diff --git a/compiler/daemon/src/org/jetbrains/kotlin/daemon/CompileServiceImpl.kt b/compiler/daemon/src/org/jetbrains/kotlin/daemon/CompileServiceImpl.kt
index 7b0e8b089a7..01975583874 100644
--- a/compiler/daemon/src/org/jetbrains/kotlin/daemon/CompileServiceImpl.kt
+++ b/compiler/daemon/src/org/jetbrains/kotlin/daemon/CompileServiceImpl.kt
@@ -525,7 +525,6 @@ class CompileServiceImpl(
         }
     }
 
-    // todo: non-IC non-KTS scripts?
     private fun execIncrementalCompiler(
         k2jvmArgs: K2JVMCompilerArguments,
         incrementalCompilationOptions: IncrementalCompilationOptions,
diff --git a/libraries/tools/kotlin-gradle-plugin-integration-tests/src/test/kotlin/org/jetbrains/kotlin/gradle/SubpluginsIT.kt b/libraries/tools/kotlin-gradle-plugin-integration-tests/src/test/kotlin/org/jetbrains/kotlin/gradle/SubpluginsIT.kt
index 59a9e287dbf..4473b49fccf 100644
--- a/libraries/tools/kotlin-gradle-plugin-integration-tests/src/test/kotlin/org/jetbrains/kotlin/gradle/SubpluginsIT.kt
+++ b/libraries/tools/kotlin-gradle-plugin-integration-tests/src/test/kotlin/org/jetbrains/kotlin/gradle/SubpluginsIT.kt
@@ -124,10 +124,19 @@ class SubpluginsIT : BaseGradleIT() {
         }
     }
 
+    @Test
+    fun testScriptingCustomExtensionNonIncremental() {
+        testScriptingCustomExtensionImpl(withIC = false)
+    }
+
     @Test
     fun testScriptingCustomExtensionIncremental() {
+        testScriptingCustomExtensionImpl(withIC = true)
+    }
+
+    private fun testScriptingCustomExtensionImpl(withIC: Boolean) {
         val project = Project("scriptingCustomExtension")
-        val options = defaultBuildOptions().copy(incremental = true, kotlinDaemonDebugPort = null)
+        val options = defaultBuildOptions().copy(incremental = withIC)
 
         project.setupWorkingDir()
         val bobGreet = project.projectFile("bob.greet")
@@ -137,17 +146,24 @@ class SubpluginsIT : BaseGradleIT() {
 
         project.build("build", options = options) {
             assertSuccessful()
-            assertCompiledKotlinSources(project.relativize(bobGreet, aliceGreet, worldGreet, greetScriptTemplateKt))
             val classesDir = kotlinClassesDir("app", "main")
             assertFileExists("${classesDir}World.class")
             assertFileExists("${classesDir}Alice.class")
             assertFileExists("${classesDir}Bob.class")
+
+            if (withIC) {
+                // compile iterations are not logged when IC is disabled
+                assertCompiledKotlinSources(project.relativize(bobGreet, aliceGreet, worldGreet, greetScriptTemplateKt))
+            }
         }
 
         bobGreet.modify { it.replace("Bob", "Uncle Bob") }
         project.build("build", options = options) {
             assertSuccessful()
-            assertCompiledKotlinSources(project.relativize(bobGreet))
+
+            if (withIC) {
+                assertCompiledKotlinSources(project.relativize(bobGreet))
+            }
         }
     }
 
diff --git a/libraries/tools/kotlin-gradle-plugin/src/main/kotlin/org/jetbrains/kotlin/compilerRunner/GradleKotlinCompilerRunner.kt b/libraries/tools/kotlin-gradle-plugin/src/main/kotlin/org/jetbrains/kotlin/compilerRunner/GradleKotlinCompilerRunner.kt
index b8d4af8ff77..09565f9b3eb 100644
--- a/libraries/tools/kotlin-gradle-plugin/src/main/kotlin/org/jetbrains/kotlin/compilerRunner/GradleKotlinCompilerRunner.kt
+++ b/libraries/tools/kotlin-gradle-plugin/src/main/kotlin/org/jetbrains/kotlin/compilerRunner/GradleKotlinCompilerRunner.kt
@@ -76,11 +76,6 @@ internal open class GradleCompilerRunner(protected val task: Task) {
         args.commonSources = commonSources.map { it.absolutePath }.toTypedArray()
         args.javaSourceRoots = javaSourceRoots.map { it.absolutePath }.toTypedArray()
         args.javaPackagePrefix = javaPackagePrefix
-
-        if (environment.incrementalCompilationEnvironment == null || kotlinCompilerExecutionStrategy() != DAEMON_EXECUTION_STRATEGY) {
-            args.destination = null
-        }
-
         runCompilerAsync(KotlinCompilerClass.JVM, args, environment)
     }