diff --git a/compiler/backend/src/org/jetbrains/kotlin/codegen/state/GenerationState.kt b/compiler/backend/src/org/jetbrains/kotlin/codegen/state/GenerationState.kt
index 4a5cb5274dd..99cf3ea4304 100644
--- a/compiler/backend/src/org/jetbrains/kotlin/codegen/state/GenerationState.kt
+++ b/compiler/backend/src/org/jetbrains/kotlin/codegen/state/GenerationState.kt
@@ -210,10 +210,10 @@ class GenerationState private constructor(
         target,
         isIrBackend
     )
+    val canReplaceStdlibRuntimeApiBehavior = languageVersionSettings.apiVersion <= ApiVersion.parse(KotlinVersion.CURRENT.toString())!!
     val intrinsics: IntrinsicMethods = run {
         val shouldUseConsistentEquals = languageVersionSettings.supportsFeature(LanguageFeature.ThrowNpeOnExplicitEqualsForBoxedNull) &&
                 !configuration.getBoolean(JVMConfigurationKeys.NO_EXCEPTION_ON_EXPLICIT_EQUALS_FOR_BOXED_NULL)
-        val canReplaceStdlibRuntimeApiBehavior = languageVersionSettings.apiVersion <= ApiVersion.parse(KotlinVersion.CURRENT.toString())!!
         IntrinsicMethods(target, canReplaceStdlibRuntimeApiBehavior, shouldUseConsistentEquals)
     }
     val samWrapperClasses: SamWrapperClasses = SamWrapperClasses(this)
diff --git a/compiler/ir/backend.common/src/org/jetbrains/kotlin/backend/common/lower/StringTrimLowering.kt b/compiler/ir/backend.common/src/org/jetbrains/kotlin/backend/common/lower/StringTrimLowering.kt
index 62a1586d726..48c7a62a48d 100644
--- a/compiler/ir/backend.common/src/org/jetbrains/kotlin/backend/common/lower/StringTrimLowering.kt
+++ b/compiler/ir/backend.common/src/org/jetbrains/kotlin/backend/common/lower/StringTrimLowering.kt
@@ -8,7 +8,6 @@ package org.jetbrains.kotlin.backend.common.lower
 import org.jetbrains.kotlin.backend.common.CommonBackendContext
 import org.jetbrains.kotlin.backend.common.FileLoweringPass
 import org.jetbrains.kotlin.backend.common.lower.matchers.SimpleCalleeMatcher
-import org.jetbrains.kotlin.backend.common.phaser.makeIrFilePhase
 import org.jetbrains.kotlin.ir.declarations.IrFile
 import org.jetbrains.kotlin.ir.expressions.IrCall
 import org.jetbrains.kotlin.ir.expressions.IrConst
@@ -20,12 +19,6 @@ import org.jetbrains.kotlin.ir.visitors.IrElementTransformerVoid
 import org.jetbrains.kotlin.ir.visitors.transformChildrenVoid
 import org.jetbrains.kotlin.name.FqName
 
-val computeStringTrimPhase = makeIrFilePhase(
-    ::StringTrimLowering,
-    name = "StringTrimLowering",
-    description = "Compute trimIndent and trimMargin operations on constant strings"
-)
-
 class StringTrimLowering(val context: CommonBackendContext) : FileLoweringPass, IrElementTransformerVoid() {
     override fun lower(irFile: IrFile) {
         irFile.transformChildrenVoid(this)
diff --git a/compiler/ir/backend.jvm/src/org/jetbrains/kotlin/backend/jvm/JvmLower.kt b/compiler/ir/backend.jvm/src/org/jetbrains/kotlin/backend/jvm/JvmLower.kt
index f095cd0eb1f..c81c3a00612 100644
--- a/compiler/ir/backend.jvm/src/org/jetbrains/kotlin/backend/jvm/JvmLower.kt
+++ b/compiler/ir/backend.jvm/src/org/jetbrains/kotlin/backend/jvm/JvmLower.kt
@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@
 package org.jetbrains.kotlin.backend.jvm
 
 import org.jetbrains.kotlin.backend.common.CommonBackendContext
+import org.jetbrains.kotlin.backend.common.FileLoweringPass
 import org.jetbrains.kotlin.backend.common.lower.*
 import org.jetbrains.kotlin.backend.common.lower.loops.forLoopsPhase
 import org.jetbrains.kotlin.backend.common.phaser.*
@@ -139,6 +140,17 @@ private val jvmLocalClassExtractionPhase = makeIrFilePhase(
     description = "Move local classes from field initializers and anonymous init blocks into the containing class"
 )
 
+private val computeStringTrimPhase = makeIrFilePhase<JvmBackendContext>(
+    { context ->
+        if (context.state.canReplaceStdlibRuntimeApiBehavior)
+            StringTrimLowering(context)
+        else
+            FileLoweringPass.Empty
+    },
+    name = "StringTrimLowering",
+    description = "Compute trimIndent and trimMargin operations on constant strings"
+)
+
 private val defaultArgumentStubPhase = makeIrFilePhase(
     ::JvmDefaultArgumentStubGenerator,
     name = "DefaultArgumentsStubGenerator",