diff --git a/core/descriptors/src/org/jetbrains/kotlin/descriptors/annotations/annotationUtil.kt b/core/descriptors/src/org/jetbrains/kotlin/descriptors/annotations/annotationUtil.kt
index a4c5dd4d7f8..188fd6bb77c 100644
--- a/core/descriptors/src/org/jetbrains/kotlin/descriptors/annotations/annotationUtil.kt
+++ b/core/descriptors/src/org/jetbrains/kotlin/descriptors/annotations/annotationUtil.kt
@@ -58,17 +58,6 @@ fun KotlinBuiltIns.createDeprecatedAnnotation(
     )
 }
 
-// Temporary workaround for kotlinx-serialization-cbor compilation.
-// We need some kotlinx-serialization components to be resolved to that function instead of one with default argument
-// because for some time, they have a new version at compile time, but the old core in the classpath.
-// Might be removed after K/N version is advanced (KT-60858 to track)
-@Suppress("unused")
-fun KotlinBuiltIns.createDeprecatedAnnotation(
-    message: String,
-    replaceWith: String = "",
-    level: String = "WARNING",
-): AnnotationDescriptor = createDeprecatedAnnotation(message, replaceWith, level, forcePropagationDeprecationToOverrides = false)
-
 private val DEPRECATED_MESSAGE_NAME = Name.identifier("message")
 private val DEPRECATED_REPLACE_WITH_NAME = Name.identifier("replaceWith")
 private val DEPRECATED_LEVEL_NAME = Name.identifier("level")