diff --git a/compiler/tests/org/jetbrains/kotlin/jvm/compiler/CompileKotlinAgainstCustomBinariesTest.kt b/compiler/tests/org/jetbrains/kotlin/jvm/compiler/CompileKotlinAgainstCustomBinariesTest.kt
index 69335cbc7c3..fe37bafb3e7 100644
--- a/compiler/tests/org/jetbrains/kotlin/jvm/compiler/CompileKotlinAgainstCustomBinariesTest.kt
+++ b/compiler/tests/org/jetbrains/kotlin/jvm/compiler/CompileKotlinAgainstCustomBinariesTest.kt
@@ -326,7 +326,10 @@ class CompileKotlinAgainstCustomBinariesTest : AbstractKotlinCompilerIntegration
 
     fun testRequireKotlinInNestedClassesAgainst14Js() {
         val library = compileJsLibrary("library", additionalOptions = listOf("-Xmetadata-version=1.4.0"))
-        compileKotlin("source.kt", File(tmpdir, "usage.js"), listOf(library), K2JSCompiler())
+        compileKotlin(
+            "source.kt", File(tmpdir, "usage.js"), listOf(library), K2JSCompiler(),
+            additionalOptions = listOf("-Xskip-metadata-version-check")
+        )
     }
 
     /*test source mapping generation when source info is absent*/
diff --git a/compiler/util/src/org/jetbrains/kotlin/utils/KotlinJavascriptMetadataUtils.kt b/compiler/util/src/org/jetbrains/kotlin/utils/KotlinJavascriptMetadataUtils.kt
index bf3f14073b1..4bf35a160c9 100644
--- a/compiler/util/src/org/jetbrains/kotlin/utils/KotlinJavascriptMetadataUtils.kt
+++ b/compiler/util/src/org/jetbrains/kotlin/utils/KotlinJavascriptMetadataUtils.kt
@@ -27,7 +27,7 @@ class KotlinJavascriptMetadata(val version: JsMetadataVersion, val moduleName: S
 // TODO: move to JS modules
 class JsMetadataVersion(vararg numbers: Int) : BinaryVersion(*numbers) {
     override fun isCompatible(): Boolean =
-        isMetadataVersionCompatible()
+        this.isCompatibleTo(INSTANCE)
 
     fun toInteger() = (patch shl 16) + (minOf(minor, 255) shl 8) + minOf(major, 255)
 
diff --git a/core/metadata.jvm/src/org/jetbrains/kotlin/metadata/jvm/deserialization/JvmMetadataVersion.kt b/core/metadata.jvm/src/org/jetbrains/kotlin/metadata/jvm/deserialization/JvmMetadataVersion.kt
index 6c8df190766..5ed58e5d6b3 100644
--- a/core/metadata.jvm/src/org/jetbrains/kotlin/metadata/jvm/deserialization/JvmMetadataVersion.kt
+++ b/core/metadata.jvm/src/org/jetbrains/kotlin/metadata/jvm/deserialization/JvmMetadataVersion.kt
@@ -12,9 +12,11 @@ import org.jetbrains.kotlin.metadata.deserialization.BinaryVersion
  * This version includes the version of the core protobuf messages (metadata.proto) as well as JVM extensions (jvm_metadata.proto).
  */
 class JvmMetadataVersion(vararg numbers: Int) : BinaryVersion(*numbers) {
-    // NOTE: 1.1 is incompatible with 1.0
+    // In Kotlin 1.4, JVM metadata version is going to be advanced to 1.4.0.
+    // Kotlin 1.3 is able to read metadata of versions up to Kotlin 1.4.
+    // NOTE: 1.0 is a pre-Kotlin-1.0 metadata version, with which the current compiler is incompatible
     override fun isCompatible() =
-        isMetadataVersionCompatible() && minor != 0
+        major == 1 && minor in 1..4
 
     companion object {
         @JvmField
diff --git a/core/metadata/src/org/jetbrains/kotlin/metadata/builtins/BuiltInsBinaryVersion.kt b/core/metadata/src/org/jetbrains/kotlin/metadata/builtins/BuiltInsBinaryVersion.kt
index d59e193637f..09f99f43e6d 100644
--- a/core/metadata/src/org/jetbrains/kotlin/metadata/builtins/BuiltInsBinaryVersion.kt
+++ b/core/metadata/src/org/jetbrains/kotlin/metadata/builtins/BuiltInsBinaryVersion.kt
@@ -14,8 +14,8 @@ import java.io.InputStream
  * of the core protobuf messages (metadata.proto).
  */
 class BuiltInsBinaryVersion(vararg numbers: Int) : BinaryVersion(*numbers) {
-    override fun isCompatible() =
-        isMetadataVersionCompatible()
+    override fun isCompatible(): Boolean =
+        this.isCompatibleTo(INSTANCE)
 
     companion object {
         @JvmField
diff --git a/core/metadata/src/org/jetbrains/kotlin/metadata/deserialization/BinaryVersion.kt b/core/metadata/src/org/jetbrains/kotlin/metadata/deserialization/BinaryVersion.kt
index 541c9b314c6..d6ab3041893 100644
--- a/core/metadata/src/org/jetbrains/kotlin/metadata/deserialization/BinaryVersion.kt
+++ b/core/metadata/src/org/jetbrains/kotlin/metadata/deserialization/BinaryVersion.kt
@@ -35,12 +35,6 @@ abstract class BinaryVersion(private vararg val numbers: Int) {
         else major == ourVersion.major && minor <= ourVersion.minor
     }
 
-    // In Kotlin 1.4, all metadata versions (JVM, JS, built-ins/metadata) are going to be advanced to 1.4.0.
-    // Kotlin 1.3 is able to read metadata of versions up to Kotlin 1.4
-    protected fun isMetadataVersionCompatible(): Boolean {
-        return major == 1 && minor <= 4
-    }
-
     fun isAtLeast(major: Int, minor: Int, patch: Int): Boolean {
         if (this.major > major) return true
         if (this.major < major) return false