns, private val builtIns: KotlinBuiltIns, private val symbolTable: SymbolTable) {
     protected fun builtInsPackage(vararg packageNameSegments: String) =
         builtIns.builtInsModule.getPackage(FqName.fromSegments(listOf(*packageNameSegments))).memberScope
 
@@ -232,7 +232,7 @@ open class BuiltinSymbolsBase(protected val builtIns: KotlinBuiltIns, private va
 // Some symbols below are used in kotlin-native, so they can't be private
 @Suppress("MemberVisibilityCanBePrivate", "PropertyName")
 abstract class Symbols<out T : CommonBackendContext>(val context: T, symbolTable: SymbolTable) :
-    BuiltinSymbolsBase(context.builtIns, symbolTable) {
+    BuiltinSymbolsBase(context.irBuiltIns, context.builtIns, symbolTable) {
     abstract val ThrowNullPointerException: IrFunctionSymbol
     abstract val ThrowNoWhenBranchMatchedException: IrFunctionSymbol
     abstract val ThrowTypeCastException: IrFunctionSymbol
diff --git a/compiler/ir/backend.jvm/src/org/jetbrains/kotlin/backend/jvm/JvmSymbols.kt b/compiler/ir/backend.jvm/src/org/jetbrains/kotlin/backend/jvm/JvmSymbols.kt
index 7205f85e2bf..0b4abc9cad9 100644
--- a/compiler/ir/backend.jvm/src/org/jetbrains/kotlin/backend/jvm/JvmSymbols.kt
+++ b/compiler/ir/backend.jvm/src/org/jetbrains/kotlin/backend/jvm/JvmSymbols.kt
@@ -50,8 +50,6 @@ class JvmSymbols(
     private val kotlinReflectPackage: IrPackageFragment = createPackage(FqName("kotlin.reflect"))
     private val javaLangPackage: IrPackageFragment = createPackage(FqName("java.lang"))
 
-    private val irBuiltIns = context.irBuiltIns
-
     private val generateOptimizedCallableReferenceSuperClasses = context.state.generateOptimizedCallableReferenceSuperClasses
 
     private val nullPointerExceptionClass: IrClassSymbol =