diff --git a/compiler/cli/build.gradle.kts b/compiler/cli/build.gradle.kts
index a450e082560..536c89fc0f9 100644
--- a/compiler/cli/build.gradle.kts
+++ b/compiler/cli/build.gradle.kts
@@ -30,7 +30,6 @@ dependencies {
     compile(project(":compiler:fir:checkers"))
     compile(project(":kotlin-util-klib"))
     compile(project(":kotlin-util-io"))
-    compile(project(":compiler:ir.serialization.common"))
 
     // TODO: as soon as cli-jvm is extracted out of this module, move this dependency there
     compileOnly(project(":compiler:ir.tree.impl"))