diff --git a/js/js.serializer/src/org/jetbrains/kotlin/serialization/js/KotlinJavascriptSerializationUtil.kt b/js/js.serializer/src/org/jetbrains/kotlin/serialization/js/KotlinJavascriptSerializationUtil.kt
index f2dcae39021..3edf6fb7688 100644
--- a/js/js.serializer/src/org/jetbrains/kotlin/serialization/js/KotlinJavascriptSerializationUtil.kt
+++ b/js/js.serializer/src/org/jetbrains/kotlin/serialization/js/KotlinJavascriptSerializationUtil.kt
@@ -130,10 +130,7 @@ public object KotlinJavascriptSerializationUtil {
     }
 
     private fun getPackageName(filePath: String): String {
-        val lastIndexOfSep = filePath.lastIndexOf('/')
-        assert(lastIndexOfSep >= 0, "expected / in $filePath")
-        return filePath.substring(0, lastIndexOfSep).replace('/', '.')
-
+        return filePath.substringBeforeLast('/').replace('/', '.')
     }
 
     private fun getPackages(contentMap: Map<String, ByteArray>): List<String> =