diff --git a/plugins/kapt3/src/org/jetbrains/kotlin/kapt3/stubs/ClassFileToSourceStubConverter.kt b/plugins/kapt3/src/org/jetbrains/kotlin/kapt3/stubs/ClassFileToSourceStubConverter.kt
index c4c3427c6ec..a279b0ff79f 100644
--- a/plugins/kapt3/src/org/jetbrains/kotlin/kapt3/stubs/ClassFileToSourceStubConverter.kt
+++ b/plugins/kapt3/src/org/jetbrains/kotlin/kapt3/stubs/ClassFileToSourceStubConverter.kt
@@ -306,8 +306,7 @@ class ClassFileToSourceStubConverter(
         val descriptor = kaptContext.origins[method]?.descriptor as? CallableDescriptor ?: return null
 
         val isAnnotationHolderForProperty = descriptor is PropertyDescriptor && isSynthetic(method.access)
-                                            && isPrivate(method.access) && isStatic(method.access)
-                                            && method.name.endsWith("\$annotations")
+                                            && isStatic(method.access) && method.name.endsWith("\$annotations")
 
         if (isSynthetic(method.access) && !isAnnotationHolderForProperty) return null
 
diff --git a/plugins/kapt3/testData/converter/annotations.txt b/plugins/kapt3/testData/converter/annotations.txt
index 0378cfab95a..55a3c00712c 100644
--- a/plugins/kapt3/testData/converter/annotations.txt
+++ b/plugins/kapt3/testData/converter/annotations.txt
@@ -77,7 +77,7 @@ public final class TestAnno2 {
     }
 
     @Anno3(value = "property")
-    private static void b$annotations() {
+    public static void b$annotations() {
     }
 
     @org.jetbrains.annotations.NotNull()
diff --git a/plugins/kapt3/testData/converter/annotations2.txt b/plugins/kapt3/testData/converter/annotations2.txt
index 0657003ca3d..1dbbf0f5c15 100644
--- a/plugins/kapt3/testData/converter/annotations2.txt
+++ b/plugins/kapt3/testData/converter/annotations2.txt
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@ public final class AnnotationsTest {
     }
 
     @Anno(value = "top-level-val")
-    private static void topLevelVal$annotations(int p0) {
+    public static void topLevelVal$annotations(int p0) {
     }
 
     @org.jetbrains.annotations.NotNull()
@@ -68,14 +68,14 @@ public abstract class Test {
     public abstract java.lang.String abstractMethod();
 
     @Anno(value = "abstract-val")
-    private static void abstractVal$annotations() {
+    public static void abstractVal$annotations() {
     }
 
     @org.jetbrains.annotations.NotNull()
     public abstract java.lang.String getAbstractVal();
 
     @Anno(value = "v-property")
-    private static void v$annotations() {
+    public static void v$annotations() {
     }
 
     @org.jetbrains.annotations.NotNull()
diff --git a/plugins/kapt3/testData/converter/jvmStatic.txt b/plugins/kapt3/testData/converter/jvmStatic.txt
index 7c676f2dd80..36750b0f27e 100644
--- a/plugins/kapt3/testData/converter/jvmStatic.txt
+++ b/plugins/kapt3/testData/converter/jvmStatic.txt
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@ public final class JvmStaticTest {
 
     public static final class Companion {
 
-        private static void one$annotations() {
+        public static void one$annotations() {
         }
 
         public final int getOne() {
@@ -40,4 +40,4 @@ public final class JvmStaticTest {
             super();
         }
     }
-}
\ No newline at end of file
+}
diff --git a/plugins/kapt3/testData/converter/jvmStaticFieldInParent.txt b/plugins/kapt3/testData/converter/jvmStaticFieldInParent.txt
index 3d04b4b9785..8030f79b3f3 100644
--- a/plugins/kapt3/testData/converter/jvmStaticFieldInParent.txt
+++ b/plugins/kapt3/testData/converter/jvmStaticFieldInParent.txt
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@ public final class Test {
 
     public static final class A {
 
-        private static void test$annotations() {
+        public static void test$annotations() {
         }
 
         @org.jetbrains.annotations.NotNull()
diff --git a/plugins/kapt3/testData/converter/propertyAnnotations.txt b/plugins/kapt3/testData/converter/propertyAnnotations.txt
index fceca61a71e..e32f4091ce7 100644
--- a/plugins/kapt3/testData/converter/propertyAnnotations.txt
+++ b/plugins/kapt3/testData/converter/propertyAnnotations.txt
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@ public final class Test {
 
     @Anno2()
     @Anno()
-    private static void prop$annotations() {
+    public static void prop$annotations() {
     }
 
     @org.jetbrains.annotations.NotNull()
diff --git a/plugins/kapt3/testData/converter/topLevel.txt b/plugins/kapt3/testData/converter/topLevel.txt
index 4247153acf9..646c12862d9 100644
--- a/plugins/kapt3/testData/converter/topLevel.txt
+++ b/plugins/kapt3/testData/converter/topLevel.txt
@@ -46,7 +46,7 @@ public final class TopLevelKt {
     }
 
     @Anno(value = "extpr")
-    private static void extensionProperty$annotations(java.lang.Object p0) {
+    public static void extensionProperty$annotations(java.lang.Object p0) {
     }
 
     @org.jetbrains.annotations.NotNull()