diff --git a/compiler/cli/cli-common/src/org/jetbrains/kotlin/cli/common/arguments/K2JVMCompilerArguments.kt b/compiler/cli/cli-common/src/org/jetbrains/kotlin/cli/common/arguments/K2JVMCompilerArguments.kt
index c4fb1b97d0a..00abaf0448b 100644
--- a/compiler/cli/cli-common/src/org/jetbrains/kotlin/cli/common/arguments/K2JVMCompilerArguments.kt
+++ b/compiler/cli/cli-common/src/org/jetbrains/kotlin/cli/common/arguments/K2JVMCompilerArguments.kt
@@ -55,8 +55,6 @@ class K2JVMCompilerArguments : CommonCompilerArguments() {
     )
     var noStdlib: Boolean by FreezableVar(false)
 
-    @GradleDeprecatedOption(removeAfter = "1.5", level = DeprecationLevel.ERROR)
-    @GradleOption(DefaultValues.BooleanTrueDefault::class)
     @Argument(value = "-no-reflect", description = "Don't automatically include Kotlin reflection into the classpath")
     var noReflect: Boolean by FreezableVar(false)
 
diff --git a/libraries/tools/kotlin-gradle-plugin/src/main/kotlin/org/jetbrains/kotlin/gradle/dsl/KotlinJvmOptionsBase.kt b/libraries/tools/kotlin-gradle-plugin/src/main/kotlin/org/jetbrains/kotlin/gradle/dsl/KotlinJvmOptionsBase.kt
index a0d6bef9e19..0a3c2986e3a 100644
--- a/libraries/tools/kotlin-gradle-plugin/src/main/kotlin/org/jetbrains/kotlin/gradle/dsl/KotlinJvmOptionsBase.kt
+++ b/libraries/tools/kotlin-gradle-plugin/src/main/kotlin/org/jetbrains/kotlin/gradle/dsl/KotlinJvmOptionsBase.kt
@@ -103,5 +103,6 @@ internal fun org.jetbrains.kotlin.cli.common.arguments.K2JVMCompilerArguments.fi
     moduleName = null
     noJdk = false
     noStdlib = true
+    noReflect = true
     useOldBackend = false
 }