diff --git a/compiler/frontend.script/build.gradle.kts b/compiler/frontend.script/build.gradle.kts
index 775010db1e7..03e97cbf1b1 100644
--- a/compiler/frontend.script/build.gradle.kts
+++ b/compiler/frontend.script/build.gradle.kts
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ dependencies {
     compileOnly(project(":kotlin-reflect-api"))
     compile(commonDep("org.jetbrains.kotlinx", "kotlinx-coroutines-core")) { isTransitive = false }
     compileOnly(intellijCoreDep()) { includeJars("intellij-core") }
-    runtime(project(":kotlin-reflect"))
+    runtimeOnly(project(":kotlin-reflect"))
 }
 
 sourceSets {
diff --git a/prepare/compiler-embeddable/build.gradle.kts b/prepare/compiler-embeddable/build.gradle.kts
index 29f312ea5d6..16c23fb19e0 100644
--- a/prepare/compiler-embeddable/build.gradle.kts
+++ b/prepare/compiler-embeddable/build.gradle.kts
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ plugins {
 dependencies {
     runtime(project(":kotlin-stdlib"))
     runtime(project(":kotlin-script-runtime"))
-    runtime(project(":kotlin-reflect"))
+    runtimeOnly(project(":kotlin-reflect"))
 }
 
 noDefaultJar()