diff --git a/plugins/scripting/scripting-compiler/src/org/jetbrains/kotlin/scripting/compiler/plugin/services/FirScriptConfigurationExtensionImpl.kt b/plugins/scripting/scripting-compiler/src/org/jetbrains/kotlin/scripting/compiler/plugin/services/FirScriptConfigurationExtensionImpl.kt
index c4535e8acf8..c3cd9fedbe0 100644
--- a/plugins/scripting/scripting-compiler/src/org/jetbrains/kotlin/scripting/compiler/plugin/services/FirScriptConfigurationExtensionImpl.kt
+++ b/plugins/scripting/scripting-compiler/src/org/jetbrains/kotlin/scripting/compiler/plugin/services/FirScriptConfigurationExtensionImpl.kt
@@ -6,7 +6,6 @@
 package org.jetbrains.kotlin.scripting.compiler.plugin.services
 
 import com.intellij.openapi.diagnostic.Logger
-import com.intellij.openapi.project.Project
 import org.jetbrains.kotlin.*
 import org.jetbrains.kotlin.descriptors.Modality
 import org.jetbrains.kotlin.descriptors.Visibilities
@@ -35,7 +34,6 @@ import org.jetbrains.kotlin.name.ClassId
 import org.jetbrains.kotlin.name.FqName
 import org.jetbrains.kotlin.name.Name
 import org.jetbrains.kotlin.psi.KtFile
-import org.jetbrains.kotlin.psi.KtPsiFactory
 import org.jetbrains.kotlin.scripting.definitions.annotationsForSamWithReceivers
 import org.jetbrains.kotlin.scripting.resolve.KtFileScriptSource
 import org.jetbrains.kotlin.scripting.resolve.VirtualFileScriptSource
@@ -65,10 +63,7 @@ class FirScriptConfiguratorExtensionImpl(
             val stripped = if (endsWithStar) trimmed.substring(0, trimmed.length - 2) else trimmed
             val fqName = FqName.fromSegments(stripped.split("."))
             fileBuilder.imports += buildImport {
-                fileBuilder.sourceFile?.project()?.let {
-                    val dummyElement = KtPsiFactory(it, markGenerated = true).createColon()
-                    source = KtFakeSourceElement(dummyElement, KtFakeSourceElementKind.ImplicitImport)
-                }
+                source = fileBuilder.source?.fakeElement(KtFakeSourceElementKind.ImplicitImport)
                 importedFqName = fqName
                 isAllUnder = endsWithStar
             }
@@ -217,8 +212,6 @@ class FirScriptConfiguratorExtensionImpl(
     }
 }
 
-private fun KtSourceFile.project(): Project? = (toSourceCode() as? KtFileScriptSource)?.ktFile?.project
-
 private fun SourceCode.originalKtFile(): KtFile =
     (this as? KtFileScriptSource)?.ktFile?.originalFile as? KtFile
         ?: error("only PSI scripts are supported at the moment")