diff --git a/compiler/ir/backend.common/src/org/jetbrains/kotlin/backend/common/Lower.kt b/compiler/ir/backend.common/src/org/jetbrains/kotlin/backend/common/Lower.kt
index ed0ef7af5c6..8b895aee268 100644
--- a/compiler/ir/backend.common/src/org/jetbrains/kotlin/backend/common/Lower.kt
+++ b/compiler/ir/backend.common/src/org/jetbrains/kotlin/backend/common/Lower.kt
@@ -194,105 +194,91 @@ fun FunctionLoweringPass.runOnFilePostfix(irFile: IrFile) {
 interface DeclarationTransformer : FileLoweringPass {
     fun transformFlat(declaration: IrDeclaration): List<IrDeclaration>?
 
+    val withLocalDeclarations: Boolean
+        get() = false
+
     override fun lower(irFile: IrFile) {
-        runPostfix().toFileLoweringPass().lower(irFile)
-    }
-}
-
-fun DeclarationTransformer.transformFlatRestricted(declaration: IrDeclaration): List<IrDeclaration>? {
-    return stageController.restrictTo(declaration) {
-        transformFlat(declaration)
-    }
-}
-
-fun DeclarationTransformer.toFileLoweringPass(): FileLoweringPass {
-    return object : FileLoweringPass {
-        override fun lower(irFile: IrFile) {
-            irFile.declarations.transformFlat(this@toFileLoweringPass::transformFlat)
-        }
-    }
-}
-
-fun DeclarationTransformer.runPostfix(withLocalDeclarations: Boolean = false): DeclarationTransformer {
-    return object : DeclarationTransformer {
-        override fun transformFlat(declaration: IrDeclaration): List<IrDeclaration>? {
-            declaration.acceptVoid(PostfixDeclarationTransformer(withLocalDeclarations, this@runPostfix))
-
-            return this@runPostfix.transformFlatRestricted(declaration)
-        }
-    }
-}
-
-private class PostfixDeclarationTransformer(
-    private val withLocalDeclarations: Boolean,
-    private val transformer: DeclarationTransformer
-) : IrElementVisitorVoid {
-    override fun visitElement(element: IrElement) {
-        element.acceptChildrenVoid(this)
-    }
-
-    override fun visitBody(body: IrBody) {
-        if (withLocalDeclarations) {
-            super.visitBody(body)
-        }
-        // else stop
-    }
-
-    override fun visitFunction(declaration: IrFunction) {
-        declaration.acceptChildrenVoid(this)
-
-        for (v in declaration.valueParameters) {
-            val result = transformer.transformFlatRestricted(v)
-            if (result != null) error("Don't know how to add value parameters")
+        val visitor = Visitor(this)
+        irFile.declarations.transformFlat { declaration ->
+            declaration.acceptVoid(visitor)
+            transformFlatRestricted(declaration)
         }
     }
 
-    override fun visitProperty(declaration: IrProperty) {
-        // TODO This is a hack to allow lowering a getter separately from the enclosing property
+    private fun transformFlatRestricted(declaration: IrDeclaration): List<IrDeclaration>? {
+        return stageController.restrictTo(declaration) {
+            transformFlat(declaration)
+        }
+    }
 
-        val visitor = this
+    private class Visitor(private val transformer: DeclarationTransformer) : IrElementVisitorVoid {
+        override fun visitElement(element: IrElement) {
+            element.acceptChildrenVoid(this)
+        }
 
-        fun IrDeclaration.transform() {
+        override fun visitBody(body: IrBody) {
+            if (transformer.withLocalDeclarations) {
+                super.visitBody(body)
+            }
+            // else stop
+        }
 
-            acceptVoid(visitor)
+        override fun visitFunction(declaration: IrFunction) {
+            declaration.acceptChildrenVoid(this)
 
-            val result = transformer.transformFlatRestricted(this)
-            if (result != null) {
-                (parent as? IrDeclarationContainer)?.let {
-                    var index = it.declarations.indexOf(this)
-                    if (index == -1) {
-                        index = it.declarations.indexOf(declaration)
-                    } else {
-                        it.declarations.removeAt(index)
-                        --index
-                    }
-
-                    it.declarations.addAll(index + 1, result)
-                }
+            for (v in declaration.valueParameters) {
+                val result = transformer.transformFlatRestricted(v)
+                if (result != null) error("Don't know how to add value parameters")
             }
         }
 
-        declaration.backingField?.transform()
-        declaration.getter?.transform()
-        declaration.setter?.transform()
-    }
+        override fun visitProperty(declaration: IrProperty) {
+            // TODO This is a hack to allow lowering a getter separately from the enclosing property
 
-    override fun visitClass(declaration: IrClass) {
-        declaration.thisReceiver?.accept(this, null)
-        declaration.typeParameters.forEach { it.accept(this, null) }
-        ArrayList(declaration.declarations).forEach { it.accept(this, null) }
+            val visitor = this
 
-        declaration.declarations.transformFlat(transformer::transformFlatRestricted)
-    }
+            fun IrDeclaration.transform() {
 
-    override fun visitScript(declaration: IrScript) {
-        ArrayList(declaration.declarations).forEach { it.accept(this, null) }
-        declaration.declarations.transformFlat(transformer::transformFlatRestricted)
+                acceptVoid(visitor)
 
-        if (withLocalDeclarations) {
-            declaration.statements.forEach { it.accept(this, null) }
+                val result = transformer.transformFlatRestricted(this)
+                if (result != null) {
+                    (parent as? IrDeclarationContainer)?.let {
+                        var index = it.declarations.indexOf(this)
+                        if (index == -1) {
+                            index = it.declarations.indexOf(declaration)
+                        } else {
+                            it.declarations.removeAt(index)
+                            --index
+                        }
+
+                        it.declarations.addAll(index + 1, result)
+                    }
+                }
+            }
+
+            declaration.backingField?.transform()
+            declaration.getter?.transform()
+            declaration.setter?.transform()
         }
 
-        declaration.thisReceiver.accept(this, null)
+        override fun visitClass(declaration: IrClass) {
+            declaration.thisReceiver?.accept(this, null)
+            declaration.typeParameters.forEach { it.accept(this, null) }
+            ArrayList(declaration.declarations).forEach { it.accept(this, null) }
+
+            declaration.declarations.transformFlat(transformer::transformFlatRestricted)
+        }
+
+        override fun visitScript(declaration: IrScript) {
+            ArrayList(declaration.declarations).forEach { it.accept(this, null) }
+            declaration.declarations.transformFlat(transformer::transformFlatRestricted)
+
+            if (transformer.withLocalDeclarations) {
+                declaration.statements.forEach { it.accept(this, null) }
+            }
+
+            declaration.thisReceiver.accept(this, null)
+        }
     }
-}
\ No newline at end of file
+}
diff --git a/compiler/ir/backend.common/src/org/jetbrains/kotlin/backend/common/lower/DefaultArgumentStubGenerator.kt b/compiler/ir/backend.common/src/org/jetbrains/kotlin/backend/common/lower/DefaultArgumentStubGenerator.kt
index 08d5200defa..0c3139c8558 100644
--- a/compiler/ir/backend.common/src/org/jetbrains/kotlin/backend/common/lower/DefaultArgumentStubGenerator.kt
+++ b/compiler/ir/backend.common/src/org/jetbrains/kotlin/backend/common/lower/DefaultArgumentStubGenerator.kt
@@ -8,9 +8,9 @@ package org.jetbrains.kotlin.backend.common.lower
 import org.jetbrains.kotlin.backend.common.*
 import org.jetbrains.kotlin.backend.common.descriptors.synthesizedString
 import org.jetbrains.kotlin.backend.common.ir.*
-import org.jetbrains.kotlin.descriptors.Modality
 import org.jetbrains.kotlin.descriptors.DescriptorVisibilities
 import org.jetbrains.kotlin.descriptors.DescriptorVisibility
+import org.jetbrains.kotlin.descriptors.Modality
 import org.jetbrains.kotlin.ir.UNDEFINED_OFFSET
 import org.jetbrains.kotlin.ir.builders.*
 import org.jetbrains.kotlin.ir.builders.declarations.addValueParameter
@@ -40,10 +40,7 @@ open class DefaultArgumentStubGenerator(
     private val skipExternalMethods: Boolean = false,
     private val forceSetOverrideSymbols: Boolean = true
 ) : DeclarationTransformer {
-
-    override fun lower(irFile: IrFile) {
-        runPostfix(true).toFileLoweringPass().lower(irFile)
-    }
+    override val withLocalDeclarations: Boolean get() = true
 
     override fun transformFlat(declaration: IrDeclaration): List<IrDeclaration>? {
         if (declaration is IrFunction) {
@@ -447,9 +444,7 @@ class DefaultParameterCleaner(
     val context: CommonBackendContext,
     val replaceDefaultValuesWithStubs: Boolean = false
 ) : DeclarationTransformer {
-    override fun lower(irFile: IrFile) {
-        runPostfix(true).toFileLoweringPass().lower(irFile)
-    }
+    override val withLocalDeclarations: Boolean get() = true
 
     override fun transformFlat(declaration: IrDeclaration): List<IrDeclaration>? {
         if (declaration is IrValueParameter && declaration.defaultValue != null) {
diff --git a/compiler/ir/backend.common/src/org/jetbrains/kotlin/backend/common/lower/InitializersLowering.kt b/compiler/ir/backend.common/src/org/jetbrains/kotlin/backend/common/lower/InitializersLowering.kt
index aa55bf7c980..d9e7b6b8e62 100644
--- a/compiler/ir/backend.common/src/org/jetbrains/kotlin/backend/common/lower/InitializersLowering.kt
+++ b/compiler/ir/backend.common/src/org/jetbrains/kotlin/backend/common/lower/InitializersLowering.kt
@@ -5,7 +5,10 @@
 
 package org.jetbrains.kotlin.backend.common.lower
 
-import org.jetbrains.kotlin.backend.common.*
+import org.jetbrains.kotlin.backend.common.BodyLoweringPass
+import org.jetbrains.kotlin.backend.common.CommonBackendContext
+import org.jetbrains.kotlin.backend.common.DeclarationTransformer
+import org.jetbrains.kotlin.backend.common.runOnFilePostfix
 import org.jetbrains.kotlin.ir.IrElement
 import org.jetbrains.kotlin.ir.IrStatement
 import org.jetbrains.kotlin.ir.declarations.*
@@ -16,7 +19,9 @@ import org.jetbrains.kotlin.ir.expressions.impl.IrSetFieldImpl
 import org.jetbrains.kotlin.ir.util.constructedClass
 import org.jetbrains.kotlin.ir.util.deepCopyWithSymbols
 import org.jetbrains.kotlin.ir.util.render
-import org.jetbrains.kotlin.ir.visitors.*
+import org.jetbrains.kotlin.ir.visitors.IrElementTransformerVoid
+import org.jetbrains.kotlin.ir.visitors.IrElementVisitorVoid
+import org.jetbrains.kotlin.ir.visitors.transformChildrenVoid
 
 object SYNTHESIZED_INIT_BLOCK : IrStatementOriginImpl("SYNTHESIZED_INIT_BLOCK")
 
@@ -88,10 +93,7 @@ class InitializersCleanupLowering(
     val context: CommonBackendContext,
     private val shouldEraseFieldInitializer: (IrField) -> Boolean = { it.correspondingPropertySymbol?.owner?.isConst != true }
 ) : DeclarationTransformer {
-
-    override fun lower(irFile: IrFile) {
-        runPostfix(withLocalDeclarations = true).toFileLoweringPass().lower(irFile)
-    }
+    override val withLocalDeclarations: Boolean get() = true
 
     override fun transformFlat(declaration: IrDeclaration): List<IrDeclaration>? {
         if (declaration is IrAnonymousInitializer) return emptyList()
diff --git a/compiler/ir/backend.common/src/org/jetbrains/kotlin/backend/common/lower/InnerClassesLowering.kt b/compiler/ir/backend.common/src/org/jetbrains/kotlin/backend/common/lower/InnerClassesLowering.kt
index d85a7e28e97..70b0a778377 100644
--- a/compiler/ir/backend.common/src/org/jetbrains/kotlin/backend/common/lower/InnerClassesLowering.kt
+++ b/compiler/ir/backend.common/src/org/jetbrains/kotlin/backend/common/lower/InnerClassesLowering.kt
@@ -31,9 +31,7 @@ interface InnerClassesSupport {
 }
 
 class InnerClassesLowering(val context: BackendContext, private val innerClassesSupport: InnerClassesSupport) : DeclarationTransformer {
-    override fun lower(irFile: IrFile) {
-        runPostfix(true).toFileLoweringPass().lower(irFile)
-    }
+    override val withLocalDeclarations: Boolean get() = true
 
     override fun transformFlat(declaration: IrDeclaration): List<IrDeclaration>? {
         if (declaration is IrClass && declaration.isInner) {
diff --git a/compiler/ir/backend.common/src/org/jetbrains/kotlin/backend/common/lower/LateinitLowering.kt b/compiler/ir/backend.common/src/org/jetbrains/kotlin/backend/common/lower/LateinitLowering.kt
index 5a779ad7df1..3239b43cd0e 100644
--- a/compiler/ir/backend.common/src/org/jetbrains/kotlin/backend/common/lower/LateinitLowering.kt
+++ b/compiler/ir/backend.common/src/org/jetbrains/kotlin/backend/common/lower/LateinitLowering.kt
@@ -16,7 +16,10 @@
 
 package org.jetbrains.kotlin.backend.common.lower
 
-import org.jetbrains.kotlin.backend.common.*
+import org.jetbrains.kotlin.backend.common.BodyLoweringPass
+import org.jetbrains.kotlin.backend.common.CommonBackendContext
+import org.jetbrains.kotlin.backend.common.DeclarationTransformer
+import org.jetbrains.kotlin.backend.common.getOrPut
 import org.jetbrains.kotlin.backend.common.ir.Symbols
 import org.jetbrains.kotlin.ir.IrStatement
 import org.jetbrains.kotlin.ir.builders.*
@@ -36,10 +39,7 @@ import org.jetbrains.kotlin.ir.visitors.IrElementTransformerVoid
 import org.jetbrains.kotlin.ir.visitors.transformChildrenVoid
 
 class NullableFieldsForLateinitCreationLowering(val backendContext: CommonBackendContext) : DeclarationTransformer {
-
-    override fun lower(irFile: IrFile) {
-        runPostfix(true).toFileLoweringPass().lower(irFile)
-    }
+    override val withLocalDeclarations: Boolean get() = true
 
     override fun transformFlat(declaration: IrDeclaration): List<IrDeclaration>? {
         if (declaration is IrField) {
@@ -56,10 +56,7 @@ class NullableFieldsForLateinitCreationLowering(val backendContext: CommonBacken
 
 // Transform declarations
 class NullableFieldsDeclarationLowering(val backendContext: CommonBackendContext) : DeclarationTransformer {
-
-    override fun lower(irFile: IrFile) {
-        runPostfix(true).toFileLoweringPass().lower(irFile)
-    }
+    override val withLocalDeclarations: Boolean get() = true
 
     override fun transformFlat(declaration: IrDeclaration): List<IrDeclaration>? {
         when (declaration) {
diff --git a/compiler/ir/backend.common/src/org/jetbrains/kotlin/backend/common/lower/PropertiesLowering.kt b/compiler/ir/backend.common/src/org/jetbrains/kotlin/backend/common/lower/PropertiesLowering.kt
index 44609409a71..e6018cc5561 100644
--- a/compiler/ir/backend.common/src/org/jetbrains/kotlin/backend/common/lower/PropertiesLowering.kt
+++ b/compiler/ir/backend.common/src/org/jetbrains/kotlin/backend/common/lower/PropertiesLowering.kt
@@ -5,7 +5,8 @@
 
 package org.jetbrains.kotlin.backend.common.lower
 
-import org.jetbrains.kotlin.backend.common.*
+import org.jetbrains.kotlin.backend.common.BodyLoweringPass
+import org.jetbrains.kotlin.backend.common.DeclarationTransformer
 import org.jetbrains.kotlin.ir.IrElement
 import org.jetbrains.kotlin.ir.IrStatement
 import org.jetbrains.kotlin.ir.declarations.*
@@ -15,9 +16,7 @@ import org.jetbrains.kotlin.ir.util.isEffectivelyExternal
 import org.jetbrains.kotlin.ir.visitors.*
 
 class PropertiesLowering : DeclarationTransformer {
-    override fun lower(irFile: IrFile) {
-        runPostfix(true).toFileLoweringPass().lower(irFile)
-    }
+    override val withLocalDeclarations: Boolean get() = true
 
     override fun transformFlat(declaration: IrDeclaration): List<IrDeclaration>? {
         when (declaration) {