diff --git a/libraries/stdlib/jvm/build.gradle b/libraries/stdlib/jvm/build.gradle
index 4b5ff5a0556..506b0bf8a78 100644
--- a/libraries/stdlib/jvm/build.gradle
+++ b/libraries/stdlib/jvm/build.gradle
@@ -15,6 +15,11 @@ configurations {
 }
 
 sourceSets {
+    compileOnlyDeclarations {
+        java {
+            srcDir 'compileOnly'
+        }
+    }
     main {
         java {
             srcDir "${rootDir}/core/builtins/src"
@@ -74,6 +79,7 @@ dependencies {
 
     api group: 'org.jetbrains', name: 'annotations', version:'13.0'
 
+    compileOnly sourceSets.compileOnlyDeclarations.output
     mainJdk7Api sourceSets.main.output
     mainJdk8Api sourceSets.main.output
     mainJdk8Api sourceSets.mainJdk7.output
@@ -176,6 +182,14 @@ compileMainJdk8Kotlin {
     kotlinOptions.moduleName = "kotlin-stdlib-jdk8"
 }
 
+compileCompileOnlyDeclarationsKotlin {
+    kotlinOptions {
+        freeCompilerArgs = [
+                "-Xallow-kotlin-package",
+        ]
+    }
+}
+
 compileTestKotlin {
     kotlinOptions {
         freeCompilerArgs += [
diff --git a/libraries/stdlib/jvm/compileOnly/JDK8PlatformImplementations.kt b/libraries/stdlib/jvm/compileOnly/JDK8PlatformImplementations.kt
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..ae5c174dcd6
--- /dev/null
+++ b/libraries/stdlib/jvm/compileOnly/JDK8PlatformImplementations.kt
@@ -0,0 +1,11 @@
+/*
+ * Copyright 2010-2023 JetBrains s.r.o. and Kotlin Programming Language contributors.
+ * Use of this source code is governed by the Apache 2.0 license that can be found in the license/LICENSE.txt file.
+ */
+
+package kotlin.internal.jdk8
+
+// forward-reference declaration of JDK8PlatformImplementations
+// declared in the source set compiled against JDK 8
+// used in the source set compiled against JDK 6
+public open class JDK8PlatformImplementations()
diff --git a/libraries/stdlib/jvm/src/kotlin/internal/PlatformImplementations.kt b/libraries/stdlib/jvm/src/kotlin/internal/PlatformImplementations.kt
index ad213cb9a6e..81bdd41e90c 100644
--- a/libraries/stdlib/jvm/src/kotlin/internal/PlatformImplementations.kt
+++ b/libraries/stdlib/jvm/src/kotlin/internal/PlatformImplementations.kt
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 /*
- * Copyright 2010-2020 JetBrains s.r.o. and Kotlin Programming Language contributors.
+ * Copyright 2010-2023 JetBrains s.r.o. and Kotlin Programming Language contributors.
  * Use of this source code is governed by the Apache 2.0 license that can be found in the license/LICENSE.txt file.
  */
 
@@ -47,22 +47,8 @@ internal open class PlatformImplementations {
 
 
 @JvmField
-internal val IMPLEMENTATIONS: PlatformImplementations = run {
-    try {
-        return@run castToBaseType<PlatformImplementations>(Class.forName("kotlin.internal.jdk8.JDK8PlatformImplementations").newInstance())
-    } catch (e: ClassNotFoundException) { }
-    try {
-        return@run castToBaseType<PlatformImplementations>(Class.forName("kotlin.internal.JRE8PlatformImplementations").newInstance())
-    } catch (e: ClassNotFoundException) { }
-    try {
-        return@run castToBaseType<PlatformImplementations>(Class.forName("kotlin.internal.jdk7.JDK7PlatformImplementations").newInstance())
-    } catch (e: ClassNotFoundException) { }
-    try {
-        return@run castToBaseType<PlatformImplementations>(Class.forName("kotlin.internal.JRE7PlatformImplementations").newInstance())
-    } catch (e: ClassNotFoundException) { }
-
-    PlatformImplementations()
-}
+internal val IMPLEMENTATIONS: PlatformImplementations =
+    castToBaseType<PlatformImplementations>(kotlin.internal.jdk8.JDK8PlatformImplementations())
 
 @kotlin.internal.InlineOnly
 private inline fun <reified T : Any> castToBaseType(instance: Any): T {