diff --git a/compiler/fir/cones/src/org/jetbrains/kotlin/fir/util/Collections.kt b/compiler/fir/cones/src/org/jetbrains/kotlin/fir/util/Collections.kt
deleted file mode 100644
index e4829751c8f..00000000000
--- a/compiler/fir/cones/src/org/jetbrains/kotlin/fir/util/Collections.kt
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,15 +0,0 @@
-/*
- * Copyright 2010-2021 JetBrains s.r.o. and Kotlin Programming Language contributors.
- * Use of this source code is governed by the Apache 2.0 license that can be found in the license/LICENSE.txt file.
- */
-
-package org.jetbrains.kotlin.fir.util
-
-private open class FrozenReversedListReadOnly<out T>(
-    private val delegate: List<T>
-) : AbstractList<T>() {
-    override val size: Int = delegate.size
-    override fun get(index: Int): T = delegate[size - 1 - index]
-}
-
-fun <T> List<T>.asReversedFrozen(): List<T> = FrozenReversedListReadOnly(this)
diff --git a/compiler/fir/resolve/src/org/jetbrains/kotlin/fir/resolve/calls/tower/FirTowerResolveTask.kt b/compiler/fir/resolve/src/org/jetbrains/kotlin/fir/resolve/calls/tower/FirTowerResolveTask.kt
index 436ec1b2574..7bdd4035717 100644
--- a/compiler/fir/resolve/src/org/jetbrains/kotlin/fir/resolve/calls/tower/FirTowerResolveTask.kt
+++ b/compiler/fir/resolve/src/org/jetbrains/kotlin/fir/resolve/calls/tower/FirTowerResolveTask.kt
@@ -23,7 +23,6 @@ import org.jetbrains.kotlin.fir.scopes.impl.FirWhenSubjectImportingScope
 import org.jetbrains.kotlin.fir.symbols.impl.FirRegularClassSymbol
 import org.jetbrains.kotlin.fir.types.builder.buildResolvedTypeRef
 import org.jetbrains.kotlin.fir.types.impl.FirImplicitBuiltinTypeRef
-import org.jetbrains.kotlin.fir.util.asReversedFrozen
 import org.jetbrains.kotlin.name.Name
 import org.jetbrains.kotlin.resolve.calls.tasks.ExplicitReceiverKind
 import org.jetbrains.kotlin.resolve.descriptorUtil.HIDES_MEMBERS_NAME_LIST
@@ -32,7 +31,7 @@ internal class TowerDataElementsForName(
     name: Name,
     towerDataContext: FirTowerDataContext
 ) {
-    val nonLocalTowerDataElements = towerDataContext.nonLocalTowerDataElements.asReversedFrozen()
+    val nonLocalTowerDataElements = towerDataContext.nonLocalTowerDataElements.asReversed()
 
     val reversedFilteredLocalScopes by lazy(LazyThreadSafetyMode.NONE) {
         buildList {
diff --git a/compiler/fir/resolve/src/org/jetbrains/kotlin/fir/resolve/transformers/FirTypeResolveTransformer.kt b/compiler/fir/resolve/src/org/jetbrains/kotlin/fir/resolve/transformers/FirTypeResolveTransformer.kt
index 8e4a89e2613..02ec6a6ee38 100644
--- a/compiler/fir/resolve/src/org/jetbrains/kotlin/fir/resolve/transformers/FirTypeResolveTransformer.kt
+++ b/compiler/fir/resolve/src/org/jetbrains/kotlin/fir/resolve/transformers/FirTypeResolveTransformer.kt
@@ -302,18 +302,9 @@ open class FirTypeResolveTransformer(
 
     override fun transformTypeRef(typeRef: FirTypeRef, data: Any?): FirResolvedTypeRef {
         return typeResolverTransformer.withFile(currentFile) {
-            val scopes = scopes
-            // optimized implementation of reversed Iterable on top of PersistentList
-            val reversedScopes = object : Iterable<FirScope> {
-                override fun iterator() = object : Iterator<FirScope> {
-                    private val iter = scopes.listIterator(scopes.size)
-                    override fun hasNext() = iter.hasPrevious()
-                    override fun next() = iter.previous()
-                }
-            }
             typeRef.transform(
                 typeResolverTransformer,
-                ScopeClassDeclaration(reversedScopes, classDeclarationsStack, containerDeclaration = currentDeclaration)
+                ScopeClassDeclaration(scopes.asReversed(), classDeclarationsStack, containerDeclaration = currentDeclaration)
             )
         }
     }
diff --git a/compiler/fir/semantics/src/org/jetbrains/kotlin/fir/resolve/dfa/Stack.kt b/compiler/fir/semantics/src/org/jetbrains/kotlin/fir/resolve/dfa/Stack.kt
index b9d1fb939ac..3a47c9e52e5 100644
--- a/compiler/fir/semantics/src/org/jetbrains/kotlin/fir/resolve/dfa/Stack.kt
+++ b/compiler/fir/semantics/src/org/jetbrains/kotlin/fir/resolve/dfa/Stack.kt
@@ -5,8 +5,6 @@
 
 package org.jetbrains.kotlin.fir.resolve.dfa
 
-import org.jetbrains.kotlin.fir.util.asReversedFrozen
-
 abstract class Stack<T> {
     abstract val size: Int
     abstract fun top(): T
@@ -41,5 +39,5 @@ private class StackImpl<T>(vararg values: T) : Stack<T>() {
         stack.clear()
     }
 
-    override fun all(): List<T> = stack.asReversedFrozen()
+    override fun all(): List<T> = stack.asReversed()
 }