diff --git a/konan/serializer/build.gradle.kts b/konan/serializer/build.gradle.kts
index 98654304030..578497db494 100644
--- a/konan/serializer/build.gradle.kts
+++ b/konan/serializer/build.gradle.kts
@@ -13,8 +13,8 @@ dependencies {
     compileOnly(project(":compiler:frontend"))
     compileOnly(project(":compiler:frontend.java"))
 
-    // Runtime dependency is necessary only to keep the right dependency record inside of POM file:
-    runtime(projectRuntimeJar(":kotlin-compiler"))
+    // This dependency is necessary to keep the right dependency record inside of POM file:
+    compile(projectRuntimeJar(":kotlin-compiler"))
 
     compile(project(":konan:konan-utils"))
 }