diff --git a/core/builtins/build.gradle.kts b/core/builtins/build.gradle.kts
index 01d4324dfc5..27b8724f3cc 100644
--- a/core/builtins/build.gradle.kts
+++ b/core/builtins/build.gradle.kts
@@ -18,23 +18,16 @@ val clean by tasks.getting {
     }
 }
 
-val JDK_18: String = rootProject.extra["JDK_18"] as String
-
-// We avoid using JavaExec task here due to IDEA-200192:
-// IDEA attaches debugger to all JavaExec tasks making our breakpoints trigger during irrelevant task execution
-val serialize by tasks.creating(Exec::class) {
+val serialize by tasks.creating(UtilityJavaExec::class) {
     val outDir = builtinsSerialized
     val inDirs = arrayOf(builtinsSrc, builtinsNative)
     inDirs.forEach { inputs.dir(it) }
     outputs.dir(outDir)
 
-    commandLine(
-        "$JDK_18/bin/java",
-        "-Didea.io.use.nio2=true",
-        "-cp", rootProject.buildscript.configurations["bootstrapCompilerClasspath"].asPath,
-        "org.jetbrains.kotlin.serialization.builtins.RunKt",
-        outDir, *inDirs
-    )
+    classpath(rootProject.buildscript.configurations["bootstrapCompilerClasspath"])
+    main = "org.jetbrains.kotlin.serialization.builtins.RunKt"
+    jvmArgs("-Didea.io.use.nio2=true")
+    args(outDir, *inDirs)
 }
 
 val builtinsJar by task<Jar> {