diff --git a/compiler/tests-common/tests/org/jetbrains/kotlin/codegen/AbstractGenerateNotNullAssertionsTest.java b/compiler/tests-common/tests/org/jetbrains/kotlin/codegen/AbstractGenerateNotNullAssertionsTest.java
index 7e7bd06eb8d..3e9a6f3251b 100644
--- a/compiler/tests-common/tests/org/jetbrains/kotlin/codegen/AbstractGenerateNotNullAssertionsTest.java
+++ b/compiler/tests-common/tests/org/jetbrains/kotlin/codegen/AbstractGenerateNotNullAssertionsTest.java
@@ -41,7 +41,7 @@ abstract public class AbstractGenerateNotNullAssertionsTest extends CodegenTestC
 
         configuration.put(JVMConfigurationKeys.DISABLE_CALL_ASSERTIONS, disableCallAssertions);
         configuration.put(JVMConfigurationKeys.DISABLE_PARAM_ASSERTIONS, disableParamAssertions);
-        updateConfiguration(configuration);
+        configuration.put(JVMConfigurationKeys.IR, getBackend().isIR());
 
         myEnvironment =
                 KotlinCoreEnvironment.createForTests(getTestRootDisposable(), configuration, EnvironmentConfigFiles.JVM_CONFIG_FILES);
diff --git a/compiler/tests-common/tests/org/jetbrains/kotlin/codegen/AbstractScriptCodegenTest.java b/compiler/tests-common/tests/org/jetbrains/kotlin/codegen/AbstractScriptCodegenTest.java
index 6f1456a1fe3..8ee3178e3b4 100644
--- a/compiler/tests-common/tests/org/jetbrains/kotlin/codegen/AbstractScriptCodegenTest.java
+++ b/compiler/tests-common/tests/org/jetbrains/kotlin/codegen/AbstractScriptCodegenTest.java
@@ -39,7 +39,6 @@ public abstract class AbstractScriptCodegenTest extends CodegenTestCase {
     @Override
     protected void updateConfiguration(@NotNull CompilerConfiguration configuration) {
         loadScriptingPlugin(configuration);
-        super.updateConfiguration(configuration);
     }
 
     @Override
diff --git a/compiler/tests-common/tests/org/jetbrains/kotlin/codegen/CodegenTestCase.java b/compiler/tests-common/tests/org/jetbrains/kotlin/codegen/CodegenTestCase.java
index 93b55490947..90932214ab6 100644
--- a/compiler/tests-common/tests/org/jetbrains/kotlin/codegen/CodegenTestCase.java
+++ b/compiler/tests-common/tests/org/jetbrains/kotlin/codegen/CodegenTestCase.java
@@ -140,6 +140,7 @@ public abstract class CodegenTestCase extends KtUsefulTestCase {
             @NotNull List<TestFile> testFilesWithConfigurationDirectives
     ) {
         CompilerConfiguration configuration = KotlinTestUtils.newConfiguration(kind, jdkKind, classpath, javaSource);
+        configuration.put(JVMConfigurationKeys.IR, getBackend().isIR());
 
         updateConfigurationByDirectivesInTestFiles(testFilesWithConfigurationDirectives, configuration, coroutinesPackage);
         updateConfiguration(configuration);
diff --git a/compiler/tests-common/tests/org/jetbrains/kotlin/codegen/debugInformation/AbstractIrLocalVariableTest.kt b/compiler/tests-common/tests/org/jetbrains/kotlin/codegen/debugInformation/AbstractIrLocalVariableTest.kt
index 24302350b63..e98c9a501f2 100644
--- a/compiler/tests-common/tests/org/jetbrains/kotlin/codegen/debugInformation/AbstractIrLocalVariableTest.kt
+++ b/compiler/tests-common/tests/org/jetbrains/kotlin/codegen/debugInformation/AbstractIrLocalVariableTest.kt
@@ -1,12 +1,12 @@
+/*
+ * Copyright 2010-2019 JetBrains s.r.o. and Kotlin Programming Language contributors.
+ * Use of this source code is governed by the Apache 2.0 license that can be found in the license/LICENSE.txt file.
+ */
+
 package org.jetbrains.kotlin.codegen.debugInformation
 
-import org.jetbrains.kotlin.config.CompilerConfiguration
-import org.jetbrains.kotlin.config.JVMConfigurationKeys
+import org.jetbrains.kotlin.test.TargetBackend
 
 abstract class AbstractIrLocalVariableTest : AbstractLocalVariableTest() {
-
-    override fun updateConfiguration(configuration: CompilerConfiguration) {
-        super.updateConfiguration(configuration)
-        configuration.put(JVMConfigurationKeys.IR, true)
-    }
-}
\ No newline at end of file
+    override fun getBackend(): TargetBackend = TargetBackend.JVM_IR
+}
diff --git a/compiler/tests-common/tests/org/jetbrains/kotlin/codegen/debugInformation/AbstractIrSteppingTest.kt b/compiler/tests-common/tests/org/jetbrains/kotlin/codegen/debugInformation/AbstractIrSteppingTest.kt
index 5f58ba70452..1705b828049 100644
--- a/compiler/tests-common/tests/org/jetbrains/kotlin/codegen/debugInformation/AbstractIrSteppingTest.kt
+++ b/compiler/tests-common/tests/org/jetbrains/kotlin/codegen/debugInformation/AbstractIrSteppingTest.kt
@@ -5,13 +5,8 @@
 
 package org.jetbrains.kotlin.codegen.debugInformation
 
-import org.jetbrains.kotlin.config.CompilerConfiguration
-import org.jetbrains.kotlin.config.JVMConfigurationKeys
+import org.jetbrains.kotlin.test.TargetBackend
 
 abstract class AbstractIrSteppingTest : AbstractSteppingTest() {
-
-    override fun updateConfiguration(configuration: CompilerConfiguration) {
-        super.updateConfiguration(configuration)
-        configuration.put(JVMConfigurationKeys.IR, true)
-    }
-}
\ No newline at end of file
+    override fun getBackend(): TargetBackend = TargetBackend.JVM_IR
+}
diff --git a/compiler/tests-common/tests/org/jetbrains/kotlin/codegen/ir/AbstractIrBlackBoxAgainstJavaCodegenTest.kt b/compiler/tests-common/tests/org/jetbrains/kotlin/codegen/ir/AbstractIrBlackBoxAgainstJavaCodegenTest.kt
index c8bb2c7a20c..52bfbbdeb0c 100644
--- a/compiler/tests-common/tests/org/jetbrains/kotlin/codegen/ir/AbstractIrBlackBoxAgainstJavaCodegenTest.kt
+++ b/compiler/tests-common/tests/org/jetbrains/kotlin/codegen/ir/AbstractIrBlackBoxAgainstJavaCodegenTest.kt
@@ -6,15 +6,8 @@
 package org.jetbrains.kotlin.codegen.ir
 
 import org.jetbrains.kotlin.codegen.AbstractBlackBoxAgainstJavaCodegenTest
-import org.jetbrains.kotlin.config.CompilerConfiguration
-import org.jetbrains.kotlin.config.JVMConfigurationKeys
 import org.jetbrains.kotlin.test.TargetBackend
 
 abstract class AbstractIrBlackBoxAgainstJavaCodegenTest : AbstractBlackBoxAgainstJavaCodegenTest() {
-    override fun updateConfiguration(configuration: CompilerConfiguration) {
-        super.updateConfiguration(configuration)
-        configuration.put(JVMConfigurationKeys.IR, true)
-    }
-
     override fun getBackend() = TargetBackend.JVM_IR
 }
diff --git a/compiler/tests-common/tests/org/jetbrains/kotlin/codegen/ir/AbstractIrBlackBoxCodegenTest.kt b/compiler/tests-common/tests/org/jetbrains/kotlin/codegen/ir/AbstractIrBlackBoxCodegenTest.kt
index 20a7e220a73..b5476be9f77 100644
--- a/compiler/tests-common/tests/org/jetbrains/kotlin/codegen/ir/AbstractIrBlackBoxCodegenTest.kt
+++ b/compiler/tests-common/tests/org/jetbrains/kotlin/codegen/ir/AbstractIrBlackBoxCodegenTest.kt
@@ -17,14 +17,8 @@
 package org.jetbrains.kotlin.codegen.ir
 
 import org.jetbrains.kotlin.codegen.AbstractBlackBoxCodegenTest
-import org.jetbrains.kotlin.config.CompilerConfiguration
-import org.jetbrains.kotlin.config.JVMConfigurationKeys
 import org.jetbrains.kotlin.test.TargetBackend
 
 abstract class AbstractIrBlackBoxCodegenTest : AbstractBlackBoxCodegenTest() {
-    override fun updateConfiguration(configuration: CompilerConfiguration) {
-        configuration.put(JVMConfigurationKeys.IR, true)
-    }
-
     override fun getBackend() = TargetBackend.JVM_IR
 }
diff --git a/compiler/tests-common/tests/org/jetbrains/kotlin/codegen/ir/AbstractIrBlackBoxInlineCodegenTest.kt b/compiler/tests-common/tests/org/jetbrains/kotlin/codegen/ir/AbstractIrBlackBoxInlineCodegenTest.kt
index 3638ae1b88c..0b70e9dcf0a 100644
--- a/compiler/tests-common/tests/org/jetbrains/kotlin/codegen/ir/AbstractIrBlackBoxInlineCodegenTest.kt
+++ b/compiler/tests-common/tests/org/jetbrains/kotlin/codegen/ir/AbstractIrBlackBoxInlineCodegenTest.kt
@@ -17,11 +17,8 @@
 package org.jetbrains.kotlin.codegen.ir
 
 import org.jetbrains.kotlin.codegen.AbstractBlackBoxCodegenTest
-import org.jetbrains.kotlin.config.CompilerConfiguration
-import org.jetbrains.kotlin.config.JVMConfigurationKeys
 import org.jetbrains.kotlin.test.TargetBackend
 
 abstract class AbstractIrBlackBoxInlineCodegenTest : AbstractBlackBoxCodegenTest() {
-    override fun updateConfiguration(configuration: CompilerConfiguration) = configuration.put(JVMConfigurationKeys.IR, true)
     override fun getBackend() = TargetBackend.JVM_IR
 }
diff --git a/compiler/tests-common/tests/org/jetbrains/kotlin/codegen/ir/AbstractIrBytecodeTextTest.kt b/compiler/tests-common/tests/org/jetbrains/kotlin/codegen/ir/AbstractIrBytecodeTextTest.kt
index 3a5c5c72c74..b81c39eec5c 100644
--- a/compiler/tests-common/tests/org/jetbrains/kotlin/codegen/ir/AbstractIrBytecodeTextTest.kt
+++ b/compiler/tests-common/tests/org/jetbrains/kotlin/codegen/ir/AbstractIrBytecodeTextTest.kt
@@ -6,11 +6,8 @@
 package org.jetbrains.kotlin.codegen.ir
 
 import org.jetbrains.kotlin.codegen.AbstractBytecodeTextTest
-import org.jetbrains.kotlin.config.CompilerConfiguration
-import org.jetbrains.kotlin.config.JVMConfigurationKeys
 import org.jetbrains.kotlin.test.TargetBackend
 
 abstract class AbstractIrBytecodeTextTest : AbstractBytecodeTextTest() {
-    override fun updateConfiguration(configuration: CompilerConfiguration) = configuration.put(JVMConfigurationKeys.IR, true)
     override fun getBackend() = TargetBackend.JVM_IR
 }
diff --git a/compiler/tests-common/tests/org/jetbrains/kotlin/codegen/ir/AbstractIrCheckLocalVariablesTableTest.kt b/compiler/tests-common/tests/org/jetbrains/kotlin/codegen/ir/AbstractIrCheckLocalVariablesTableTest.kt
index 392f64ab078..6e6829ef139 100644
--- a/compiler/tests-common/tests/org/jetbrains/kotlin/codegen/ir/AbstractIrCheckLocalVariablesTableTest.kt
+++ b/compiler/tests-common/tests/org/jetbrains/kotlin/codegen/ir/AbstractIrCheckLocalVariablesTableTest.kt
@@ -7,18 +7,11 @@ package org.jetbrains.kotlin.codegen.ir
 
 import com.intellij.openapi.util.Comparing
 import org.jetbrains.kotlin.codegen.AbstractCheckLocalVariablesTableTest
-import org.jetbrains.kotlin.config.CompilerConfiguration
-import org.jetbrains.kotlin.config.JVMConfigurationKeys
 import org.jetbrains.kotlin.test.TargetBackend
 import org.junit.ComparisonFailure
 import java.io.File
 
 abstract class AbstractIrCheckLocalVariablesTableTest : AbstractCheckLocalVariablesTableTest() {
-
-    override fun updateConfiguration(configuration: CompilerConfiguration) {
-        configuration.put(JVMConfigurationKeys.IR, true)
-    }
-
     override fun doCompare(
         testFile: File,
         text: String,
diff --git a/compiler/tests-common/tests/org/jetbrains/kotlin/codegen/ir/AbstractIrCompileKotlinAgainstInlineKotlinTest.kt b/compiler/tests-common/tests/org/jetbrains/kotlin/codegen/ir/AbstractIrCompileKotlinAgainstInlineKotlinTest.kt
index 8eb81cf5e0d..ef68169168a 100644
--- a/compiler/tests-common/tests/org/jetbrains/kotlin/codegen/ir/AbstractIrCompileKotlinAgainstInlineKotlinTest.kt
+++ b/compiler/tests-common/tests/org/jetbrains/kotlin/codegen/ir/AbstractIrCompileKotlinAgainstInlineKotlinTest.kt
@@ -6,11 +6,8 @@
 package org.jetbrains.kotlin.codegen.ir
 
 import org.jetbrains.kotlin.codegen.AbstractCompileKotlinAgainstInlineKotlinTest
-import org.jetbrains.kotlin.config.CompilerConfiguration
-import org.jetbrains.kotlin.config.JVMConfigurationKeys
 import org.jetbrains.kotlin.test.TargetBackend
 
 abstract class AbstractIrCompileKotlinAgainstInlineKotlinTest : AbstractCompileKotlinAgainstInlineKotlinTest() {
-    override fun updateConfiguration(configuration: CompilerConfiguration) = configuration.put(JVMConfigurationKeys.IR, true)
     override fun getBackend() = TargetBackend.JVM_IR
-}
\ No newline at end of file
+}
diff --git a/compiler/tests-common/tests/org/jetbrains/kotlin/codegen/ir/AbstractIrCompileKotlinAgainstKotlinTest.kt b/compiler/tests-common/tests/org/jetbrains/kotlin/codegen/ir/AbstractIrCompileKotlinAgainstKotlinTest.kt
index 397674a500e..da7e74e5749 100644
--- a/compiler/tests-common/tests/org/jetbrains/kotlin/codegen/ir/AbstractIrCompileKotlinAgainstKotlinTest.kt
+++ b/compiler/tests-common/tests/org/jetbrains/kotlin/codegen/ir/AbstractIrCompileKotlinAgainstKotlinTest.kt
@@ -6,11 +6,8 @@
 package org.jetbrains.kotlin.codegen.ir
 
 import org.jetbrains.kotlin.codegen.AbstractCompileKotlinAgainstKotlinTest
-import org.jetbrains.kotlin.config.CompilerConfiguration
-import org.jetbrains.kotlin.config.JVMConfigurationKeys
 import org.jetbrains.kotlin.test.TargetBackend
 
 abstract class AbstractIrCompileKotlinAgainstKotlinTest : AbstractCompileKotlinAgainstKotlinTest() {
-    override fun updateConfiguration(configuration: CompilerConfiguration) = configuration.put(JVMConfigurationKeys.IR, true)
     override fun getBackend() = TargetBackend.JVM_IR
 }
diff --git a/compiler/tests-common/tests/org/jetbrains/kotlin/codegen/ir/AbstractIrLineNumberTest.kt b/compiler/tests-common/tests/org/jetbrains/kotlin/codegen/ir/AbstractIrLineNumberTest.kt
index 9c1a845573f..8bec3e60381 100644
--- a/compiler/tests-common/tests/org/jetbrains/kotlin/codegen/ir/AbstractIrLineNumberTest.kt
+++ b/compiler/tests-common/tests/org/jetbrains/kotlin/codegen/ir/AbstractIrLineNumberTest.kt
@@ -6,8 +6,6 @@
 package org.jetbrains.kotlin.codegen.ir
 
 import org.jetbrains.kotlin.codegen.AbstractLineNumberTest
-import org.jetbrains.kotlin.config.CompilerConfiguration
-import org.jetbrains.kotlin.config.JVMConfigurationKeys
 import org.jetbrains.kotlin.psi.KtFile
 import org.jetbrains.kotlin.test.TargetBackend
 import org.jetbrains.kotlin.test.testFramework.KtUsefulTestCase
@@ -18,11 +16,6 @@ import org.jetbrains.org.objectweb.asm.Opcodes
 import java.io.File
 
 abstract class AbstractIrLineNumberTest : AbstractLineNumberTest() {
-    override fun updateConfiguration(configuration: CompilerConfiguration) {
-        super.updateConfiguration(configuration)
-        configuration.put(JVMConfigurationKeys.IR, true)
-    }
-
     override fun compareCustom(psiFile: KtFile, wholeFile: File) {
         val fileText = psiFile.text
         val expectedLineNumbers = normalize(
diff --git a/compiler/tests-common/tests/org/jetbrains/kotlin/codegen/ir/AbstractIrWriteFlagsTest.kt b/compiler/tests-common/tests/org/jetbrains/kotlin/codegen/ir/AbstractIrWriteFlagsTest.kt
index aa8d32e4acc..78987a7209d 100644
--- a/compiler/tests-common/tests/org/jetbrains/kotlin/codegen/ir/AbstractIrWriteFlagsTest.kt
+++ b/compiler/tests-common/tests/org/jetbrains/kotlin/codegen/ir/AbstractIrWriteFlagsTest.kt
@@ -6,14 +6,8 @@
 package org.jetbrains.kotlin.codegen.ir
 
 import org.jetbrains.kotlin.codegen.flags.AbstractWriteFlagsTest
-import org.jetbrains.kotlin.config.CompilerConfiguration
-import org.jetbrains.kotlin.config.JVMConfigurationKeys
 import org.jetbrains.kotlin.test.TargetBackend
 
 abstract class AbstractIrWriteFlagsTest : AbstractWriteFlagsTest() {
-    override fun updateConfiguration(configuration: CompilerConfiguration) {
-        configuration.put(JVMConfigurationKeys.IR, true)
-    }
-
     override fun getBackend() = TargetBackend.JVM_IR
 }
diff --git a/compiler/tests-common/tests/org/jetbrains/kotlin/codegen/ir/AbstractIrWriteSignatureTest.kt b/compiler/tests-common/tests/org/jetbrains/kotlin/codegen/ir/AbstractIrWriteSignatureTest.kt
index b0ba91145b0..d5aa58a8224 100644
--- a/compiler/tests-common/tests/org/jetbrains/kotlin/codegen/ir/AbstractIrWriteSignatureTest.kt
+++ b/compiler/tests-common/tests/org/jetbrains/kotlin/codegen/ir/AbstractIrWriteSignatureTest.kt
@@ -5,15 +5,9 @@
 
 package org.jetbrains.kotlin.codegen.ir
 
-import org.jetbrains.kotlin.config.CompilerConfiguration
-import org.jetbrains.kotlin.config.JVMConfigurationKeys
 import org.jetbrains.kotlin.jvm.compiler.AbstractWriteSignatureTest
 import org.jetbrains.kotlin.test.TargetBackend
 
 abstract class AbstractIrWriteSignatureTest : AbstractWriteSignatureTest() {
-    override fun updateConfiguration(configuration: CompilerConfiguration) {
-        configuration.put(JVMConfigurationKeys.IR, true)
-    }
-
     override fun getBackend() = TargetBackend.JVM_IR
 }
diff --git a/compiler/tests-common/tests/org/jetbrains/kotlin/test/TargetBackend.kt b/compiler/tests-common/tests/org/jetbrains/kotlin/test/TargetBackend.kt
index 404f87093b2..0b7c5c8903e 100644
--- a/compiler/tests-common/tests/org/jetbrains/kotlin/test/TargetBackend.kt
+++ b/compiler/tests-common/tests/org/jetbrains/kotlin/test/TargetBackend.kt
@@ -6,14 +6,15 @@
 package org.jetbrains.kotlin.test
 
 enum class TargetBackend(
+    val isIR: Boolean,
     private val compatibleWithTargetBackend: TargetBackend? = null
 ) {
-    ANY,
-    JVM,
-    JVM_IR(JVM),
-    JS,
-    JS_IR(JS),
-    WASM;
+    ANY(false),
+    JVM(false),
+    JVM_IR(true, JVM),
+    JS(false),
+    JS_IR(true, JS),
+    WASM(true);
 
     val compatibleWith get() = compatibleWithTargetBackend ?: ANY
 }
diff --git a/compiler/tests/org/jetbrains/kotlin/codegen/ir/IrGenerateNotNullAssertionsTest.java b/compiler/tests/org/jetbrains/kotlin/codegen/ir/IrGenerateNotNullAssertionsTest.java
index bfd4e475c6b..5005f9e0ad3 100644
--- a/compiler/tests/org/jetbrains/kotlin/codegen/ir/IrGenerateNotNullAssertionsTest.java
+++ b/compiler/tests/org/jetbrains/kotlin/codegen/ir/IrGenerateNotNullAssertionsTest.java
@@ -5,18 +5,16 @@
 
 package org.jetbrains.kotlin.codegen.ir;
 
-import org.jetbrains.annotations.NotNull;
 import org.jetbrains.kotlin.codegen.AbstractGenerateNotNullAssertionsTest;
-import org.jetbrains.kotlin.config.CompilerConfiguration;
-import org.jetbrains.kotlin.config.JVMConfigurationKeys;
+import org.jetbrains.kotlin.test.TargetBackend;
 
 public class IrGenerateNotNullAssertionsTest extends AbstractGenerateNotNullAssertionsTest {
-    @Override
-    public void updateConfiguration(@NotNull CompilerConfiguration configuration) {
-        configuration.put(JVMConfigurationKeys.IR, true);
-    }
-
     public void testNoAssertionsForKotlinFromBinary() {
         doTestNoAssertionsForKotlinFromBinary("noAssertionsForKotlin.kt", "noAssertionsForKotlinMain.kt");
     }
+
+    @Override
+    protected TargetBackend getBackend() {
+        return TargetBackend.JVM_IR;
+    }
 }
diff --git a/generators/test-generator/tests/org/jetbrains/kotlin/generators/util/coroutines.kt b/generators/test-generator/tests/org/jetbrains/kotlin/generators/util/coroutines.kt
index 893dc513694..43c798f2788 100644
--- a/generators/test-generator/tests/org/jetbrains/kotlin/generators/util/coroutines.kt
+++ b/generators/test-generator/tests/org/jetbrains/kotlin/generators/util/coroutines.kt
@@ -54,7 +54,7 @@ fun createCommonCoroutinesTestMethodModels(
     targetBackend: TargetBackend,
     skipIgnored: Boolean
 ): Collection<MethodModel> {
-    return if (targetBackend == TargetBackend.JS_IR || targetBackend == TargetBackend.JVM_IR)
+    return if (targetBackend.isIR)
         listOf(
             CoroutinesTestModel(
                 rootDir,
diff --git a/plugins/kapt3/kapt3-compiler/test/org/jetbrains/kotlin/kapt3/test/AbstractIrKotlinKapt3IntegrationTest.kt b/plugins/kapt3/kapt3-compiler/test/org/jetbrains/kotlin/kapt3/test/AbstractIrKotlinKapt3IntegrationTest.kt
index e69050af03b..651d4360f40 100644
--- a/plugins/kapt3/kapt3-compiler/test/org/jetbrains/kotlin/kapt3/test/AbstractIrKotlinKapt3IntegrationTest.kt
+++ b/plugins/kapt3/kapt3-compiler/test/org/jetbrains/kotlin/kapt3/test/AbstractIrKotlinKapt3IntegrationTest.kt
@@ -5,15 +5,8 @@
 
 package org.jetbrains.kotlin.kapt3.test
 
-import org.jetbrains.kotlin.config.CompilerConfiguration
-import org.jetbrains.kotlin.config.JVMConfigurationKeys
 import org.jetbrains.kotlin.test.TargetBackend
 
 abstract class AbstractIrKotlinKapt3IntegrationTest : AbstractKotlinKapt3IntegrationTest() {
-    override fun updateConfiguration(configuration: CompilerConfiguration) {
-        super.updateConfiguration(configuration)
-        configuration.put(JVMConfigurationKeys.IR, true)
-    }
-
     override fun getBackend() = TargetBackend.JVM_IR
-}
\ No newline at end of file
+}
diff --git a/plugins/kapt3/kapt3-compiler/test/org/jetbrains/kotlin/kapt3/test/AbstractIrKotlinKapt3Test.kt b/plugins/kapt3/kapt3-compiler/test/org/jetbrains/kotlin/kapt3/test/AbstractIrKotlinKapt3Test.kt
index d385a88ca40..5312a3cd7f3 100644
--- a/plugins/kapt3/kapt3-compiler/test/org/jetbrains/kotlin/kapt3/test/AbstractIrKotlinKapt3Test.kt
+++ b/plugins/kapt3/kapt3-compiler/test/org/jetbrains/kotlin/kapt3/test/AbstractIrKotlinKapt3Test.kt
@@ -5,8 +5,6 @@
 
 package org.jetbrains.kotlin.kapt3.test
 
-import org.jetbrains.kotlin.config.CompilerConfiguration
-import org.jetbrains.kotlin.config.JVMConfigurationKeys
 import org.jetbrains.kotlin.test.TargetBackend
 
 /*
@@ -14,19 +12,9 @@ Currently Kapt3 only works with the old backend. To enable IR, modify the isIrBa
 */
 
 abstract class AbstractIrClassFileToSourceStubConverterTest : AbstractClassFileToSourceStubConverterTest() {
-    override fun updateConfiguration(configuration: CompilerConfiguration) {
-        super.updateConfiguration(configuration)
-        configuration.put(JVMConfigurationKeys.IR, true)
-    }
-
     override fun getBackend() = TargetBackend.JVM_IR
 }
 
 abstract class AbstractIrKotlinKaptContextTest : AbstractKotlinKaptContextTest() {
-    override fun updateConfiguration(configuration: CompilerConfiguration) {
-        super.updateConfiguration(configuration)
-        configuration.put(JVMConfigurationKeys.IR, true)
-    }
-
     override fun getBackend() = TargetBackend.JVM_IR
-}
\ No newline at end of file
+}
diff --git a/plugins/kotlin-serialization/kotlin-serialization-compiler/test/org/jetbrains/kotlinx/serialization/AbstractSerializationIrBytecodeListingTest.kt b/plugins/kotlin-serialization/kotlin-serialization-compiler/test/org/jetbrains/kotlinx/serialization/AbstractSerializationIrBytecodeListingTest.kt
index e74c8381703..751c33894d5 100644
--- a/plugins/kotlin-serialization/kotlin-serialization-compiler/test/org/jetbrains/kotlinx/serialization/AbstractSerializationIrBytecodeListingTest.kt
+++ b/plugins/kotlin-serialization/kotlin-serialization-compiler/test/org/jetbrains/kotlinx/serialization/AbstractSerializationIrBytecodeListingTest.kt
@@ -5,12 +5,10 @@
 
 package org.jetbrains.kotlinx.serialization
 
-import junit.framework.TestCase
 import org.jetbrains.kotlin.cli.jvm.compiler.KotlinCoreEnvironment
 import org.jetbrains.kotlin.cli.jvm.config.JvmClasspathRoot
 import org.jetbrains.kotlin.codegen.AbstractAsmLikeInstructionListingTest
-import org.jetbrains.kotlin.config.CompilerConfiguration
-import org.jetbrains.kotlin.config.JVMConfigurationKeys
+import org.jetbrains.kotlin.test.TargetBackend
 import org.jetbrains.kotlinx.serialization.compiler.extensions.SerializationComponentRegistrar
 import java.io.File
 
@@ -21,12 +19,10 @@ abstract class AbstractSerializationIrBytecodeListingTest : AbstractAsmLikeInstr
         return wholeFile.nameWithoutExtension + ".ir.txt"
     }
 
-    override fun updateConfiguration(configuration: CompilerConfiguration) {
-        configuration.put(JVMConfigurationKeys.IR, true)
-    }
+    override fun getBackend(): TargetBackend = TargetBackend.JVM_IR
 
     override fun setupEnvironment(environment: KotlinCoreEnvironment) {
         SerializationComponentRegistrar.registerExtensions(environment.project)
         environment.updateClasspath(listOf(JvmClasspathRoot(runtimeLibraryPath!!)))
     }
-}
\ No newline at end of file
+}