diff --git a/compiler/testData/diagnostics/testsWithJsStdLib/Serializable.kt b/compiler/testData/diagnostics/testsWithJsStdLib/Serializable.kt
deleted file mode 100644
index 7707b997718..00000000000
--- a/compiler/testData/diagnostics/testsWithJsStdLib/Serializable.kt
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,55 +0,0 @@
-fun use(<!UNUSED_PARAMETER!>s<!>: java.io.Serializable) {
-
-}
-
-fun useList(<!UNUSED_PARAMETER!>s<!>: List<java.io.Serializable>) {
-
-}
-
-fun testPrimitives(b: Byte, ss: Short, i: Int, l: Long, d: Double, s: String, f: Float, bool: Boolean) {
-    use(<!TYPE_MISMATCH!>b<!>)
-    use(<!TYPE_MISMATCH!>ss<!>)
-    use(<!TYPE_MISMATCH!>i<!>)
-    use(<!TYPE_MISMATCH!>l<!>)
-    use(<!TYPE_MISMATCH!>s<!>)
-    use(<!TYPE_MISMATCH!>f<!>)
-    use(<!TYPE_MISMATCH!>d<!>)
-    use(<!TYPE_MISMATCH!>bool<!>)
-}
-
-class N
-class S: java.io.Serializable
-
-fun testArrays(ia: IntArray, ai: Array<Int>, an: Array<N>, a: Array<S>) {
-    use(<!TYPE_MISMATCH!>ia<!>)
-    use(<!TYPE_MISMATCH!>ai<!>)
-    use(<!TYPE_MISMATCH!>an<!>)
-    use(<!TYPE_MISMATCH!>a<!>)
-}
-
-fun testLiterals() {
-    use(<!CONSTANT_EXPECTED_TYPE_MISMATCH!>1<!>)
-    use(<!CONSTANT_EXPECTED_TYPE_MISMATCH!>1.0<!>)
-    use(<!CONSTANT_EXPECTED_TYPE_MISMATCH!>11111111111111<!>)
-    use(<!TYPE_MISMATCH!>"Asdsd"<!>)
-    use(<!CONSTANT_EXPECTED_TYPE_MISMATCH!>true<!>)
-}
-
-fun testNotSerializable(l: List<Int>) {
-    use(<!TYPE_MISMATCH!>l<!>)
-    use(<!TYPE_MISMATCH!>N()<!>)
-}
-
-enum class C {
-    E, E2
-}
-
-fun testEnums(a: Enum<*>) {
-    use(<!TYPE_MISMATCH!>C.E<!>)
-    use(<!TYPE_MISMATCH!>C.E2<!>)
-    use(<!TYPE_MISMATCH!>a<!>)
-}
-
-fun testLists(a: List<Int>) {
-    useList(<!TYPE_MISMATCH!>a<!>)
-}
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/compiler/testData/diagnostics/testsWithJsStdLib/Serializable.txt b/compiler/testData/diagnostics/testsWithJsStdLib/Serializable.txt
deleted file mode 100644
index 81eea40318c..00000000000
--- a/compiler/testData/diagnostics/testsWithJsStdLib/Serializable.txt
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,43 +0,0 @@
-package
-
-public fun testArrays(/*0*/ ia: kotlin.IntArray, /*1*/ ai: kotlin.Array<kotlin.Int>, /*2*/ an: kotlin.Array<N>, /*3*/ a: kotlin.Array<S>): kotlin.Unit
-public fun testEnums(/*0*/ a: kotlin.Enum<*>): kotlin.Unit
-public fun testLists(/*0*/ a: kotlin.collections.List<kotlin.Int>): kotlin.Unit
-public fun testLiterals(): kotlin.Unit
-public fun testNotSerializable(/*0*/ l: kotlin.collections.List<kotlin.Int>): kotlin.Unit
-public fun testPrimitives(/*0*/ b: kotlin.Byte, /*1*/ ss: kotlin.Short, /*2*/ i: kotlin.Int, /*3*/ l: kotlin.Long, /*4*/ d: kotlin.Double, /*5*/ s: kotlin.String, /*6*/ f: kotlin.Float, /*7*/ bool: kotlin.Boolean): kotlin.Unit
-public fun use(/*0*/ s: java.io.Serializable): kotlin.Unit
-public fun useList(/*0*/ s: kotlin.collections.List<java.io.Serializable>): kotlin.Unit
-
-public final enum class C : kotlin.Enum<C> {
-    enum entry E
-
-    enum entry E2
-
-    private constructor C()
-    public final override /*1*/ /*fake_override*/ val name: kotlin.String
-    public final override /*1*/ /*fake_override*/ val ordinal: kotlin.Int
-    protected final override /*1*/ /*fake_override*/ fun clone(): kotlin.Any
-    public final override /*1*/ /*fake_override*/ fun compareTo(/*0*/ other: C): kotlin.Int
-    public final override /*1*/ /*fake_override*/ fun equals(/*0*/ other: kotlin.Any?): kotlin.Boolean
-    public final override /*1*/ /*fake_override*/ fun hashCode(): kotlin.Int
-    public open override /*1*/ /*fake_override*/ fun toString(): kotlin.String
-
-    // Static members
-    public final /*synthesized*/ fun valueOf(/*0*/ value: kotlin.String): C
-    public final /*synthesized*/ fun values(): kotlin.Array<C>
-}
-
-public final class N {
-    public constructor N()
-    public open override /*1*/ /*fake_override*/ fun equals(/*0*/ other: kotlin.Any?): kotlin.Boolean
-    public open override /*1*/ /*fake_override*/ fun hashCode(): kotlin.Int
-    public open override /*1*/ /*fake_override*/ fun toString(): kotlin.String
-}
-
-public final class S : java.io.Serializable {
-    public constructor S()
-    public open override /*1*/ /*fake_override*/ fun equals(/*0*/ other: kotlin.Any?): kotlin.Boolean
-    public open override /*1*/ /*fake_override*/ fun hashCode(): kotlin.Int
-    public open override /*1*/ /*fake_override*/ fun toString(): kotlin.String
-}
diff --git a/compiler/tests/org/jetbrains/kotlin/checkers/DiagnosticsTestWithJsStdLibGenerated.java b/compiler/tests/org/jetbrains/kotlin/checkers/DiagnosticsTestWithJsStdLibGenerated.java
index 4722f754a7c..4d9a0ebba94 100644
--- a/compiler/tests/org/jetbrains/kotlin/checkers/DiagnosticsTestWithJsStdLibGenerated.java
+++ b/compiler/tests/org/jetbrains/kotlin/checkers/DiagnosticsTestWithJsStdLibGenerated.java
@@ -35,12 +35,6 @@ public class DiagnosticsTestWithJsStdLibGenerated extends AbstractDiagnosticsTes
         KotlinTestUtils.assertAllTestsPresentByMetadata(this.getClass(), new File("compiler/testData/diagnostics/testsWithJsStdLib"), Pattern.compile("^(.+)\\.kt$"), true);
     }
 
-    @TestMetadata("Serializable.kt")
-    public void testSerializable() throws Exception {
-        String fileName = KotlinTestUtils.navigationMetadata("compiler/testData/diagnostics/testsWithJsStdLib/Serializable.kt");
-        doTest(fileName);
-    }
-
     @TestMetadata("compiler/testData/diagnostics/testsWithJsStdLib/dynamicTypes")
     @TestDataPath("$PROJECT_ROOT")
     @RunWith(JUnit3RunnerWithInners.class)
diff --git a/js/js.libraries/src/core/javaio.kt b/js/js.libraries/src/core/javaio.kt
deleted file mode 100644
index d4cf53ac236..00000000000
--- a/js/js.libraries/src/core/javaio.kt
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,8 +0,0 @@
-package java.io
-
-@library
-public interface Closeable {
-    public fun close(): Unit
-}
-
-internal interface Serializable
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/js/js.libraries/src/core/kotlin.kt b/js/js.libraries/src/core/kotlin.kt
index 58f591d5d70..e2ce3b94040 100644
--- a/js/js.libraries/src/core/kotlin.kt
+++ b/js/js.libraries/src/core/kotlin.kt
@@ -101,4 +101,7 @@ internal inline fun <T> Array<out T>.copyToArrayOfAny(isVarargs: Boolean): Array
             // no need to copy vararg array in JS
             this
         else
-            this.copyOf()
\ No newline at end of file
+            this.copyOf()
+
+// temporary for shared code, until we have an annotation like JvmSerializable
+internal interface Serializable
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/js/js.libraries/src/dom/DomEvents.kt b/js/js.libraries/src/dom/DomEvents.kt
index 7288da0c17d..ca59a90cf20 100644
--- a/js/js.libraries/src/dom/DomEvents.kt
+++ b/js/js.libraries/src/dom/DomEvents.kt
@@ -1,6 +1,5 @@
 package kotlin.dom
 
-import java.io.Closeable
 import org.w3c.dom.*
 import org.w3c.dom.events.*
 
@@ -26,6 +25,10 @@ public fun mouseEventHandler(handler: (MouseEvent) -> Unit): EventListener {
     }
 }
 
+public interface Closeable {
+    public open fun close(): Unit
+}
+
 /**
  * Registers a handler on the named event
  */
diff --git a/js/js.translator/testData/kotlin_lib.js b/js/js.translator/testData/kotlin_lib.js
index daae1656b63..44467c21b74 100644
--- a/js/js.translator/testData/kotlin_lib.js
+++ b/js/js.translator/testData/kotlin_lib.js
@@ -340,10 +340,6 @@
         append: throwAbstractFunctionInvocationError("Appendable#append")
     });
 
-    Kotlin.Closeable = Kotlin.createTraitNow(null, null, {
-        close: throwAbstractFunctionInvocationError("Closeable#close")
-    });
-
     Kotlin.safeParseInt = function (str) {
         var r = parseInt(str, 10);
         return isNaN(r) ? null : r;
diff --git a/libraries/stdlib/src/kotlin/collections/Collections.kt b/libraries/stdlib/src/kotlin/collections/Collections.kt
index 7ba67dd4939..a7517e0e18d 100644
--- a/libraries/stdlib/src/kotlin/collections/Collections.kt
+++ b/libraries/stdlib/src/kotlin/collections/Collections.kt
@@ -19,7 +19,6 @@
 
 package kotlin.collections
 
-import java.io.Serializable
 import java.util.*
 import kotlin.comparisons.compareValues
 
diff --git a/libraries/stdlib/src/kotlin/collections/Maps.kt b/libraries/stdlib/src/kotlin/collections/Maps.kt
index 00d4f1a1b3c..cce4f70512d 100644
--- a/libraries/stdlib/src/kotlin/collections/Maps.kt
+++ b/libraries/stdlib/src/kotlin/collections/Maps.kt
@@ -3,7 +3,6 @@
 
 package kotlin.collections
 
-import java.io.Serializable
 import java.util.*
 
 private object EmptyMap : Map<Any?, Nothing>, Serializable {
diff --git a/libraries/stdlib/src/kotlin/collections/Sets.kt b/libraries/stdlib/src/kotlin/collections/Sets.kt
index 4eeb5f5c61c..7152d4ef57a 100644
--- a/libraries/stdlib/src/kotlin/collections/Sets.kt
+++ b/libraries/stdlib/src/kotlin/collections/Sets.kt
@@ -3,7 +3,6 @@
 
 package kotlin.collections
 
-import java.io.Serializable
 import java.util.*
 
 
diff --git a/libraries/stdlib/src/kotlin/io/Serializable.kt b/libraries/stdlib/src/kotlin/io/Serializable.kt
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..bfae0469d6e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/libraries/stdlib/src/kotlin/io/Serializable.kt
@@ -0,0 +1,20 @@
+/*
+ * Copyright 2010-2016 JetBrains s.r.o.
+ *
+ * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+ * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+ * You may obtain a copy of the License at
+ *
+ * http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+ *
+ * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+ * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+ * WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+ * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+ * limitations under the License.
+ */
+@file:JvmVersion
+package kotlin.io
+
+// to use in shared code without imports
+internal typealias Serializable = java.io.Serializable
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/libraries/stdlib/src/kotlin/util/Lazy.kt b/libraries/stdlib/src/kotlin/util/Lazy.kt
index 31d05537d90..b199c2cb0c9 100644
--- a/libraries/stdlib/src/kotlin/util/Lazy.kt
+++ b/libraries/stdlib/src/kotlin/util/Lazy.kt
@@ -2,7 +2,6 @@
 
 package kotlin
 
-import java.io.Serializable
 import kotlin.reflect.KProperty
 
 /**
diff --git a/libraries/stdlib/src/kotlin/util/Tuples.kt b/libraries/stdlib/src/kotlin/util/Tuples.kt
index 4336830a1f7..6e78a87c9cc 100644
--- a/libraries/stdlib/src/kotlin/util/Tuples.kt
+++ b/libraries/stdlib/src/kotlin/util/Tuples.kt
@@ -1,7 +1,6 @@
 @file:kotlin.jvm.JvmName("TuplesKt")
 package kotlin
 
-import java.io.Serializable
 
 /**
  * Represents a generic pair of two values.