diff --git a/compiler/tests/org/jetbrains/kotlin/codegen/JvmModuleProtoBufTest.kt b/compiler/tests/org/jetbrains/kotlin/codegen/JvmModuleProtoBufTest.kt
index 8cbebc69d04..ae4d0b561ba 100644
--- a/compiler/tests/org/jetbrains/kotlin/codegen/JvmModuleProtoBufTest.kt
+++ b/compiler/tests/org/jetbrains/kotlin/codegen/JvmModuleProtoBufTest.kt
@@ -45,7 +45,7 @@ class JvmModuleProtoBufTest : KtUsefulTestCase() {
                 "-d", tmpdir.path,
                 "-module-name", moduleName,
                 "-language-version", compileWith.versionString
-        ) + extraOptions + listOfNotNull("-Xskip-metadata-version-check".takeIf { KotlinCompilerVersion.isPreRelease() }))
+        ) + extraOptions)
 
         val mapping = ModuleMapping.loadModuleMapping(
                 File(tmpdir, "META-INF/$moduleName.${ModuleMapping.MAPPING_FILE_EXT}").readBytes(), "test",
diff --git a/compiler/util/src/org/jetbrains/kotlin/config/LanguageVersionSettings.kt b/compiler/util/src/org/jetbrains/kotlin/config/LanguageVersionSettings.kt
index f5ac791d74e..a5cefb7827c 100644
--- a/compiler/util/src/org/jetbrains/kotlin/config/LanguageVersionSettings.kt
+++ b/compiler/util/src/org/jetbrains/kotlin/config/LanguageVersionSettings.kt
@@ -275,7 +275,7 @@ class LanguageVersionSettingsImpl @JvmOverloads constructor(
         }
     }
 
-    override fun isPreRelease(): Boolean = languageVersion.isPreRelease() ||
+    override fun isPreRelease(): Boolean = KotlinCompilerVersion.isPreRelease() ||
             specificFeatures.any { (feature, state) ->
                 state == LanguageFeature.State.ENABLED && feature.forcesPreReleaseBinariesIfEnabled()
             }