diff --git a/kotlin-native/klib/build.gradle b/kotlin-native/klib/build.gradle
deleted file mode 100644
index 8d08454f724..00000000000
--- a/kotlin-native/klib/build.gradle
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,27 +0,0 @@
-/*
- * Copyright 2010-2018 JetBrains s.r.o. Use of this source code is governed by the Apache 2.0 license
- * that can be found in the LICENSE file.
- */
-
-buildscript {
-    apply from: "$rootDir/kotlin-native/gradle/kotlinGradlePlugin.gradle"
-}
-
-apply plugin: 'kotlin'
-
-compileKotlin {
-    kotlinOptions.freeCompilerArgs += ['-Xskip-prerelease-check']
-}
-
-repositories {
-    maven {
-        url project.bootstrapKotlinRepo
-    }
-}
-
-dependencies {
-    implementation project(":kotlin-stdlib")
-    implementation project(path: ':kotlin-native:backend.native', configuration: 'cli_bcApiElements')
-    implementation project(":kotlin-native:utilities:basic-utils")
-    implementation project(":kotlin-util-klib-abi")
-}
diff --git a/kotlin-native/klib/build.gradle.kts b/kotlin-native/klib/build.gradle.kts
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..7a5537e335c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/kotlin-native/klib/build.gradle.kts
@@ -0,0 +1,26 @@
+buildscript {
+    apply(from = "$rootDir/kotlin-native/gradle/kotlinGradlePlugin.gradle")
+}
+
+plugins {
+    kotlin("jvm")
+}
+
+repositories {
+    extra["bootstrapKotlinRepo"]?.let {
+        maven(url = it)
+    }
+}
+
+dependencies {
+    implementation(kotlinStdlib())
+    implementation(project(":kotlin-native:backend.native", "cli_bcApiElements"))
+    implementation(project(":kotlin-native:utilities:basic-utils"))
+    implementation(project(":kotlin-util-klib-abi"))
+}
+
+tasks.withType<org.jetbrains.kotlin.gradle.dsl.KotlinCompile<*>> {
+    kotlinOptions {
+        freeCompilerArgs += "-Xskip-prerelease-check"
+    }
+}