diff --git a/buildSrc/src/main/kotlin/artifacts.kt b/buildSrc/src/main/kotlin/artifacts.kt
index 142870933e3..8452ef1fc00 100644
--- a/buildSrc/src/main/kotlin/artifacts.kt
+++ b/buildSrc/src/main/kotlin/artifacts.kt
@@ -29,6 +29,7 @@ import org.gradle.kotlin.dsl.*
 import org.jetbrains.kotlin.gradle.plugin.KotlinSourceSetContainer
 import plugins.KotlinBuildPublishingPlugin
 import plugins.mainPublicationName
+import java.io.File
 
 
 private const val MAGIC_DO_NOT_CHANGE_TEST_JAR_TASK_NAME = "testJar"
@@ -77,11 +78,19 @@ fun Jar.addEmbeddedRuntime() {
         dependsOn(embedded)
         val archiveOperations = project.serviceOf<ArchiveOperations>()
         from {
-            embedded.map {
-                if (it.extension.equals("jar", ignoreCase = true)) {
-                    archiveOperations.zipTree(it)
+            embedded.map { dependency: File ->
+                check(!dependency.path.contains("kotlin-stdlib")) {
+                    """
+                    |There's an attempt to have an embedded kotlin-stdlib in $project which is likely a misconfiguration
+                    |All embedded dependencies:
+                    |    ${embedded.files.joinToString(separator = "\n|    ")}
+                    """.trimMargin()
+                }
+
+                if (dependency.extension.equals("jar", ignoreCase = true)) {
+                    archiveOperations.zipTree(dependency)
                 } else {
-                    it
+                    dependency
                 }
             }
         }
diff --git a/plugins/assign-plugin/assign-plugin.embeddable/build.gradle.kts b/plugins/assign-plugin/assign-plugin.embeddable/build.gradle.kts
index 48275a4733d..6a0f48fe06f 100644
--- a/plugins/assign-plugin/assign-plugin.embeddable/build.gradle.kts
+++ b/plugins/assign-plugin/assign-plugin.embeddable/build.gradle.kts
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ plugins {
 }
 
 dependencies {
-    embedded(project(":kotlin-assignment-compiler-plugin"))
+    embedded(project(":kotlin-assignment-compiler-plugin")) { isTransitive = false }
 }
 
 sourceSets {
diff --git a/plugins/assign-plugin/build.gradle.kts b/plugins/assign-plugin/build.gradle.kts
index 51d2f47f805..78e3b4e2d77 100644
--- a/plugins/assign-plugin/build.gradle.kts
+++ b/plugins/assign-plugin/build.gradle.kts
@@ -6,10 +6,10 @@ plugins {
 }
 
 dependencies {
-    embedded(project(":kotlin-assignment-compiler-plugin.common"))
-    embedded(project(":kotlin-assignment-compiler-plugin.k1"))
-    embedded(project(":kotlin-assignment-compiler-plugin.k2"))
-    embedded(project(":kotlin-assignment-compiler-plugin.cli"))
+    embedded(project(":kotlin-assignment-compiler-plugin.common")) { isTransitive = false }
+    embedded(project(":kotlin-assignment-compiler-plugin.k1")) { isTransitive = false }
+    embedded(project(":kotlin-assignment-compiler-plugin.k2")) { isTransitive = false }
+    embedded(project(":kotlin-assignment-compiler-plugin.cli")) { isTransitive = false }
 
     testApi(project(":compiler:backend"))
     testApi(project(":compiler:cli"))
diff --git a/plugins/kotlinx-serialization/build.gradle.kts b/plugins/kotlinx-serialization/build.gradle.kts
index 38ff7df9e8d..1decc3adcee 100644
--- a/plugins/kotlinx-serialization/build.gradle.kts
+++ b/plugins/kotlinx-serialization/build.gradle.kts
@@ -6,11 +6,11 @@ plugins {
 }
 
 dependencies {
-    embedded(project(":kotlinx-serialization-compiler-plugin.common"))
-    embedded(project(":kotlinx-serialization-compiler-plugin.k1"))
-    embedded(project(":kotlinx-serialization-compiler-plugin.k2"))
-    embedded(project(":kotlinx-serialization-compiler-plugin.backend"))
-    embedded(project(":kotlinx-serialization-compiler-plugin.cli"))
+    embedded(project(":kotlinx-serialization-compiler-plugin.common")) { isTransitive = false }
+    embedded(project(":kotlinx-serialization-compiler-plugin.k1")) { isTransitive = false }
+    embedded(project(":kotlinx-serialization-compiler-plugin.k2")) { isTransitive = false }
+    embedded(project(":kotlinx-serialization-compiler-plugin.backend")) { isTransitive = false }
+    embedded(project(":kotlinx-serialization-compiler-plugin.cli")) { isTransitive = false }
 
     testApi(project(":compiler:backend"))
     testApi(project(":compiler:cli"))
diff --git a/plugins/lombok/build.gradle.kts b/plugins/lombok/build.gradle.kts
index e9314368404..f0347e6df40 100644
--- a/plugins/lombok/build.gradle.kts
+++ b/plugins/lombok/build.gradle.kts
@@ -6,10 +6,10 @@ plugins {
 }
 
 dependencies {
-    embedded(project(":kotlin-lombok-compiler-plugin.common"))
-    embedded(project(":kotlin-lombok-compiler-plugin.k1"))
-    embedded(project(":kotlin-lombok-compiler-plugin.k2"))
-    embedded(project(":kotlin-lombok-compiler-plugin.cli"))
+    embedded(project(":kotlin-lombok-compiler-plugin.common")) { isTransitive = false }
+    embedded(project(":kotlin-lombok-compiler-plugin.k1")) { isTransitive = false }
+    embedded(project(":kotlin-lombok-compiler-plugin.k2")) { isTransitive = false }
+    embedded(project(":kotlin-lombok-compiler-plugin.cli")) { isTransitive = false }
 
     testImplementation(intellijCore())
     testImplementation(project(":kotlin-lombok-compiler-plugin.common"))
diff --git a/plugins/noarg/build.gradle.kts b/plugins/noarg/build.gradle.kts
index 480dd70203a..92fbc5de9a2 100644
--- a/plugins/noarg/build.gradle.kts
+++ b/plugins/noarg/build.gradle.kts
@@ -6,11 +6,11 @@ plugins {
 }
 
 dependencies {
-    embedded(project(":kotlin-noarg-compiler-plugin.common"))
-    embedded(project(":kotlin-noarg-compiler-plugin.k1"))
-    embedded(project(":kotlin-noarg-compiler-plugin.k2"))
-    embedded(project(":kotlin-noarg-compiler-plugin.backend"))
-    embedded(project(":kotlin-noarg-compiler-plugin.cli"))
+    embedded(project(":kotlin-noarg-compiler-plugin.common")) { isTransitive = false }
+    embedded(project(":kotlin-noarg-compiler-plugin.k1")) { isTransitive = false }
+    embedded(project(":kotlin-noarg-compiler-plugin.k2")) { isTransitive = false }
+    embedded(project(":kotlin-noarg-compiler-plugin.backend")) { isTransitive = false }
+    embedded(project(":kotlin-noarg-compiler-plugin.cli")) { isTransitive = false }
 
     testApi(project(":compiler:backend"))
     testApi(project(":compiler:cli"))
diff --git a/plugins/sam-with-receiver/build.gradle.kts b/plugins/sam-with-receiver/build.gradle.kts
index 4fa7c7ee1fa..a8b7bc83cd2 100644
--- a/plugins/sam-with-receiver/build.gradle.kts
+++ b/plugins/sam-with-receiver/build.gradle.kts
@@ -6,10 +6,10 @@ plugins {
 }
 
 dependencies {
-    embedded(project(":kotlin-sam-with-receiver-compiler-plugin.common"))
-    embedded(project(":kotlin-sam-with-receiver-compiler-plugin.k1"))
-    embedded(project(":kotlin-sam-with-receiver-compiler-plugin.k2"))
-    embedded(project(":kotlin-sam-with-receiver-compiler-plugin.cli"))
+    embedded(project(":kotlin-sam-with-receiver-compiler-plugin.common")) { isTransitive = false }
+    embedded(project(":kotlin-sam-with-receiver-compiler-plugin.k1")) { isTransitive = false }
+    embedded(project(":kotlin-sam-with-receiver-compiler-plugin.k2")) { isTransitive = false }
+    embedded(project(":kotlin-sam-with-receiver-compiler-plugin.cli")) { isTransitive = false }
 
     testApi(project(":compiler:backend"))
     testApi(project(":compiler:cli"))