diff --git a/libraries/tools/kotlin-gradle-plugin-api/api/kotlin-gradle-plugin-api.api b/libraries/tools/kotlin-gradle-plugin-api/api/kotlin-gradle-plugin-api.api
index ea5b252e4b3..2d6167b4caf 100644
--- a/libraries/tools/kotlin-gradle-plugin-api/api/kotlin-gradle-plugin-api.api
+++ b/libraries/tools/kotlin-gradle-plugin-api/api/kotlin-gradle-plugin-api.api
@@ -1109,7 +1109,6 @@ public abstract interface class org/jetbrains/kotlin/gradle/plugin/KotlinSourceS
 	public abstract fun getLanguageSettings ()Lorg/jetbrains/kotlin/gradle/plugin/LanguageSettingsBuilder;
 	public abstract fun getResources ()Lorg/gradle/api/file/SourceDirectorySet;
 	public abstract fun getRuntimeOnlyMetadataConfigurationName ()Ljava/lang/String;
-	public abstract fun getSourceSets ()Lorg/gradle/api/NamedDomainObjectContainer;
 	public abstract fun kotlin (Lkotlin/jvm/functions/Function1;)Lorg/gradle/api/file/SourceDirectorySet;
 	public abstract fun kotlin (Lorg/gradle/api/Action;)Lorg/gradle/api/file/SourceDirectorySet;
 	public abstract fun languageSettings (Lkotlin/jvm/functions/Function1;)Lorg/jetbrains/kotlin/gradle/plugin/LanguageSettingsBuilder;
diff --git a/libraries/tools/kotlin-gradle-plugin-api/src/common/kotlin/org/jetbrains/kotlin/gradle/plugin/KotlinSourceSet.kt b/libraries/tools/kotlin-gradle-plugin-api/src/common/kotlin/org/jetbrains/kotlin/gradle/plugin/KotlinSourceSet.kt
index 80a11c30c02..092da201452 100644
--- a/libraries/tools/kotlin-gradle-plugin-api/src/common/kotlin/org/jetbrains/kotlin/gradle/plugin/KotlinSourceSet.kt
+++ b/libraries/tools/kotlin-gradle-plugin-api/src/common/kotlin/org/jetbrains/kotlin/gradle/plugin/KotlinSourceSet.kt
@@ -7,7 +7,6 @@ package org.jetbrains.kotlin.gradle.plugin
 
 import org.gradle.api.Action
 import org.gradle.api.Named
-import org.gradle.api.NamedDomainObjectContainer
 import org.gradle.api.file.SourceDirectorySet
 import org.jetbrains.kotlin.gradle.dsl.KotlinGradlePluginDsl
 import org.jetbrains.kotlin.tooling.core.HasMutableExtras
@@ -48,12 +47,4 @@ interface KotlinSourceSet : Named, HasProject, HasMutableExtras, HasKotlinDepend
 
     val customSourceFilesExtensions: Iterable<String> // lazy iterable expected
     fun addCustomSourceFilesExtensions(extensions: List<String>) {}
-
-    @Deprecated(
-        "Accessing 'sourceSets' container inside another KotlinSourceSet is deprecated. " +
-                "Consider accessing 'sourceSets' only on the Kotlin extension level.",
-        level = DeprecationLevel.WARNING,
-        replaceWith = ReplaceWith("project.kotlin.sourceSets")
-    )
-    val sourceSets: NamedDomainObjectContainer<KotlinSourceSet>
 }
diff --git a/libraries/tools/kotlin-gradle-plugin-api/src/common/kotlin/org/jetbrains/kotlin/gradle/plugin/KotlinTarget.kt b/libraries/tools/kotlin-gradle-plugin-api/src/common/kotlin/org/jetbrains/kotlin/gradle/plugin/KotlinTarget.kt
index 14fd51077fd..e1b3f6b58d5 100644
--- a/libraries/tools/kotlin-gradle-plugin-api/src/common/kotlin/org/jetbrains/kotlin/gradle/plugin/KotlinTarget.kt
+++ b/libraries/tools/kotlin-gradle-plugin-api/src/common/kotlin/org/jetbrains/kotlin/gradle/plugin/KotlinTarget.kt
@@ -83,9 +83,8 @@ interface KotlinTarget : Named, HasAttributes, HasProject, HasMutableExtras {
 
     @Deprecated(
         "Accessing 'sourceSets' container on the Kotlin target level DSL is deprecated. " +
-                "Consider accessing 'sourceSets' on the Kotlin extension level.",
-        level = DeprecationLevel.WARNING,
-        replaceWith = ReplaceWith("project.kotlin.sourceSets")
+                "Consider configuring 'sourceSets' on the Kotlin extension level.",
+        level = DeprecationLevel.WARNING
     )
     val sourceSets: NamedDomainObjectContainer<KotlinSourceSet>
 }
diff --git a/libraries/tools/kotlin-gradle-plugin/src/common/kotlin/org/jetbrains/kotlin/gradle/plugin/mpp/InternalKotlinTarget.kt b/libraries/tools/kotlin-gradle-plugin/src/common/kotlin/org/jetbrains/kotlin/gradle/plugin/mpp/InternalKotlinTarget.kt
index b4474fd9fb3..4fc2f15cee4 100644
--- a/libraries/tools/kotlin-gradle-plugin/src/common/kotlin/org/jetbrains/kotlin/gradle/plugin/mpp/InternalKotlinTarget.kt
+++ b/libraries/tools/kotlin-gradle-plugin/src/common/kotlin/org/jetbrains/kotlin/gradle/plugin/mpp/InternalKotlinTarget.kt
@@ -31,9 +31,8 @@ internal interface InternalKotlinTarget : KotlinTarget, HasMutableExtras {
 
     @Deprecated(
         "Accessing 'sourceSets' container on the Kotlin target level DSL is deprecated. " +
-                "Consider accessing 'sourceSets' on the Kotlin extension level.",
-        level = DeprecationLevel.WARNING,
-        replaceWith = ReplaceWith("project.kotlin.sourceSets")
+                "Consider configuring 'sourceSets' on the Kotlin extension level.",
+        level = DeprecationLevel.WARNING
     )
     override val sourceSets: NamedDomainObjectContainer<KotlinSourceSet>
         get() = project.extensions.getByType<KotlinProjectExtension>().sourceSets
diff --git a/libraries/tools/kotlin-gradle-plugin/src/common/kotlin/org/jetbrains/kotlin/gradle/plugin/sources/InternalKotlinSourceSet.kt b/libraries/tools/kotlin-gradle-plugin/src/common/kotlin/org/jetbrains/kotlin/gradle/plugin/sources/InternalKotlinSourceSet.kt
index f52eb11f51a..f031a50e962 100644
--- a/libraries/tools/kotlin-gradle-plugin/src/common/kotlin/org/jetbrains/kotlin/gradle/plugin/sources/InternalKotlinSourceSet.kt
+++ b/libraries/tools/kotlin-gradle-plugin/src/common/kotlin/org/jetbrains/kotlin/gradle/plugin/sources/InternalKotlinSourceSet.kt
@@ -5,8 +5,6 @@
 
 package org.jetbrains.kotlin.gradle.plugin.sources
 
-import org.gradle.api.NamedDomainObjectContainer
-import org.jetbrains.kotlin.gradle.dsl.KotlinProjectExtension
 import org.jetbrains.kotlin.gradle.plugin.KotlinCompilation
 import org.jetbrains.kotlin.gradle.plugin.KotlinPluginLifecycle
 import org.jetbrains.kotlin.gradle.plugin.KotlinSourceSet
@@ -14,7 +12,6 @@ import org.jetbrains.kotlin.gradle.plugin.await
 import org.jetbrains.kotlin.gradle.plugin.mpp.KotlinMetadataCompilation
 import org.jetbrains.kotlin.gradle.utils.MutableObservableSet
 import org.jetbrains.kotlin.gradle.utils.ObservableSet
-import org.jetbrains.kotlin.gradle.utils.getByType
 
 internal val KotlinSourceSet.internal: InternalKotlinSourceSet
     get() = (this as? InternalKotlinSourceSet) ?: throw IllegalArgumentException(
@@ -29,15 +26,6 @@ internal interface InternalKotlinSourceSet : KotlinSourceSet {
 
     /** Configuration that resolves into sources variants of all Source Set dependencies */
     val dependencySourcesConfigurationName: String
-
-    @Deprecated(
-        "Accessing 'sourceSets' container inside another KotlinSourceSet is deprecated. " +
-                "Consider accessing 'sourceSets' only on the Kotlin extension level.",
-        level = DeprecationLevel.WARNING,
-        replaceWith = ReplaceWith("project.kotlin.sourceSets")
-    )
-    override val sourceSets: NamedDomainObjectContainer<KotlinSourceSet>
-        get() = project.extensions.getByType<KotlinProjectExtension>().sourceSets
 }
 
 internal suspend fun InternalKotlinSourceSet.awaitPlatformCompilations(): Set<KotlinCompilation<*>> {
diff --git a/libraries/tools/kotlin-gradle-plugin/src/functionalTest/kotlin/org/jetbrains/kotlin/gradle/unitTests/InternalKotlinCompilationTest.kt b/libraries/tools/kotlin-gradle-plugin/src/functionalTest/kotlin/org/jetbrains/kotlin/gradle/unitTests/InternalKotlinCompilationTest.kt
index 6129e3b008a..1b5685d8029 100644
--- a/libraries/tools/kotlin-gradle-plugin/src/functionalTest/kotlin/org/jetbrains/kotlin/gradle/unitTests/InternalKotlinCompilationTest.kt
+++ b/libraries/tools/kotlin-gradle-plugin/src/functionalTest/kotlin/org/jetbrains/kotlin/gradle/unitTests/InternalKotlinCompilationTest.kt
@@ -7,30 +7,14 @@
 
 package org.jetbrains.kotlin.gradle.unitTests
 
-import org.jetbrains.kotlin.gradle.dsl.multiplatformExtension
 import org.jetbrains.kotlin.gradle.plugin.KotlinCompilation
 import org.jetbrains.kotlin.gradle.plugin.mpp.InternalKotlinCompilation
 import org.jetbrains.kotlin.gradle.util.assertAllImplementationsAlsoImplement
-import org.jetbrains.kotlin.gradle.util.buildProjectWithMPP
 import org.junit.Test
-import kotlin.test.assertEquals
 
 class InternalKotlinSourceSetTest {
     @Test
     fun `test - all implementations of KotlinCompilation - implement InternalKotlinCompilation`() {
         assertAllImplementationsAlsoImplement(KotlinCompilation::class, InternalKotlinCompilation::class)
     }
-
-    @Test
-    fun `sourceSets inside should be equal to extension one`() {
-        val project = buildProjectWithMPP {}
-
-        project.evaluate()
-
-        val projectSourceSets = project.multiplatformExtension.sourceSets
-        project.multiplatformExtension.sourceSets.forEach {
-            @Suppress("DEPRECATION")
-            assertEquals(projectSourceSets, it.sourceSets)
-        }
-    }
 }