diff --git a/compiler/tests-common/org/jetbrains/kotlin/codegen/AbstractLightAnalysisModeTest.kt b/compiler/tests-common/org/jetbrains/kotlin/codegen/AbstractLightAnalysisModeTest.kt
index b25ff8c8f16..ec8149b1929 100644
--- a/compiler/tests-common/org/jetbrains/kotlin/codegen/AbstractLightAnalysisModeTest.kt
+++ b/compiler/tests-common/org/jetbrains/kotlin/codegen/AbstractLightAnalysisModeTest.kt
@@ -52,6 +52,10 @@ abstract class AbstractLightAnalysisModeTest : CodegenTestCase() {
         assertEquals(fullTxt, liteTxt)
     }
 
+    override fun verifyWithDex(): Boolean {
+        return false
+    }
+
     private fun compileWithLightAnalysis(wholeFile: File, files: List<CodegenTestCase.TestFile>, javaFilesDir: File?): String {
         val boxTestsDir = File("compiler/testData/codegen/box")
         val relativePath = wholeFile.toRelativeString(boxTestsDir)
diff --git a/compiler/tests-common/org/jetbrains/kotlin/codegen/CodegenTestCase.java b/compiler/tests-common/org/jetbrains/kotlin/codegen/CodegenTestCase.java
index f6d51d84c2d..5e1f4cbcf9a 100644
--- a/compiler/tests-common/org/jetbrains/kotlin/codegen/CodegenTestCase.java
+++ b/compiler/tests-common/org/jetbrains/kotlin/codegen/CodegenTestCase.java
@@ -401,7 +401,7 @@ public abstract class CodegenTestCase extends KtUsefulTestCase {
             try {
                 classFileFactory = generateFiles(myEnvironment, myFiles, getClassBuilderFactory());
 
-                if (DxChecker.RUN_DX_CHECKER) {
+                if (verifyWithDex() && DxChecker.RUN_DX_CHECKER) {
                     DxChecker.check(classFileFactory);
                 }
             }
@@ -427,6 +427,10 @@ public abstract class CodegenTestCase extends KtUsefulTestCase {
         return classFileFactory;
     }
 
+    protected boolean verifyWithDex() {
+        return true;
+    }
+
     private static boolean verifyAllFilesWithAsm(ClassFileFactory factory, ClassLoader loader) {
         boolean noErrors = true;
         for (OutputFile file : ClassFileUtilsKt.getClassFiles(factory)) {
diff --git a/compiler/tests/org/jetbrains/kotlin/codegen/AbstractKapt3BuilderModeBytecodeShapeTest.kt b/compiler/tests/org/jetbrains/kotlin/codegen/AbstractKapt3BuilderModeBytecodeShapeTest.kt
index d0b8becc102..16d79e11c3c 100644
--- a/compiler/tests/org/jetbrains/kotlin/codegen/AbstractKapt3BuilderModeBytecodeShapeTest.kt
+++ b/compiler/tests/org/jetbrains/kotlin/codegen/AbstractKapt3BuilderModeBytecodeShapeTest.kt
@@ -42,4 +42,8 @@ abstract class AbstractKapt3BuilderModeBytecodeShapeTest : CodegenTestCase() {
     override fun getClassBuilderFactory(): ClassBuilderFactory {
         return TEST_LIGHT_ANALYSIS
     }
+
+    override fun verifyWithDex(): Boolean {
+        return false
+    }
 }
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diff --git a/plugins/plugins-tests/tests/org/jetbrains/kotlin/annotation/processing/test/sourceRetention/AbstractBytecodeListingTestForSourceRetention.kt b/plugins/plugins-tests/tests/org/jetbrains/kotlin/annotation/processing/test/sourceRetention/AbstractBytecodeListingTestForSourceRetention.kt
index de598d9ad10..a55e3ffcfba 100644
--- a/plugins/plugins-tests/tests/org/jetbrains/kotlin/annotation/processing/test/sourceRetention/AbstractBytecodeListingTestForSourceRetention.kt
+++ b/plugins/plugins-tests/tests/org/jetbrains/kotlin/annotation/processing/test/sourceRetention/AbstractBytecodeListingTestForSourceRetention.kt
@@ -27,4 +27,8 @@ abstract class AbstractBytecodeListingTestForSourceRetention : AbstractBytecodeL
         else
             ClassBuilderFactories.TEST
     }
+
+    override fun verifyWithDex(): Boolean {
+        return false
+    }
 }
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