diff --git a/kotlin-native/backend.native/compiler/ir/backend.native/src/org/jetbrains/kotlin/backend/konan/serialization/KonanIrlinker.kt b/kotlin-native/backend.native/compiler/ir/backend.native/src/org/jetbrains/kotlin/backend/konan/serialization/KonanIrlinker.kt
index 69a282cf6a1..9906bdc6b82 100644
--- a/kotlin-native/backend.native/compiler/ir/backend.native/src/org/jetbrains/kotlin/backend/konan/serialization/KonanIrlinker.kt
+++ b/kotlin-native/backend.native/compiler/ir/backend.native/src/org/jetbrains/kotlin/backend/konan/serialization/KonanIrlinker.kt
@@ -101,7 +101,9 @@ internal class KonanIrLinker(
         }
 
         if (klib is KotlinLibrary && klib.isInteropLibrary()) {
-            val isCached = cachedLibraries.isLibraryCached(klib)
+            // See https://youtrack.jetbrains.com/issue/KT-43517.
+            // Disabling this flag forces linker to generate IR.
+            val isCached = false //cachedLibraries.isLibraryCached(klib)
             return KonanInteropModuleDeserializer(moduleDescriptor, isCached)
         }