diff --git a/libraries/tools/kotlin-gradle-plugin-integration-tests/src/test/kotlin/org/jetbrains/kotlin/gradle/AbstractKotlinAndroidGradleTests.kt b/libraries/tools/kotlin-gradle-plugin-integration-tests/src/test/kotlin/org/jetbrains/kotlin/gradle/AbstractKotlinAndroidGradleTests.kt
index a7051297764..6758e816484 100644
--- a/libraries/tools/kotlin-gradle-plugin-integration-tests/src/test/kotlin/org/jetbrains/kotlin/gradle/AbstractKotlinAndroidGradleTests.kt
+++ b/libraries/tools/kotlin-gradle-plugin-integration-tests/src/test/kotlin/org/jetbrains/kotlin/gradle/AbstractKotlinAndroidGradleTests.kt
@@ -8,7 +8,6 @@ import org.jetbrains.kotlin.gradle.util.modify
 import org.jetbrains.kotlin.test.KotlinTestUtils
 import org.junit.Test
 import java.io.File
-import kotlin.test.assertEquals
 
 
 class KotlinAndroidGradleIT : AbstractKotlinAndroidGradleTests(androidGradlePluginVersion = "2.3.0") {
@@ -23,36 +22,6 @@ class KotlinAndroid32GradleIT : KotlinAndroid3GradleIT(androidGradlePluginVersio
 
     @Test
     fun testAndroidWithNewMppApp() = with(Project("new-mpp-android")) {
-        build("printSourceSetDependsOnRelations") {
-            val dependsOnReportRegex = "(\\w+?) dependsOn \\[(.*?)]".toRegex()
-            val dependsOnRelations = dependsOnReportRegex
-                .findAll(output)
-                .associate { it.groupValues[1] to it.groupValues[2].split(", ").toSet() }
-
-            val expectedDependsOnRelations = listOf(
-                "androidLibMain" to setOf("commonMain"),
-                "androidLibDebug" to setOf("commonMain", "androidLibMain"), // compilation
-                "androidLibRelease" to setOf("commonMain", "androidLibMain"), // compilation
-
-                "androidLibTest" to setOf("commonTest"),
-                "androidLibTestDebug" to setOf("commonTest"),
-                "androidLibTestRelease" to setOf("commonTest"),
-                "androidLibAndroidTestDebug" to setOf("commonTest"),
-                "androidLibAndroidTest" to setOf("commonTest"),
-                "androidLibDebugAndroidTest" to setOf("commonTest", "androidLibAndroidTest", "androidLibAndroidTestDebug"), // compilation
-                "androidLibDebugUnitTest" to setOf("commonTest", "androidLibTest", "androidLibTestDebug"), // compilation
-                "androidLibReleaseUnitTest" to setOf("commonTest", "androidLibTest", "androidLibTestRelease") // compilation
-            )
-
-            for ((sourceSetName, expectedDependsOn) in expectedDependsOnRelations) {
-                assertEquals(
-                    expectedDependsOn,
-                    dependsOnRelations[sourceSetName],
-                    "source set $sourceSetName should depend on $expectedDependsOn"
-                )
-            }
-        }
-
         build("assemble", "compileDebugUnitTestJavaWithJavac") {
             assertSuccessful()
 
diff --git a/libraries/tools/kotlin-gradle-plugin-integration-tests/src/test/resources/testProject/new-mpp-android/lib/build.gradle b/libraries/tools/kotlin-gradle-plugin-integration-tests/src/test/resources/testProject/new-mpp-android/lib/build.gradle
index feba04070a4..8ee1a222fcb 100644
--- a/libraries/tools/kotlin-gradle-plugin-integration-tests/src/test/resources/testProject/new-mpp-android/lib/build.gradle
+++ b/libraries/tools/kotlin-gradle-plugin-integration-tests/src/test/resources/testProject/new-mpp-android/lib/build.gradle
@@ -51,12 +51,4 @@ kotlin {
         fromPreset(presets.jvm, 'jvmLib')
         fromPreset(presets.js, 'jsLib')
     }
-}
-
-task printSourceSetDependsOnRelations {
-    doFirst {
-        kotlin.sourceSets.each { sourceSet ->
-            println sourceSet.name + " dependsOn " + sourceSet.dependsOn.collect { it.name }
-        }
-    }
 }
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/libraries/tools/kotlin-gradle-plugin/src/main/kotlin/org/jetbrains/kotlin/gradle/plugin/KotlinPlugin.kt b/libraries/tools/kotlin-gradle-plugin/src/main/kotlin/org/jetbrains/kotlin/gradle/plugin/KotlinPlugin.kt
index c0007093978..7ccf496e87a 100755
--- a/libraries/tools/kotlin-gradle-plugin/src/main/kotlin/org/jetbrains/kotlin/gradle/plugin/KotlinPlugin.kt
+++ b/libraries/tools/kotlin-gradle-plugin/src/main/kotlin/org/jetbrains/kotlin/gradle/plugin/KotlinPlugin.kt
@@ -730,9 +730,17 @@ abstract class AbstractAndroidProjectHandler<V>(private val kotlinConfigurationT
         kotlinTask.destinationDir = File(project.buildDir, "tmp/kotlin-classes/$variantDataName")
         kotlinTask.description = "Compiles the $variantDataName kotlin."
 
-        configureSources(kotlinTask, variantData, compilation)
-        // Register the source only after the task is created and source set relations are built:
+        // Register the source only after the task is created, because tne task is required for that:
         compilation.source(defaultSourceSet)
+        configureSources(kotlinTask, variantData, compilation)
+
+        // In MPPs, add the common main Kotlin sources to non-test variants, the common test sources to test variants
+        val commonSourceSetName = if (getTestedVariantData(variantData) == null)
+            KotlinSourceSet.COMMON_MAIN_SOURCE_SET_NAME else
+            KotlinSourceSet.COMMON_TEST_SOURCE_SET_NAME
+        project.kotlinExtension.sourceSets.findByName(commonSourceSetName)?.let {
+            compilation.source(it)
+        }
 
         wireKotlinTasks(project, compilation, androidPlugin, androidExt, variantData, javaTask, kotlinTask)
     }
@@ -756,32 +764,10 @@ abstract class AbstractAndroidProjectHandler<V>(private val kotlinConfigurationT
     private fun configureSources(compileTask: AbstractCompile, variantData: V, compilation: KotlinCompilation?) {
         val logger = compileTask.project.logger
 
-        val commonSourceSet = compilation?.run {
-            target.project.kotlinExtension.sourceSets.run {
-                // In MPPs, add the common main Kotlin sources to dependsOn of non-test variants, the common test sources to test variants
-                val commonSourceSetName = if (getTestedVariantData(variantData) == null)
-                    KotlinSourceSet.COMMON_MAIN_SOURCE_SET_NAME else
-                    KotlinSourceSet.COMMON_TEST_SOURCE_SET_NAME
-
-                findByName(commonSourceSetName)?.also { common ->
-                    getByName(compilation.defaultSourceSetName).dependsOn(common)
-                }
-            }
-        }
-
-        val defaultSourceSet = compilation?.run {
-            target.project.kotlinExtension.sourceSets.getByName(defaultSourceSetName)
-        }
-
         for (provider in getSourceProviders(variantData)) {
             val kotlinSourceSet = provider.getConvention(KOTLIN_DSL_NAME) as? KotlinSourceSet ?: continue
             if (compilation != null) {
-                if (commonSourceSet != null) {
-                    kotlinSourceSet.dependsOn(commonSourceSet)
-                }
-                if (kotlinSourceSet != defaultSourceSet) {
-                    defaultSourceSet!!.dependsOn(kotlinSourceSet)
-                }
+                compilation.source(kotlinSourceSet)
             } else {
                 compileTask.source(kotlinSourceSet.kotlin)
             }