diff --git a/ultimate/src/org/jetbrains/kotlin/idea/nodejs/nodeJsUtil.kt b/ultimate/src/org/jetbrains/kotlin/idea/nodejs/nodeJsUtil.kt
index 77c8e23e5f7..36611cbf8ba 100644
--- a/ultimate/src/org/jetbrains/kotlin/idea/nodejs/nodeJsUtil.kt
+++ b/ultimate/src/org/jetbrains/kotlin/idea/nodejs/nodeJsUtil.kt
@@ -6,18 +6,12 @@
 package org.jetbrains.kotlin.idea.nodejs
 
 import com.intellij.execution.configuration.EnvironmentVariablesData
-import com.intellij.openapi.externalSystem.ExternalSystemModulePropertyManager
-import com.intellij.openapi.externalSystem.util.ExternalSystemApiUtil
 import com.intellij.openapi.module.Module
 import com.intellij.openapi.roots.CompilerModuleExtension
 import com.intellij.openapi.roots.ModuleRootManager
 import com.intellij.openapi.util.io.FileUtil
-import com.intellij.util.PathUtil
 import org.jetbrains.kotlin.idea.framework.isGradleModule
 import org.jetbrains.kotlin.utils.addIfNotNull
-import org.jetbrains.plugins.gradle.model.ExternalProject
-import org.jetbrains.plugins.gradle.service.project.data.ExternalProjectDataCache
-import org.jetbrains.plugins.gradle.util.GradleConstants
 import java.io.File
 import java.util.*
 
@@ -37,23 +31,8 @@ private fun addSingleModulePaths(target: Module, result: MutableList<String>) {
     result.addIfNotNull(compilerExtension.compilerOutputPathForTests?.let { "${it.path}/lib" })
 }
 
-private fun ExternalProject.findProjectById(id: String): ExternalProject? {
-    if (this.id == id) return this
-    for (childProject in childProjects.values) {
-        childProject.findProjectById(id)?.let { return it }
-    }
-    return null
-}
-
 private fun getNodeJsClasspath(module: Module): List<String> {
-    if (module.isGradleModule()) {
-        val gradleProjectPath = ExternalSystemModulePropertyManager.getInstance(module).getRootProjectPath()
-        val projectCache = ExternalProjectDataCache.getInstance(module.project)
-        val rootProject = projectCache.getRootExternalProject(GradleConstants.SYSTEM_ID, File(gradleProjectPath)) ?: return listOf()
-        val externalProjectId = ExternalSystemApiUtil.getExternalProjectId(module) ?: return listOf()
-        val buildDir = rootProject.findProjectById(externalProjectId)?.buildDir ?: return listOf()
-        return listOfNotNull(PathUtil.toSystemIndependentName(buildDir.absolutePath) + "/nodejs_modules")
-    }
+    if (module.isGradleModule()) return emptyList()
 
     val result = ArrayList<String>()
     ModuleRootManager.getInstance(module).orderEntries().recursively().forEachModule {