diff --git a/compiler/fir/java/src/org/jetbrains/kotlin/fir/java/FirJavaFacade.kt b/compiler/fir/java/src/org/jetbrains/kotlin/fir/java/FirJavaFacade.kt
index 939ed225d3a..25fdfd0b3a2 100644
--- a/compiler/fir/java/src/org/jetbrains/kotlin/fir/java/FirJavaFacade.kt
+++ b/compiler/fir/java/src/org/jetbrains/kotlin/fir/java/FirJavaFacade.kt
@@ -37,7 +37,6 @@ import org.jetbrains.kotlin.fir.types.builder.buildResolvedTypeRef
 import org.jetbrains.kotlin.fir.types.impl.ConeTypeParameterTypeImpl
 import org.jetbrains.kotlin.fir.visitors.FirVisitorVoid
 import org.jetbrains.kotlin.load.java.JavaClassFinder
-import org.jetbrains.kotlin.load.java.JvmAnnotationNames
 import org.jetbrains.kotlin.load.java.structure.*
 import org.jetbrains.kotlin.load.java.structure.impl.JavaElementImpl
 import org.jetbrains.kotlin.name.*
@@ -134,9 +133,6 @@ abstract class FirJavaFacade(
         return map { it.toFirTypeParameter(stack, containingDeclarationSymbol, moduleData) }
     }
 
-    private fun JavaClass.hasMetadataAnnotation(): Boolean =
-        annotations.any { it.classId?.asSingleFqName() == JvmAnnotationNames.METADATA_FQ_NAME }
-
     private class ValueParametersForAnnotationConstructor {
         val valueParameters: MutableMap<JavaMethod, FirJavaValueParameter> = linkedMapOf()
         var valueParameterForValue: Pair<JavaMethod, FirJavaValueParameter>? = null
diff --git a/compiler/fir/java/src/org/jetbrains/kotlin/fir/java/JavaUtils.kt b/compiler/fir/java/src/org/jetbrains/kotlin/fir/java/JavaUtils.kt
index 30ce5f9f4e2..6c9036786fc 100644
--- a/compiler/fir/java/src/org/jetbrains/kotlin/fir/java/JavaUtils.kt
+++ b/compiler/fir/java/src/org/jetbrains/kotlin/fir/java/JavaUtils.kt
@@ -20,6 +20,7 @@ import org.jetbrains.kotlin.fir.expressions.builder.buildErrorExpression
 import org.jetbrains.kotlin.fir.resolve.transformers.body.resolve.expectedConeType
 import org.jetbrains.kotlin.fir.types.builder.buildResolvedTypeRef
 import org.jetbrains.kotlin.fir.types.createArrayType
+import org.jetbrains.kotlin.load.java.JvmAnnotationNames
 import org.jetbrains.kotlin.load.java.RXJAVA3_ANNOTATIONS
 import org.jetbrains.kotlin.load.java.structure.JavaAnnotation
 import org.jetbrains.kotlin.load.java.structure.JavaClass
@@ -51,6 +52,9 @@ val JavaClass.classKind: ClassKind
         else -> ClassKind.CLASS
     }
 
+internal fun JavaClass.hasMetadataAnnotation(): Boolean =
+    annotations.any { it.classId?.asSingleFqName() == JvmAnnotationNames.METADATA_FQ_NAME }
+
 internal fun Any?.createConstantOrError(session: FirSession): FirExpression {
     return createConstantIfAny(session) ?: buildErrorExpression {
         diagnostic = ConeSimpleDiagnostic("Unknown value in JavaLiteralAnnotationArgument: $this", DiagnosticKind.Java)