diff --git a/build-common/src/org/jetbrains/kotlin/incremental/IncrementalModuleInfo.kt b/build-common/src/org/jetbrains/kotlin/incremental/IncrementalModuleInfo.kt
index 7941a5396a1..d88a6f523db 100644
--- a/build-common/src/org/jetbrains/kotlin/incremental/IncrementalModuleInfo.kt
+++ b/build-common/src/org/jetbrains/kotlin/incremental/IncrementalModuleInfo.kt
@@ -21,7 +21,6 @@ data class IncrementalModuleEntry(
 }
 
 class IncrementalModuleInfo(
-    val projectRoot: File,
     val rootProjectBuildDir: File,
     val dirToModule: Map<File, IncrementalModuleEntry>,
     val nameToModules: Map<String, Set<IncrementalModuleEntry>>,
diff --git a/compiler/daemon/daemon-common/src/org/jetbrains/kotlin/daemon/common/CompilationOptions.kt b/compiler/daemon/daemon-common/src/org/jetbrains/kotlin/daemon/common/CompilationOptions.kt
index 35da79dbe1b..bb30ea3129d 100644
--- a/compiler/daemon/daemon-common/src/org/jetbrains/kotlin/daemon/common/CompilationOptions.kt
+++ b/compiler/daemon/daemon-common/src/org/jetbrains/kotlin/daemon/common/CompilationOptions.kt
@@ -69,7 +69,11 @@ class IncrementalCompilationOptions(
      */
     val outputFiles: List<File>,
     val multiModuleICSettings: MultiModuleICSettings? = null,
-    val modulesInfo: IncrementalModuleInfo,
+    val modulesInfo: IncrementalModuleInfo? = null,
+    /**
+     * Root project directory, used to resolve relative paths
+     */
+    val rootProjectDir: File,
     kotlinScriptExtensions: Array<String>? = null,
     val withAbiSnapshot: Boolean = false,
     val preciseCompilationResultsBackup: Boolean = false,
diff --git a/compiler/daemon/src/org/jetbrains/kotlin/daemon/CompileServiceImpl.kt b/compiler/daemon/src/org/jetbrains/kotlin/daemon/CompileServiceImpl.kt
index b785558760e..273edd8de74 100644
--- a/compiler/daemon/src/org/jetbrains/kotlin/daemon/CompileServiceImpl.kt
+++ b/compiler/daemon/src/org/jetbrains/kotlin/daemon/CompileServiceImpl.kt
@@ -556,7 +556,12 @@ abstract class CompileServiceImplBase(
         }
 
         val workingDir = incrementalCompilationOptions.workingDir
-        val modulesApiHistory = ModulesApiHistoryJs(incrementalCompilationOptions.modulesInfo)
+        val modulesApiHistory = incrementalCompilationOptions.multiModuleICSettings?.run {
+            val modulesInfo = incrementalCompilationOptions.modulesInfo
+                ?: error("The build is configured to use the history-file based IC approach, but doesn't provide the modulesInfo")
+
+            ModulesApiHistoryJs(incrementalCompilationOptions.rootProjectDir, modulesInfo)
+        } ?: EmptyModulesApiHistory
 
         val compiler = IncrementalJsCompilerRunner(
             workingDir = workingDir,
@@ -606,17 +611,20 @@ abstract class CompileServiceImplBase(
 
         val workingDir = incrementalCompilationOptions.workingDir
 
+        val projectRoot = incrementalCompilationOptions.rootProjectDir
+
         val modulesApiHistory = incrementalCompilationOptions.multiModuleICSettings?.run {
-            reporter.info { "Use module detection: ${useModuleDetection}" }
+            reporter.info { "Use module detection: $useModuleDetection" }
+            val modulesInfo = incrementalCompilationOptions.modulesInfo
+                ?: error("The build is configured to use the history-file based IC approach, but doesn't provide the modulesInfo")
 
             if (!useModuleDetection) {
-                ModulesApiHistoryJvm(incrementalCompilationOptions.modulesInfo)
+                ModulesApiHistoryJvm(projectRoot, modulesInfo)
             } else {
-                ModulesApiHistoryAndroid(incrementalCompilationOptions.modulesInfo)
+                ModulesApiHistoryAndroid(projectRoot, modulesInfo)
             }
         } ?: EmptyModulesApiHistory
 
-        val projectRoot = incrementalCompilationOptions.modulesInfo.projectRoot
         val useK2 = k2jvmArgs.useK2 || LanguageVersion.fromVersionString(k2jvmArgs.languageVersion)?.usesK2 == true
         // TODO: This should be reverted after implementing of fir-based java tracker (KT-57147).
         //  See org.jetbrains.kotlin.incremental.CompilerRunnerUtilsKt.makeJvmIncrementally
diff --git a/compiler/daemon/src/org/jetbrains/kotlin/daemon/report/getICReporter.kt b/compiler/daemon/src/org/jetbrains/kotlin/daemon/report/getICReporter.kt
index 200b92e8146..d062e45b97e 100644
--- a/compiler/daemon/src/org/jetbrains/kotlin/daemon/report/getICReporter.kt
+++ b/compiler/daemon/src/org/jetbrains/kotlin/daemon/report/getICReporter.kt
@@ -30,7 +30,7 @@ fun getBuildReporter(
     compilationResults: CompilationResults,
     compilationOptions: IncrementalCompilationOptions
 ): RemoteBuildReporter<GradleBuildTime, GradleBuildPerformanceMetric> {
-    val root = compilationOptions.modulesInfo.projectRoot
+    val root = compilationOptions.rootProjectDir
     val reporters = ArrayList<RemoteICReporter>()
 
     if (ReportCategory.IC_MESSAGE.code in compilationOptions.reportCategories) {
diff --git a/compiler/incremental-compilation-impl/src/org/jetbrains/kotlin/incremental/multiproject/ModulesApiHistory.kt b/compiler/incremental-compilation-impl/src/org/jetbrains/kotlin/incremental/multiproject/ModulesApiHistory.kt
index 289886a22b8..f7154c7513d 100644
--- a/compiler/incremental-compilation-impl/src/org/jetbrains/kotlin/incremental/multiproject/ModulesApiHistory.kt
+++ b/compiler/incremental-compilation-impl/src/org/jetbrains/kotlin/incremental/multiproject/ModulesApiHistory.kt
@@ -25,14 +25,14 @@ object EmptyModulesApiHistory : ModulesApiHistory {
     override fun abiSnapshot(jar: File): Either<Set<File>> = Either.Error("Not supported")
 }
 
-abstract class ModulesApiHistoryBase(protected val modulesInfo: IncrementalModuleInfo) : ModulesApiHistory {
+abstract class ModulesApiHistoryBase(rootProjectDir: File, protected val modulesInfo: IncrementalModuleInfo) : ModulesApiHistory {
     // All project build dirs should have this dir as their parent. For a default project setup, this will
     // be the same as root project path. Some projects map output outside of the root project dir, typically
     // with <some_dir>/<project_path>/build, and in that case, this path will be <some_dir>.
     // This is using set in order to de-dup paths, and avoid duplicate checks when possible.
     protected val possibleParentsToBuildDirs: Set<Path> = setOf(
         Paths.get(modulesInfo.rootProjectBuildDir.parentFile.absolutePath),
-        Paths.get(modulesInfo.projectRoot.absolutePath)
+        Paths.get(rootProjectDir.absolutePath)
     )
     private val dirToHistoryFileCache = HashMap<File, Set<File>>()
 
@@ -107,7 +107,7 @@ abstract class ModulesApiHistoryBase(protected val modulesInfo: IncrementalModul
     protected abstract fun getBuildHistoryFilesForJar(jar: File): Either<Set<File>>
 }
 
-class ModulesApiHistoryJvm(modulesInfo: IncrementalModuleInfo) : ModulesApiHistoryBase(modulesInfo) {
+class ModulesApiHistoryJvm(rootProjectDir: File, modulesInfo: IncrementalModuleInfo) : ModulesApiHistoryBase(rootProjectDir, modulesInfo) {
     override fun getBuildHistoryFilesForJar(jar: File): Either<Set<File>> {
         val moduleInfoFromJar = modulesInfo.jarToModule[jar]
         if (moduleInfoFromJar != null) {
@@ -144,7 +144,7 @@ class ModulesApiHistoryJvm(modulesInfo: IncrementalModuleInfo) : ModulesApiHisto
     }
 }
 
-class ModulesApiHistoryJs(modulesInfo: IncrementalModuleInfo) : ModulesApiHistoryBase(modulesInfo) {
+class ModulesApiHistoryJs(rootProjectDir: File, modulesInfo: IncrementalModuleInfo) : ModulesApiHistoryBase(rootProjectDir, modulesInfo) {
     override fun getBuildHistoryFilesForJar(jar: File): Either<Set<File>> {
         val moduleEntry = modulesInfo.jarToModule[jar]
 
@@ -160,8 +160,8 @@ class ModulesApiHistoryJs(modulesInfo: IncrementalModuleInfo) : ModulesApiHistor
     }
 }
 
-class ModulesApiHistoryAndroid(modulesInfo: IncrementalModuleInfo) : ModulesApiHistoryBase(modulesInfo) {
-    private val delegate = ModulesApiHistoryJvm(modulesInfo)
+class ModulesApiHistoryAndroid(rootProjectDir: File, modulesInfo: IncrementalModuleInfo) : ModulesApiHistoryBase(rootProjectDir, modulesInfo) {
+    private val delegate = ModulesApiHistoryJvm(rootProjectDir, modulesInfo)
 
     override fun historyFilesForChangedFiles(changedFiles: Set<File>): Either<Set<File>> {
         val historyFromDelegate = delegate.historyFilesForChangedFiles(changedFiles)
diff --git a/compiler/incremental-compilation-impl/test/org/jetbrains/kotlin/incremental/AbstractIncrementaMultiModulelCompilerRunnerTest.kt b/compiler/incremental-compilation-impl/test/org/jetbrains/kotlin/incremental/AbstractIncrementaMultiModulelCompilerRunnerTest.kt
index 8a3c2443802..e2098e35263 100644
--- a/compiler/incremental-compilation-impl/test/org/jetbrains/kotlin/incremental/AbstractIncrementaMultiModulelCompilerRunnerTest.kt
+++ b/compiler/incremental-compilation-impl/test/org/jetbrains/kotlin/incremental/AbstractIncrementaMultiModulelCompilerRunnerTest.kt
@@ -33,7 +33,7 @@ abstract class AbstractIncrementalMultiModuleCompilerRunnerTest<Args : CommonCom
     private val jarToAbiSnapshot = mutableMapOf<File, File>()
 
     protected val incrementalModuleInfo: IncrementalModuleInfo by lazy {
-        IncrementalModuleInfo(workingDir, workingDir, dirToModule, nameToModules, jarToClassListFile, jarToModule, jarToAbiSnapshot)
+        IncrementalModuleInfo(workingDir, dirToModule, nameToModules, jarToClassListFile, jarToModule, jarToAbiSnapshot)
     }
 
     protected abstract val modulesApiHistory: ApiHistory
diff --git a/compiler/incremental-compilation-impl/test/org/jetbrains/kotlin/incremental/AbstractIncrementalMultiModuleJsKlibCompilerRunnerTest.kt b/compiler/incremental-compilation-impl/test/org/jetbrains/kotlin/incremental/AbstractIncrementalMultiModuleJsKlibCompilerRunnerTest.kt
index 0ed11708f53..cd35264bde0 100644
--- a/compiler/incremental-compilation-impl/test/org/jetbrains/kotlin/incremental/AbstractIncrementalMultiModuleJsKlibCompilerRunnerTest.kt
+++ b/compiler/incremental-compilation-impl/test/org/jetbrains/kotlin/incremental/AbstractIncrementalMultiModuleJsKlibCompilerRunnerTest.kt
@@ -55,7 +55,7 @@ abstract class AbstractIncrementalMultiModuleJsKlibCompilerRunnerTest :
     }
 
     override val modulesApiHistory: ModulesApiHistoryJs by lazy {
-        ModulesApiHistoryJs(incrementalModuleInfo)
+        ModulesApiHistoryJs(workingDir, incrementalModuleInfo)
     }
 
     override val scopeExpansionMode: CompileScopeExpansionMode get() = CompileScopeExpansionMode.NEVER
diff --git a/compiler/incremental-compilation-impl/test/org/jetbrains/kotlin/incremental/multiproject/ModulesApiHistoryAndroidTest.kt b/compiler/incremental-compilation-impl/test/org/jetbrains/kotlin/incremental/multiproject/ModulesApiHistoryAndroidTest.kt
index a17cefbb2be..5ac479489e7 100644
--- a/compiler/incremental-compilation-impl/test/org/jetbrains/kotlin/incremental/multiproject/ModulesApiHistoryAndroidTest.kt
+++ b/compiler/incremental-compilation-impl/test/org/jetbrains/kotlin/incremental/multiproject/ModulesApiHistoryAndroidTest.kt
@@ -59,7 +59,6 @@ class ModulesApiHistoryAndroidTest {
         }
 
         val info = IncrementalModuleInfo(
-            projectRoot = projectRoot,
             rootProjectBuildDir = projectRoot.resolve("build"),
             dirToModule = mapOf(appKotlinDestination to appEntry, libKotlinDestination to libEntry),
             nameToModules = mapOf("app" to setOf(appEntry), "lib" to setOf(libEntry)),
@@ -68,7 +67,7 @@ class ModulesApiHistoryAndroidTest {
             jarToAbiSnapshot = mapOf()
         )
 
-        androidHistory = ModulesApiHistoryAndroid(info)
+        androidHistory = ModulesApiHistoryAndroid(projectRoot, info)
     }
 
     @Test
diff --git a/libraries/tools/kotlin-gradle-plugin/src/common/kotlin/org/jetbrains/kotlin/compilerRunner/GradleKotlinCompilerRunner.kt b/libraries/tools/kotlin-gradle-plugin/src/common/kotlin/org/jetbrains/kotlin/compilerRunner/GradleKotlinCompilerRunner.kt
index 12d7f7647d9..ba70399afd1 100644
--- a/libraries/tools/kotlin-gradle-plugin/src/common/kotlin/org/jetbrains/kotlin/compilerRunner/GradleKotlinCompilerRunner.kt
+++ b/libraries/tools/kotlin-gradle-plugin/src/common/kotlin/org/jetbrains/kotlin/compilerRunner/GradleKotlinCompilerRunner.kt
@@ -397,7 +397,6 @@ internal open class GradleCompilerRunner(
             }
 
             return IncrementalModuleInfo(
-                projectRoot = gradle.rootProject.projectDir,
                 rootProjectBuildDir = gradle.rootProject.buildDir,
                 dirToModule = dirToModule,
                 nameToModules = nameToModules,
diff --git a/libraries/tools/kotlin-gradle-plugin/src/common/kotlin/org/jetbrains/kotlin/compilerRunner/GradleKotlinCompilerWork.kt b/libraries/tools/kotlin-gradle-plugin/src/common/kotlin/org/jetbrains/kotlin/compilerRunner/GradleKotlinCompilerWork.kt
index 72c24acec63..c52751ea9b1 100644
--- a/libraries/tools/kotlin-gradle-plugin/src/common/kotlin/org/jetbrains/kotlin/compilerRunner/GradleKotlinCompilerWork.kt
+++ b/libraries/tools/kotlin-gradle-plugin/src/common/kotlin/org/jetbrains/kotlin/compilerRunner/GradleKotlinCompilerWork.kt
@@ -330,6 +330,7 @@ internal class GradleKotlinCompilerWork @Inject constructor(
             outputFiles = outputFiles,
             multiModuleICSettings = icEnv.multiModuleICSettings,
             modulesInfo = incrementalModuleInfo!!,
+            rootProjectDir = icEnv.rootProjectDir,
             kotlinScriptExtensions = kotlinScriptExtensions,
             withAbiSnapshot = icEnv.withAbiSnapshot,
             preciseCompilationResultsBackup = icEnv.preciseCompilationResultsBackup,
diff --git a/libraries/tools/kotlin-gradle-plugin/src/common/kotlin/org/jetbrains/kotlin/compilerRunner/IncrementalCompilationEnvironment.kt b/libraries/tools/kotlin-gradle-plugin/src/common/kotlin/org/jetbrains/kotlin/compilerRunner/IncrementalCompilationEnvironment.kt
index 96fcc42c182..3ccf2e3842e 100644
--- a/libraries/tools/kotlin-gradle-plugin/src/common/kotlin/org/jetbrains/kotlin/compilerRunner/IncrementalCompilationEnvironment.kt
+++ b/libraries/tools/kotlin-gradle-plugin/src/common/kotlin/org/jetbrains/kotlin/compilerRunner/IncrementalCompilationEnvironment.kt
@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@ internal class IncrementalCompilationEnvironment(
     val changedFiles: ChangedFiles,
     val classpathChanges: ClasspathChanges,
     val workingDir: File,
+    val rootProjectDir: File,
     val usePreciseJavaTracking: Boolean = false,
     val disableMultiModuleIC: Boolean = false,
     val multiModuleICSettings: MultiModuleICSettings,
diff --git a/libraries/tools/kotlin-gradle-plugin/src/common/kotlin/org/jetbrains/kotlin/gradle/tasks/Kotlin2JsCompile.kt b/libraries/tools/kotlin-gradle-plugin/src/common/kotlin/org/jetbrains/kotlin/gradle/tasks/Kotlin2JsCompile.kt
index 540b69d5b84..b08e10a041d 100644
--- a/libraries/tools/kotlin-gradle-plugin/src/common/kotlin/org/jetbrains/kotlin/gradle/tasks/Kotlin2JsCompile.kt
+++ b/libraries/tools/kotlin-gradle-plugin/src/common/kotlin/org/jetbrains/kotlin/gradle/tasks/Kotlin2JsCompile.kt
@@ -328,6 +328,7 @@ abstract class Kotlin2JsCompile @Inject constructor(
                 getChangedFiles(inputChanges, incrementalProps),
                 ClasspathChanges.NotAvailableForJSCompiler,
                 taskBuildCacheableOutputDirectory.get().asFile,
+                projectRootDir,
                 multiModuleICSettings = multiModuleICSettings,
                 preciseCompilationResultsBackup = preciseCompilationResultsBackup.get(),
                 keepIncrementalCompilationCachesInMemory = keepIncrementalCompilationCachesInMemory.get(),
diff --git a/libraries/tools/kotlin-gradle-plugin/src/common/kotlin/org/jetbrains/kotlin/gradle/tasks/KotlinCompile.kt b/libraries/tools/kotlin-gradle-plugin/src/common/kotlin/org/jetbrains/kotlin/gradle/tasks/KotlinCompile.kt
index 247993bb32d..f1b869dc4e4 100644
--- a/libraries/tools/kotlin-gradle-plugin/src/common/kotlin/org/jetbrains/kotlin/gradle/tasks/KotlinCompile.kt
+++ b/libraries/tools/kotlin-gradle-plugin/src/common/kotlin/org/jetbrains/kotlin/gradle/tasks/KotlinCompile.kt
@@ -302,6 +302,8 @@ abstract class KotlinCompile @Inject constructor(
         }
     }
 
+    private val projectRootDir = project.rootDir
+
     override fun callCompilerAsync(
         args: K2JVMCompilerArguments,
         inputChanges: InputChanges,
@@ -323,6 +325,7 @@ abstract class KotlinCompile @Inject constructor(
                 changedFiles = getChangedFiles(inputChanges, incrementalProps),
                 classpathChanges = getClasspathChanges(inputChanges),
                 workingDir = taskBuildCacheableOutputDirectory.get().asFile,
+                rootProjectDir = projectRootDir,
                 usePreciseJavaTracking = usePreciseJavaTracking,
                 disableMultiModuleIC = disableMultiModuleIC,
                 multiModuleICSettings = multiModuleICSettings,