diff --git a/compiler/ir/backend.js/src/org/jetbrains/kotlin/ir/backend/js/JsIntrinsics.kt b/compiler/ir/backend.js/src/org/jetbrains/kotlin/ir/backend/js/JsIntrinsics.kt
index dbe3dba48de..82c3ff66c1f 100644
--- a/compiler/ir/backend.js/src/org/jetbrains/kotlin/ir/backend/js/JsIntrinsics.kt
+++ b/compiler/ir/backend.js/src/org/jetbrains/kotlin/ir/backend/js/JsIntrinsics.kt
@@ -32,7 +32,9 @@ import java.util.*
 class JsIntrinsics(private val irBuiltIns: IrBuiltIns, val context: JsIrBackendContext) {
 
     private val externalPackageFragmentSymbol = IrExternalPackageFragmentSymbolImpl(context.internalPackageFragmentDescriptor)
-    val externalPackageFragment = IrExternalPackageFragmentImpl(externalPackageFragmentSymbol)
+    val externalPackageFragment = IrExternalPackageFragmentImpl(
+        externalPackageFragmentSymbol, context.internalPackageFragmentDescriptor.fqName
+    )
 
     // TODO: Should we drop operator intrinsics in favor of IrDynamicOperatorExpression?
 
diff --git a/compiler/ir/backend.jvm/src/org/jetbrains/kotlin/backend/jvm/JvmSymbols.kt b/compiler/ir/backend.jvm/src/org/jetbrains/kotlin/backend/jvm/JvmSymbols.kt
index 3c80c5cebbe..79b4770c0e8 100644
--- a/compiler/ir/backend.jvm/src/org/jetbrains/kotlin/backend/jvm/JvmSymbols.kt
+++ b/compiler/ir/backend.jvm/src/org/jetbrains/kotlin/backend/jvm/JvmSymbols.kt
@@ -87,7 +87,7 @@ class JvmSymbols(
 
 
     private fun createPackage(fqName: FqName): IrPackageFragment =
-        IrExternalPackageFragmentImpl(IrExternalPackageFragmentSymbolImpl(EmptyPackageFragmentDescriptor(context.state.module, fqName)))
+        IrExternalPackageFragmentImpl.createEmptyExternalPackageFragment(context.state.module, fqName)
 
     private fun createClass(
         fqName: FqName,
diff --git a/compiler/ir/backend.jvm/src/org/jetbrains/kotlin/backend/jvm/descriptors/SharedVariablesManager.kt b/compiler/ir/backend.jvm/src/org/jetbrains/kotlin/backend/jvm/descriptors/SharedVariablesManager.kt
index 6f76701cd07..9ad5d3d90b6 100644
--- a/compiler/ir/backend.jvm/src/org/jetbrains/kotlin/backend/jvm/descriptors/SharedVariablesManager.kt
+++ b/compiler/ir/backend.jvm/src/org/jetbrains/kotlin/backend/jvm/descriptors/SharedVariablesManager.kt
@@ -32,10 +32,8 @@ class JvmSharedVariablesManager(
     val symbols: JvmSymbols,
     val irBuiltIns: IrBuiltIns
 ) : SharedVariablesManager {
-    private val jvmInternalPackage = IrExternalPackageFragmentImpl(
-        IrExternalPackageFragmentSymbolImpl(
-            EmptyPackageFragmentDescriptor(module, FqName("kotlin.jvm.internal"))
-        )
+    private val jvmInternalPackage = IrExternalPackageFragmentImpl.createEmptyExternalPackageFragment(
+        module, FqName("kotlin.jvm.internal")
     )
 
     private val refNamespaceClass = jvmInternalPackage.addClass {
diff --git a/compiler/ir/backend.jvm/src/org/jetbrains/kotlin/backend/jvm/lower/AdditionalClassAnnotationLowering.kt b/compiler/ir/backend.jvm/src/org/jetbrains/kotlin/backend/jvm/lower/AdditionalClassAnnotationLowering.kt
index d5c2e4ce1cc..ef1cb290d85 100644
--- a/compiler/ir/backend.jvm/src/org/jetbrains/kotlin/backend/jvm/lower/AdditionalClassAnnotationLowering.kt
+++ b/compiler/ir/backend.jvm/src/org/jetbrains/kotlin/backend/jvm/lower/AdditionalClassAnnotationLowering.kt
@@ -14,7 +14,6 @@ import org.jetbrains.kotlin.config.JvmTarget
 import org.jetbrains.kotlin.descriptors.ClassKind
 import org.jetbrains.kotlin.descriptors.annotations.KotlinRetention
 import org.jetbrains.kotlin.descriptors.annotations.KotlinTarget
-import org.jetbrains.kotlin.descriptors.impl.EmptyPackageFragmentDescriptor
 import org.jetbrains.kotlin.ir.UNDEFINED_OFFSET
 import org.jetbrains.kotlin.ir.builders.declarations.addValueParameter
 import org.jetbrains.kotlin.ir.builders.declarations.buildClass
@@ -54,13 +53,9 @@ private class AdditionalClassAnnotationLowering(private val context: JvmBackendC
 
     // TODO: import IR structures from the library?
 
-    private val annotationPackage: IrPackageFragment = IrExternalPackageFragmentImpl(
-        IrExternalPackageFragmentSymbolImpl(
-            EmptyPackageFragmentDescriptor(
-                context.ir.irModule.descriptor,
-                FqName("java.lang.annotation")
-            )
-        )
+    private val annotationPackage: IrPackageFragment = IrExternalPackageFragmentImpl.createEmptyExternalPackageFragment(
+        context.ir.irModule.descriptor,
+        FqName("java.lang.annotation")
     )
 
     private fun buildAnnotationClass(
diff --git a/compiler/ir/backend.wasm/src/org/jetbrains/kotlin/backend/wasm/WasmBackendContext.kt b/compiler/ir/backend.wasm/src/org/jetbrains/kotlin/backend/wasm/WasmBackendContext.kt
index 15cc7eb7552..4dcae054c4d 100644
--- a/compiler/ir/backend.wasm/src/org/jetbrains/kotlin/backend/wasm/WasmBackendContext.kt
+++ b/compiler/ir/backend.wasm/src/org/jetbrains/kotlin/backend/wasm/WasmBackendContext.kt
@@ -11,7 +11,6 @@ import org.jetbrains.kotlin.backend.js.JsDeclarationFactory
 import org.jetbrains.kotlin.config.CompilerConfiguration
 import org.jetbrains.kotlin.descriptors.ModuleDescriptor
 import org.jetbrains.kotlin.descriptors.PackageFragmentDescriptor
-import org.jetbrains.kotlin.descriptors.impl.EmptyPackageFragmentDescriptor
 import org.jetbrains.kotlin.ir.IrElement
 import org.jetbrains.kotlin.ir.backend.js.JsCommonBackendContext
 import org.jetbrains.kotlin.ir.backend.js.JsMapping
@@ -23,7 +22,6 @@ import org.jetbrains.kotlin.ir.symbols.IrClassSymbol
 import org.jetbrains.kotlin.ir.symbols.IrExternalPackageFragmentSymbol
 import org.jetbrains.kotlin.ir.symbols.IrFunctionSymbol
 import org.jetbrains.kotlin.ir.symbols.IrSimpleFunctionSymbol
-import org.jetbrains.kotlin.ir.symbols.impl.IrExternalPackageFragmentSymbolImpl
 import org.jetbrains.kotlin.ir.util.IdSignature
 import org.jetbrains.kotlin.ir.util.SymbolTable
 import org.jetbrains.kotlin.name.FqName
@@ -58,10 +56,8 @@ class WasmBackendContext(
     val objectToGetInstanceFunction = mutableMapOf<IrClassSymbol, IrSimpleFunction>()
     override val internalPackageFqn = FqName("kotlin.wasm")
 
-    private val internalPackageFragment = IrExternalPackageFragmentImpl(
-        IrExternalPackageFragmentSymbolImpl(
-            EmptyPackageFragmentDescriptor(builtIns.builtInsModule, FqName("kotlin.wasm.internal"))
-        )
+    private val internalPackageFragment = IrExternalPackageFragmentImpl.createEmptyExternalPackageFragment(
+        builtIns.builtInsModule, FqName("kotlin.wasm.internal")
     )
 
     override val sharedVariablesManager = JsSharedVariablesManager(irBuiltIns, internalPackageFragment)
diff --git a/compiler/ir/ir.tree/src/org/jetbrains/kotlin/ir/declarations/impl/IrExternalPackageFragmentImpl.kt b/compiler/ir/ir.tree/src/org/jetbrains/kotlin/ir/declarations/impl/IrExternalPackageFragmentImpl.kt
index 55684451d28..428f3c80f2f 100644
--- a/compiler/ir/ir.tree/src/org/jetbrains/kotlin/ir/declarations/impl/IrExternalPackageFragmentImpl.kt
+++ b/compiler/ir/ir.tree/src/org/jetbrains/kotlin/ir/declarations/impl/IrExternalPackageFragmentImpl.kt
@@ -16,12 +16,15 @@
 
 package org.jetbrains.kotlin.ir.declarations.impl
 
+import org.jetbrains.kotlin.descriptors.ModuleDescriptor
 import org.jetbrains.kotlin.descriptors.PackageFragmentDescriptor
+import org.jetbrains.kotlin.descriptors.impl.EmptyPackageFragmentDescriptor
 import org.jetbrains.kotlin.ir.IrElementBase
 import org.jetbrains.kotlin.ir.UNDEFINED_OFFSET
 import org.jetbrains.kotlin.ir.declarations.IrDeclaration
 import org.jetbrains.kotlin.ir.declarations.IrExternalPackageFragment
 import org.jetbrains.kotlin.ir.symbols.IrExternalPackageFragmentSymbol
+import org.jetbrains.kotlin.ir.symbols.impl.IrExternalPackageFragmentSymbolImpl
 import org.jetbrains.kotlin.ir.visitors.IrElementTransformer
 import org.jetbrains.kotlin.ir.visitors.IrElementVisitor
 import org.jetbrains.kotlin.name.FqName
@@ -32,8 +35,6 @@ class IrExternalPackageFragmentImpl(
 ) : IrElementBase(UNDEFINED_OFFSET, UNDEFINED_OFFSET),
     IrExternalPackageFragment {
 
-    constructor(symbol: IrExternalPackageFragmentSymbol) : this(symbol, symbol.descriptor.fqName)
-
     init {
         symbol.bind(this)
     }
@@ -54,4 +55,14 @@ class IrExternalPackageFragmentImpl(
             declarations[i] = irDeclaration.transform(transformer, data) as IrDeclaration
         }
     }
+
+    companion object {
+        fun createEmptyExternalPackageFragment(
+            module: ModuleDescriptor,
+            fqName: FqName
+        ): IrExternalPackageFragmentImpl =
+            IrExternalPackageFragmentImpl(
+                IrExternalPackageFragmentSymbolImpl(EmptyPackageFragmentDescriptor(module, fqName)), fqName
+            )
+    }
 }
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/compiler/ir/ir.tree/src/org/jetbrains/kotlin/ir/util/SymbolTable.kt b/compiler/ir/ir.tree/src/org/jetbrains/kotlin/ir/util/SymbolTable.kt
index e5b8efb3b24..c57cbc5ab91 100644
--- a/compiler/ir/ir.tree/src/org/jetbrains/kotlin/ir/util/SymbolTable.kt
+++ b/compiler/ir/ir.tree/src/org/jetbrains/kotlin/ir/util/SymbolTable.kt
@@ -355,7 +355,7 @@ open class SymbolTable(
         return externalPackageFragmentTable.declare(
             descriptor,
             { IrExternalPackageFragmentSymbolImpl(descriptor) },
-            { IrExternalPackageFragmentImpl(it) }
+            { IrExternalPackageFragmentImpl(it, descriptor.fqName) }
         )
     }
 
diff --git a/plugins/android-extensions/android-extensions-compiler/src/org/jetbrains/kotlin/android/parcel/ir/AndroidSymbols.kt b/plugins/android-extensions/android-extensions-compiler/src/org/jetbrains/kotlin/android/parcel/ir/AndroidSymbols.kt
index ad18e213669..eee63062735 100644
--- a/plugins/android-extensions/android-extensions-compiler/src/org/jetbrains/kotlin/android/parcel/ir/AndroidSymbols.kt
+++ b/plugins/android-extensions/android-extensions-compiler/src/org/jetbrains/kotlin/android/parcel/ir/AndroidSymbols.kt
@@ -444,13 +444,9 @@ class AndroidSymbols(
     }.symbol
 
     private fun createPackage(packageName: String): IrPackageFragment =
-        IrExternalPackageFragmentImpl(
-            IrExternalPackageFragmentSymbolImpl(
-                EmptyPackageFragmentDescriptor(
-                    moduleFragment.descriptor,
-                    FqName(packageName)
-                )
-            )
+        IrExternalPackageFragmentImpl.createEmptyExternalPackageFragment(
+            moduleFragment.descriptor,
+            FqName(packageName)
         )
 
     private fun createClass(
diff --git a/plugins/android-extensions/android-extensions-compiler/src/org/jetbrains/kotlin/android/synthetic/codegen/AndroidIrExtension.kt b/plugins/android-extensions/android-extensions-compiler/src/org/jetbrains/kotlin/android/synthetic/codegen/AndroidIrExtension.kt
index 5fe5dc77aa4..3ec2c70bbbe 100644
--- a/plugins/android-extensions/android-extensions-compiler/src/org/jetbrains/kotlin/android/synthetic/codegen/AndroidIrExtension.kt
+++ b/plugins/android-extensions/android-extensions-compiler/src/org/jetbrains/kotlin/android/synthetic/codegen/AndroidIrExtension.kt
@@ -60,8 +60,7 @@ private class AndroidIrTransformer(val extension: AndroidIrExtension, val plugin
 
     private fun createPackage(fqName: FqName) =
         cachedPackages.getOrPut(fqName) {
-            val descriptor = EmptyPackageFragmentDescriptor(pluginContext.moduleDescriptor, fqName)
-            IrExternalPackageFragmentImpl(IrExternalPackageFragmentSymbolImpl(descriptor))
+            IrExternalPackageFragmentImpl.createEmptyExternalPackageFragment(pluginContext.moduleDescriptor, fqName)
         }
 
     private fun createClass(fqName: FqName, isInterface: Boolean = false) =