diff --git a/uast/uast-common/src/org/jetbrains/uast/UAnnotationUtils.kt b/uast/uast-common/src/org/jetbrains/uast/UAnnotationUtils.kt
index 9ff9d3de6c1a..ad721a1286f3 100644
--- a/uast/uast-common/src/org/jetbrains/uast/UAnnotationUtils.kt
+++ b/uast/uast-common/src/org/jetbrains/uast/UAnnotationUtils.kt
@@ -96,23 +96,7 @@ fun getContainingUAnnotationEntry(uElement: UElement?): Pair<UAnnotation, String
     }
   }
 
-  // The sole purpose of this function is to avoid possibly expensive parent.kind call
-  // inside retrievePsiAnnotationEntry above
-  tailrec fun isAnnotationComponent(uElement: UElement?): Boolean {
-    if (uElement == null) return false
-    val parent = uElement.uastParent
-    return when (parent) {
-      is UAnnotation -> true
-      is UReferenceExpression -> uElement is UExpression && parent.sourcePsi.toUElementOfType<UAnnotation>() != null
-      is UCallExpression ->
-        if (uElement is UExpression && parent.sourcePsi.toUElementOfType<UAnnotation>() != null) true
-        else isAnnotationComponent(parent)
-      is UPolyadicExpression, is UNamedExpression -> isAnnotationComponent(parent)
-      else -> false
-    }
-  }
-
-  return if (isAnnotationComponent(uElement)) retrievePsiAnnotationEntry(uElement, null) else null
+  return retrievePsiAnnotationEntry(uElement, null)
 }
 
 fun getContainingAnnotationEntry(uElement: UElement?): Pair<PsiAnnotation, String?>? {