diff --git a/compiler/ir/ir.tests/tests/org/jetbrains/kotlin/ir/AbstractIrTextTestCase.kt b/compiler/ir/ir.tests/tests/org/jetbrains/kotlin/ir/AbstractIrTextTestCase.kt
index 3ace91cfedf..3267361bf10 100644
--- a/compiler/ir/ir.tests/tests/org/jetbrains/kotlin/ir/AbstractIrTextTestCase.kt
+++ b/compiler/ir/ir.tests/tests/org/jetbrains/kotlin/ir/AbstractIrTextTestCase.kt
@@ -41,10 +41,6 @@ abstract class AbstractIrTextTestCase : AbstractIrGeneratorTestCase() {
         val expectations = parseExpectations(dir, testFile)
         val irFileDump = irFile.dump()
 
-        expectations.irExpectedTextFile?.let { expectFile ->
-            KotlinTestUtils.assertEqualsToFile(expectFile, irFileDump)
-        }
-
         val expected = StringBuilder()
         val actual = StringBuilder()
         for (expectation in expectations.regexps) {
@@ -67,7 +63,7 @@ abstract class AbstractIrTextTestCase : AbstractIrGeneratorTestCase() {
         }
     }
 
-    internal class Expectations(val irExpectedTextFile: File?, val regexps: List<RegexpInText>, val irTreeFileLabels: List<IrTreeFileLabel>)
+    internal class Expectations(val regexps: List<RegexpInText>, val irTreeFileLabels: List<IrTreeFileLabel>)
 
     internal class RegexpInText(val numberOfOccurrences: Int, val needle: String) {
         constructor(countStr: String, needle: String) : this(Integer.valueOf(countStr), needle)
@@ -77,11 +73,9 @@ abstract class AbstractIrTextTestCase : AbstractIrGeneratorTestCase() {
 
     companion object {
         private val EXPECTED_OCCURRENCES_PATTERN = Regex("""^\s*//\s*(\d+)\s*(.*)$""")
-        private val IR_FILE_TXT_PATTERN = Regex("""^\s*//\s*IR_FILE_TXT\s+(.*)$""")
         private val IR_TREES_TXT_PATTERN = Regex("""// \s*<<<\s+(.*)$""")
 
         internal fun parseExpectations(dir: File, testFile: TestFile): Expectations {
-            var expectedTextFileName: String? = null
             val regexps = ArrayList<RegexpInText>()
             val treeFiles = ArrayList<IrTreeFileLabel>()
 
@@ -89,9 +83,6 @@ abstract class AbstractIrTextTestCase : AbstractIrGeneratorTestCase() {
                 EXPECTED_OCCURRENCES_PATTERN.matchEntire(line)?.let { matchResult ->
                     regexps.add(RegexpInText(matchResult.groupValues[1], matchResult.groupValues[2].trim()))
                 }
-                ?: IR_FILE_TXT_PATTERN.matchEntire(line)?.let { matchResult ->
-                    expectedTextFileName = matchResult.groupValues[1].trim()
-                }
                 ?: IR_TREES_TXT_PATTERN.find(line)?.let { matchResult ->
                     val fileName = matchResult.groupValues[1].trim()
                     val file = createExpectedTextFile(testFile, dir, fileName)
@@ -99,9 +90,7 @@ abstract class AbstractIrTextTestCase : AbstractIrGeneratorTestCase() {
                 }
             }
 
-            val expectedTextFile: File? = expectedTextFileName?.let { createExpectedTextFile(testFile, dir, it) }
-
-            return Expectations(expectedTextFile, regexps, treeFiles)
+            return Expectations(regexps, treeFiles)
         }
 
         internal fun createExpectedTextFile(testFile: TestFile, dir: File, fileName: String): File {
diff --git a/compiler/testData/ir/irText/boxOk.kt b/compiler/testData/ir/irText/boxOk.kt
index e958c5c4d63..5ad927f7853 100644
--- a/compiler/testData/ir/irText/boxOk.kt
+++ b/compiler/testData/ir/irText/boxOk.kt
@@ -1,3 +1,2 @@
+// <<< boxOk.txt
 fun box(): String = "OK"
-
-// IR_FILE_TXT boxOk.txt
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/compiler/testData/ir/irText/calls.kt b/compiler/testData/ir/irText/calls.kt
index 7e1a5dfa12d..6b46c6c6d7f 100644
--- a/compiler/testData/ir/irText/calls.kt
+++ b/compiler/testData/ir/irText/calls.kt
@@ -1,8 +1,7 @@
+// <<< calls.txt
 fun foo(x: Int, y: Int) = x
 fun bar(x: Int) = foo(x, 1)
 fun qux(x: Int) = foo(foo(x, x), x)
 
 fun Int.ext1() = this
 fun Int.ext2(x: Int) = foo(this, x)
-
-// IR_FILE_TXT calls.txt
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/compiler/testData/ir/irText/dotQualified.kt b/compiler/testData/ir/irText/dotQualified.kt
index 36752cd6240..47f5683f04d 100644
--- a/compiler/testData/ir/irText/dotQualified.kt
+++ b/compiler/testData/ir/irText/dotQualified.kt
@@ -1,4 +1,3 @@
+// <<< dotQualified.txt
 fun length(s: String) = s.length
 fun lengthN(s: String?) = s?.length
-
-// IR_FILE_TXT dotQualified.txt
diff --git a/compiler/testData/ir/irText/extensionPropertyGetterCall.kt b/compiler/testData/ir/irText/extensionPropertyGetterCall.kt
index 211bfa4934d..5b0ba320dbb 100644
--- a/compiler/testData/ir/irText/extensionPropertyGetterCall.kt
+++ b/compiler/testData/ir/irText/extensionPropertyGetterCall.kt
@@ -1,4 +1,3 @@
+// <<< extensionPropertyGetterCall.txt
 val String.okext: String get() = "OK"
 fun String.test5() = okext
-
-// IR_FILE_TXT extensionPropertyGetterCall.txt
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/compiler/testData/ir/irText/references.kt b/compiler/testData/ir/irText/references.kt
index 6aa5c1244af..98591c22576 100644
--- a/compiler/testData/ir/irText/references.kt
+++ b/compiler/testData/ir/irText/references.kt
@@ -1,3 +1,4 @@
+// <<< references.txt
 val ok = "OK"
 val ok2 = ok
 val ok3: String get() = "OK"
@@ -15,5 +16,3 @@ fun test4() = ok3
 
 val String.okext: String get() = "OK"
 fun String.test5() = okext
-
-// IR_FILE_TXT references.txt
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/compiler/testData/ir/irText/smoke.kt b/compiler/testData/ir/irText/smoke.kt
index 814098a54f1..bfdf6a1421a 100644
--- a/compiler/testData/ir/irText/smoke.kt
+++ b/compiler/testData/ir/irText/smoke.kt
@@ -1,3 +1,4 @@
+// <<< smoke.txt
 fun testFun(): String { return "OK" }
 val testSimpleVal = 1 // <<< smoke.testSimpleVal.txt
 val testValWithGetter: Int get() = 42
@@ -13,5 +14,3 @@ var testVarWithAccessors: Int
 // 1 IrPropertySetter
 // 1 IrProperty public var testSimpleVar
 // 1 IrProperty public var testVarWithAccessors
-
-// IR_FILE_TXT smoke.txt
\ No newline at end of file