diff --git a/compiler/frontend.java/src/org/jetbrains/kotlin/load/kotlin/moduleVisibilityUtils.kt b/compiler/frontend.java/src/org/jetbrains/kotlin/load/kotlin/moduleVisibilityUtils.kt
index 99fdfe578a4..ffe82acf6f8 100644
--- a/compiler/frontend.java/src/org/jetbrains/kotlin/load/kotlin/moduleVisibilityUtils.kt
+++ b/compiler/frontend.java/src/org/jetbrains/kotlin/load/kotlin/moduleVisibilityUtils.kt
@@ -27,7 +27,6 @@ import org.jetbrains.kotlin.resolve.DescriptorUtils
 import org.jetbrains.kotlin.serialization.deserialization.descriptors.DeserializedMemberDescriptor
 import org.jetbrains.kotlin.serialization.deserialization.descriptors.DeserializedTypeAliasDescriptor
 import java.io.File
-import java.nio.file.Paths
 
 interface ModuleVisibilityManager {
     val chunk: Collection<Module>
@@ -72,7 +71,7 @@ fun isContainedByCompiledPartOfOurModule(descriptor: DeclarationDescriptor, outD
             StandardFileSystems.JAR_PROTOCOL -> VfsUtilCore.getVirtualFileForJar(file)?.let(VfsUtilCore::virtualToIoFile)
             else -> null
         }
-        return ioFile != null && Paths.get(ioFile.toURI()).startsWith(Paths.get(outDirectory.toURI()))
+        return ioFile != null && ioFile.toPath().startsWith(outDirectory.toPath())
     }
 
     return false