diff --git a/tools/kotlin-native-gradle-plugin/src/main/kotlin/org/jetbrains/kotlin/gradle/plugin/konan/KonanPlugin.kt b/tools/kotlin-native-gradle-plugin/src/main/kotlin/org/jetbrains/kotlin/gradle/plugin/konan/KonanPlugin.kt
index b89516e886e..0f41f54bef1 100644
--- a/tools/kotlin-native-gradle-plugin/src/main/kotlin/org/jetbrains/kotlin/gradle/plugin/konan/KonanPlugin.kt
+++ b/tools/kotlin-native-gradle-plugin/src/main/kotlin/org/jetbrains/kotlin/gradle/plugin/konan/KonanPlugin.kt
@@ -299,7 +299,6 @@ class KonanPlugin @Inject constructor(private val registry: ToolingModelBuilderR
         KONAN_CONFIGURATION_BUILD_DIR  ("konan.configuration.build.dir"),
         KONAN_DEBUGGING_SYMBOLS        ("konan.debugging.symbols"),
         KONAN_OPTIMIZATIONS_ENABLE     ("konan.optimizations.enable"),
-        KONAN_PUBLICATION_ENABLED      ("konan.publication.enabled")
     }
 
     companion object {
@@ -337,12 +336,12 @@ class KonanPlugin @Inject constructor(private val registry: ToolingModelBuilderR
         project.tasks.create(KONAN_DOWNLOAD_TASK_NAME, KonanCompilerDownloadTask::class.java)
         project.tasks.create(KONAN_GENERATE_CMAKE_TASK_NAME, KonanGenerateCMakeTask::class.java)
         project.extensions.create(KONAN_EXTENSION_NAME, KonanExtension::class.java)
-        val container = project.extensions.create(KonanArtifactContainer::class.java, ARTIFACTS_CONTAINER_NAME, KonanArtifactContainer::class.java, project)
-        val isPublicationEnabled = project.gradle.services.get(FeaturePreviews::class.java).isFeatureEnabled(FeaturePreviews.Feature.GRADLE_METADATA)
-        project.setProperty(ProjectProperty.KONAN_PUBLICATION_ENABLED, isPublicationEnabled)
-        if (!isPublicationEnabled) {
-            project.logger.warn("feature GRADLE_METADATA is not enabled: publication is disabled")
-        }
+        val container = project.extensions.create(
+                KonanArtifactContainer::class.java,
+                ARTIFACTS_CONTAINER_NAME,
+                KonanArtifactContainer::class.java,
+                project
+        )
 
         project.warnAboutDeprecatedProperty(ProjectProperty.KONAN_HOME)
 
@@ -378,8 +377,6 @@ class KonanPlugin @Inject constructor(private val registry: ToolingModelBuilderR
         // Enable multiplatform support
         project.pluginManager.apply(KotlinNativePlatformPlugin::class.java)
         project.afterEvaluate {
-            if (!isPublicationEnabled)
-                return@afterEvaluate
             project.pluginManager.withPlugin("maven-publish") {
                 container.all { buildingConfig ->
                     val konanSoftwareComponent = buildingConfig.mainVariant
diff --git a/tools/kotlin-native-gradle-plugin/src/main/kotlin/org/jetbrains/kotlin/gradle/plugin/konan/tasks/KonanBaseTasks.kt b/tools/kotlin-native-gradle-plugin/src/main/kotlin/org/jetbrains/kotlin/gradle/plugin/konan/tasks/KonanBaseTasks.kt
index 7ebb04746b8..529e951d64c 100644
--- a/tools/kotlin-native-gradle-plugin/src/main/kotlin/org/jetbrains/kotlin/gradle/plugin/konan/tasks/KonanBaseTasks.kt
+++ b/tools/kotlin-native-gradle-plugin/src/main/kotlin/org/jetbrains/kotlin/gradle/plugin/konan/tasks/KonanBaseTasks.kt
@@ -101,8 +101,6 @@ abstract class KonanArtifactTask: KonanTargetableTask(), KonanArtifactSpec {
 
         val artifactNameWithoutSuffix = artifact.name.removeSuffix("$artifactSuffix")
         project.pluginManager.withPlugin("maven-publish") {
-            if (!(project.getProperty(KonanPlugin.ProjectProperty.KONAN_PUBLICATION_ENABLED) as Boolean))
-                return@withPlugin
             platformConfiguration.artifacts.add(object: PublishArtifact {
                 override fun getName(): String = artifactNameWithoutSuffix
                 override fun getExtension() = if (artifactSuffix.startsWith('.')) artifactSuffix.substring(1) else artifactSuffix
diff --git a/tools/kotlin-native-gradle-plugin/src/test/kotlin/ToolingModelTests.kt b/tools/kotlin-native-gradle-plugin/src/test/kotlin/ToolingModelTests.kt
index fda4bf66cfc..f6280f71cae 100644
--- a/tools/kotlin-native-gradle-plugin/src/test/kotlin/ToolingModelTests.kt
+++ b/tools/kotlin-native-gradle-plugin/src/test/kotlin/ToolingModelTests.kt
@@ -16,7 +16,6 @@
 
 package org.jetbrains.kotlin.gradle.plugin.test
 
-import org.gradle.api.internal.FeaturePreviews
 import org.gradle.api.internal.project.ProjectInternal
 import org.gradle.testfixtures.ProjectBuilder
 import org.jetbrains.kotlin.gradle.plugin.konan.KonanPlugin
@@ -233,8 +232,6 @@ open class ToolingModelTests {
                     }
                 }
             """.trimIndent())
-            propertiesFile.appendText("konan.publication.enabled=true")
-            settingsFile.appendText("enableFeaturePreview('GRADLE_METADATA')")
             generateSrcFile("main.kt")
         }
         dependency.createRunner().withArguments("build", "publish").build()
@@ -244,10 +241,9 @@ open class ToolingModelTests {
         }
 
 
-        val dependnent = ProjectBuilder.builder().withProjectDir(dependentDir).build() as ProjectInternal
+        val dependent = ProjectBuilder.builder().withProjectDir(dependentDir).build() as ProjectInternal
 
-        with(dependnent) {
-            gradle.services.get(FeaturePreviews::class.java).enableFeature(FeaturePreviews.Feature.GRADLE_METADATA)
+        with(dependent) {
             pluginManager.apply(KonanPlugin::class.java)
             konanArtifactsContainer.library("bar")
             repositories.maven {
@@ -257,7 +253,7 @@ open class ToolingModelTests {
                 add("artifactbar", "test:foo:1.0")
             }
         }
-        val model = KonanToolingModelBuilder.buildAll("konanModel", dependnent)
+        val model = KonanToolingModelBuilder.buildAll("konanModel", dependent)
         assertEquals(1, model.artifacts.size, "Incorrect number of artifacts.")
         val libraries = model.artifacts[0].libraries
         assertEquals(1, libraries.size, "Incorrect number of libraries.")