diff --git a/compiler/build.gradle.kts b/compiler/build.gradle.kts
index 321a6f94b94..dcec1b4dffb 100644
--- a/compiler/build.gradle.kts
+++ b/compiler/build.gradle.kts
@@ -100,8 +100,6 @@ sourceSets {
     "main" {}
     "test" {
         projectDefault()
-        // not yet ready
-//        java.srcDir("tests-ir-jvm/tests")
     }
 }
 
diff --git a/compiler/testData/codegen/box/reified/instanceof.kt b/compiler/testData/codegen/box/reified/instanceof.kt
index 48e430c23cb..49a8988abfd 100644
--- a/compiler/testData/codegen/box/reified/instanceof.kt
+++ b/compiler/testData/codegen/box/reified/instanceof.kt
@@ -1,4 +1,3 @@
-// IGNORE_BACKEND: JVM_IR
 // IGNORE_BACKEND: JS_IR
 // TODO: muted automatically, investigate should it be ran for JS or not
 // IGNORE_BACKEND: JS
diff --git a/compiler/testData/codegen/boxInline/assert/jvmAssertInlineFunctionAssertionsDisabled.kt b/compiler/testData/codegen/boxInline/assert/jvmAssertInlineFunctionAssertionsDisabled.kt
index dea550b4b9a..1ba6976e652 100644
--- a/compiler/testData/codegen/boxInline/assert/jvmAssertInlineFunctionAssertionsDisabled.kt
+++ b/compiler/testData/codegen/boxInline/assert/jvmAssertInlineFunctionAssertionsDisabled.kt
@@ -1,4 +1,3 @@
-// IGNORE_BACKEND: JVM_IR
 // FILE: inline.kt
 // KOTLIN_CONFIGURATION_FLAGS: ASSERTIONS_MODE=jvm
 // WITH_RUNTIME
diff --git a/compiler/testData/codegen/boxInline/assert/jvmAssertInlineFunctionAssertionsEnabled.kt b/compiler/testData/codegen/boxInline/assert/jvmAssertInlineFunctionAssertionsEnabled.kt
index 51de71633bb..d5fc1c72a26 100644
--- a/compiler/testData/codegen/boxInline/assert/jvmAssertInlineFunctionAssertionsEnabled.kt
+++ b/compiler/testData/codegen/boxInline/assert/jvmAssertInlineFunctionAssertionsEnabled.kt
@@ -1,3 +1,4 @@
+// IGNORE_BACKEND: JVM_IR
 // FILE: inline.kt
 // KOTLIN_CONFIGURATION_FLAGS: ASSERTIONS_MODE=jvm
 // WITH_RUNTIME
diff --git a/compiler/tests-ir-jvm/build.gradle.kts b/compiler/tests-ir-jvm/build.gradle.kts
deleted file mode 100644
index 760fdde8c35..00000000000
--- a/compiler/tests-ir-jvm/build.gradle.kts
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,22 +0,0 @@
-plugins {
-    kotlin("jvm")
-    id("jps-compatible")
-}
-
-dependencies {
-    testRuntime(intellijDep())
-    testCompile(projectTests(":compiler:tests-common"))
-    testCompile(projectDist(":kotlin-script-runtime"))
-    testCompile(projectDist(":kotlin-stdlib"))
-    testCompile(projectDist(":kotlin-test:kotlin-test-jvm"))
-}
-
-sourceSets {
-    "main" { }
-    "test" { projectDefault() }
-}
-
-projectTest {
-    workingDir = rootDir
-    maxParallelForks = Math.max(Runtime.getRuntime().availableProcessors() / 2, 1)
-}
diff --git a/compiler/tests-ir-jvm/tests/org/jetbrains/kotlin/codegen/ir/IrBlackBoxAgainstJavaCodegenTestGenerated.java b/compiler/tests/org/jetbrains/kotlin/codegen/ir/IrBlackBoxAgainstJavaCodegenTestGenerated.java
similarity index 100%
rename from compiler/tests-ir-jvm/tests/org/jetbrains/kotlin/codegen/ir/IrBlackBoxAgainstJavaCodegenTestGenerated.java
rename to compiler/tests/org/jetbrains/kotlin/codegen/ir/IrBlackBoxAgainstJavaCodegenTestGenerated.java
diff --git a/compiler/tests-ir-jvm/tests/org/jetbrains/kotlin/codegen/ir/IrBlackBoxCodegenTestGenerated.java b/compiler/tests/org/jetbrains/kotlin/codegen/ir/IrBlackBoxCodegenTestGenerated.java
similarity index 100%
rename from compiler/tests-ir-jvm/tests/org/jetbrains/kotlin/codegen/ir/IrBlackBoxCodegenTestGenerated.java
rename to compiler/tests/org/jetbrains/kotlin/codegen/ir/IrBlackBoxCodegenTestGenerated.java
diff --git a/compiler/tests-ir-jvm/tests/org/jetbrains/kotlin/codegen/ir/IrBlackBoxInlineCodegenTestGenerated.java b/compiler/tests/org/jetbrains/kotlin/codegen/ir/IrBlackBoxInlineCodegenTestGenerated.java
similarity index 100%
rename from compiler/tests-ir-jvm/tests/org/jetbrains/kotlin/codegen/ir/IrBlackBoxInlineCodegenTestGenerated.java
rename to compiler/tests/org/jetbrains/kotlin/codegen/ir/IrBlackBoxInlineCodegenTestGenerated.java
diff --git a/compiler/tests/org/jetbrains/kotlin/generators/tests/GenerateCompilerTests.kt b/compiler/tests/org/jetbrains/kotlin/generators/tests/GenerateCompilerTests.kt
index ea050df340b..7d023404199 100644
--- a/compiler/tests/org/jetbrains/kotlin/generators/tests/GenerateCompilerTests.kt
+++ b/compiler/tests/org/jetbrains/kotlin/generators/tests/GenerateCompilerTests.kt
@@ -347,9 +347,7 @@ fun main(args: Array<String>) {
         testClass<AbstractKDocLexerTest> {
             model("kdoc/lexer")
         }
-    }
 
-    testGroup("compiler/tests-ir-jvm/tests", "compiler/testData") {
         testClass<AbstractIrBlackBoxCodegenTest> {
             model("codegen/box", targetBackend = TargetBackend.JVM_IR)
         }
diff --git a/settings.gradle b/settings.gradle
index 0f10a910c31..0121f440313 100644
--- a/settings.gradle
+++ b/settings.gradle
@@ -132,7 +132,6 @@ include ":kotlin-build-common",
         ":kotlin-reflect-api",
         ":kotlin-ant",
         ":compiler:tests-java8",
-        ":compiler:tests-ir-jvm",
         ":generators",
         ":generators:test-generator",
         ":tools:binary-compatibility-validator",