diff --git a/compiler/frontend.java/src/org/jetbrains/jet/lang/resolve/kotlin/VirtualFileKotlinClass.java b/compiler/frontend.java/src/org/jetbrains/jet/lang/resolve/kotlin/VirtualFileKotlinClass.java
index 71f36e40ab2..b778de368bb 100644
--- a/compiler/frontend.java/src/org/jetbrains/jet/lang/resolve/kotlin/VirtualFileKotlinClass.java
+++ b/compiler/frontend.java/src/org/jetbrains/jet/lang/resolve/kotlin/VirtualFileKotlinClass.java
@@ -27,6 +27,7 @@ import org.jetbrains.asm4.FieldVisitor;
 import org.jetbrains.asm4.MethodVisitor;
 import org.jetbrains.jet.lang.resolve.java.JvmClassName;
 import org.jetbrains.jet.lang.resolve.kotlin.header.KotlinClassHeader;
+import org.jetbrains.jet.lang.resolve.kotlin.header.ReadKotlinClassHeaderAnnotationVisitor;
 import org.jetbrains.jet.lang.resolve.name.Name;
 import org.jetbrains.jet.storage.NotNullLazyValue;
 import org.jetbrains.jet.storage.NullableLazyValue;
@@ -57,7 +58,7 @@ public class VirtualFileKotlinClass implements KotlinJvmBinaryClass {
                 new Function0<KotlinClassHeader>() {
                     @Override
                     public KotlinClassHeader invoke() {
-                        return KotlinClassHeader.read(VirtualFileKotlinClass.this);
+                        return ReadKotlinClassHeaderAnnotationVisitor.read(VirtualFileKotlinClass.this);
                     }
                 }
         );
diff --git a/core/descriptor.loader.java/src/org/jetbrains/jet/lang/resolve/kotlin/header/KotlinClassHeader.java b/core/descriptor.loader.java/src/org/jetbrains/jet/lang/resolve/kotlin/header/KotlinClassHeader.java
index f884543547c..8dcb0356147 100644
--- a/core/descriptor.loader.java/src/org/jetbrains/jet/lang/resolve/kotlin/header/KotlinClassHeader.java
+++ b/core/descriptor.loader.java/src/org/jetbrains/jet/lang/resolve/kotlin/header/KotlinClassHeader.java
@@ -16,15 +16,7 @@
 
 package org.jetbrains.jet.lang.resolve.kotlin.header;
 
-import org.jetbrains.annotations.NotNull;
-import org.jetbrains.annotations.Nullable;
-import org.jetbrains.jet.lang.resolve.kotlin.KotlinJvmBinaryClass;
-
 public abstract class KotlinClassHeader {
-    @Nullable
-    public static KotlinClassHeader read(@NotNull KotlinJvmBinaryClass kotlinClass) {
-        return ReadKotlinClassHeaderAnnotationVisitor.read(kotlinClass);
-    }
 
     private final int version;
 
diff --git a/core/descriptor.loader.java/src/org/jetbrains/jet/lang/resolve/kotlin/header/ReadKotlinClassHeaderAnnotationVisitor.java b/core/descriptor.loader.java/src/org/jetbrains/jet/lang/resolve/kotlin/header/ReadKotlinClassHeaderAnnotationVisitor.java
index 4c59ea7f008..2fac7d44e92 100644
--- a/core/descriptor.loader.java/src/org/jetbrains/jet/lang/resolve/kotlin/header/ReadKotlinClassHeaderAnnotationVisitor.java
+++ b/core/descriptor.loader.java/src/org/jetbrains/jet/lang/resolve/kotlin/header/ReadKotlinClassHeaderAnnotationVisitor.java
@@ -32,7 +32,7 @@ import static org.jetbrains.jet.lang.resolve.java.AbiVersionUtil.isAbiVersionCom
 import static org.jetbrains.jet.lang.resolve.kotlin.KotlinJvmBinaryClass.AnnotationArgumentVisitor;
 import static org.jetbrains.jet.lang.resolve.kotlin.KotlinJvmBinaryClass.AnnotationVisitor;
 
-/* package */ class ReadKotlinClassHeaderAnnotationVisitor implements AnnotationVisitor {
+public class ReadKotlinClassHeaderAnnotationVisitor implements AnnotationVisitor {
     @SuppressWarnings("deprecation")
     private enum HeaderType {
         CLASS(JvmAnnotationNames.KOTLIN_CLASS),