diff --git a/compiler/backend/src/org/jetbrains/jet/codegen/JavaSerializerExtension.java b/compiler/backend/src/org/jetbrains/jet/codegen/JavaSerializerExtension.java
index 1e9a798e1c8..46aba63fe1c 100644
--- a/compiler/backend/src/org/jetbrains/jet/codegen/JavaSerializerExtension.java
+++ b/compiler/backend/src/org/jetbrains/jet/codegen/JavaSerializerExtension.java
@@ -148,8 +148,8 @@ public class JavaSerializerExtension extends SerializerExtension {
                 @NotNull JavaProtoBuf.JavaMethodSignature signature,
                 @NotNull NameResolver nameResolver
         ) {
-            Method method = new SignatureDeserializer(nameResolver).methodSignature(signature);
-            return methodSignature(method);
+            String method = new SignatureDeserializer(nameResolver).methodSignatureString(signature);
+            return methodSignature(getAsmMethod(method));
         }
 
         @NotNull
@@ -189,11 +189,11 @@ public class JavaSerializerExtension extends SerializerExtension {
             }
 
             Method syntheticMethod = signature.hasSyntheticMethod()
-                    ? signatureDeserializer.methodSignature(signature.getSyntheticMethod())
+                    ? getAsmMethod(signatureDeserializer.methodSignatureString(signature.getSyntheticMethod()))
                     : null;
 
-            Method getter = signature.hasGetter() ? signatureDeserializer.methodSignature(signature.getGetter()) : null;
-            Method setter = signature.hasSetter() ? signatureDeserializer.methodSignature(signature.getSetter()) : null;
+            Method getter = signature.hasGetter() ? getAsmMethod(signatureDeserializer.methodSignatureString(signature.getGetter())) : null;
+            Method setter = signature.hasSetter() ? getAsmMethod(signatureDeserializer.methodSignatureString(signature.getSetter())) : null;
 
             return propertySignature(fieldType, fieldName, isStaticInOuter, syntheticMethod, getter, setter);
         }
@@ -269,4 +269,10 @@ public class JavaSerializerExtension extends SerializerExtension {
             return FqName.fromSegments(Arrays.asList(internalName.split("/")));
         }
     }
+
+    @NotNull
+    private static Method getAsmMethod(@NotNull String nameAndDesc) {
+        int indexOf = nameAndDesc.indexOf('(');
+        return new Method(nameAndDesc.substring(0, indexOf), nameAndDesc.substring(indexOf));
+    }
 }
diff --git a/core/descriptor.loader.java/src/org/jetbrains/jet/lang/resolve/kotlin/BaseDescriptorDeserializer.java b/core/descriptor.loader.java/src/org/jetbrains/jet/lang/resolve/kotlin/BaseDescriptorDeserializer.java
index 11df5a72bac..b01268122f6 100644
--- a/core/descriptor.loader.java/src/org/jetbrains/jet/lang/resolve/kotlin/BaseDescriptorDeserializer.java
+++ b/core/descriptor.loader.java/src/org/jetbrains/jet/lang/resolve/kotlin/BaseDescriptorDeserializer.java
@@ -63,17 +63,17 @@ public abstract class BaseDescriptorDeserializer {
         switch (kind) {
             case FUNCTION:
                 if (proto.hasExtension(JavaProtoBuf.methodSignature)) {
-                    return MemberSignature.fromAsmMethod(deserializer.methodSignature(proto.getExtension(JavaProtoBuf.methodSignature)));
+                    return deserializer.methodSignature(proto.getExtension(JavaProtoBuf.methodSignature));
                 }
                 break;
             case PROPERTY_GETTER:
                 if (proto.hasExtension(JavaProtoBuf.propertySignature)) {
-                    return MemberSignature.fromAsmMethod(deserializer.methodSignature(proto.getExtension(JavaProtoBuf.propertySignature).getGetter()));
+                    return deserializer.methodSignature(proto.getExtension(JavaProtoBuf.propertySignature).getGetter());
                 }
                 break;
             case PROPERTY_SETTER:
                 if (proto.hasExtension(JavaProtoBuf.propertySignature)) {
-                    return MemberSignature.fromAsmMethod(deserializer.methodSignature(proto.getExtension(JavaProtoBuf.propertySignature).getSetter()));
+                    return deserializer.methodSignature(proto.getExtension(JavaProtoBuf.propertySignature).getSetter());
                 }
                 break;
             case PROPERTY:
@@ -87,7 +87,7 @@ public abstract class BaseDescriptorDeserializer {
                         return MemberSignature.fromFieldNameAndDesc(name, type);
                     }
                     else if (propertySignature.hasSyntheticMethod()) {
-                        return MemberSignature.fromAsmMethod(deserializer.methodSignature(propertySignature.getSyntheticMethod()));
+                        return deserializer.methodSignature(propertySignature.getSyntheticMethod());
                     }
                 }
                 break;
diff --git a/core/descriptor.loader.java/src/org/jetbrains/jet/lang/resolve/kotlin/DescriptorDeserializersStorage.java b/core/descriptor.loader.java/src/org/jetbrains/jet/lang/resolve/kotlin/DescriptorDeserializersStorage.java
index 605cdd98472..9ef635890e4 100644
--- a/core/descriptor.loader.java/src/org/jetbrains/jet/lang/resolve/kotlin/DescriptorDeserializersStorage.java
+++ b/core/descriptor.loader.java/src/org/jetbrains/jet/lang/resolve/kotlin/DescriptorDeserializersStorage.java
@@ -19,7 +19,6 @@ package org.jetbrains.jet.lang.resolve.kotlin;
 import kotlin.Function1;
 import org.jetbrains.annotations.NotNull;
 import org.jetbrains.annotations.Nullable;
-import org.jetbrains.asm4.commons.Method;
 import org.jetbrains.jet.lang.descriptors.annotations.AnnotationDescriptor;
 import org.jetbrains.jet.lang.resolve.constants.CompileTimeConstant;
 import org.jetbrains.jet.lang.resolve.constants.ConstantsPackage;
@@ -81,7 +80,7 @@ public class DescriptorDeserializersStorage {
             @Nullable
             @Override
             public KotlinJvmBinaryClass.MethodAnnotationVisitor visitMethod(@NotNull Name name, @NotNull String desc) {
-                return new AnnotationVisitorForMethod(MemberSignature.fromMethodNameAndDesc(name, desc));
+                return new AnnotationVisitorForMethod(MemberSignature.fromMethodNameAndDesc(name.asString() + desc));
             }
 
             @Nullable
@@ -141,7 +140,7 @@ public class DescriptorDeserializersStorage {
 
     // The purpose of this class is to hold a unique signature of either a method or a field, so that annotations on a member can be put
     // into a map indexed by these signatures
-    protected static final class MemberSignature {
+    public static final class MemberSignature {
         private final String signature;
 
         private MemberSignature(@NotNull String signature) {
@@ -149,13 +148,8 @@ public class DescriptorDeserializersStorage {
         }
 
         @NotNull
-        public static MemberSignature fromMethodNameAndDesc(@NotNull Name name, @NotNull String desc) {
-            return new MemberSignature(name.asString() + desc);
-        }
-
-        @NotNull
-        public static MemberSignature fromAsmMethod(@NotNull Method method) {
-            return new MemberSignature(method.toString());
+        public static MemberSignature fromMethodNameAndDesc(@NotNull String nameAndDesc) {
+            return new MemberSignature(nameAndDesc);
         }
 
         @NotNull
diff --git a/core/descriptor.loader.java/src/org/jetbrains/jet/lang/resolve/kotlin/SignatureDeserializer.java b/core/descriptor.loader.java/src/org/jetbrains/jet/lang/resolve/kotlin/SignatureDeserializer.java
index 0c06be8674d..e2a339a93fd 100644
--- a/core/descriptor.loader.java/src/org/jetbrains/jet/lang/resolve/kotlin/SignatureDeserializer.java
+++ b/core/descriptor.loader.java/src/org/jetbrains/jet/lang/resolve/kotlin/SignatureDeserializer.java
@@ -17,7 +17,6 @@
 package org.jetbrains.jet.lang.resolve.kotlin;
 
 import org.jetbrains.annotations.NotNull;
-import org.jetbrains.asm4.commons.Method;
 import org.jetbrains.jet.descriptors.serialization.JavaProtoBuf;
 import org.jetbrains.jet.descriptors.serialization.NameResolver;
 import org.jetbrains.jet.lang.resolve.name.FqName;
@@ -34,7 +33,7 @@ public class SignatureDeserializer {
     }
 
     @NotNull
-    public Method methodSignature(@NotNull JavaProtoBuf.JavaMethodSignature signature) {
+    public String methodSignatureString(@NotNull JavaProtoBuf.JavaMethodSignature signature) {
         Name name = nameResolver.getName(signature.getName());
 
         StringBuilder sb = new StringBuilder();
@@ -45,7 +44,12 @@ public class SignatureDeserializer {
         sb.append(')');
         typeDescriptor(signature.getReturnType(), sb);
 
-        return new Method(name.asString(), sb.toString());
+        return name.asString() + sb.toString();
+    }
+
+    @NotNull
+    public DescriptorDeserializersStorage.MemberSignature methodSignature(@NotNull JavaProtoBuf.JavaMethodSignature signature) {
+        return DescriptorDeserializersStorage.MemberSignature.fromMethodNameAndDesc(methodSignatureString(signature));
     }
 
     @NotNull