diff --git a/compiler/frontend/src/org/jetbrains/kotlin/resolve/AnnotationUtil.kt b/compiler/frontend/src/org/jetbrains/kotlin/resolve/AnnotationUtil.kt
index 98700ed16ba..59bea06a7d5 100644
--- a/compiler/frontend/src/org/jetbrains/kotlin/resolve/AnnotationUtil.kt
+++ b/compiler/frontend/src/org/jetbrains/kotlin/resolve/AnnotationUtil.kt
@@ -33,9 +33,8 @@ fun DeclarationDescriptor.hasJvmStaticAnnotation(): Boolean {
     return annotations.findAnnotation(JVM_STATIC_ANNOTATION_FQ_NAME) != null
 }
 
-fun AnnotationDescriptor.argumentValue(parameterName: String): ConstantValue<*>? {
-    return allValueArguments[Name.identifier(parameterName)].takeUnless { it is ErrorValue }
-}
+@Deprecated("Moved to the ':core:descriptors' module", level = DeprecationLevel.HIDDEN)
+fun AnnotationDescriptor.argumentValue(parameterName: String): ConstantValue<*>? = argumentValue(parameterName)
 
 @Deprecated(
     "Use org.jetbrains.kotlin.load.java.JvmAbi.JVM_FIELD_ANNOTATION_FQ_NAME or " +
diff --git a/core/descriptors/src/org/jetbrains/kotlin/resolve/annotations/Utils.kt b/core/descriptors/src/org/jetbrains/kotlin/resolve/annotations/Utils.kt
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..25e6aaf5798
--- /dev/null
+++ b/core/descriptors/src/org/jetbrains/kotlin/resolve/annotations/Utils.kt
@@ -0,0 +1,28 @@
+/*
+ * Copyright 2010-2023 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.resolve.annotations
+
+import org.jetbrains.kotlin.descriptors.annotations.AnnotationDescriptor
+import org.jetbrains.kotlin.name.Name
+import org.jetbrains.kotlin.resolve.constants.ConstantValue
+import org.jetbrains.kotlin.resolve.constants.ErrorValue
+import org.jetbrains.kotlin.resolve.constants.StringValue
+import org.jetbrains.kotlin.utils.atMostOne
+
+fun AnnotationDescriptor.argumentValue(parameterName: String): ConstantValue<*>? {
+    return allValueArguments[Name.identifier(parameterName)].takeUnless { it is ErrorValue }
+}
+
+fun AnnotationDescriptor.getAnnotationStringValue(name: String): String {
+    return (argumentValue(name) as? StringValue)?.value ?: error("Expected value $name at annotation $this")
+}
+
+inline fun <reified T> AnnotationDescriptor.getArgumentValueOrNull(name: String): T? {
+    val constantValue = this.allValueArguments.entries.atMostOne {
+        it.key.asString() == name
+    }?.value
+    return constantValue?.value as T?
+}
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/kotlin-native/backend.native/compiler/ir/backend.native/src/org/jetbrains/kotlin/backend/konan/ObjCInterop.kt b/kotlin-native/backend.native/compiler/ir/backend.native/src/org/jetbrains/kotlin/backend/konan/ObjCInterop.kt
index 5c9bfe002e8..18b4a723b84 100644
--- a/kotlin-native/backend.native/compiler/ir/backend.native/src/org/jetbrains/kotlin/backend/konan/ObjCInterop.kt
+++ b/kotlin-native/backend.native/compiler/ir/backend.native/src/org/jetbrains/kotlin/backend/konan/ObjCInterop.kt
@@ -5,7 +5,10 @@
 
 package org.jetbrains.kotlin.backend.konan
 
-import org.jetbrains.kotlin.backend.konan.descriptors.*
+import org.jetbrains.kotlin.backend.konan.descriptors.findPackage
+import org.jetbrains.kotlin.backend.konan.descriptors.getAnnotationStringValue
+import org.jetbrains.kotlin.backend.konan.descriptors.getAnnotationValueOrNull
+import org.jetbrains.kotlin.backend.konan.descriptors.getStringValue
 import org.jetbrains.kotlin.backend.konan.ir.getAnnotationArgumentValue
 import org.jetbrains.kotlin.backend.konan.ir.parentDeclarationsWithSelf
 import org.jetbrains.kotlin.descriptors.*
@@ -17,12 +20,13 @@ import org.jetbrains.kotlin.ir.descriptors.IrBasedClassConstructorDescriptor
 import org.jetbrains.kotlin.ir.expressions.IrConstructorCall
 import org.jetbrains.kotlin.ir.types.classOrNull
 import org.jetbrains.kotlin.ir.util.*
-import org.jetbrains.kotlin.name.NativeForwardDeclarationKind
-import org.jetbrains.kotlin.name.FqName
 import org.jetbrains.kotlin.name.Name
+import org.jetbrains.kotlin.name.NativeForwardDeclarationKind
 import org.jetbrains.kotlin.name.NativeStandardInteropNames
 import org.jetbrains.kotlin.native.interop.ObjCMethodInfo
 import org.jetbrains.kotlin.resolve.ExternalOverridabilityCondition
+import org.jetbrains.kotlin.resolve.annotations.getAnnotationStringValue
+import org.jetbrains.kotlin.resolve.annotations.getArgumentValueOrNull
 import org.jetbrains.kotlin.resolve.constants.BooleanValue
 import org.jetbrains.kotlin.resolve.descriptorUtil.fqNameSafe
 import org.jetbrains.kotlin.resolve.descriptorUtil.getAllSuperClassifiers
diff --git a/kotlin-native/backend.native/compiler/ir/backend.native/src/org/jetbrains/kotlin/backend/konan/descriptors/DescriptorUtils.kt b/kotlin-native/backend.native/compiler/ir/backend.native/src/org/jetbrains/kotlin/backend/konan/descriptors/DescriptorUtils.kt
index 5d2a411271f..1eb3c033ae5 100644
--- a/kotlin-native/backend.native/compiler/ir/backend.native/src/org/jetbrains/kotlin/backend/konan/descriptors/DescriptorUtils.kt
+++ b/kotlin-native/backend.native/compiler/ir/backend.native/src/org/jetbrains/kotlin/backend/konan/descriptors/DescriptorUtils.kt
@@ -12,16 +12,18 @@ import org.jetbrains.kotlin.backend.konan.ir.getSuperInterfaces
 import org.jetbrains.kotlin.backend.konan.llvm.isVoidAsReturnType
 import org.jetbrains.kotlin.backend.konan.lower.erasedUpperBound
 import org.jetbrains.kotlin.descriptors.Modality
-import org.jetbrains.kotlin.descriptors.annotations.AnnotationDescriptor
 import org.jetbrains.kotlin.ir.IrBuiltIns
-import org.jetbrains.kotlin.ir.declarations.*
+import org.jetbrains.kotlin.ir.declarations.IrClass
+import org.jetbrains.kotlin.ir.declarations.IrConstructor
+import org.jetbrains.kotlin.ir.declarations.IrFunction
+import org.jetbrains.kotlin.ir.declarations.IrSimpleFunction
 import org.jetbrains.kotlin.ir.expressions.IrConst
 import org.jetbrains.kotlin.ir.expressions.IrConstructorCall
-import org.jetbrains.kotlin.ir.symbols.*
+import org.jetbrains.kotlin.ir.symbols.IrClassifierSymbol
+import org.jetbrains.kotlin.ir.symbols.IrFunctionSymbol
+import org.jetbrains.kotlin.ir.symbols.IrSimpleFunctionSymbol
 import org.jetbrains.kotlin.ir.types.IrType
 import org.jetbrains.kotlin.ir.util.*
-import org.jetbrains.kotlin.resolve.annotations.argumentValue
-import org.jetbrains.kotlin.resolve.constants.StringValue
 
 /**
  * List of all implemented interfaces (including those which implemented by a super class)
@@ -254,10 +256,6 @@ fun IrConstructorCall.getAnnotationStringValue(name: String): String {
     return (getValueArgument(parameter.index) as IrConst<*>).value as String
 }
 
-fun AnnotationDescriptor.getAnnotationStringValue(name: String): String {
-    return (argumentValue(name) as? StringValue)?.value ?: error("Expected value $name at annotation $this")
-}
-
 inline fun <reified T> IrConstructorCall.getAnnotationValueOrNull(name: String): T? {
     val parameter = symbol.owner.valueParameters.atMostOne { it.name.asString() == name }
     return parameter?.let { getValueArgument(it.index)?.let { (it as IrConst<*>).value as T } }
diff --git a/kotlin-native/backend.native/compiler/ir/backend.native/src/org/jetbrains/kotlin/backend/konan/descriptors/LegacyDescriptorUtils.kt b/kotlin-native/backend.native/compiler/ir/backend.native/src/org/jetbrains/kotlin/backend/konan/descriptors/LegacyDescriptorUtils.kt
index cab5328adea..ffc6ae5e0b6 100644
--- a/kotlin-native/backend.native/compiler/ir/backend.native/src/org/jetbrains/kotlin/backend/konan/descriptors/LegacyDescriptorUtils.kt
+++ b/kotlin-native/backend.native/compiler/ir/backend.native/src/org/jetbrains/kotlin/backend/konan/descriptors/LegacyDescriptorUtils.kt
@@ -108,14 +108,6 @@ fun AnnotationDescriptor.getStringValueOrNull(name: String): String? {
     return constantValue?.value as String?
 }
 
-inline fun <reified T> AnnotationDescriptor.getArgumentValueOrNull(name: String): T? {
-    val constantValue = this.allValueArguments.entries.atMostOne {
-        it.key.asString() == name
-    }?.value
-    return constantValue?.value as T?
-}
-
-
 fun AnnotationDescriptor.getStringValue(name: String): String = this.getStringValueOrNull(name)!!
 
 private fun getPackagesFqNames(module: ModuleDescriptor): Set<FqName> {
diff --git a/kotlin-native/backend.native/compiler/ir/backend.native/src/org/jetbrains/kotlin/backend/konan/ir/interop/cenum/CEnumCompanionGenerator.kt b/kotlin-native/backend.native/compiler/ir/backend.native/src/org/jetbrains/kotlin/backend/konan/ir/interop/cenum/CEnumCompanionGenerator.kt
index 419e6ee9cd2..3c5724bf8d6 100644
--- a/kotlin-native/backend.native/compiler/ir/backend.native/src/org/jetbrains/kotlin/backend/konan/ir/interop/cenum/CEnumCompanionGenerator.kt
+++ b/kotlin-native/backend.native/compiler/ir/backend.native/src/org/jetbrains/kotlin/backend/konan/ir/interop/cenum/CEnumCompanionGenerator.kt
@@ -5,7 +5,6 @@
 package org.jetbrains.kotlin.backend.konan.ir.interop.cenum
 
 import org.jetbrains.kotlin.backend.common.lower.createIrBuilder
-import org.jetbrains.kotlin.backend.konan.descriptors.getArgumentValueOrNull
 import org.jetbrains.kotlin.backend.konan.ir.interop.DescriptorToIrTranslationMixin
 import org.jetbrains.kotlin.backend.konan.ir.interop.irInstanceInitializer
 import org.jetbrains.kotlin.descriptors.ClassDescriptor
@@ -22,6 +21,7 @@ import org.jetbrains.kotlin.ir.symbols.IrEnumEntrySymbol
 import org.jetbrains.kotlin.ir.util.*
 import org.jetbrains.kotlin.name.FqName
 import org.jetbrains.kotlin.psi2ir.generators.GeneratorContext
+import org.jetbrains.kotlin.resolve.annotations.getArgumentValueOrNull
 import org.jetbrains.kotlin.resolve.descriptorUtil.builtIns
 
 private val cEnumEntryAliasAnnonation = FqName("kotlinx.cinterop.internal.CEnumEntryAlias")
diff --git a/kotlin-native/backend.native/compiler/ir/backend.native/src/org/jetbrains/kotlin/backend/konan/ir/interop/cenum/CEnumVarClassGenerator.kt b/kotlin-native/backend.native/compiler/ir/backend.native/src/org/jetbrains/kotlin/backend/konan/ir/interop/cenum/CEnumVarClassGenerator.kt
index f78b0593773..1f700fabe82 100644
--- a/kotlin-native/backend.native/compiler/ir/backend.native/src/org/jetbrains/kotlin/backend/konan/ir/interop/cenum/CEnumVarClassGenerator.kt
+++ b/kotlin-native/backend.native/compiler/ir/backend.native/src/org/jetbrains/kotlin/backend/konan/ir/interop/cenum/CEnumVarClassGenerator.kt
@@ -5,7 +5,6 @@
 package org.jetbrains.kotlin.backend.konan.ir.interop.cenum
 
 import org.jetbrains.kotlin.backend.common.lower.createIrBuilder
-import org.jetbrains.kotlin.backend.konan.descriptors.getArgumentValueOrNull
 import org.jetbrains.kotlin.backend.konan.ir.KonanSymbols
 import org.jetbrains.kotlin.backend.konan.ir.interop.DescriptorToIrTranslationMixin
 import org.jetbrains.kotlin.backend.konan.ir.interop.irInstanceInitializer
@@ -27,6 +26,7 @@ import org.jetbrains.kotlin.ir.util.TypeTranslator
 import org.jetbrains.kotlin.name.FqName
 import org.jetbrains.kotlin.name.Name
 import org.jetbrains.kotlin.psi2ir.generators.GeneratorContext
+import org.jetbrains.kotlin.resolve.annotations.getArgumentValueOrNull
 
 private val typeSizeAnnotation = FqName("kotlinx.cinterop.internal.CEnumVarTypeSize")
 
diff --git a/kotlin-native/backend.native/compiler/ir/backend.native/src/org/jetbrains/kotlin/backend/konan/ir/interop/cstruct/CStructVarCompanionGenerator.kt b/kotlin-native/backend.native/compiler/ir/backend.native/src/org/jetbrains/kotlin/backend/konan/ir/interop/cstruct/CStructVarCompanionGenerator.kt
index 7318719705f..78e50a811c7 100644
--- a/kotlin-native/backend.native/compiler/ir/backend.native/src/org/jetbrains/kotlin/backend/konan/ir/interop/cstruct/CStructVarCompanionGenerator.kt
+++ b/kotlin-native/backend.native/compiler/ir/backend.native/src/org/jetbrains/kotlin/backend/konan/ir/interop/cstruct/CStructVarCompanionGenerator.kt
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ package org.jetbrains.kotlin.backend.konan.ir.interop.cstruct
 
 import org.jetbrains.kotlin.backend.common.lower.createIrBuilder
 import org.jetbrains.kotlin.backend.konan.RuntimeNames
-import org.jetbrains.kotlin.backend.konan.descriptors.getArgumentValueOrNull
+import org.jetbrains.kotlin.resolve.annotations.getArgumentValueOrNull
 import org.jetbrains.kotlin.backend.konan.ir.KonanSymbols
 import org.jetbrains.kotlin.backend.konan.ir.interop.DescriptorToIrTranslationMixin
 import org.jetbrains.kotlin.backend.konan.ir.interop.irInstanceInitializer