diff --git a/jps/jps-plugin/test/org/jetbrains/kotlin/jps/build/KotlinJpsBuildTest.kt b/jps/jps-plugin/test/org/jetbrains/kotlin/jps/build/KotlinJpsBuildTest.kt
index f967323bcb7..4e34f068d9f 100644
--- a/jps/jps-plugin/test/org/jetbrains/kotlin/jps/build/KotlinJpsBuildTest.kt
+++ b/jps/jps-plugin/test/org/jetbrains/kotlin/jps/build/KotlinJpsBuildTest.kt
@@ -31,6 +31,7 @@ import org.jetbrains.jps.builders.BuildResult
 import org.jetbrains.jps.builders.CompileScopeTestBuilder
 import org.jetbrains.jps.builders.JpsBuildTestCase
 import org.jetbrains.jps.builders.TestProjectBuilderLogger
+import org.jetbrains.jps.builders.impl.BuildDataPathsImpl
 import org.jetbrains.jps.builders.logging.BuildLoggingManager
 import org.jetbrains.jps.incremental.BuilderRegistry
 import org.jetbrains.jps.incremental.IncProjectBuilder
@@ -641,6 +642,15 @@ public class KotlinJpsBuildTest : AbstractKotlinJpsBuildTestCase() {
         )
     }
 
+    public fun testDoNotCreateUselessKotlinIncrementalCaches() {
+        initProject()
+        makeAll().assertSuccessful()
+
+        val storageRoot = BuildDataPathsImpl(myDataStorageRoot).dataStorageRoot
+        assertTrue(File(storageRoot, "targets/java-test/kotlinProject/kotlin").exists())
+        assertFalse(File(storageRoot, "targets/java-production/kotlinProject/kotlin").exists())
+    }
+
     private fun buildCustom(canceledStatus: CanceledStatus, logger: TestProjectBuilderLogger,buildResult: BuildResult) {
         val scopeBuilder = CompileScopeTestBuilder.make().all()
         val descriptor = this.createProjectDescriptor(BuildLoggingManager(logger))