diff --git a/pkg/compiler/lib/src/compiler.dart b/pkg/compiler/lib/src/compiler.dart
index 2e9f1c44029..35519749b53 100644
--- a/pkg/compiler/lib/src/compiler.dart
+++ b/pkg/compiler/lib/src/compiler.dart
@@ -24,6 +24,7 @@ import 'compiler_interfaces.dart'
     show
         CompilerDeferredLoadingFacade,
         CompilerDiagnosticsFacade,
+        CompilerKernelStrategyFacade,
         CompilerTypeInferenceFacade;
 import 'deferred_load/deferred_load.dart' show DeferredLoadTask;
 import 'deferred_load/output_unit.dart' show OutputUnitData;
@@ -78,6 +79,7 @@ class Compiler
     implements
         CompilerDiagnosticsFacade,
         CompilerDeferredLoadingFacade,
+        CompilerKernelStrategyFacade,
         CompilerTypeInferenceFacade {
   @override
   final Measurer measurer;
@@ -137,6 +139,7 @@ class Compiler
   GenericTask selfTask;
 
   GenericTask enqueueTask;
+  @override
   DeferredLoadTask deferredLoadTask;
   DumpInfoTask dumpInfoTask;
   SerializationTask serializationTask;
diff --git a/pkg/compiler/lib/src/compiler_interfaces.dart b/pkg/compiler/lib/src/compiler_interfaces.dart
index 971b0cd3c2c..83dfc025b90 100644
--- a/pkg/compiler/lib/src/compiler_interfaces.dart
+++ b/pkg/compiler/lib/src/compiler_interfaces.dart
@@ -9,6 +9,7 @@ library compiler.src.compiler_interfaces;
 import '../compiler_api.dart' show CompilerOutput, Diagnostic;
 
 import 'common/tasks.dart' show Measurer;
+import 'deferred_load/deferred_load.dart' show DeferredLoadTask;
 import 'deferred_load/program_split_constraints/nodes.dart' show ConstraintData;
 import 'diagnostics/diagnostic_listener.dart' show DiagnosticMessage;
 import 'diagnostics/diagnostic_listener.dart' show DiagnosticReporter;
@@ -64,3 +65,18 @@ abstract class CompilerDiagnosticsFacade {
 
   SourceSpan spanFromSpannable(Spannable spannable, Entity? currentElement);
 }
+
+/// Subset of [Compiler] needed by kernel strategy
+///
+/// See definitions on [Compiler] for documentation.
+abstract class CompilerKernelStrategyFacade {
+  bool get compilationFailed;
+  Measurer get measurer;
+  DiagnosticReporter get reporter;
+  Map<Entity, WorldImpact> get impactCache;
+  CompilerOptions get options;
+  KernelFrontendStrategyForDeferredLoading get frontendStrategy;
+  CompilerOutput get outputProvider;
+  ConstraintData? get programSplitConstraintsData;
+  DeferredLoadTask get deferredLoadTask;
+}
diff --git a/pkg/compiler/lib/src/kernel/kernel_strategy.dart b/pkg/compiler/lib/src/kernel/kernel_strategy.dart
index 670b9f20b10..4f504344f9a 100644
--- a/pkg/compiler/lib/src/kernel/kernel_strategy.dart
+++ b/pkg/compiler/lib/src/kernel/kernel_strategy.dart
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@ import '../common/elements.dart';
 import '../common/names.dart' show Uris;
 import '../common/tasks.dart';
 import '../common/work.dart';
-import '../compiler.dart';
+import '../compiler_interfaces.dart';
 import '../deferred_load/deferred_load.dart' show DeferredLoadTask;
 import '../elements/entities.dart';
 import '../enqueue.dart';
@@ -134,7 +134,7 @@ class KernelFrontendStrategy
   }
 
   ResolutionEnqueuer createResolutionEnqueuer(
-      CompilerTask task, Compiler compiler) {
+      CompilerTask task, CompilerKernelStrategyFacade compiler) {
     RuntimeTypesNeedBuilder rtiNeedBuilder = _createRuntimeTypesNeedBuilder();
     BackendImpacts impacts = BackendImpacts(commonElements, compiler.options);
     final nativeBasicData = _elementMap.nativeBasicData;
@@ -260,7 +260,8 @@ class KernelFrontendStrategy
   KernelToElementMap get elementMap => _elementMap;
 
   /// Creates a [DeferredLoadTask] for the element model used in this strategy.
-  DeferredLoadTask createDeferredLoadTask(Compiler compiler) =>
+  DeferredLoadTask createDeferredLoadTask(
+          CompilerDeferredLoadingFacade compiler) =>
       DeferredLoadTask(compiler, _elementMap);
 
   /// Computes the main function from [mainLibrary] adding additional world