diff --git a/compiler/backend-common/build.gradle.kts b/compiler/backend-common/build.gradle.kts
index ffe7f070ea8..9bd7b9cced4 100644
--- a/compiler/backend-common/build.gradle.kts
+++ b/compiler/backend-common/build.gradle.kts
@@ -9,7 +9,6 @@ dependencies {
     compile(project(":compiler:util"))
     compile(project(":compiler:frontend"))
     compile(project(":compiler:ir.tree"))
-    compile(project(":compiler:cli-common"))
 }
 
 sourceSets {
diff --git a/compiler/ir/backend.common/src/org/jetbrains/kotlin/backend/common/CommonBackendContext.kt b/compiler/ir/backend.common/src/org/jetbrains/kotlin/backend/common/CommonBackendContext.kt
index 6a65cce7003..42f9b3ed7d9 100644
--- a/compiler/ir/backend.common/src/org/jetbrains/kotlin/backend/common/CommonBackendContext.kt
+++ b/compiler/ir/backend.common/src/org/jetbrains/kotlin/backend/common/CommonBackendContext.kt
@@ -2,13 +2,13 @@ package org.jetbrains.kotlin.backend.common
 
 import org.jetbrains.kotlin.backend.common.ir.Ir
 import org.jetbrains.kotlin.builtins.KOTLIN_REFLECT_FQ_NAME
-import org.jetbrains.kotlin.cli.common.messages.MessageCollector
-import org.jetbrains.kotlin.config.CompilerConfiguration
 import org.jetbrains.kotlin.descriptors.ClassDescriptor
 import org.jetbrains.kotlin.descriptors.FunctionDescriptor
 import org.jetbrains.kotlin.descriptors.ModuleDescriptor
 import org.jetbrains.kotlin.descriptors.annotations.Annotations
 import org.jetbrains.kotlin.incremental.components.NoLookupLocation
+import org.jetbrains.kotlin.ir.IrElement
+import org.jetbrains.kotlin.ir.declarations.IrFile
 import org.jetbrains.kotlin.name.FqName
 import org.jetbrains.kotlin.name.Name
 import org.jetbrains.kotlin.resolve.scopes.MemberScope
@@ -35,7 +35,7 @@ interface CommonBackendContext : BackendContext {
 
     fun log(message: () -> String)
 
-    val messageCollector: MessageCollector
+    fun report(element: IrElement?, irFile: IrFile?, message: String, isError: Boolean)
 }
 
 class ReflectionTypes(module: ModuleDescriptor, internalPackage: FqName) {
diff --git a/compiler/ir/backend.common/src/org/jetbrains/kotlin/backend/common/Utils.kt b/compiler/ir/backend.common/src/org/jetbrains/kotlin/backend/common/Utils.kt
index eaa9236628b..1cec73c0758 100644
--- a/compiler/ir/backend.common/src/org/jetbrains/kotlin/backend/common/Utils.kt
+++ b/compiler/ir/backend.common/src/org/jetbrains/kotlin/backend/common/Utils.kt
@@ -16,14 +16,11 @@
 
 package org.jetbrains.kotlin.backend.common
 
-import org.jetbrains.kotlin.cli.common.messages.CompilerMessageSeverity
 import org.jetbrains.kotlin.ir.IrElement
 import org.jetbrains.kotlin.ir.declarations.IrFile
-import org.jetbrains.kotlin.ir.util.getCompilerMessageLocation
 
 fun CommonBackendContext.reportWarning(message: String, irFile: IrFile, irElement: IrElement) {
-    val location = irElement.getCompilerMessageLocation(irFile)
-    messageCollector.report(CompilerMessageSeverity.WARNING, message, location)
+    report(irElement, irFile, message, false)
 }
 
 fun <E> MutableList<E>.push(element: E) = this.add(element)
diff --git a/compiler/ir/backend.common/src/org/jetbrains/kotlin/ir/util/IrUtils.kt b/compiler/ir/backend.common/src/org/jetbrains/kotlin/ir/util/IrUtils.kt
index 445768a2772..629eac0e0ce 100644
--- a/compiler/ir/backend.common/src/org/jetbrains/kotlin/ir/util/IrUtils.kt
+++ b/compiler/ir/backend.common/src/org/jetbrains/kotlin/ir/util/IrUtils.kt
@@ -17,7 +17,6 @@
 package org.jetbrains.kotlin.ir.util
 
 import org.jetbrains.kotlin.backend.common.atMostOne
-import org.jetbrains.kotlin.cli.common.messages.CompilerMessageLocation
 import org.jetbrains.kotlin.descriptors.*
 import org.jetbrains.kotlin.ir.IrElement
 import org.jetbrains.kotlin.ir.UNDEFINED_OFFSET
@@ -122,16 +121,6 @@ fun IrExpression.isNullConst() = this is IrConst<*> && this.kind == IrConstKind.
 fun IrCall.usesDefaultArguments(): Boolean =
         this.descriptor.valueParameters.any { this.getValueArgument(it) == null }
 
-fun IrElement.getCompilerMessageLocation(containingFile: IrFile): CompilerMessageLocation? {
-    val sourceRangeInfo = containingFile.fileEntry.getSourceRangeInfo(this.startOffset, this.endOffset)
-    return CompilerMessageLocation.create(
-            path = sourceRangeInfo.filePath,
-            line = sourceRangeInfo.startLineNumber,
-            column = sourceRangeInfo.startColumnNumber,
-            lineContent = null // TODO: retrieve the line content.
-    )
-}
-
 fun IrFunction.createParameterDeclarations() {
     fun ParameterDescriptor.irValueParameter() = IrValueParameterImpl(
             innerStartOffset(this), innerEndOffset(this),