diff --git a/.idea/modules.xml b/.idea/modules.xml
index a20d716756d7..8baef1d3adc6 100644
--- a/.idea/modules.xml
+++ b/.idea/modules.xml
@@ -26,6 +26,7 @@
       <module fileurl="file://$PROJECT_DIR$/android/rt/android-rt.iml" filepath="$PROJECT_DIR$/android/rt/android-rt.iml" group="android" />
       <module fileurl="file://$PROJECT_DIR$/platform/annotations/annotations.iml" filepath="$PROJECT_DIR$/platform/annotations/annotations.iml" group="platform" />
       <module fileurl="file://$PROJECT_DIR$/platform/annotations/common/annotations-common.iml" filepath="$PROJECT_DIR$/platform/annotations/common/annotations-common.iml" group="platform" />
+      <module fileurl="file://$PROJECT_DIR$/platform/annotations/internal/annotations-internal.iml" filepath="$PROJECT_DIR$/platform/annotations/internal/annotations-internal.iml" group="platform" />
       <module fileurl="file://$PROJECT_DIR$/platform/annotations/java8/annotations-java8.iml" filepath="$PROJECT_DIR$/platform/annotations/java8/annotations-java8.iml" group="platform" />
       <module fileurl="file://$PROJECT_DIR$/plugins/ant/ant.iml" filepath="$PROJECT_DIR$/plugins/ant/ant.iml" group="plugins" />
       <module fileurl="file://$PROJECT_DIR$/plugins/ant/jps-plugin/ant-jps-plugin.iml" filepath="$PROJECT_DIR$/plugins/ant/jps-plugin/ant-jps-plugin.iml" group="plugins" />
diff --git a/platform/annotations/internal/annotations-internal.iml b/platform/annotations/internal/annotations-internal.iml
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..c90834f2d607
--- /dev/null
+++ b/platform/annotations/internal/annotations-internal.iml
@@ -0,0 +1,11 @@
+<?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" />
+  </component>
+</module>
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/platform/util/src/org/jetbrains/annotations/SystemDependent.java b/platform/annotations/internal/src/org/jetbrains/annotations/SystemDependent.java
similarity index 100%
rename from platform/util/src/org/jetbrains/annotations/SystemDependent.java
rename to platform/annotations/internal/src/org/jetbrains/annotations/SystemDependent.java
diff --git a/platform/util/src/org/jetbrains/annotations/SystemIndependent.java b/platform/annotations/internal/src/org/jetbrains/annotations/SystemIndependent.java
similarity index 100%
rename from platform/util/src/org/jetbrains/annotations/SystemIndependent.java
rename to platform/annotations/internal/src/org/jetbrains/annotations/SystemIndependent.java
diff --git a/platform/util/util.iml b/platform/util/util.iml
index 2bdfa029d932..4dc58a08b7fa 100644
--- a/platform/util/util.iml
+++ b/platform/util/util.iml
@@ -17,6 +17,7 @@
     <orderEntry type="library" exported="" name="Trove4j" level="project" />
     <orderEntry type="module" module-name="platform-resources-en" />
     <orderEntry type="module" module-name="annotations" exported="" />
+    <orderEntry type="module" module-name="annotations-internal" exported="" />
     <orderEntry type="module" module-name="util-rt" exported="" />
     <orderEntry type="library" name="jna" level="project" />
     <orderEntry type="library" name="OroMatcher" level="project" />