diff --git a/libraries/tools/kotlin-gradle-plugin/src/common/kotlin/org/jetbrains/kotlin/gradle/plugin/ide/IdeMultiplatformImportFactory.kt b/libraries/tools/kotlin-gradle-plugin/src/common/kotlin/org/jetbrains/kotlin/gradle/plugin/ide/IdeMultiplatformImportFactory.kt
index 0fe3c7463f3..97097d47b5b 100644
--- a/libraries/tools/kotlin-gradle-plugin/src/common/kotlin/org/jetbrains/kotlin/gradle/plugin/ide/IdeMultiplatformImportFactory.kt
+++ b/libraries/tools/kotlin-gradle-plugin/src/common/kotlin/org/jetbrains/kotlin/gradle/plugin/ide/IdeMultiplatformImportFactory.kt
@@ -126,7 +126,7 @@ internal fun IdeMultiplatformImport(extension: KotlinProjectExtension): IdeMulti
 
         if (extension.project.kotlinPropertiesProvider.enableSlowIdeSourcesJarResolver) {
             registerDependencyResolver(
-                resolver = IdeSlowSourcesAndDocumentationResolver,
+                resolver = IdeArtifactResolutionQuerySourcesAndDocumentationResolver,
                 constraint = SourceSetConstraint.unconstrained,
                 phase = IdeMultiplatformImport.DependencyResolutionPhase.BinaryDependencyResolution,
                 level = IdeMultiplatformImport.DependencyResolutionLevel.Default
diff --git a/libraries/tools/kotlin-gradle-plugin/src/common/kotlin/org/jetbrains/kotlin/gradle/plugin/ide/dependencyResolvers/IdeSlowSourcesAndDocumentationResolver.kt b/libraries/tools/kotlin-gradle-plugin/src/common/kotlin/org/jetbrains/kotlin/gradle/plugin/ide/dependencyResolvers/IdeArtifactResolutionQuerySourcesAndDocumentationResolver.kt
similarity index 84%
rename from libraries/tools/kotlin-gradle-plugin/src/common/kotlin/org/jetbrains/kotlin/gradle/plugin/ide/dependencyResolvers/IdeSlowSourcesAndDocumentationResolver.kt
rename to libraries/tools/kotlin-gradle-plugin/src/common/kotlin/org/jetbrains/kotlin/gradle/plugin/ide/dependencyResolvers/IdeArtifactResolutionQuerySourcesAndDocumentationResolver.kt
index eeb3b48e9ee..e7d7240d671 100644
--- a/libraries/tools/kotlin-gradle-plugin/src/common/kotlin/org/jetbrains/kotlin/gradle/plugin/ide/dependencyResolvers/IdeSlowSourcesAndDocumentationResolver.kt
+++ b/libraries/tools/kotlin-gradle-plugin/src/common/kotlin/org/jetbrains/kotlin/gradle/plugin/ide/dependencyResolvers/IdeArtifactResolutionQuerySourcesAndDocumentationResolver.kt
@@ -21,7 +21,15 @@ import org.jetbrains.kotlin.gradle.plugin.mpp.resolvableMetadataConfiguration
 import org.jetbrains.kotlin.gradle.plugin.sources.internal
 import org.jetbrains.kotlin.gradle.plugin.sources.project
 
-internal object IdeSlowSourcesAndDocumentationResolver : IdeDependencyResolver {
+/**
+ * Resolved sources.jar and javadoc.jar files using Gradle's artifact resolution query.
+ * ⚠️: This resolution method is slow and shall be replaced by ArtifactViews. However,
+ * before 1.8.20 Kotlin MPP did not publish sources as variants which requires us to keep this resolver
+ * for compatibility with libraries published prior to 1.8.20
+ *
+ * cc Anton Lakotka, Sebastian Sellmair
+ */
+internal object IdeArtifactResolutionQuerySourcesAndDocumentationResolver : IdeDependencyResolver {
     override fun resolve(sourceSet: KotlinSourceSet): Set<IdeaKotlinDependency> {
         val project = sourceSet.project
         val configuration = sourceSet.internal.resolvableMetadataConfiguration