diff --git a/kotlin-native/backend.native/build.gradle b/kotlin-native/backend.native/build.gradle
index 66e3e4525a7..9031ff1b14c 100644
--- a/kotlin-native/backend.native/build.gradle
+++ b/kotlin-native/backend.native/build.gradle
@@ -4,9 +4,7 @@
  */
 
 import org.jetbrains.kotlin.gradle.tasks.KotlinCompilationTask
-import org.jetbrains.kotlin.PlatformInfo
 import org.jetbrains.kotlin.gradle.dsl.JvmTarget
-import org.jetbrains.kotlin.tools.NativePluginKt
 
 
 buildscript {
@@ -15,7 +13,6 @@ buildscript {
 
 apply plugin: 'java'
 apply plugin: 'kotlin'
-apply plugin: "native-interop-plugin"
 apply plugin: "maven-publish"
 
 sourceSets {
@@ -41,45 +38,15 @@ compileCompilerKotlin {
     compilerOptions.freeCompilerArgs.add('-Xskip-prerelease-check')
 }
 
-def tasksWithoutOptInUsage = [
-        "compileLlvmInteropStubsKotlin"
-]
 tasks.withType(KotlinCompilationTask.class).configureEach {
-    if (!tasksWithoutOptInUsage.contains(name)) {
-        compilerOptions.optIn.add("org.jetbrains.kotlin.ir.symbols.UnsafeDuringIrConstructionAPI")
-    }
+    compilerOptions.optIn.add("org.jetbrains.kotlin.ir.symbols.UnsafeDuringIrConstructionAPI")
 }
 
 compileCli_bcKotlin {
     compilerOptions.freeCompilerArgs.add('-Xskip-prerelease-check')
 }
 
-kotlinNativeInterop {
-    llvm {
-
-        dependsOn ":kotlin-native:llvmDebugInfoC:${NativePluginKt.lib("debugInfo")}"
-        dependsOn ":kotlin-native:libllvmext:${NativePluginKt.lib("llvmext")}"
-        defFile 'llvm.def'
-        compilerOpts "-I$llvmDir/include", "-I${rootProject.project(':kotlin-native:llvmDebugInfoC').projectDir}/src/main/include", "-I${rootProject.project(':kotlin-native:libllvmext').projectDir}/src/main/include"
-        if (PlatformInfo.isMac()) {
-            // $llvmDir/lib contains libc++.1.dylib too, and it seems to be preferred by the linker
-            // over the sysroot-provided one.
-            // As a result, libllvmstubs.dylib gets linked with $llvmDir/lib/libc++.1.dylib.
-            // It has install_name = @rpath/libc++.1.dylib, which won't work for us, because
-            // dynamic loader won't be able to find libc++ when loading libllvmstubs.
-            // For some reason, this worked fine before macOS 12.3.
-            //
-            // To enforce linking with proper libc++, pass the default path explicitly:
-            linkerOpts "-L${hostPlatform.absoluteTargetSysRoot}/usr/lib"
-        }
-        linkerOpts "-L$llvmDir/lib", "-L${rootProject.project(':kotlin-native:llvmDebugInfoC').layout.buildDirectory.get().asFile}", "-L${rootProject.project(':kotlin-native:libllvmext').layout.buildDirectory.get().asFile}"
-    }
-}
-
 configurations {
-    compilerApi {
-        extendsFrom kotlinNativeInterop['llvm'].configuration
-    }
     kotlin_compiler_jar
     kotlin_stdlib_jar
     kotlin_reflect_jar
@@ -111,6 +78,7 @@ dependencies {
     compilerApi project(":native:objcexport-header-generator-k1")
     compilerApi project(":native:base")
 
+    compilerApi project(path: ":kotlin-native:llvmInterop", configuration: "llvmInteropStubs")
     compilerApi project(":native:kotlin-native-utils")
     compilerApi project(":core:descriptors")
     compilerApi project(":core:compiler.common.native")
@@ -144,8 +112,7 @@ classes.dependsOn 'compilerClasses', 'cli_bcClasses'
 
 tasks.named("jar") {
     from sourceSets.cli_bc.output,
-            sourceSets.compiler.output,
-            sourceSets.llvmInteropStubs.output
+            sourceSets.compiler.output
 
     dependsOn 'external_jars'
 }
diff --git a/kotlin-native/build.gradle b/kotlin-native/build.gradle
index 5f8f85b4aa8..8f9739c7434 100644
--- a/kotlin-native/build.gradle
+++ b/kotlin-native/build.gradle
@@ -194,6 +194,7 @@ dependencies {
     objcExportApi project(":kotlin-native:runtime")
     embeddableJar project(path: ':kotlin-native:prepare:kotlin-native-compiler-embeddable', configuration: 'runtimeElements')
     nativeLibs project(path: ':kotlin-native:common', configuration: 'nativeLibs')
+    nativeLibs project(path: ':kotlin-native:llvmInterop', configuration: 'nativeLibs')
 }
 
 apply plugin: GitClangFormatPlugin
@@ -279,10 +280,6 @@ tasks.register("distCompiler", Copy) {
 
     destinationDir distDir
 
-    from(project(':kotlin-native:backend.native').file("build/nativelibs/$hostName")) {
-        into('konan/nativelib')
-    }
-
     from(configurations.nativeLibs) {
         into('konan/nativelib')
     }
diff --git a/kotlin-native/llvmInterop/build.gradle.kts b/kotlin-native/llvmInterop/build.gradle.kts
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..7171e439b20
--- /dev/null
+++ b/kotlin-native/llvmInterop/build.gradle.kts
@@ -0,0 +1,44 @@
+import org.jetbrains.kotlin.PlatformInfo
+import org.jetbrains.kotlin.konan.target.TargetWithSanitizer
+import org.jetbrains.kotlin.tools.lib
+
+plugins {
+    kotlin("jvm")
+    id("native-interop-plugin")
+}
+
+kotlinNativeInterop {
+    create("llvm") {
+        dependsOn(":kotlin-native:llvmDebugInfoC:${lib("debugInfo")}")
+        dependsOn(":kotlin-native:libllvmext:${lib("llvmext")}")
+        defFile("llvm.def")
+        compilerOpts("-I$llvmDir/include", "-I${rootProject.project(":kotlin-native:llvmDebugInfoC").projectDir}/src/main/include", "-I${rootProject.project(":kotlin-native:libllvmext").projectDir}/src/main/include")
+        if (PlatformInfo.isMac()) {
+            // $llvmDir/lib contains libc++.1.dylib too, and it seems to be preferred by the linker
+            // over the sysroot-provided one.
+            // As a result, libllvmstubs.dylib gets linked with $llvmDir/lib/libc++.1.dylib.
+            // It has install_name = @rpath/libc++.1.dylib, which won't work for us, because
+            // dynamic loader won't be able to find libc++ when loading libllvmstubs.
+            // For some reason, this worked fine before macOS 12.3.
+            //
+            // To enforce linking with proper libc++, pass the default path explicitly:
+            linkerOpts("-L${hostPlatform.absoluteTargetSysRoot}/usr/lib")
+        }
+        linkerOpts("-L$llvmDir/lib", "-L${rootProject.project(":kotlin-native:llvmDebugInfoC").layout.buildDirectory.get().asFile}", "-L${rootProject.project(":kotlin-native:libllvmext").layout.buildDirectory.get().asFile}")
+    }
+}
+
+val nativeLibs by configurations.creating {
+    isCanBeConsumed = true
+    isCanBeResolved = false
+    attributes {
+        attribute(ArtifactTypeDefinition.ARTIFACT_TYPE_ATTRIBUTE, ArtifactTypeDefinition.DIRECTORY_TYPE)
+        attribute(TargetWithSanitizer.TARGET_ATTRIBUTE, TargetWithSanitizer.host)
+    }
+}
+
+artifacts {
+    add(nativeLibs.name, layout.buildDirectory.dir("nativelibs/${TargetWithSanitizer.host}")) {
+        builtBy(kotlinNativeInterop["llvm"].genTask)
+    }
+}
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/kotlin-native/backend.native/llvm.def b/kotlin-native/llvmInterop/llvm.def
similarity index 100%
rename from kotlin-native/backend.native/llvm.def
rename to kotlin-native/llvmInterop/llvm.def
diff --git a/kotlin-native/backend.native/llvm.list b/kotlin-native/llvmInterop/llvm.list
similarity index 100%
rename from kotlin-native/backend.native/llvm.list
rename to kotlin-native/llvmInterop/llvm.list
diff --git a/settings.gradle b/settings.gradle
index eee3cee708e..289929ea105 100644
--- a/settings.gradle
+++ b/settings.gradle
@@ -895,6 +895,7 @@ if (buildProperties.isKotlinNativeEnabled) {
     include ':kotlin-native:utilities'
     include ':kotlin-native:platformLibs'
     include ':kotlin-native:libclangext'
+    include ':kotlin-native:llvmInterop'
     include ':kotlin-native:backend.native:tests'
     include ':kotlin-native:prepare:kotlin-native-compiler-embeddable'
     include ':native:kotlin-test-native-xctest'