diff --git a/.idea/artifacts/KotlinPlugin.xml b/.idea/artifacts/KotlinPlugin.xml
index 9d9f0fe34ac..351c60e12d4 100644
--- a/.idea/artifacts/KotlinPlugin.xml
+++ b/.idea/artifacts/KotlinPlugin.xml
@@ -16,6 +16,7 @@
             <element id="module-output" name="util.runtime" />
             <element id="module-output" name="j2k" />
             <element id="module-output" name="js.translator" />
+            <element id="module-output" name="js.frontend" />
             <element id="module-output" name="cli-common" />
             <element id="module-output" name="ide-compiler-runner" />
             <element id="module-output" name="preloader" />
diff --git a/.idea/modules.xml b/.idea/modules.xml
index 593516f76ef..80d186d81dd 100644
--- a/.idea/modules.xml
+++ b/.idea/modules.xml
@@ -31,6 +31,7 @@
       <module fileurl="file://$PROJECT_DIR$/compiler/jet.as.java.psi/jet.as.java.psi.iml" filepath="$PROJECT_DIR$/compiler/jet.as.java.psi/jet.as.java.psi.iml" group="compiler/java" />
       <module fileurl="file://$PROJECT_DIR$/jps-plugin/jps-plugin.iml" filepath="$PROJECT_DIR$/jps-plugin/jps-plugin.iml" group="ide/jps" />
       <module fileurl="file://$PROJECT_DIR$/js/js.dart-ast/js.dart-ast.iml" filepath="$PROJECT_DIR$/js/js.dart-ast/js.dart-ast.iml" group="compiler/js" />
+      <module fileurl="file://$PROJECT_DIR$/js/js.frontend/js.frontend.iml" filepath="$PROJECT_DIR$/js/js.frontend/js.frontend.iml" group="compiler/js" />
       <module fileurl="file://$PROJECT_DIR$/js/js.tests/js.tests.iml" filepath="$PROJECT_DIR$/js/js.tests/js.tests.iml" group="compiler/js" />
       <module fileurl="file://$PROJECT_DIR$/js/js.translator/js.translator.iml" filepath="$PROJECT_DIR$/js/js.translator/js.translator.iml" group="compiler/js" />
       <module fileurl="file://$PROJECT_DIR$/jps-plugin/kannotator-jps-plugin-test/kannotator-jps-plugin-test.iml" filepath="$PROJECT_DIR$/jps-plugin/kannotator-jps-plugin-test/kannotator-jps-plugin-test.iml" group="ide/jps" />
diff --git a/build.xml b/build.xml
index 5ded5430511..2bce5d60314 100644
--- a/build.xml
+++ b/build.xml
@@ -77,6 +77,7 @@
 
         <include name="js/js.dart-ast/src"/>
         <include name="js/js.translator/src"/>
+        <include name="js/js.frontend/src"/>
     </dirset>
 
     <property name="idea.out" value="${basedir}/out/production"/>
@@ -98,6 +99,7 @@
 
         <include name="js.dart-ast/**"/>
         <include name="js.translator/**"/>
+        <include name="js.frontend/**"/>
     </patternset>
 
     <path id="compilerSources.path">
@@ -161,6 +163,7 @@
             <fileset dir="compiler/builtins-serializer"/>
             <fileset dir="js/js.dart-ast/src"/>
             <fileset dir="js/js.translator/src"/>
+            <fileset dir="js/js.frontend/src"/>
             <zipfileset file="${kotlin-home}/build.txt" prefix="META-INF"/>
 
             <manifest>
diff --git a/generators/src/org/jetbrains/jet/generators/injectors/GenerateInjectors.kt b/generators/src/org/jetbrains/jet/generators/injectors/GenerateInjectors.kt
index e6fbeac9267..e01cf9da0b1 100644
--- a/generators/src/org/jetbrains/jet/generators/injectors/GenerateInjectors.kt
+++ b/generators/src/org/jetbrains/jet/generators/injectors/GenerateInjectors.kt
@@ -83,7 +83,7 @@ private fun generatorForTopDownAnalyzerBasic() =
         }
 
 private fun generatorForTopDownAnalyzerForJs() =
-        generator("js/js.translator/src", "org.jetbrains.jet.di", "InjectorForTopDownAnalyzerForJs") {
+        generator("js/js.frontend/src", "org.jetbrains.jet.di", "InjectorForTopDownAnalyzerForJs") {
             commonForTopDownAnalyzer()
         }
 
diff --git a/js/js.frontend/js.frontend.iml b/js/js.frontend/js.frontend.iml
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..1a044eec4b2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/js/js.frontend/js.frontend.iml
@@ -0,0 +1,16 @@
+<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
+<module type="JAVA_MODULE" version="4">
+  <component name="NewModuleRootManager" inherit-compiler-output="true">
+    <exclude-output />
+    <content url="file://$MODULE_DIR$">
+      <sourceFolder url="file://$MODULE_DIR$/src" isTestSource="false" />
+    </content>
+    <orderEntry type="inheritedJdk" />
+    <orderEntry type="sourceFolder" forTests="false" />
+    <orderEntry type="module" module-name="frontend" />
+    <orderEntry type="library" scope="PROVIDED" name="intellij-core" level="project" />
+    <orderEntry type="module" module-name="util" />
+    <orderEntry type="module" module-name="js.dart-ast" exported="" />
+  </component>
+</module>
+
diff --git a/js/js.translator/src/org/jetbrains/jet/di/InjectorForTopDownAnalyzerForJs.java b/js/js.frontend/src/org/jetbrains/jet/di/InjectorForTopDownAnalyzerForJs.java
similarity index 100%
rename from js/js.translator/src/org/jetbrains/jet/di/InjectorForTopDownAnalyzerForJs.java
rename to js/js.frontend/src/org/jetbrains/jet/di/InjectorForTopDownAnalyzerForJs.java
diff --git a/js/js.translator/src/org/jetbrains/k2js/analyze/AnalyzerFacadeForJS.java b/js/js.frontend/src/org/jetbrains/k2js/analyze/AnalyzerFacadeForJS.java
similarity index 100%
rename from js/js.translator/src/org/jetbrains/k2js/analyze/AnalyzerFacadeForJS.java
rename to js/js.frontend/src/org/jetbrains/k2js/analyze/AnalyzerFacadeForJS.java
diff --git a/js/js.translator/src/org/jetbrains/k2js/config/Config.java b/js/js.frontend/src/org/jetbrains/k2js/config/Config.java
similarity index 96%
rename from js/js.translator/src/org/jetbrains/k2js/config/Config.java
rename to js/js.frontend/src/org/jetbrains/k2js/config/Config.java
index 6eb88d115a2..a3fc8df4948 100644
--- a/js/js.translator/src/org/jetbrains/k2js/config/Config.java
+++ b/js/js.frontend/src/org/jetbrains/k2js/config/Config.java
@@ -23,8 +23,6 @@ import org.jetbrains.annotations.Nullable;
 import org.jetbrains.jet.lang.descriptors.ModuleDescriptor;
 import org.jetbrains.jet.lang.psi.JetFile;
 import org.jetbrains.jet.lang.resolve.BindingContext;
-import org.jetbrains.k2js.translate.test.JSTester;
-import org.jetbrains.k2js.translate.test.QUnitTester;
 
 import java.util.Arrays;
 import java.util.Collection;
@@ -222,9 +220,7 @@ public abstract class Config {
         return allFiles;
     }
 
-    //TODO: should be null by default I suppose but we can't communicate it to K2JSCompiler atm
-    @Nullable
-    public JSTester getTester() {
-        return new QUnitTester();
+    public boolean isTestConfig() {
+        return false;
     }
 }
diff --git a/js/js.translator/src/org/jetbrains/k2js/config/EcmaVersion.java b/js/js.frontend/src/org/jetbrains/k2js/config/EcmaVersion.java
similarity index 100%
rename from js/js.translator/src/org/jetbrains/k2js/config/EcmaVersion.java
rename to js/js.frontend/src/org/jetbrains/k2js/config/EcmaVersion.java
diff --git a/js/js.translator/src/org/jetbrains/k2js/config/LibrarySourcesConfig.java b/js/js.frontend/src/org/jetbrains/k2js/config/LibrarySourcesConfig.java
similarity index 100%
rename from js/js.translator/src/org/jetbrains/k2js/config/LibrarySourcesConfig.java
rename to js/js.frontend/src/org/jetbrains/k2js/config/LibrarySourcesConfig.java
diff --git a/js/js.tests/test/org/jetbrains/k2js/test/config/TestConfigWithUnitTests.java b/js/js.tests/test/org/jetbrains/k2js/test/config/TestConfigWithUnitTests.java
index a25105a2e76..498c6a1c399 100644
--- a/js/js.tests/test/org/jetbrains/k2js/test/config/TestConfigWithUnitTests.java
+++ b/js/js.tests/test/org/jetbrains/k2js/test/config/TestConfigWithUnitTests.java
@@ -22,8 +22,6 @@ import org.jetbrains.jet.lang.descriptors.ModuleDescriptor;
 import org.jetbrains.jet.lang.psi.JetFile;
 import org.jetbrains.jet.lang.resolve.BindingContext;
 import org.jetbrains.k2js.config.EcmaVersion;
-import org.jetbrains.k2js.translate.test.JSRhinoUnitTester;
-import org.jetbrains.k2js.translate.test.JSTester;
 
 import java.util.List;
 
@@ -41,10 +39,6 @@ public class TestConfigWithUnitTests extends TestConfig {
         }
     };
 
-    @Override
-    public JSTester getTester() {
-        return new JSRhinoUnitTester();
-    }
 
     public TestConfigWithUnitTests(@NotNull Project project,
             @NotNull EcmaVersion version,
@@ -53,4 +47,9 @@ public class TestConfigWithUnitTests extends TestConfig {
             @NotNull ModuleDescriptor module) {
         super(project, version, files, libraryContext, module, false);
     }
+
+    @Override
+    public boolean isTestConfig() {
+        return true;
+    }
 }
diff --git a/js/js.translator/js.translator.iml b/js/js.translator/js.translator.iml
index 5aa8da5b1b7..41539d5b6e0 100644
--- a/js/js.translator/js.translator.iml
+++ b/js/js.translator/js.translator.iml
@@ -12,6 +12,7 @@
     <orderEntry type="module" module-name="util" />
     <orderEntry type="module" module-name="backend-common" />
     <orderEntry type="module" module-name="js.dart-ast" exported="" />
+    <orderEntry type="module" module-name="js.frontend" exported="" />
   </component>
 </module>
 
diff --git a/js/js.translator/src/org/jetbrains/k2js/translate/general/Translation.java b/js/js.translator/src/org/jetbrains/k2js/translate/general/Translation.java
index 8a98949a925..7fd2e1431f5 100644
--- a/js/js.translator/src/org/jetbrains/k2js/translate/general/Translation.java
+++ b/js/js.translator/src/org/jetbrains/k2js/translate/general/Translation.java
@@ -42,8 +42,10 @@ import org.jetbrains.k2js.translate.declaration.PackageDeclarationTranslator;
 import org.jetbrains.k2js.translate.expression.ExpressionVisitor;
 import org.jetbrains.k2js.translate.expression.FunctionTranslator;
 import org.jetbrains.k2js.translate.expression.PatternTranslator;
+import org.jetbrains.k2js.translate.test.JSRhinoUnitTester;
 import org.jetbrains.k2js.translate.test.JSTestGenerator;
 import org.jetbrains.k2js.translate.test.JSTester;
+import org.jetbrains.k2js.translate.test.QUnitTester;
 import org.jetbrains.k2js.translate.utils.JsAstUtils;
 import org.jetbrains.k2js.translate.utils.dangerous.DangerousData;
 import org.jetbrains.k2js.translate.utils.dangerous.DangerousTranslator;
@@ -162,12 +164,10 @@ public final class Translation {
 
     private static void mayBeGenerateTests(@NotNull Collection<JetFile> files, @NotNull Config config,
             @NotNull JsBlock rootBlock, @NotNull TranslationContext context) {
-        JSTester tester = config.getTester();
-        if (tester != null) {
-            tester.initialize(context, rootBlock);
-            JSTestGenerator.generateTestCalls(context, files, tester);
-            tester.deinitialize();
-        }
+        JSTester tester = config.isTestConfig() ? new JSRhinoUnitTester() : new QUnitTester();
+        tester.initialize(context, rootBlock);
+        JSTestGenerator.generateTestCalls(context, files, tester);
+        tester.deinitialize();
     }
 
     //TODO: determine whether should throw exception