diff --git a/core/descriptor.loader.java/src/org/jetbrains/kotlin/load/java/components/TypeUsage.java b/core/descriptor.loader.java/src/org/jetbrains/kotlin/load/java/components/TypeUsage.java
index a47cfdcc97f..3da59686bc9 100644
--- a/core/descriptor.loader.java/src/org/jetbrains/kotlin/load/java/components/TypeUsage.java
+++ b/core/descriptor.loader.java/src/org/jetbrains/kotlin/load/java/components/TypeUsage.java
@@ -21,7 +21,6 @@ package org.jetbrains.kotlin.load.java.components;
  * This enum encodes the kinds of occurrences
  */
 public enum TypeUsage {
-    MEMBER_SIGNATURE_CONTRAVARIANT,
     SUPERTYPE,
     COMMON
 }
diff --git a/core/descriptor.loader.java/src/org/jetbrains/kotlin/load/java/lazy/descriptors/LazyJavaScope.kt b/core/descriptor.loader.java/src/org/jetbrains/kotlin/load/java/lazy/descriptors/LazyJavaScope.kt
index 372bd351358..9f9218b92b2 100644
--- a/core/descriptor.loader.java/src/org/jetbrains/kotlin/load/java/lazy/descriptors/LazyJavaScope.kt
+++ b/core/descriptor.loader.java/src/org/jetbrains/kotlin/load/java/lazy/descriptors/LazyJavaScope.kt
@@ -168,7 +168,7 @@ abstract class LazyJavaScope(protected val c: LazyJavaResolverContext) : MemberS
             val (index, javaParameter) = pair
 
             val annotations = c.resolveAnnotations(javaParameter)
-            val typeUsage = LazyJavaTypeAttributes(TypeUsage.MEMBER_SIGNATURE_CONTRAVARIANT, annotations)
+            val typeUsage = LazyJavaTypeAttributes(TypeUsage.COMMON, annotations)
             val (outType, varargElementType) =
                     if (javaParameter.isVararg) {
                         val paramType = javaParameter.type as? JavaArrayType
diff --git a/core/descriptor.loader.java/src/org/jetbrains/kotlin/load/java/lazy/types/JavaTypeResolver.kt b/core/descriptor.loader.java/src/org/jetbrains/kotlin/load/java/lazy/types/JavaTypeResolver.kt
index 5b87ab9da5b..c7cf3f12e5a 100644
--- a/core/descriptor.loader.java/src/org/jetbrains/kotlin/load/java/lazy/types/JavaTypeResolver.kt
+++ b/core/descriptor.loader.java/src/org/jetbrains/kotlin/load/java/lazy/types/JavaTypeResolver.kt
@@ -25,7 +25,8 @@ import org.jetbrains.kotlin.load.java.ANNOTATIONS_COPIED_TO_TYPES
 import org.jetbrains.kotlin.load.java.JvmAnnotationNames.JETBRAINS_NOT_NULL_ANNOTATION
 import org.jetbrains.kotlin.load.java.JvmAnnotationNames.JETBRAINS_NULLABLE_ANNOTATION
 import org.jetbrains.kotlin.load.java.components.TypeUsage
-import org.jetbrains.kotlin.load.java.components.TypeUsage.*
+import org.jetbrains.kotlin.load.java.components.TypeUsage.COMMON
+import org.jetbrains.kotlin.load.java.components.TypeUsage.SUPERTYPE
 import org.jetbrains.kotlin.load.java.lazy.LazyJavaAnnotations
 import org.jetbrains.kotlin.load.java.lazy.LazyJavaResolverContext
 import org.jetbrains.kotlin.load.java.lazy.TypeParameterResolver
@@ -82,7 +83,7 @@ class JavaTypeResolver(
                         c.module.builtIns.getArrayType(OUT_VARIANCE, componentType).makeNullableAsSpecified(true))
             }
 
-            val projectionKind = if (attr.howThisTypeIsUsed == MEMBER_SIGNATURE_CONTRAVARIANT || isVararg) OUT_VARIANCE else INVARIANT
+            val projectionKind = if (isVararg) OUT_VARIANCE else INVARIANT
             val result = c.module.builtIns.getArrayType(projectionKind, componentType)
             return@run result.makeNullableAsSpecified(!attr.isMarkedNotNull)
         }.replaceAnnotations(attr.typeAnnotations)