diff --git a/libraries/tools/kotlin-gradle-plugin/src/main/kotlin/org/jetbrains/kotlin/gradle/internal/AnnotationProcessingManager.kt b/libraries/tools/kotlin-gradle-plugin/src/main/kotlin/org/jetbrains/kotlin/gradle/internal/AnnotationProcessingManager.kt
index 745661cf616..1446d7851d5 100644
--- a/libraries/tools/kotlin-gradle-plugin/src/main/kotlin/org/jetbrains/kotlin/gradle/internal/AnnotationProcessingManager.kt
+++ b/libraries/tools/kotlin-gradle-plugin/src/main/kotlin/org/jetbrains/kotlin/gradle/internal/AnnotationProcessingManager.kt
@@ -69,7 +69,7 @@ fun Project.initKapt(
     }
 
     javaTask.appendClasspathDynamically(kaptManager.wrappersDirectory)
-    javaTask.source(kaptManager.javaAptSourceDir)
+    javaTask.source(kaptManager.hackAnnotationDir)
 
     if (kaptExtension.inheritedAnnotations) {
         kotlinTask.extensions.extraProperties.set("kaptInheritedAnnotations", true)
@@ -138,7 +138,7 @@ public class AnnotationProcessingManager(
     private val project = task.project
     private val random = Random()
     val wrappersDirectory = File(aptWorkingDir, "wrappers")
-    val javaAptSourceDir = File(aptWorkingDir, "java_src")
+    val hackAnnotationDir = File(aptWorkingDir, "java_src")
 
     private companion object {
         val JAVA_FQNAME_PATTERN = "^([\\p{L}_$][\\p{L}\\p{N}_$]*\\.)*[\\p{L}_$][\\p{L}\\p{N}_$]*$".toRegex()
@@ -191,7 +191,7 @@ public class AnnotationProcessingManager(
     }
 
     fun generateJavaHackFile() {
-        val javaHackPackageDir = File(javaAptSourceDir, GEN_ANNOTATION)
+        val javaHackPackageDir = File(hackAnnotationDir, GEN_ANNOTATION)
 
         if (!javaHackPackageDir.exists()) javaHackPackageDir.mkdirs()