diff --git a/compiler/tests/org/jetbrains/kotlin/jvm/compiler/CompileKotlinAgainstCustomBinariesTest.kt b/compiler/tests/org/jetbrains/kotlin/jvm/compiler/CompileKotlinAgainstCustomBinariesTest.kt
index 3a99f65ff46..ad18c069b03 100644
--- a/compiler/tests/org/jetbrains/kotlin/jvm/compiler/CompileKotlinAgainstCustomBinariesTest.kt
+++ b/compiler/tests/org/jetbrains/kotlin/jvm/compiler/CompileKotlinAgainstCustomBinariesTest.kt
@@ -316,15 +316,12 @@ class CompileKotlinAgainstCustomBinariesTest : AbstractKotlinCompilerIntegration
 
     fun testRequireKotlinInNestedClassesAgainst14() {
         val library = compileLibrary("library", additionalOptions = listOf("-Xmetadata-version=1.4.0"))
-        compileKotlin("source.kt", tmpdir, listOf(library), additionalOptions = listOf("-Xskip-metadata-version-check"))
+        compileKotlin("source.kt", tmpdir, listOf(library))
     }
 
     fun testRequireKotlinInNestedClassesAgainst14Js() {
         val library = compileJsLibrary("library", additionalOptions = listOf("-Xmetadata-version=1.4.0"))
-        compileKotlin(
-            "source.kt", File(tmpdir, "usage.js"), listOf(library), K2JSCompiler(),
-            additionalOptions = listOf("-Xskip-metadata-version-check")
-        )
+        compileKotlin("source.kt", File(tmpdir, "usage.js"), listOf(library), K2JSCompiler())
     }
 
     /*test source mapping generation when source info is absent*/
diff --git a/compiler/util/src/org/jetbrains/kotlin/utils/KotlinJavascriptMetadataUtils.kt b/compiler/util/src/org/jetbrains/kotlin/utils/KotlinJavascriptMetadataUtils.kt
index e13e3d1ba99..524b7ced623 100644
--- a/compiler/util/src/org/jetbrains/kotlin/utils/KotlinJavascriptMetadataUtils.kt
+++ b/compiler/util/src/org/jetbrains/kotlin/utils/KotlinJavascriptMetadataUtils.kt
@@ -26,7 +26,8 @@ class KotlinJavascriptMetadata(val version: JsMetadataVersion, val moduleName: S
 
 // TODO: move to JS modules
 class JsMetadataVersion(vararg numbers: Int) : BinaryVersion(*numbers) {
-    override fun isCompatible() = this.isCompatibleTo(INSTANCE)
+    override fun isCompatible(): Boolean =
+        isMetadataVersionCompatible()
 
     fun toInteger() = (patch shl 16) + (minOf(minor, 255) shl 8) + minOf(major, 255)
 
diff --git a/core/metadata.jvm/src/org/jetbrains/kotlin/metadata/jvm/deserialization/JvmMetadataVersion.kt b/core/metadata.jvm/src/org/jetbrains/kotlin/metadata/jvm/deserialization/JvmMetadataVersion.kt
index af2d12e09f4..57aea09782c 100644
--- a/core/metadata.jvm/src/org/jetbrains/kotlin/metadata/jvm/deserialization/JvmMetadataVersion.kt
+++ b/core/metadata.jvm/src/org/jetbrains/kotlin/metadata/jvm/deserialization/JvmMetadataVersion.kt
@@ -12,9 +12,9 @@ import org.jetbrains.kotlin.metadata.deserialization.BinaryVersion
  * This version includes the version of the core protobuf messages (metadata.proto) as well as JVM extensions (jvm_metadata.proto).
  */
 class JvmMetadataVersion(vararg numbers: Int) : BinaryVersion(*numbers) {
-    // NOTE: 1.1 is incompatible with 1.0 and hence with any other version except 1.1.*
+    // NOTE: 1.1 is incompatible with 1.0
     override fun isCompatible() =
-        this.major == 1 && this.minor == 1
+        isMetadataVersionCompatible() && minor != 0
 
     companion object {
         @JvmField
diff --git a/core/metadata/src/org/jetbrains/kotlin/metadata/builtins/BuiltInsBinaryVersion.kt b/core/metadata/src/org/jetbrains/kotlin/metadata/builtins/BuiltInsBinaryVersion.kt
index 1b546ff8000..93f4fced132 100644
--- a/core/metadata/src/org/jetbrains/kotlin/metadata/builtins/BuiltInsBinaryVersion.kt
+++ b/core/metadata/src/org/jetbrains/kotlin/metadata/builtins/BuiltInsBinaryVersion.kt
@@ -14,7 +14,8 @@ import java.io.InputStream
  * of the core protobuf messages (metadata.proto).
  */
 class BuiltInsBinaryVersion(vararg numbers: Int) : BinaryVersion(*numbers) {
-    override fun isCompatible() = this.isCompatibleTo(INSTANCE)
+    override fun isCompatible() =
+        isMetadataVersionCompatible()
 
     companion object {
         @JvmField
diff --git a/core/metadata/src/org/jetbrains/kotlin/metadata/deserialization/BinaryVersion.kt b/core/metadata/src/org/jetbrains/kotlin/metadata/deserialization/BinaryVersion.kt
index d6ab3041893..541c9b314c6 100644
--- a/core/metadata/src/org/jetbrains/kotlin/metadata/deserialization/BinaryVersion.kt
+++ b/core/metadata/src/org/jetbrains/kotlin/metadata/deserialization/BinaryVersion.kt
@@ -35,6 +35,12 @@ abstract class BinaryVersion(private vararg val numbers: Int) {
         else major == ourVersion.major && minor <= ourVersion.minor
     }
 
+    // In Kotlin 1.4, all metadata versions (JVM, JS, built-ins/metadata) are going to be advanced to 1.4.0.
+    // Kotlin 1.3 is able to read metadata of versions up to Kotlin 1.4
+    protected fun isMetadataVersionCompatible(): Boolean {
+        return major == 1 && minor <= 4
+    }
+
     fun isAtLeast(major: Int, minor: Int, patch: Int): Boolean {
         if (this.major > major) return true
         if (this.major < major) return false