diff --git a/compiler/frontend/src/org/jetbrains/kotlin/psi/JetClassOrObject.kt b/compiler/frontend/src/org/jetbrains/kotlin/psi/JetClassOrObject.kt
index 0d478ee8048..652c1dd93b2 100644
--- a/compiler/frontend/src/org/jetbrains/kotlin/psi/JetClassOrObject.kt
+++ b/compiler/frontend/src/org/jetbrains/kotlin/psi/JetClassOrObject.kt
@@ -108,7 +108,6 @@ abstract public class JetClassOrObject :
 
     public fun getSecondaryConstructors(): List<JetSecondaryConstructor> = getBody()?.getSecondaryConstructors().orEmpty()
 
-    @Deprecated("It's no more possible to determine it exactly using AST. Use ClassDescriptor.getKind() instead")
     public fun isAnnotation(): Boolean =
             getAnnotation(KotlinBuiltIns.FQ_NAMES.annotation.shortName().asString()) != null || hasModifier(JetTokens.ANNOTATION_KEYWORD)