diff --git a/build-common/src/org/jetbrains/kotlin/incremental/CompilationTransaction.kt b/build-common/src/org/jetbrains/kotlin/incremental/CompilationTransaction.kt
index 98387108e0e..46b80222ae0 100644
--- a/build-common/src/org/jetbrains/kotlin/incremental/CompilationTransaction.kt
+++ b/build-common/src/org/jetbrains/kotlin/incremental/CompilationTransaction.kt
@@ -82,9 +82,9 @@ inline fun <R> CompilationTransaction.runWithin(
 }
 
 /**
- * A dummy implementation of compilation transaction
+ * A non-recoverable implementation of compilation transaction. Changes reverting on failure should be performed externally if needed.
  */
-class DummyCompilationTransaction : CompilationTransaction {
+class NonRecoverableCompilationTransaction : CompilationTransaction {
     override fun registerAddedOrChangedFile(outputFile: Path) {
         // do nothing
     }
diff --git a/build-common/src/org/jetbrains/kotlin/incremental/IncrementalCompilationContext.kt b/build-common/src/org/jetbrains/kotlin/incremental/IncrementalCompilationContext.kt
index d297a264f3b..ed8b9d16955 100644
--- a/build-common/src/org/jetbrains/kotlin/incremental/IncrementalCompilationContext.kt
+++ b/build-common/src/org/jetbrains/kotlin/incremental/IncrementalCompilationContext.kt
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@ private fun createDefaultPathConverter(rootProjectDir: File?) = IncrementalFileT
 class IncrementalCompilationContext(
     val pathConverter: FileToPathConverter,
     val storeFullFqNamesInLookupCache: Boolean = false,
-    val transaction: CompilationTransaction = DummyCompilationTransaction(),
+    val transaction: CompilationTransaction = NonRecoverableCompilationTransaction(),
     val reporter: ICReporter = DoNothingICReporter,
     /**
      * Controls whether changes in lookup cache should be tracked. Required for the classpath snapshots based IC approach
@@ -32,7 +32,7 @@ class IncrementalCompilationContext(
     constructor(
         rootProjectDir: File?,
         storeFullFqNamesInLookupCache: Boolean = false,
-        transaction: CompilationTransaction = DummyCompilationTransaction(),
+        transaction: CompilationTransaction = NonRecoverableCompilationTransaction(),
         reporter: ICReporter = DoNothingICReporter,
         trackChangesInLookupCache: Boolean = false,
         keepIncrementalCompilationCachesInMemory: Boolean = false,
diff --git a/build-common/test/org/jetbrains/kotlin/incremental/CompilationTransactionTest.kt b/build-common/test/org/jetbrains/kotlin/incremental/CompilationTransactionTest.kt
index 547410111a9..89948cc7c96 100644
--- a/build-common/test/org/jetbrains/kotlin/incremental/CompilationTransactionTest.kt
+++ b/build-common/test/org/jetbrains/kotlin/incremental/CompilationTransactionTest.kt
@@ -33,8 +33,8 @@ abstract class BaseCompilationTransactionTest {
     }
 }
 
-class DummyCompilationTransactionTest : BaseCompilationTransactionTest() {
-    override fun createTransaction() = DummyCompilationTransaction()
+class NonRecoverableCompilationTransactionTest : BaseCompilationTransactionTest() {
+    override fun createTransaction() = NonRecoverableCompilationTransaction()
 
     @Test
     fun testModifyingExistingFileOnSuccess() {
diff --git a/compiler/incremental-compilation-impl/src/org/jetbrains/kotlin/incremental/IncrementalCompilerRunner.kt b/compiler/incremental-compilation-impl/src/org/jetbrains/kotlin/incremental/IncrementalCompilerRunner.kt
index 8a96f1ca4e5..50eeb3294a9 100644
--- a/compiler/incremental-compilation-impl/src/org/jetbrains/kotlin/incremental/IncrementalCompilerRunner.kt
+++ b/compiler/incremental-compilation-impl/src/org/jetbrains/kotlin/incremental/IncrementalCompilerRunner.kt
@@ -268,7 +268,7 @@ abstract class IncrementalCompilerRunner<
             reporter.debug { "Cleaning ${outputDirsToClean.size} output directories" }
             cleanOrCreateDirectories(outputDirsToClean)
         }
-        val icContext = createIncrementalCompilationContext(projectDir, DummyCompilationTransaction())
+        val icContext = createIncrementalCompilationContext(projectDir, NonRecoverableCompilationTransaction())
         return createCacheManager(icContext, args).use { caches ->
             if (trackChangedFiles) {
                 caches.inputsCache.sourceSnapshotMap.compareAndUpdate(allSourceFiles)
@@ -405,7 +405,7 @@ abstract class IncrementalCompilerRunner<
     private fun createTransaction() = if (preciseCompilationResultsBackup) {
         RecoverableCompilationTransaction(reporter, Files.createTempDirectory("kotlin-backups"))
     } else {
-        DummyCompilationTransaction()
+        NonRecoverableCompilationTransaction()
     }
 
     protected open fun performWorkBeforeCompilation(compilationMode: CompilationMode, args: Args) {}
diff --git a/jps/jps-plugin/src/org/jetbrains/kotlin/jps/build/KotlinCompileContext.kt b/jps/jps-plugin/src/org/jetbrains/kotlin/jps/build/KotlinCompileContext.kt
index 873ded033d2..0b66c4d917d 100644
--- a/jps/jps-plugin/src/org/jetbrains/kotlin/jps/build/KotlinCompileContext.kt
+++ b/jps/jps-plugin/src/org/jetbrains/kotlin/jps/build/KotlinCompileContext.kt
@@ -13,9 +13,7 @@ import org.jetbrains.jps.incremental.fs.CompilationRound
 import org.jetbrains.jps.incremental.messages.BuildMessage
 import org.jetbrains.jps.incremental.messages.CompilerMessage
 import org.jetbrains.kotlin.build.joinToReadableString
-import org.jetbrains.kotlin.build.report.DoNothingICReporter
 import org.jetbrains.kotlin.config.CompilerRunnerConstants.KOTLIN_COMPILER_NAME
-import org.jetbrains.kotlin.incremental.DummyCompilationTransaction
 import org.jetbrains.kotlin.incremental.IncrementalCompilationContext
 import org.jetbrains.kotlin.incremental.LookupSymbol
 import org.jetbrains.kotlin.incremental.storage.FileToPathConverter