diff --git a/compiler/light-classes-base/src/org/jetbrains/kotlin/asJava/elements/KtLightAbstractAnnotation.kt b/compiler/light-classes-base/src/org/jetbrains/kotlin/asJava/elements/KtLightAbstractAnnotation.kt
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..94ecd131dc2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/compiler/light-classes-base/src/org/jetbrains/kotlin/asJava/elements/KtLightAbstractAnnotation.kt
@@ -0,0 +1,21 @@
+/*
+ * Copyright 2010-2022 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.asJava.elements
+
+import com.intellij.psi.*
+import org.jetbrains.kotlin.psi.KtCallElement
+
+abstract class KtLightAbstractAnnotation(parent: PsiElement) :
+    KtLightElementBase(parent), PsiAnnotation, KtLightElement<KtCallElement, PsiAnnotation> {
+
+    abstract override fun getNameReferenceElement(): PsiJavaCodeReferenceElement?
+
+    override fun getOwner(): PsiAnnotationOwner? = parent as? PsiAnnotationOwner
+
+    abstract override fun getParameterList(): PsiAnnotationParameterList
+
+    open fun fqNameMatches(fqName: String): Boolean = qualifiedName == fqName
+}
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diff --git a/compiler/light-classes/src/org/jetbrains/kotlin/asJava/elements/lightAnnotations.kt b/compiler/light-classes/src/org/jetbrains/kotlin/asJava/elements/lightAnnotations.kt
index 19bd91bb9f1..e6f3a057743 100644
--- a/compiler/light-classes/src/org/jetbrains/kotlin/asJava/elements/lightAnnotations.kt
+++ b/compiler/light-classes/src/org/jetbrains/kotlin/asJava/elements/lightAnnotations.kt
@@ -40,18 +40,6 @@ import org.jetbrains.kotlin.types.typeUtil.isTypeParameter
 import org.jetbrains.kotlin.types.typeUtil.isUnit
 import org.jetbrains.kotlin.types.typeUtil.nullability
 
-abstract class KtLightAbstractAnnotation(parent: PsiElement) :
-    KtLightElementBase(parent), PsiAnnotation, KtLightElement<KtCallElement, PsiAnnotation> {
-
-    abstract override fun getNameReferenceElement(): PsiJavaCodeReferenceElement?
-
-    override fun getOwner(): PsiAnnotationOwner? = parent as? PsiAnnotationOwner
-
-    abstract override fun getParameterList(): PsiAnnotationParameterList
-
-    open fun fqNameMatches(fqName: String): Boolean = qualifiedName == fqName
-}
-
 class KtLightAnnotationForSourceEntry(
     private val name: String?,
     private val lazyQualifiedName: () -> String?,