diff --git a/libraries/tools/kotlin-gradle-plugin/src/common/kotlin/org/jetbrains/kotlin/compilerRunner/GradleCliCommonizer.kt b/libraries/tools/kotlin-gradle-plugin/src/common/kotlin/org/jetbrains/kotlin/compilerRunner/GradleCliCommonizer.kt
index 8f476471425..cec95089cbd 100644
--- a/libraries/tools/kotlin-gradle-plugin/src/common/kotlin/org/jetbrains/kotlin/compilerRunner/GradleCliCommonizer.kt
+++ b/libraries/tools/kotlin-gradle-plugin/src/common/kotlin/org/jetbrains/kotlin/compilerRunner/GradleCliCommonizer.kt
@@ -8,6 +8,7 @@
 package org.jetbrains.kotlin.compilerRunner
 
 import org.gradle.api.Project
+import org.gradle.api.artifacts.Configuration
 import org.gradle.api.attributes.Category
 import org.gradle.api.attributes.LibraryElements
 import org.gradle.api.attributes.Usage
@@ -26,9 +27,9 @@ internal fun GradleCliCommonizer(commonizerToolRunner: KotlinNativeCommonizerToo
     })
 }
 
-internal fun Project.registerCommonizerClasspathConfigurationIfNecessary() {
-    if (configurations.findByName(KLIB_COMMONIZER_CLASSPATH_CONFIGURATION_NAME) == null) {
-        project.configurations.create(KLIB_COMMONIZER_CLASSPATH_CONFIGURATION_NAME).run {
+internal fun Project.maybeCreateCommonizerClasspathConfiguration(): Configuration {
+    return configurations.findByName(KLIB_COMMONIZER_CLASSPATH_CONFIGURATION_NAME)
+        ?: project.configurations.create(KLIB_COMMONIZER_CLASSPATH_CONFIGURATION_NAME).run {
             isCanBeResolved = true
             isCanBeConsumed = false
             attributes.attribute(Category.CATEGORY_ATTRIBUTE, objects.named(Category.LIBRARY))
@@ -40,5 +41,4 @@ internal fun Project.registerCommonizerClasspathConfigurationIfNecessary() {
                 )
             }
         }
-    }
 }
diff --git a/libraries/tools/kotlin-gradle-plugin/src/common/kotlin/org/jetbrains/kotlin/gradle/plugin/KotlinPluginWrapper.kt b/libraries/tools/kotlin-gradle-plugin/src/common/kotlin/org/jetbrains/kotlin/gradle/plugin/KotlinPluginWrapper.kt
index 615910034cd..6dabde22a86 100644
--- a/libraries/tools/kotlin-gradle-plugin/src/common/kotlin/org/jetbrains/kotlin/gradle/plugin/KotlinPluginWrapper.kt
+++ b/libraries/tools/kotlin-gradle-plugin/src/common/kotlin/org/jetbrains/kotlin/gradle/plugin/KotlinPluginWrapper.kt
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@ import org.gradle.api.logging.Logger
 import org.gradle.api.logging.Logging
 import org.gradle.api.model.ObjectFactory
 import org.gradle.tooling.provider.model.ToolingModelBuilderRegistry
-import org.jetbrains.kotlin.compilerRunner.registerCommonizerClasspathConfigurationIfNecessary
+import org.jetbrains.kotlin.compilerRunner.maybeCreateCommonizerClasspathConfiguration
 import org.jetbrains.kotlin.gradle.dsl.*
 import org.jetbrains.kotlin.gradle.internal.KOTLIN_COMPILER_EMBEDDABLE
 import org.jetbrains.kotlin.gradle.internal.KOTLIN_MODULE_GROUP
@@ -159,7 +159,7 @@ abstract class KotlinBasePluginWrapper : DefaultKotlinBasePlugin() {
             isTransitive = false
             addGradlePluginMetadataAttributes(project)
         }
-        project.registerCommonizerClasspathConfigurationIfNecessary()
+        project.maybeCreateCommonizerClasspathConfiguration()
 
         project.registerDefaultVariantImplementations()
 
diff --git a/libraries/tools/kotlin-gradle-plugin/src/common/kotlin/org/jetbrains/kotlin/gradle/targets/native/internal/CInteropCommonizerTask.kt b/libraries/tools/kotlin-gradle-plugin/src/common/kotlin/org/jetbrains/kotlin/gradle/targets/native/internal/CInteropCommonizerTask.kt
index 45fdd8bcd47..a7cae8ac2c5 100644
--- a/libraries/tools/kotlin-gradle-plugin/src/common/kotlin/org/jetbrains/kotlin/gradle/targets/native/internal/CInteropCommonizerTask.kt
+++ b/libraries/tools/kotlin-gradle-plugin/src/common/kotlin/org/jetbrains/kotlin/gradle/targets/native/internal/CInteropCommonizerTask.kt
@@ -15,9 +15,9 @@ import org.gradle.process.ExecOperations
 import org.jetbrains.kotlin.commonizer.CommonizerDependency
 import org.jetbrains.kotlin.commonizer.TargetedCommonizerDependency
 import org.jetbrains.kotlin.commonizer.allLeaves
+import org.jetbrains.kotlin.compilerRunner.*
 import org.jetbrains.kotlin.compilerRunner.GradleCliCommonizer
 import org.jetbrains.kotlin.compilerRunner.KotlinNativeCommonizerToolRunner
-import org.jetbrains.kotlin.compilerRunner.KotlinToolRunner
 import org.jetbrains.kotlin.compilerRunner.konanHome
 import org.jetbrains.kotlin.gradle.dsl.multiplatformExtensionOrNull
 import org.jetbrains.kotlin.gradle.plugin.KotlinCompilation
@@ -97,7 +97,6 @@ internal open class CInteropCommonizerTask
 
     private val runnerSettings: Provider<KotlinNativeCommonizerToolRunner.Settings> = kotlinPluginVersion
         .zip(customJvmArgs) { pluginVersion, customJvmArgs ->
-            commonizerClasspath
             KotlinNativeCommonizerToolRunner.Settings(
                 pluginVersion,
                 commonizerClasspath.files,
diff --git a/libraries/tools/kotlin-gradle-plugin/src/common/kotlin/org/jetbrains/kotlin/gradle/targets/native/internal/CommonizerTasks.kt b/libraries/tools/kotlin-gradle-plugin/src/common/kotlin/org/jetbrains/kotlin/gradle/targets/native/internal/CommonizerTasks.kt
index 675553cb793..f554ebff58e 100644
--- a/libraries/tools/kotlin-gradle-plugin/src/common/kotlin/org/jetbrains/kotlin/gradle/targets/native/internal/CommonizerTasks.kt
+++ b/libraries/tools/kotlin-gradle-plugin/src/common/kotlin/org/jetbrains/kotlin/gradle/targets/native/internal/CommonizerTasks.kt
@@ -9,8 +9,8 @@ import org.gradle.api.Project
 import org.gradle.api.Task
 import org.gradle.api.tasks.Delete
 import org.gradle.api.tasks.TaskProvider
+import org.jetbrains.kotlin.compilerRunner.maybeCreateCommonizerClasspathConfiguration
 import org.jetbrains.kotlin.gradle.internal.isInIdeaSync
-import org.jetbrains.kotlin.gradle.plugin.KLIB_COMMONIZER_CLASSPATH_CONFIGURATION_NAME
 import org.jetbrains.kotlin.gradle.plugin.PropertiesProvider
 import org.jetbrains.kotlin.gradle.plugin.getKotlinPluginVersion
 import org.jetbrains.kotlin.gradle.plugin.ide.Idea222Api
@@ -77,9 +77,7 @@ internal val Project.commonizeCInteropTask: TaskProvider<CInteropCommonizerTask>
                     description = "Invokes the commonizer on c-interop bindings of the project"
 
                     kotlinPluginVersion.set(getKotlinPluginVersion())
-                    commonizerClasspath.from(
-                        configurations.getByName(KLIB_COMMONIZER_CLASSPATH_CONFIGURATION_NAME)
-                    )
+                    commonizerClasspath.from(project.maybeCreateCommonizerClasspathConfiguration())
                     customJvmArgs.set(PropertiesProvider(project).commonizerJvmArgs)
                 }
             )
@@ -127,10 +125,8 @@ internal val Project.commonizeNativeDistributionTask: TaskProvider<NativeDistrib
                 description = "Invokes the commonizer on platform libraries provided by the Kotlin/Native distribution"
 
                 kotlinPluginVersion.set(getKotlinPluginVersion())
-                commonizerClasspath.from(
-                    configurations.getByName(KLIB_COMMONIZER_CLASSPATH_CONFIGURATION_NAME)
-                )
-                customJvmArgs.set(PropertiesProvider(project).commonizerJvmArgs)
+                commonizerClasspath.from(rootProject.maybeCreateCommonizerClasspathConfiguration())
+                customJvmArgs.set(PropertiesProvider(rootProject).commonizerJvmArgs)
             }
         )
     }
diff --git a/libraries/tools/kotlin-gradle-plugin/src/common/kotlin/org/jetbrains/kotlin/gradle/targets/native/internal/NativeDistributionCommonizerTask.kt b/libraries/tools/kotlin-gradle-plugin/src/common/kotlin/org/jetbrains/kotlin/gradle/targets/native/internal/NativeDistributionCommonizerTask.kt
index ac1eaf354ea..2a4a736984a 100644
--- a/libraries/tools/kotlin-gradle-plugin/src/common/kotlin/org/jetbrains/kotlin/gradle/targets/native/internal/NativeDistributionCommonizerTask.kt
+++ b/libraries/tools/kotlin-gradle-plugin/src/common/kotlin/org/jetbrains/kotlin/gradle/targets/native/internal/NativeDistributionCommonizerTask.kt
@@ -19,7 +19,6 @@ import org.jetbrains.kotlin.compilerRunner.*
 import org.jetbrains.kotlin.compilerRunner.GradleCliCommonizer
 import org.jetbrains.kotlin.compilerRunner.KotlinNativeCommonizerToolRunner
 import org.jetbrains.kotlin.compilerRunner.konanHome
-import org.jetbrains.kotlin.compilerRunner.registerCommonizerClasspathConfigurationIfNecessary
 import org.jetbrains.kotlin.gradle.dsl.multiplatformExtensionOrNull
 import org.jetbrains.kotlin.gradle.plugin.PropertiesProvider.Companion.kotlinPropertiesProvider
 import org.jetbrains.kotlin.gradle.plugin.getKotlinPluginVersion
@@ -59,7 +58,6 @@ internal open class NativeDistributionCommonizerTask
 
     private val runnerSettings: Provider<KotlinNativeCommonizerToolRunner.Settings> = kotlinPluginVersion
         .zip(customJvmArgs) { pluginVersion, customJvmArgs ->
-            commonizerClasspath
             KotlinNativeCommonizerToolRunner.Settings(
                 pluginVersion,
                 commonizerClasspath.files,
@@ -103,7 +101,6 @@ internal open class NativeDistributionCommonizerTask
     }
 
     init {
-        project.registerCommonizerClasspathConfigurationIfNecessary()
         outputs.upToDateWhen {
             commonizerCache.isUpToDate(commonizerTargets)
         }