diff --git a/generators/src/org/jetbrains/kotlin/generators/protobuf/GenerateProtoBufCompare.kt b/generators/src/org/jetbrains/kotlin/generators/protobuf/GenerateProtoBufCompare.kt
index e49328ccbb5..8b49856ea1a 100644
--- a/generators/src/org/jetbrains/kotlin/generators/protobuf/GenerateProtoBufCompare.kt
+++ b/generators/src/org/jetbrains/kotlin/generators/protobuf/GenerateProtoBufCompare.kt
@@ -83,14 +83,14 @@ class GenerateProtoBufCompare {
         p.println("/** This file is generated by org.jetbrains.kotlin.generators.protobuf.GenerateProtoBufCompare. DO NOT MODIFY MANUALLY */")
         p.println()
 
-        p.println("open class ProtoCompareGenerated(public val oldNameResolver: NameResolver, public val newNameResolver: NameResolver) {")
+        p.println("open class ProtoCompareGenerated(val oldNameResolver: NameResolver, val newNameResolver: NameResolver) {")
         p.pushIndent()
 
         p.println("private val strings = Interner<String>()")
-        p.println("public val $OLD_PREFIX${STRING_INDEXES_NANE}Map: MutableMap<Int, Int> = hashMapOf()")
-        p.println("public val $NEW_PREFIX${STRING_INDEXES_NANE}Map: MutableMap<Int, Int> = hashMapOf()")
-        p.println("public val $OLD_PREFIX${CLASS_ID_INDEXES_NANE}Map: MutableMap<Int, Int> = hashMapOf()")
-        p.println("public val $NEW_PREFIX${CLASS_ID_INDEXES_NANE}Map: MutableMap<Int, Int> = hashMapOf()")
+        p.println("val $OLD_PREFIX${STRING_INDEXES_NANE}Map: MutableMap<Int, Int> = hashMapOf()")
+        p.println("val $NEW_PREFIX${STRING_INDEXES_NANE}Map: MutableMap<Int, Int> = hashMapOf()")
+        p.println("val $OLD_PREFIX${CLASS_ID_INDEXES_NANE}Map: MutableMap<Int, Int> = hashMapOf()")
+        p.println("val $NEW_PREFIX${CLASS_ID_INDEXES_NANE}Map: MutableMap<Int, Int> = hashMapOf()")
 
         p.println()
         p.println("private val classIds = Interner<ClassId>()")
@@ -126,11 +126,11 @@ class GenerateProtoBufCompare {
     }
 
     fun generateAuxiliaryMethods(p: Printer) {
-        p.println("public fun oldGetIndexOfString(index: Int): Int = getIndexOfString(index, oldStringIndexesMap, oldNameResolver)")
-        p.println("public fun newGetIndexOfString(index: Int): Int = getIndexOfString(index, newStringIndexesMap, newNameResolver)")
+        p.println("fun oldGetIndexOfString(index: Int): Int = getIndexOfString(index, oldStringIndexesMap, oldNameResolver)")
+        p.println("fun newGetIndexOfString(index: Int): Int = getIndexOfString(index, newStringIndexesMap, newNameResolver)")
         p.println()
 
-        p.println("public fun getIndexOfString(index: Int, map: MutableMap<Int, Int>, nameResolver: NameResolver): Int {")
+        p.println("fun getIndexOfString(index: Int, map: MutableMap<Int, Int>, nameResolver: NameResolver): Int {")
         p.println("    map[index]?.let { return it }")
         p.println()
         p.println("    val result = strings.intern(nameResolver.getString(index))")
@@ -139,11 +139,11 @@ class GenerateProtoBufCompare {
         p.println("}")
         p.println()
 
-        p.println("public fun oldGetIndexOfClassId(index: Int): Int = getIndexOfClassId(index, oldClassIdIndexesMap, oldNameResolver)")
-        p.println("public fun newGetIndexOfClassId(index: Int): Int = getIndexOfClassId(index, newClassIdIndexesMap, newNameResolver)")
+        p.println("fun oldGetIndexOfClassId(index: Int): Int = getIndexOfClassId(index, oldClassIdIndexesMap, oldNameResolver)")
+        p.println("fun newGetIndexOfClassId(index: Int): Int = getIndexOfClassId(index, newClassIdIndexesMap, newNameResolver)")
         p.println()
 
-        p.println("public fun getIndexOfClassId(index: Int, map: MutableMap<Int, Int>, nameResolver: NameResolver): Int {")
+        p.println("fun getIndexOfClassId(index: Int, map: MutableMap<Int, Int>, nameResolver: NameResolver): Int {")
         p.println("    map[index]?.let { return it }")
         p.println()
         p.println("    val result = classIds.intern(nameResolver.getClassId(index))")
@@ -170,7 +170,7 @@ class GenerateProtoBufCompare {
         val extFields = extentionsMap[descriptor]?.filter { !it.isSkip } ?: emptyList()
 
         p.println()
-        p.println("public fun $typeName.$HASH_CODE_NAME(stringIndexes: (Int) -> Int, fqNameIndexes: (Int) -> Int): Int {")
+        p.println("fun $typeName.$HASH_CODE_NAME(stringIndexes: (Int) -> Int, fqNameIndexes: (Int) -> Int): Int {")
         p.pushIndent()
 
         p.println("var $HASH_CODE_NAME = 1")
@@ -237,12 +237,12 @@ class GenerateProtoBufCompare {
         val extFields = extentionsMap[descriptor]?.filter { !it.isSkip } ?: emptyList()
         val allFields = fields + extFields
 
-        p.println("public enum class ${className}Kind {")
+        p.println("enum class ${className}Kind {")
         p.println(allFields.joinToString(",\n    ") { "    " + it.enumName })
         p.println("}")
 
         p.println()
-        p.println("public fun difference(old: $typeName, new: $typeName): EnumSet<${className}Kind> {")
+        p.println("fun difference(old: $typeName, new: $typeName): EnumSet<${className}Kind> {")
         p.pushIndent()
 
         p.println("val $RESULT_NAME = EnumSet.noneOf(${className}Kind::class.java)")