diff --git a/.idea/modules.xml b/.idea/modules.xml
index f5abba4135ca..f2f39fcee019 100644
--- a/.idea/modules.xml
+++ b/.idea/modules.xml
@@ -668,6 +668,7 @@
       <module fileurl="file://$PROJECT_DIR$/platform/platform-api/intellij.platform.ide.iml" filepath="$PROJECT_DIR$/platform/platform-api/intellij.platform.ide.iml" />
       <module fileurl="file://$PROJECT_DIR$/platform/ide-core/intellij.platform.ide.core.iml" filepath="$PROJECT_DIR$/platform/ide-core/intellij.platform.ide.core.iml" />
       <module fileurl="file://$PROJECT_DIR$/platform/ide-core-impl/intellij.platform.ide.core.impl.iml" filepath="$PROJECT_DIR$/platform/ide-core-impl/intellij.platform.ide.core.impl.iml" />
+      <module fileurl="file://$PROJECT_DIR$/platform/platform-impl/designer/intellij.platform.ide.designer.iml" filepath="$PROJECT_DIR$/platform/platform-impl/designer/intellij.platform.ide.designer.iml" />
       <module fileurl="file://$PROJECT_DIR$/platform/platform-impl/intellij.platform.ide.impl.iml" filepath="$PROJECT_DIR$/platform/platform-impl/intellij.platform.ide.impl.iml" />
       <module fileurl="file://$PROJECT_DIR$/platform/new-ui-onboarding/intellij.platform.ide.newUiOnboarding.iml" filepath="$PROJECT_DIR$/platform/new-ui-onboarding/intellij.platform.ide.newUiOnboarding.iml" />
       <module fileurl="file://$PROJECT_DIR$/platform/new-users-onboarding/intellij.platform.ide.newUsersOnboarding.iml" filepath="$PROJECT_DIR$/platform/new-users-onboarding/intellij.platform.ide.newUsersOnboarding.iml" />
diff --git a/platform/build-scripts/src/org/jetbrains/intellij/build/impl/PlatformModules.kt b/platform/build-scripts/src/org/jetbrains/intellij/build/impl/PlatformModules.kt
index 41a495357412..b58dbfbf3dae 100644
--- a/platform/build-scripts/src/org/jetbrains/intellij/build/impl/PlatformModules.kt
+++ b/platform/build-scripts/src/org/jetbrains/intellij/build/impl/PlatformModules.kt
@@ -92,6 +92,8 @@ private val PLATFORM_IMPLEMENTATION_MODULES = java.util.List.of(
   // do we need it?
   "intellij.platform.sqlite",
   //"fleet.rpc.server",
+  // todo not used by platform - move to plugin
+  "intellij.platform.ide.designer",
 )
 
 @Suppress("RemoveRedundantQualifierName")
diff --git a/platform/platform-impl/designer/intellij.platform.ide.designer.iml b/platform/platform-impl/designer/intellij.platform.ide.designer.iml
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..6022bfb841a6
--- /dev/null
+++ b/platform/platform-impl/designer/intellij.platform.ide.designer.iml
@@ -0,0 +1,14 @@
+<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
+<module type="JAVA_MODULE" version="4">
+  <component name="NewModuleRootManager" inherit-compiler-output="true">
+    <exclude-output />
+    <content url="file://$MODULE_DIR$">
+      <sourceFolder url="file://$MODULE_DIR$/src" isTestSource="false" />
+    </content>
+    <orderEntry type="inheritedJdk" />
+    <orderEntry type="sourceFolder" forTests="false" />
+    <orderEntry type="module" module-name="intellij.platform.ide.impl" />
+    <orderEntry type="module" module-name="intellij.platform.core.ui" />
+    <orderEntry type="module" module-name="intellij.platform.statistics" />
+  </component>
+</module>
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/platform/platform-impl/src/com/intellij/designer/DesignerEditorPanelFacade.java b/platform/platform-impl/designer/src/com/intellij/designer/DesignerEditorPanelFacade.java
similarity index 100%
rename from platform/platform-impl/src/com/intellij/designer/DesignerEditorPanelFacade.java
rename to platform/platform-impl/designer/src/com/intellij/designer/DesignerEditorPanelFacade.java
diff --git a/platform/platform-impl/src/com/intellij/designer/LightFillLayout.java b/platform/platform-impl/designer/src/com/intellij/designer/LightFillLayout.java
similarity index 100%
rename from platform/platform-impl/src/com/intellij/designer/LightFillLayout.java
rename to platform/platform-impl/designer/src/com/intellij/designer/LightFillLayout.java
diff --git a/platform/platform-impl/src/com/intellij/designer/LightToolWindow.java b/platform/platform-impl/designer/src/com/intellij/designer/LightToolWindow.java
similarity index 100%
rename from platform/platform-impl/src/com/intellij/designer/LightToolWindow.java
rename to platform/platform-impl/designer/src/com/intellij/designer/LightToolWindow.java
diff --git a/platform/platform-impl/src/com/intellij/designer/LightToolWindowContent.java b/platform/platform-impl/designer/src/com/intellij/designer/LightToolWindowContent.java
similarity index 100%
rename from platform/platform-impl/src/com/intellij/designer/LightToolWindowContent.java
rename to platform/platform-impl/designer/src/com/intellij/designer/LightToolWindowContent.java
diff --git a/platform/platform-impl/src/com/intellij/designer/LightToolWindowManager.java b/platform/platform-impl/designer/src/com/intellij/designer/LightToolWindowManager.java
similarity index 100%
rename from platform/platform-impl/src/com/intellij/designer/LightToolWindowManager.java
rename to platform/platform-impl/designer/src/com/intellij/designer/LightToolWindowManager.java
diff --git a/platform/platform-impl/src/com/intellij/designer/ToggleEditorModeAction.java b/platform/platform-impl/designer/src/com/intellij/designer/ToggleEditorModeAction.java
similarity index 100%
rename from platform/platform-impl/src/com/intellij/designer/ToggleEditorModeAction.java
rename to platform/platform-impl/designer/src/com/intellij/designer/ToggleEditorModeAction.java
diff --git a/platform/platform-impl/src/com/intellij/designer/model/ErrorInfo.java b/platform/platform-impl/designer/src/com/intellij/designer/model/ErrorInfo.java
similarity index 100%
rename from platform/platform-impl/src/com/intellij/designer/model/ErrorInfo.java
rename to platform/platform-impl/designer/src/com/intellij/designer/model/ErrorInfo.java
diff --git a/platform/platform-impl/src/com/intellij/designer/model/PropertiesContainer.java b/platform/platform-impl/designer/src/com/intellij/designer/model/PropertiesContainer.java
similarity index 100%
rename from platform/platform-impl/src/com/intellij/designer/model/PropertiesContainer.java
rename to platform/platform-impl/designer/src/com/intellij/designer/model/PropertiesContainer.java
diff --git a/platform/platform-impl/src/com/intellij/designer/model/Property.java b/platform/platform-impl/designer/src/com/intellij/designer/model/Property.java
similarity index 100%
rename from platform/platform-impl/src/com/intellij/designer/model/Property.java
rename to platform/platform-impl/designer/src/com/intellij/designer/model/Property.java
diff --git a/platform/platform-impl/src/com/intellij/designer/model/PropertyContext.java b/platform/platform-impl/designer/src/com/intellij/designer/model/PropertyContext.java
similarity index 100%
rename from platform/platform-impl/src/com/intellij/designer/model/PropertyContext.java
rename to platform/platform-impl/designer/src/com/intellij/designer/model/PropertyContext.java
diff --git a/platform/platform-impl/src/com/intellij/designer/model/QuickFix.java b/platform/platform-impl/designer/src/com/intellij/designer/model/QuickFix.java
similarity index 100%
rename from platform/platform-impl/src/com/intellij/designer/model/QuickFix.java
rename to platform/platform-impl/designer/src/com/intellij/designer/model/QuickFix.java
diff --git a/platform/platform-impl/src/com/intellij/designer/propertyTable/InplaceContext.java b/platform/platform-impl/designer/src/com/intellij/designer/propertyTable/InplaceContext.java
similarity index 100%
rename from platform/platform-impl/src/com/intellij/designer/propertyTable/InplaceContext.java
rename to platform/platform-impl/designer/src/com/intellij/designer/propertyTable/InplaceContext.java
diff --git a/platform/platform-impl/src/com/intellij/designer/propertyTable/PropertyEditor.java b/platform/platform-impl/designer/src/com/intellij/designer/propertyTable/PropertyEditor.java
similarity index 100%
rename from platform/platform-impl/src/com/intellij/designer/propertyTable/PropertyEditor.java
rename to platform/platform-impl/designer/src/com/intellij/designer/propertyTable/PropertyEditor.java
diff --git a/platform/platform-impl/src/com/intellij/designer/propertyTable/PropertyEditorListener.java b/platform/platform-impl/designer/src/com/intellij/designer/propertyTable/PropertyEditorListener.java
similarity index 100%
rename from platform/platform-impl/src/com/intellij/designer/propertyTable/PropertyEditorListener.java
rename to platform/platform-impl/designer/src/com/intellij/designer/propertyTable/PropertyEditorListener.java
diff --git a/platform/platform-impl/src/com/intellij/designer/propertyTable/PropertyRenderer.java b/platform/platform-impl/designer/src/com/intellij/designer/propertyTable/PropertyRenderer.java
similarity index 100%
rename from platform/platform-impl/src/com/intellij/designer/propertyTable/PropertyRenderer.java
rename to platform/platform-impl/designer/src/com/intellij/designer/propertyTable/PropertyRenderer.java
diff --git a/platform/platform-impl/src/com/intellij/designer/propertyTable/PropertyTable.java b/platform/platform-impl/designer/src/com/intellij/designer/propertyTable/PropertyTable.java
similarity index 100%
rename from platform/platform-impl/src/com/intellij/designer/propertyTable/PropertyTable.java
rename to platform/platform-impl/designer/src/com/intellij/designer/propertyTable/PropertyTable.java
diff --git a/platform/platform-impl/src/com/intellij/designer/propertyTable/editors/BooleanEditor.java b/platform/platform-impl/designer/src/com/intellij/designer/propertyTable/editors/BooleanEditor.java
similarity index 100%
rename from platform/platform-impl/src/com/intellij/designer/propertyTable/editors/BooleanEditor.java
rename to platform/platform-impl/designer/src/com/intellij/designer/propertyTable/editors/BooleanEditor.java
diff --git a/platform/platform-impl/src/com/intellij/designer/propertyTable/editors/ComboEditor.java b/platform/platform-impl/designer/src/com/intellij/designer/propertyTable/editors/ComboEditor.java
similarity index 100%
rename from platform/platform-impl/src/com/intellij/designer/propertyTable/editors/ComboEditor.java
rename to platform/platform-impl/designer/src/com/intellij/designer/propertyTable/editors/ComboEditor.java
diff --git a/platform/platform-impl/src/com/intellij/designer/propertyTable/editors/TextEditor.java b/platform/platform-impl/designer/src/com/intellij/designer/propertyTable/editors/TextEditor.java
similarity index 100%
rename from platform/platform-impl/src/com/intellij/designer/propertyTable/editors/TextEditor.java
rename to platform/platform-impl/designer/src/com/intellij/designer/propertyTable/editors/TextEditor.java
diff --git a/platform/platform-impl/src/com/intellij/designer/propertyTable/renderers/BooleanRenderer.java b/platform/platform-impl/designer/src/com/intellij/designer/propertyTable/renderers/BooleanRenderer.java
similarity index 100%
rename from platform/platform-impl/src/com/intellij/designer/propertyTable/renderers/BooleanRenderer.java
rename to platform/platform-impl/designer/src/com/intellij/designer/propertyTable/renderers/BooleanRenderer.java
diff --git a/platform/platform-impl/src/com/intellij/designer/propertyTable/renderers/LabelPropertyRenderer.java b/platform/platform-impl/designer/src/com/intellij/designer/propertyTable/renderers/LabelPropertyRenderer.java
similarity index 100%
rename from platform/platform-impl/src/com/intellij/designer/propertyTable/renderers/LabelPropertyRenderer.java
rename to platform/platform-impl/designer/src/com/intellij/designer/propertyTable/renderers/LabelPropertyRenderer.java
diff --git a/plugins/ui-designer-core/intellij.uiDesigner.iml b/plugins/ui-designer-core/intellij.uiDesigner.iml
index 4e4c1b4e986f..06bc029f5538 100644
--- a/plugins/ui-designer-core/intellij.uiDesigner.iml
+++ b/plugins/ui-designer-core/intellij.uiDesigner.iml
@@ -18,5 +18,6 @@
     <orderEntry type="library" name="fastutil-min" level="project" />
     <orderEntry type="module" module-name="intellij.platform.core.ui" />
     <orderEntry type="module" module-name="intellij.platform.util.jdom" />
+    <orderEntry type="module" module-name="intellij.platform.ide.designer" />
   </component>
 </module>
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/plugins/ui-designer/intellij.java.guiForms.designer.iml b/plugins/ui-designer/intellij.java.guiForms.designer.iml
index 3db64cbb1ce3..a2cb12cb3b31 100644
--- a/plugins/ui-designer/intellij.java.guiForms.designer.iml
+++ b/plugins/ui-designer/intellij.java.guiForms.designer.iml
@@ -25,6 +25,7 @@
     <orderEntry type="module" module-name="intellij.java.ui" />
     <orderEntry type="module" module-name="intellij.java.testFramework" scope="TEST" />
     <orderEntry type="module" module-name="intellij.java.impl" />
+    <orderEntry type="module" module-name="intellij.platform.ide.designer" />
     <orderEntry type="module" module-name="intellij.platform.ide" />
     <orderEntry type="module" module-name="intellij.spellchecker" />
     <orderEntry type="module" module-name="intellij.platform.jps.build" />