diff --git a/generators/infrastructure/counter-padding.kts b/generators/infrastructure/counter-padding.kts
deleted file mode 100644
index ba7bf8cbf10..00000000000
--- a/generators/infrastructure/counter-padding.kts
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,63 +0,0 @@
-/*
- * Copyright 2010-2015 JetBrains s.r.o.
- *
- * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
- * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
- * You may obtain a copy of the License at
- *
- * http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
- *
- * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
- * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
- * WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
- * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
- * limitations under the License.
- */
-
-/*
- * Copyright 2010-2015 JetBrains s.r.o.
- *
- * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
- * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
- * You may obtain a copy of the License at
- *
- * http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
- *
- * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
- * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
- * WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
- * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
- * limitations under the License.
- */
-
-import java.io.File
-
-fun main(args: Array<String>) {
-    val filePathDefault = "padded-version.txt"
-
-    if (args.isEmpty() || args.size > 2) {
-        error("Usage: kotlinc -script counter-padding.kts" +
-              " <version>" +
-              " <file-path='$filePathDefault'>")
-    }
-
-    var versionStr = args[0]
-
-    println("Version string: " + versionStr)
-
-    val incrementPartStr = versionStr.takeLastWhile { it.isDigit() }
-    val versionPrefix = versionStr.take(versionStr.length - incrementPartStr.length)
-
-    val incrementPart = incrementPartStr.toInt()
-    val padded = java.lang.String.format("%03d", incrementPart)
-
-    var filePath = args.getOrNull(1) ?: filePathDefault
-
-    val result = "${versionPrefix}$padded"
-
-    println("prefix=$versionPrefix incrementPart=$incrementPart result=$padded filePath=$filePath")
-
-    File("$filePath").writeText("$result")
-}
-
-main(args)
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/update_dependencies.xml b/update_dependencies.xml
index b10c0a9324d..1bbf16d61cb 100644
--- a/update_dependencies.xml
+++ b/update_dependencies.xml
@@ -13,9 +13,6 @@
 
     <property name="bootstrap.build.no.tests" value="false"/>
 
-
-    <!-- To enable counter padding, set parameter "need.counter.padding" to true on buildserver -->
-
     <!-- Uncomment to enable force version increment in branch. Set override.version.disabled to temporary disable feature without commits -->
     <!--
     <property name="override.version.url" value="https://teamcity.jetbrains.com/guestAuth/app/rest/builds/?locator=buildType:bt345,status:SUCCESS,count:1${kotlin.bootstrap.branch.locator}"/>
@@ -168,7 +165,7 @@
         
     </target>
     
-    <target name="fetch-third-party" depends="do-version-padding,override-version,make-native-platform-uberjar">
+    <target name="fetch-third-party" depends="override-version,make-native-platform-uberjar">
         <mkdir dir="dependencies"/>
         <mkdir dir="dependencies/download"/>
 
@@ -843,21 +840,6 @@
         </exec>
     </target>
 
-    <target name="do-version-padding" if="need.counter.padding">
-        <exec executable="dependencies/bootstrap-compiler/Kotlin/kotlinc/bin/${kotlinc.executable.path}" failonerror="false">
-            <arg value="-cp"/>
-            <arg value="dependencies/bootstrap-compiler/Kotlin/kotlinc/lib/kotlin-compiler.jar"/>
-            <arg value="-script"/>
-            <arg value="generators/infrastructure/counter-padding.kts"/>
-            <arg value="${teamcity.version}"/>
-            <arg value="${basedir}/dependencies/padded-version.txt"/>
-        </exec>
-
-        <loadfile property="padded.version.number" srcFile="${basedir}/dependencies/padded-version.txt"/>
-
-        <echo message="##teamcity[buildNumber '${padded.version.number}']"/>
-    </target>
-
     <target name="override-version">
         <condition property="need.version.override">
             <and>