diff --git a/compiler/frontend/serialization/serialization.iml b/compiler/frontend/serialization/serialization.iml
index df9ea8ae178..85fb26edac3 100644
--- a/compiler/frontend/serialization/serialization.iml
+++ b/compiler/frontend/serialization/serialization.iml
@@ -9,7 +9,6 @@
     <orderEntry type="inheritedJdk" />
     <orderEntry type="sourceFolder" forTests="false" />
     <orderEntry type="library" name="protobuf-java" level="project" />
-    <orderEntry type="module" module-name="frontend" />
     <orderEntry type="library" name="annotations" level="project" />
     <orderEntry type="library" name="trove4j" level="project" />
     <orderEntry type="library" name="intellij-core" level="project" />