diff --git a/plugins/jvm-abi-gen/test/org/jetbrains/kotlin/jvm/abi/BaseJvmAbiTest.kt b/plugins/jvm-abi-gen/test/org/jetbrains/kotlin/jvm/abi/BaseJvmAbiTest.kt
index f25f4750b34..2f3b0973c44 100644
--- a/plugins/jvm-abi-gen/test/org/jetbrains/kotlin/jvm/abi/BaseJvmAbiTest.kt
+++ b/plugins/jvm-abi-gen/test/org/jetbrains/kotlin/jvm/abi/BaseJvmAbiTest.kt
@@ -76,10 +76,9 @@ abstract class BaseJvmAbiTest : TestCase() {
             freeArgs = listOf(compilation.srcDir.canonicalPath)
             classpath = (abiDependencies + kotlinJvmStdlib).joinToString(File.pathSeparator) { it.canonicalPath }
             pluginClasspaths = arrayOf(abiPluginJar.canonicalPath)
-            pluginOptions = listOfNotNull(
+            pluginOptions = arrayOf(
                 abiOption(JvmAbiCommandLineProcessor.OUTPUT_PATH_OPTION.optionName, compilation.abiDir.canonicalPath),
-                if (useLegacyAbiGen) abiOption("useLegacyAbiGen", "true") else null
-            ).toTypedArray()
+            )
             destination = compilation.destinationDir.canonicalPath
             noSourceDebugExtension = InTextDirectivesUtils.findStringWithPrefixes(directives, "// NO_SOURCE_DEBUG_EXTENSION") != null
 
@@ -119,9 +118,6 @@ abstract class BaseJvmAbiTest : TestCase() {
         }
     }
 
-    protected open val useLegacyAbiGen: Boolean
-        get() = false
-
     protected val kotlinJvmStdlib = File("dist/kotlinc/lib/kotlin-stdlib.jar").also {
         check(it.exists()) { "Stdlib file '$it' does not exist" }
     }