diff --git a/compiler/ir/ir.psi2ir/src/org/jetbrains/kotlin/psi2ir/transformations/InsertImplicitCasts.kt b/compiler/ir/ir.psi2ir/src/org/jetbrains/kotlin/psi2ir/transformations/InsertImplicitCasts.kt
index bf63ae9d10d..4112375cde5 100644
--- a/compiler/ir/ir.psi2ir/src/org/jetbrains/kotlin/psi2ir/transformations/InsertImplicitCasts.kt
+++ b/compiler/ir/ir.psi2ir/src/org/jetbrains/kotlin/psi2ir/transformations/InsertImplicitCasts.kt
@@ -37,10 +37,8 @@ import org.jetbrains.kotlin.ir.expressions.impl.IrTypeOperatorCallImpl
 import org.jetbrains.kotlin.ir.symbols.IrConstructorSymbol
 import org.jetbrains.kotlin.ir.types.IrType
 import org.jetbrains.kotlin.ir.types.impl.originalKotlinType
-import org.jetbrains.kotlin.ir.util.SymbolTable
-import org.jetbrains.kotlin.ir.util.TypeTranslator
-import org.jetbrains.kotlin.ir.util.coerceToUnit
-import org.jetbrains.kotlin.ir.util.render
+import org.jetbrains.kotlin.ir.types.toKotlinType
+import org.jetbrains.kotlin.ir.util.*
 import org.jetbrains.kotlin.ir.visitors.IrElementTransformerVoid
 import org.jetbrains.kotlin.ir.visitors.IrElementVisitorVoid
 import org.jetbrains.kotlin.ir.visitors.acceptChildrenVoid
@@ -175,7 +173,7 @@ internal class InsertImplicitCasts(
         body.transformPostfix {
             statements.forEachIndexed { i, irStatement ->
                 if (irStatement is IrExpression) {
-                    body.statements[i] = irStatement.coerceToUnit(irBuiltIns)
+                    body.statements[i] = irStatement.coerceToUnit()
                 }
             }
         }
@@ -191,7 +189,7 @@ internal class InsertImplicitCasts(
                         if (i == lastIndex)
                             irStatement.cast(type)
                         else
-                            irStatement.coerceToUnit(irBuiltIns)
+                            irStatement.coerceToUnit()
                 }
             }
         }
@@ -199,7 +197,7 @@ internal class InsertImplicitCasts(
     override fun visitReturn(expression: IrReturn): IrExpression =
         expression.transformPostfix {
             value = if (expression.returnTargetSymbol is IrConstructorSymbol) {
-                value.coerceToUnit(irBuiltIns)
+                value.coerceToUnit()
             } else {
                 val returnTargetDescriptor = expression.returnTargetSymbol.descriptor
                 val isLambdaReturnValue = returnTargetDescriptor is AnonymousFunctionDescriptor
@@ -262,7 +260,7 @@ internal class InsertImplicitCasts(
     override fun visitLoop(loop: IrLoop): IrExpression =
         loop.transformPostfix {
             condition = condition.cast(builtIns.booleanType)
-            body = body?.coerceToUnit(irBuiltIns)
+            body = body?.coerceToUnit()
         }
 
     override fun visitThrow(expression: IrThrow): IrExpression =
@@ -278,7 +276,7 @@ internal class InsertImplicitCasts(
                 aCatch.result = aCatch.result.cast(type)
             }
 
-            finallyExpression = finallyExpression?.coerceToUnit(irBuiltIns)
+            finallyExpression = finallyExpression?.coerceToUnit()
         }
 
     override fun visitTypeOperator(expression: IrTypeOperatorCall): IrExpression =
@@ -347,7 +345,7 @@ internal class InsertImplicitCasts(
 
         return when {
             expectedType.isUnit() ->
-                coerceToUnit(irBuiltIns)
+                coerceToUnit()
 
             valueType.isDynamic() && !expectedType.isDynamic() ->
                 if (expectedType.isNullableAny())
@@ -478,4 +476,17 @@ internal class InsertImplicitCasts(
                 KotlinBuiltIns.isUShort(this) ||
                 KotlinBuiltIns.isUInt(this) ||
                 KotlinBuiltIns.isULong(this)
+
+    private fun IrExpression.coerceToUnit(): IrExpression {
+        return if (KotlinTypeChecker.DEFAULT.isSubtypeOf(type.toKotlinType(), irBuiltIns.unitType.toKotlinType()))
+            this
+        else
+            IrTypeOperatorCallImpl(
+                startOffset, endOffset,
+                irBuiltIns.unitType,
+                IrTypeOperator.IMPLICIT_COERCION_TO_UNIT,
+                irBuiltIns.unitType,
+                this
+            )
+    }
 }
diff --git a/compiler/ir/ir.tree/src/org/jetbrains/kotlin/ir/util/IrUtils.kt b/compiler/ir/ir.tree/src/org/jetbrains/kotlin/ir/util/IrUtils.kt
index 23e9acf0317..5f347bcccd0 100644
--- a/compiler/ir/ir.tree/src/org/jetbrains/kotlin/ir/util/IrUtils.kt
+++ b/compiler/ir/ir.tree/src/org/jetbrains/kotlin/ir/util/IrUtils.kt
@@ -19,8 +19,6 @@ import org.jetbrains.kotlin.ir.symbols.*
 import org.jetbrains.kotlin.ir.types.*
 import org.jetbrains.kotlin.name.FqName
 import org.jetbrains.kotlin.name.SpecialNames
-import org.jetbrains.kotlin.types.KotlinType
-import org.jetbrains.kotlin.types.checker.KotlinTypeChecker
 import org.jetbrains.kotlin.utils.DFS
 import org.jetbrains.kotlin.utils.addToStdlib.safeAs
 
@@ -156,23 +154,8 @@ fun IrExpression.isFalseConst() = this is IrConst<*> && this.kind == IrConstKind
 
 fun IrExpression.isIntegerConst(value: Int) = this is IrConst<*> && this.kind == IrConstKind.Int && this.value == value
 
-@OptIn(ObsoleteDescriptorBasedAPI::class)
 fun IrExpression.coerceToUnit(builtins: IrBuiltIns): IrExpression {
-    return coerceToUnitIfNeeded(type.toKotlinType(), builtins)
-}
-
-@ObsoleteDescriptorBasedAPI
-fun IrExpression.coerceToUnitIfNeeded(valueType: KotlinType, irBuiltIns: IrBuiltIns): IrExpression {
-    return if (KotlinTypeChecker.DEFAULT.isSubtypeOf(valueType, irBuiltIns.unitType.toKotlinType()))
-        this
-    else
-        IrTypeOperatorCallImpl(
-            startOffset, endOffset,
-            irBuiltIns.unitType,
-            IrTypeOperator.IMPLICIT_COERCION_TO_UNIT,
-            irBuiltIns.unitType,
-            this
-        )
+    return coerceToUnitIfNeeded(type, builtins)
 }
 
 fun IrExpression.coerceToUnitIfNeeded(valueType: IrType, irBuiltIns: IrBuiltIns): IrExpression {