diff --git a/kotlin-native/prepare/kotlin-native-embeddable-compiler/testData/projects/serialization/serialization.kt b/kotlin-native/prepare/kotlin-native-embeddable-compiler/testData/projects/serialization/serialization.kt
deleted file mode 100644
index 3bfe933563b..00000000000
--- a/kotlin-native/prepare/kotlin-native-embeddable-compiler/testData/projects/serialization/serialization.kt
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,14 +0,0 @@
-package serialization
-
-import kotlinx.serialization.*
-import kotlinx.serialization.json.*
-
-@Serializable
-data class Data(val number: Int, val english: String, val germany:String)
-
-fun main() {
-    Data(42, "forty two", "zweiundvierzig").let {
-        println(Json.encodeToString(it))
-    }
-}
-
diff --git a/kotlin-native/prepare/kotlin-native-embeddable-compiler/tests/kotlin/org/jetbrains/kotlin/native/compiler/embeddable/CompilerEmbeddableSmokeTests.kt b/kotlin-native/prepare/kotlin-native-embeddable-compiler/tests/kotlin/org/jetbrains/kotlin/native/compiler/embeddable/CompilerEmbeddableSmokeTests.kt
index fd3d4ecb61a..65f38d071a8 100644
--- a/kotlin-native/prepare/kotlin-native-embeddable-compiler/tests/kotlin/org/jetbrains/kotlin/native/compiler/embeddable/CompilerEmbeddableSmokeTests.kt
+++ b/kotlin-native/prepare/kotlin-native-embeddable-compiler/tests/kotlin/org/jetbrains/kotlin/native/compiler/embeddable/CompilerEmbeddableSmokeTests.kt
@@ -1,8 +1,7 @@
 /*
- * Copyright 2010-2021 JetBrains s.r.o. and Kotlin Programming Language contributors.
+ * 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.native.compiler.embeddable
 
 import org.junit.Rule
@@ -11,9 +10,9 @@ import org.junit.rules.TemporaryFolder
 import java.io.File
 import java.io.FileNotFoundException
 import java.io.InputStream
+import java.lang.System.err
 import kotlin.test.assertEquals
 
-
 private val COMPILER_CLASS_FQN = "org.jetbrains.kotlin.cli.bc.K2Native"
 
 class CompilerSmokeTest {
@@ -25,15 +24,17 @@ class CompilerSmokeTest {
 
     private val javaExecutable = File(File(System.getProperty("java.home"), "bin"), "java")
 
-    private val compilerClasspath: List<File> by lazy {
-        filesFromProp("compilerClasspath", "kotlin-native-compiler-embeddable.jar")
-    }
+    companion object {
+        val compilerClasspath: List<File> by lazy {
+            filesFromProp("compilerClasspath", "kotlin-native-compiler-embeddable.jar")
+        }
 
-    private fun filesFromProp(propName: String, vararg defaultPaths: String): List<File> =
-            (System.getProperty(propName)?.split(File.pathSeparator) ?: defaultPaths.asList()).map {
-                File(it).takeIf(File::exists)
-                        ?: throw FileNotFoundException("cannot find ($it)")
-            }
+        private fun filesFromProp(propName: String, vararg defaultPaths: String): List<File> =
+                (System.getProperty(propName)?.split(File.pathSeparator) ?: defaultPaths.asList()).map {
+                    File(it).takeIf(File::exists)
+                            ?: throw FileNotFoundException("cannot find ($it)")
+                }
+    }
 
     @Test
     fun testSmoke() {
@@ -69,9 +70,9 @@ class CompilerSmokeTest {
         }
 
         val stdout = process.inputStream!!.readFully()
-        System.out.println(stdout)
+        println(stdout)
         val stderr = process.errorStream!!.readFully()
-        System.err.println(stderr)
+        err.println(stderr)
 
         val result = process.waitFor()
         return stdout to result
diff --git a/kotlin-native/prepare/kotlin-native-embeddable-compiler/tests/kotlin/org/jetbrains/kotlin/native/compiler/embeddable/EmbeddableContentsTest.kt b/kotlin-native/prepare/kotlin-native-embeddable-compiler/tests/kotlin/org/jetbrains/kotlin/native/compiler/embeddable/EmbeddableContentsTest.kt
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..ea178bdd774
--- /dev/null
+++ b/kotlin-native/prepare/kotlin-native-embeddable-compiler/tests/kotlin/org/jetbrains/kotlin/native/compiler/embeddable/EmbeddableContentsTest.kt
@@ -0,0 +1,60 @@
+/*
+ * 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.native.compiler.embeddable
+
+import java.io.File
+import java.util.jar.JarFile
+import kotlin.test.Test
+import kotlin.test.assertFailsWith
+
+/**
+ * trove4j jars should not be included (embedded) into our JARs.
+ * This test checks that JARs don't contain any entry of trove library.
+ */
+class EmbeddableContentsTest {
+    @Test
+    fun `test current embeddable jars for trove classes`() {
+        CompilerSmokeTest.compilerClasspath.filterNot {
+            it.name.startsWith("trove")
+        }.forEach(::checkJarFile)
+    }
+
+    private val konanHomeJars: List<File> by lazy {
+        val home = System.getProperty("kotlin.native.home") ?: error("Property kotlin.native.home not specified")
+        File(home).resolve("konan/lib")
+                .listFiles { _, name -> name.endsWith("jar") }
+                ?.toList() ?: error("Unable to find JARs in the `$home/konan/lib` directory")
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    fun `test distribution jars for trove`() {
+        konanHomeJars.filterNot {
+            it.name.startsWith("trove")
+        }.forEach(::checkJarFile)
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    fun `self check on trove jar`() {
+        assertFailsWith<AssertionError> {
+            konanHomeJars.single {
+                it.name.startsWith("trove")
+            }.let(::checkJarFile)
+        }
+    }
+
+    private fun checkJarFile(it: File) {
+        JarFile(it).use { jar ->
+            jar.entries().iterator().forEachRemaining { entry ->
+                assert(!entry.name.contains("gnu/trove")) {
+                    """
+                    Jar file ${it.name} contains trove element: ${entry.name}
+                    Check dependencies of embeddable configurations
+                    """.trimIndent()
+                }
+            }
+        }
+    }
+}
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