diff --git a/compiler/ir/backend.js/src/org/jetbrains/kotlin/ir/backend/js/ic/CacheUpdater.kt b/compiler/ir/backend.js/src/org/jetbrains/kotlin/ir/backend/js/ic/CacheUpdater.kt
index d1a552aad33..44ff6ad065f 100644
--- a/compiler/ir/backend.js/src/org/jetbrains/kotlin/ir/backend/js/ic/CacheUpdater.kt
+++ b/compiler/ir/backend.js/src/org/jetbrains/kotlin/ir/backend/js/ic/CacheUpdater.kt
@@ -672,7 +672,7 @@ class CacheUpdater(
         val compilerForIC = compilerInterfaceFactory.createCompilerForIC(mainModuleFragment, compilerConfiguration)
 
         // Load declarations referenced during `context` initialization
-        loadedIr.linker.loadUnboundSymbols(true)
+        loadedIr.linker.loadUnboundSymbols()
 
         val dirtyFiles = dirtyFileExports.entries.associateTo(HashMap(dirtyFileExports.size)) { it.key to HashSet(it.value.keys) }
 
@@ -756,7 +756,7 @@ fun rebuildCacheForDirtyFiles(
     val compilerWithIC = JsIrCompilerWithIC(currentIrModule, configuration, JsGenerationGranularity.PER_MODULE, exportedDeclarations)
 
     // Load declarations referenced during `context` initialization
-    jsIrLinker.loadUnboundSymbols(true)
+    jsIrLinker.loadUnboundSymbols()
 
     val fragments = compilerWithIC.compile(irModules.values, dirtyIrFiles, mainArguments).map { it() }
 
diff --git a/compiler/ir/backend.js/src/org/jetbrains/kotlin/ir/backend/js/ic/JsIrLinkerLoader.kt b/compiler/ir/backend.js/src/org/jetbrains/kotlin/ir/backend/js/ic/JsIrLinkerLoader.kt
index e8bc9b704a8..c14520bc13b 100644
--- a/compiler/ir/backend.js/src/org/jetbrains/kotlin/ir/backend/js/ic/JsIrLinkerLoader.kt
+++ b/compiler/ir/backend.js/src/org/jetbrains/kotlin/ir/backend/js/ic/JsIrLinkerLoader.kt
@@ -30,12 +30,10 @@ import org.jetbrains.kotlin.psi2ir.descriptors.IrBuiltInsOverDescriptors
 import org.jetbrains.kotlin.psi2ir.generators.TypeTranslatorImpl
 import org.jetbrains.kotlin.storage.LockBasedStorageManager
 
-internal fun JsIrLinker.loadUnboundSymbols(checkNoUnbound: Boolean) {
+internal fun JsIrLinker.loadUnboundSymbols() {
     ExternalDependenciesGenerator(symbolTable, listOf(this)).generateUnboundSymbolsAsDependencies()
     postProcess()
-    if (checkNoUnbound) {
-        checkNoUnboundSymbols(symbolTable, "at the end of IR linkage process")
-    }
+    checkNoUnboundSymbols(symbolTable, "at the end of IR linkage process")
 }
 
 internal class JsIrLinkerLoader(
@@ -130,7 +128,7 @@ internal class JsIrLinkerLoader(
             }
         }
 
-        jsIrLinker.loadUnboundSymbols(false)
+        jsIrLinker.loadUnboundSymbols()
         return LoadedJsIr(jsIrLinker, irModules)
     }
 }