diff --git a/buildSrc/src/main/kotlin/tasks.kt b/buildSrc/src/main/kotlin/tasks.kt
index d4093d18d83..ebbe8187b04 100644
--- a/buildSrc/src/main/kotlin/tasks.kt
+++ b/buildSrc/src/main/kotlin/tasks.kt
@@ -70,6 +70,7 @@ fun Project.projectTest(taskName: String = "test", body: Test.() -> Unit = {}):
     jvmArgs("-ea", "-XX:+HeapDumpOnOutOfMemoryError", "-Xmx1100m", "-XX:+UseCodeCacheFlushing", "-XX:ReservedCodeCacheSize=128m", "-Djna.nosys=true")
     maxHeapSize = "1100m"
     systemProperty("idea.is.unit.test", "true")
+    systemProperty("idea.home.path", intellijRootDir().canonicalPath)
     environment("NO_FS_ROOTS_ACCESS_CHECK", "true")
     environment("PROJECT_CLASSES_DIRS", the<JavaPluginConvention>().sourceSets.getByName("test").output.classesDirs.asPath)
     environment("PROJECT_BUILD_DIR", buildDir)
diff --git a/compiler/android-tests/build.gradle.kts b/compiler/android-tests/build.gradle.kts
index 0e8300d604c..36af7db856e 100644
--- a/compiler/android-tests/build.gradle.kts
+++ b/compiler/android-tests/build.gradle.kts
@@ -33,7 +33,6 @@ sourceSets {
 
 projectTest {
     doFirst {
-        systemProperty("idea.home.path", intellijRootDir().canonicalPath)
         environment("kotlin.tests.android.timeout", "45")
     }
     workingDir = rootDir
diff --git a/compiler/build.gradle.kts b/compiler/build.gradle.kts
index f40411e9378..bd902f2244c 100644
--- a/compiler/build.gradle.kts
+++ b/compiler/build.gradle.kts
@@ -108,7 +108,6 @@ projectTest {
     doFirst {
         systemProperty("kotlin.ant.classpath", antLauncherJar.asPath)
         systemProperty("kotlin.ant.launcher.class", "org.apache.tools.ant.Main")
-        systemProperty("idea.home.path", intellijRootDir().canonicalPath)
     }
 }
 
diff --git a/compiler/incremental-compilation-impl/build.gradle.kts b/compiler/incremental-compilation-impl/build.gradle.kts
index 12718d3ac94..bba109b2ae8 100644
--- a/compiler/incremental-compilation-impl/build.gradle.kts
+++ b/compiler/incremental-compilation-impl/build.gradle.kts
@@ -34,9 +34,6 @@ sourceSets {
 
 projectTest {
     workingDir = rootDir
-    doFirst {
-        systemProperty("idea.home.path", intellijRootDir().canonicalPath)
-    }
 }
 
 testsJar()
diff --git a/idea/build.gradle.kts b/idea/build.gradle.kts
index 434e66e7be0..37b8556f623 100644
--- a/idea/build.gradle.kts
+++ b/idea/build.gradle.kts
@@ -121,9 +121,6 @@ sourceSets {
 projectTest {
     dependsOn(":dist")
     workingDir = rootDir
-    doFirst {
-        systemProperty("idea.home.path", intellijRootDir().canonicalPath)
-    }
 }
 
 testsJar {}
diff --git a/idea/idea-android/build.gradle.kts b/idea/idea-android/build.gradle.kts
index 0ae609c5702..b7097e67c40 100644
--- a/idea/idea-android/build.gradle.kts
+++ b/idea/idea-android/build.gradle.kts
@@ -71,9 +71,6 @@ sourceSets {
 projectTest {
     workingDir = rootDir
     useAndroidSdk()
-    doFirst {
-        systemProperty("idea.home.path", intellijRootDir().canonicalPath)
-    }
 }
 
 testsJar {}
diff --git a/idea/idea-gradle/build.gradle.kts b/idea/idea-gradle/build.gradle.kts
index 5f6d36486dc..9e792beb8ae 100644
--- a/idea/idea-gradle/build.gradle.kts
+++ b/idea/idea-gradle/build.gradle.kts
@@ -77,9 +77,6 @@ testsJar()
 projectTest {
     workingDir = rootDir
     useAndroidSdk()
-    doFirst {
-        systemProperty("idea.home.path", intellijRootDir().canonicalPath)
-    }
 }
 
 configureInstrumentation()
diff --git a/idea/idea-maven/build.gradle.kts b/idea/idea-maven/build.gradle.kts
index ff3ebf9578d..4eaa2cf74d1 100644
--- a/idea/idea-maven/build.gradle.kts
+++ b/idea/idea-maven/build.gradle.kts
@@ -58,7 +58,4 @@ testsJar()
 
 projectTest {
     workingDir = rootDir
-    doFirst {
-        systemProperty("idea.home.path", intellijRootDir().canonicalPath)
-    }
 }
diff --git a/j2k/build.gradle.kts b/j2k/build.gradle.kts
index f350fc3c859..542e7a64a58 100644
--- a/j2k/build.gradle.kts
+++ b/j2k/build.gradle.kts
@@ -51,9 +51,6 @@ sourceSets {
 projectTest {
     dependsOn(":dist")
     workingDir = rootDir
-    doFirst {
-        systemProperty("idea.home.path", intellijRootDir().canonicalPath)
-    }
 }
 
 testsJar()
diff --git a/js/js.tests/build.gradle.kts b/js/js.tests/build.gradle.kts
index bfd72900d1f..3a3e84bbfe3 100644
--- a/js/js.tests/build.gradle.kts
+++ b/js/js.tests/build.gradle.kts
@@ -64,7 +64,6 @@ projectTest {
     doFirst {
         systemProperty("kotlin.ant.classpath", antLauncherJar.asPath)
         systemProperty("kotlin.ant.launcher.class", "org.apache.tools.ant.Main")
-        systemProperty("idea.home.path", intellijRootDir().canonicalPath)
     }
 }
 
diff --git a/plugins/android-extensions/android-extensions-idea/build.gradle.kts b/plugins/android-extensions/android-extensions-idea/build.gradle.kts
index 5940ab385cf..2af4c55fc15 100644
--- a/plugins/android-extensions/android-extensions-idea/build.gradle.kts
+++ b/plugins/android-extensions/android-extensions-idea/build.gradle.kts
@@ -67,9 +67,6 @@ projectTest {
     workingDir = rootDir
     useAndroidSdk()
     useAndroidJar()
-    doFirst {
-        systemProperty("idea.home.path", intellijRootDir().canonicalPath)
-    }
 }
 
 runtimeJar()
diff --git a/plugins/android-extensions/android-extensions-jps/build.gradle.kts b/plugins/android-extensions/android-extensions-jps/build.gradle.kts
index 94c97c1e0ee..4aa39c892f7 100644
--- a/plugins/android-extensions/android-extensions-jps/build.gradle.kts
+++ b/plugins/android-extensions/android-extensions-jps/build.gradle.kts
@@ -36,9 +36,6 @@ sourceSets {
 projectTest {
     workingDir = rootDir
     useAndroidSdk()
-    doFirst {
-        systemProperty("idea.home.path", intellijRootDir().canonicalPath)
-    }
 }
 
 testsJar {}
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diff --git a/plugins/sam-with-receiver/sam-with-receiver-cli/build.gradle.kts b/plugins/sam-with-receiver/sam-with-receiver-cli/build.gradle.kts
index 38dc9793d14..37e6ee289a7 100644
--- a/plugins/sam-with-receiver/sam-with-receiver-cli/build.gradle.kts
+++ b/plugins/sam-with-receiver/sam-with-receiver-cli/build.gradle.kts
@@ -44,7 +44,4 @@ ideaPlugin {
 projectTest {
     dependsOn(":kotlin-stdlib:jvm-minimal-for-test:dist")
     workingDir = rootDir
-    doFirst {
-        systemProperty("idea.home.path", intellijRootDir().canonicalPath)
-    }
 }
diff --git a/plugins/uast-kotlin/build.gradle.kts b/plugins/uast-kotlin/build.gradle.kts
index 56508510bee..854fb20e8b4 100644
--- a/plugins/uast-kotlin/build.gradle.kts
+++ b/plugins/uast-kotlin/build.gradle.kts
@@ -47,7 +47,4 @@ testsJar {}
 
 projectTest {
     workingDir = rootDir
-    doFirst {
-        systemProperty("idea.home.path", intellijRootDir().canonicalPath)
-    }
 }