diff --git a/compiler/build.gradle.kts b/compiler/build.gradle.kts
index e7a15f33434..a39ed081f60 100644
--- a/compiler/build.gradle.kts
+++ b/compiler/build.gradle.kts
@@ -76,14 +76,6 @@ sourceSets {
     }
 }
 
-val jar: Jar by tasks
-jar.apply {
-    from(the<JavaPluginConvention>().sourceSets.getByName("main").output)
-    from("../idea/src").apply {
-        include("META-INF/extensions/compiler.xml")
-    }
-}
-
 projectTest {
     dependsOn(*testDistProjects.map { "$it:dist" }.toTypedArray())
     workingDir = rootDir
diff --git a/idea/src/META-INF/extensions/compiler.xml b/compiler/cli/src/META-INF/extensions/compiler.xml
similarity index 100%
rename from idea/src/META-INF/extensions/compiler.xml
rename to compiler/cli/src/META-INF/extensions/compiler.xml
diff --git a/compiler/cli/src/org/jetbrains/kotlin/cli/jvm/compiler/KotlinCoreEnvironment.kt b/compiler/cli/src/org/jetbrains/kotlin/cli/jvm/compiler/KotlinCoreEnvironment.kt
index 8ea811e7cfd..16c3a2a1a64 100644
--- a/compiler/cli/src/org/jetbrains/kotlin/cli/jvm/compiler/KotlinCoreEnvironment.kt
+++ b/compiler/cli/src/org/jetbrains/kotlin/cli/jvm/compiler/KotlinCoreEnvironment.kt
@@ -509,7 +509,6 @@ class KotlinCoreEnvironment private constructor(
         }
 
         private fun registerApplicationExtensionPointsAndExtensionsFrom(configuration: CompilerConfiguration, configFilePath: String) {
-
             fun File.hasConfigFile(configFile: String): Boolean =
                     if (isDirectory) File(this, "META-INF" + File.separator + configFile).exists()
                     else try {
@@ -524,9 +523,9 @@ class KotlinCoreEnvironment private constructor(
             val pluginRoot =
                     configuration.get(CLIConfigurationKeys.INTELLIJ_PLUGIN_ROOT)?.let(::File)
                     ?: configuration.get(CLIConfigurationKeys.COMPILER_JAR_LOCATOR)?.compilerJar
-                    ?: PathUtil.pathUtilJar.takeIf { it.hasConfigFile(configFilePath) }
+                    ?: PathUtil.getResourcePathForClass(this::class.java).takeIf { it.hasConfigFile(configFilePath) }
                     // hack for load extensions when compiler run directly from project directory (e.g. in tests)
-                    ?: File("idea/src").takeIf { it.hasConfigFile(configFilePath) }
+                    ?: File("compiler/cli/src").takeIf { it.hasConfigFile(configFilePath) }
                     ?: throw IllegalStateException("Unable to find extension point configuration $configFilePath")
 
             CoreApplicationEnvironment.registerExtensionPointAndExtensions(pluginRoot, configFilePath, Extensions.getRootArea())
diff --git a/idea/build.gradle.kts b/idea/build.gradle.kts
index 0edcd8d0bca..f4f074dee22 100644
--- a/idea/build.gradle.kts
+++ b/idea/build.gradle.kts
@@ -1,5 +1,3 @@
-
-
 import org.gradle.jvm.tasks.Jar
 
 apply { plugin("kotlin") }
@@ -107,6 +105,11 @@ sourceSets {
     }
 }
 
+val jar: Jar by tasks
+jar.from("../compiler/cli/src") {
+    include("META-INF/extensions/compiler.xml")
+}
+
 projectTest {
     dependsOnTaskIfExistsRec("dist", project = rootProject)
     workingDir = rootDir