diff --git a/platform/core-impl/src/com/intellij/ide/plugins/ModulesWithDependencies.kt b/platform/core-impl/src/com/intellij/ide/plugins/ModulesWithDependencies.kt
index 06318138fe0b..656aaee4ff30 100644
--- a/platform/core-impl/src/com/intellij/ide/plugins/ModulesWithDependencies.kt
+++ b/platform/core-impl/src/com/intellij/ide/plugins/ModulesWithDependencies.kt
@@ -62,7 +62,7 @@ internal fun createModulesWithDependenciesAndAdditionalEdges(plugins: Collection
     // If a plugin does not include any module dependency tags in its plugin.xml, it's assumed to be a legacy plugin
    // and is loaded only in IntelliJ IDEA, so it may use classes from Java plugin.
     val implicitDep = if (hasAllModules && PluginCompatibilityUtils.isLegacyPluginWithoutPlatformAliasDependencies(module)) {
-      pluginIdToDescriptor.get(PluginManagerCore.JAVA_MODULE_ID)
+      pluginIdToDescriptor.get(PluginManagerCore.JAVA_PLUGIN_ALIAS_ID)
     } else null
     if (implicitDep != null) {
       if (module === implicitDep) {
diff --git a/platform/core-impl/src/com/intellij/ide/plugins/PluginCompatibilityUtils.kt b/platform/core-impl/src/com/intellij/ide/plugins/PluginCompatibilityUtils.kt
index 862355dda8cd..2b71777cee3d 100644
--- a/platform/core-impl/src/com/intellij/ide/plugins/PluginCompatibilityUtils.kt
+++ b/platform/core-impl/src/com/intellij/ide/plugins/PluginCompatibilityUtils.kt
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@ object PluginCompatibilityUtils {
     for (dependency in descriptor.dependencies) {
       val dependencyPluginId = dependency.pluginId
       if (PluginManagerCore.JAVA_PLUGIN_ID == dependencyPluginId ||
-          PluginManagerCore.JAVA_MODULE_ID == dependencyPluginId ||
+          PluginManagerCore.JAVA_PLUGIN_ALIAS_ID == dependencyPluginId ||
           PluginManagerCore.looksLikePlatformPluginAlias(dependencyPluginId)) {
         return true
       }
diff --git a/platform/core-impl/src/com/intellij/ide/plugins/PluginManagerCore.kt b/platform/core-impl/src/com/intellij/ide/plugins/PluginManagerCore.kt
index 69e97549adf7..c3ab059d1ef1 100644
--- a/platform/core-impl/src/com/intellij/ide/plugins/PluginManagerCore.kt
+++ b/platform/core-impl/src/com/intellij/ide/plugins/PluginManagerCore.kt
@@ -72,7 +72,8 @@ object PluginManagerCore {
 
   @JvmField val CORE_ID: PluginId = PluginId.getId(CORE_PLUGIN_ID)
   @JvmField val JAVA_PLUGIN_ID: PluginId = PluginId.getId("com.intellij.java")
-  @JvmField val JAVA_MODULE_ID: PluginId = PluginId.getId("com.intellij.modules.java")
+  @ApiStatus.Internal
+  @JvmField val JAVA_PLUGIN_ALIAS_ID: PluginId = PluginId.getId("com.intellij.modules.java")
   @JvmField val ALL_MODULES_MARKER: PluginId = PluginId.getId("com.intellij.modules.all")
   @JvmField val SPECIAL_IDEA_PLUGIN_ID: PluginId = PluginId.getId("IDEA CORE")
   @ApiStatus.Internal
@@ -986,6 +987,9 @@ object PluginManagerCore {
 
 
   //<editor-fold desc="Deprecated stuff.">
+  @Deprecated("The platform code should use [JAVA_PLUGIN_ALIAS_ID] instead, plugins aren't supposed to use this")
+  @JvmField val JAVA_MODULE_ID: PluginId = JAVA_PLUGIN_ALIAS_ID
+
   @ApiStatus.ScheduledForRemoval
   @Deprecated("Use {@link PluginManager#getPluginByClass}.")
   @JvmStatic