diff --git a/compiler/backend/src/org/jetbrains/kotlin/codegen/annotation/AnnotatedWithOnlyTargetedAnnotations.kt b/compiler/backend/src/org/jetbrains/kotlin/codegen/annotation/AnnotatedWithOnlyTargetedAnnotations.kt
index 443be823075..5df9ad9a035 100644
--- a/compiler/backend/src/org/jetbrains/kotlin/codegen/annotation/AnnotatedWithOnlyTargetedAnnotations.kt
+++ b/compiler/backend/src/org/jetbrains/kotlin/codegen/annotation/AnnotatedWithOnlyTargetedAnnotations.kt
@@ -36,8 +36,6 @@ class AnnotatedWithOnlyTargetedAnnotations(original: Annotated) : Annotated {
 
         override fun findAnnotation(fqName: FqName) = null
 
-        override fun findExternalAnnotation(fqName: FqName) = null
-
         override fun getUseSiteTargetedAnnotations() = getAdditionalTargetedAnnotations()
 
         override fun getAllAnnotations() = getAdditionalTargetedAnnotations()
@@ -48,4 +46,4 @@ class AnnotatedWithOnlyTargetedAnnotations(original: Annotated) : Annotated {
     }
 }
 
-class AnnotatedSimple(annotations: Annotations) : AnnotatedImpl(annotations)
\ No newline at end of file
+class AnnotatedSimple(annotations: Annotations) : AnnotatedImpl(annotations)
diff --git a/compiler/frontend/src/org/jetbrains/kotlin/resolve/lazy/descriptors/LazyAnnotations.kt b/compiler/frontend/src/org/jetbrains/kotlin/resolve/lazy/descriptors/LazyAnnotations.kt
index 023006551e7..ad59d3fd215 100644
--- a/compiler/frontend/src/org/jetbrains/kotlin/resolve/lazy/descriptors/LazyAnnotations.kt
+++ b/compiler/frontend/src/org/jetbrains/kotlin/resolve/lazy/descriptors/LazyAnnotations.kt
@@ -78,8 +78,6 @@ class LazyAnnotations(
         return null
     }
 
-    override fun findExternalAnnotation(fqName: FqName) = null
-
     override fun getUseSiteTargetedAnnotations(): List<AnnotationWithTarget> {
         return annotationEntries
                 .mapNotNull {
diff --git a/core/descriptor.loader.java/src/org/jetbrains/kotlin/load/java/typeEnhancement/typeEnhancement.kt b/core/descriptor.loader.java/src/org/jetbrains/kotlin/load/java/typeEnhancement/typeEnhancement.kt
index 56a2e160970..cd14c87a112 100644
--- a/core/descriptor.loader.java/src/org/jetbrains/kotlin/load/java/typeEnhancement/typeEnhancement.kt
+++ b/core/descriptor.loader.java/src/org/jetbrains/kotlin/load/java/typeEnhancement/typeEnhancement.kt
@@ -194,8 +194,6 @@ private class EnhancedTypeAnnotations(private val fqNameToMatch: FqName) : Annot
         else -> null
     }
 
-    override fun findExternalAnnotation(fqName: FqName) = null
-
     override fun getAllAnnotations() = this.map { AnnotationWithTarget(it, null) }
 
     override fun getUseSiteTargetedAnnotations() = emptyList<AnnotationWithTarget>()
diff --git a/core/descriptors/src/org/jetbrains/kotlin/descriptors/annotations/Annotations.kt b/core/descriptors/src/org/jetbrains/kotlin/descriptors/annotations/Annotations.kt
index 97c1f647eaa..6531072ee45 100644
--- a/core/descriptors/src/org/jetbrains/kotlin/descriptors/annotations/Annotations.kt
+++ b/core/descriptors/src/org/jetbrains/kotlin/descriptors/annotations/Annotations.kt
@@ -32,7 +32,7 @@ interface Annotations : Iterable<AnnotationDescriptor> {
 
     fun hasAnnotation(fqName: FqName) = findAnnotation(fqName) != null
 
-    fun findExternalAnnotation(fqName: FqName): AnnotationDescriptor?
+    fun findExternalAnnotation(fqName: FqName): AnnotationDescriptor? = null
 
     fun getUseSiteTargetedAnnotations(): List<AnnotationWithTarget>
 
@@ -45,8 +45,6 @@ interface Annotations : Iterable<AnnotationDescriptor> {
 
             override fun findAnnotation(fqName: FqName) = null
 
-            override fun findExternalAnnotation(fqName: FqName) = null
-
             override fun getUseSiteTargetedAnnotations() = emptyList<AnnotationWithTarget>()
 
             override fun getAllAnnotations() = emptyList<AnnotationWithTarget>()
diff --git a/core/descriptors/src/org/jetbrains/kotlin/descriptors/annotations/AnnotationsImpl.kt b/core/descriptors/src/org/jetbrains/kotlin/descriptors/annotations/AnnotationsImpl.kt
index ee969875c3e..58d3630c19c 100644
--- a/core/descriptors/src/org/jetbrains/kotlin/descriptors/annotations/AnnotationsImpl.kt
+++ b/core/descriptors/src/org/jetbrains/kotlin/descriptors/annotations/AnnotationsImpl.kt
@@ -53,8 +53,6 @@ class AnnotationsImpl : Annotations {
 
     override fun getAllAnnotations() = targetedAnnotations
 
-    override fun findExternalAnnotation(fqName: FqName) = null
-
     override fun iterator() = annotations.iterator()
 
     override fun toString() = annotations.toString()
diff --git a/core/descriptors/src/org/jetbrains/kotlin/resolve/annotationsForResolve.kt b/core/descriptors/src/org/jetbrains/kotlin/resolve/annotationsForResolve.kt
index 08b9beffacc..2cb440b09b2 100644
--- a/core/descriptors/src/org/jetbrains/kotlin/resolve/annotationsForResolve.kt
+++ b/core/descriptors/src/org/jetbrains/kotlin/resolve/annotationsForResolve.kt
@@ -66,8 +66,6 @@ private class AnnotationsWithOnly(val presentAnnotation: FqName): Annotations {
 
     override fun findAnnotation(fqName: FqName): AnnotationDescriptor? = null
 
-    override fun findExternalAnnotation(fqName: FqName): AnnotationDescriptor? = null
-
     override fun getUseSiteTargetedAnnotations(): List<AnnotationWithTarget> = emptyList()
 
     override fun getAllAnnotations(): List<AnnotationWithTarget> = emptyList()
diff --git a/core/deserialization/src/org/jetbrains/kotlin/serialization/deserialization/descriptors/DeserializedAnnotations.kt b/core/deserialization/src/org/jetbrains/kotlin/serialization/deserialization/descriptors/DeserializedAnnotations.kt
index d633bde7857..3ff39885ba3 100644
--- a/core/deserialization/src/org/jetbrains/kotlin/serialization/deserialization/descriptors/DeserializedAnnotations.kt
+++ b/core/deserialization/src/org/jetbrains/kotlin/serialization/deserialization/descriptors/DeserializedAnnotations.kt
@@ -36,8 +36,6 @@ class DeserializedAnnotations(
     override fun findAnnotation(fqName: FqName) =
             annotations.firstOrNull { annotation -> annotation.annotationClass?.fqNameUnsafe == fqName.toUnsafe() }
 
-    override fun findExternalAnnotation(fqName: FqName) = null
-
     override fun getUseSiteTargetedAnnotations(): List<AnnotationWithTarget> = emptyList()
 
     override fun getAllAnnotations(): List<AnnotationWithTarget> = annotations.map { AnnotationWithTarget(it, null) }
@@ -58,8 +56,6 @@ class DeserializedAnnotationsWithPossibleTargets(
                 target == null && annotation.annotationClass?.fqNameUnsafe == fqName.toUnsafe()
             }?.annotation
 
-    override fun findExternalAnnotation(fqName: FqName) = null
-
     override fun getUseSiteTargetedAnnotations(): List<AnnotationWithTarget> = annotations.filter { it.target != null }
 
     override fun getAllAnnotations(): List<AnnotationWithTarget> = annotations