diff --git a/tools/intellij.tools.ide.starter/src/com/intellij/ide/starter/plugins/PluginConfigurator.kt b/tools/intellij.tools.ide.starter/src/com/intellij/ide/starter/plugins/PluginConfigurator.kt
index 317566ef7626..a387399f6800 100644
--- a/tools/intellij.tools.ide.starter/src/com/intellij/ide/starter/plugins/PluginConfigurator.kt
+++ b/tools/intellij.tools.ide.starter/src/com/intellij/ide/starter/plugins/PluginConfigurator.kt
@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@ import com.intellij.ide.starter.path.GlobalPaths
 import com.intellij.ide.starter.utils.FileSystem
 import com.intellij.ide.starter.utils.HttpClient
 import com.intellij.tools.ide.util.common.logOutput
+import org.jetbrains.annotations.ApiStatus
 import java.nio.file.Files
 import java.nio.file.Path
 import java.util.jar.JarFile
@@ -46,6 +47,7 @@ open class PluginConfigurator(val testContext: IDETestContext) {
     pathToPluginDir.copyToRecursively(targetPluginDir, followLinks = false, overwrite = false)
   }
 
+  @ApiStatus.ScheduledForRemoval
   @Deprecated("Use [installPluginFromDir] instead", level = DeprecationLevel.ERROR)
   @Suppress("unused")
   fun installPluginFromFolder(pathToPluginFolder: java.io.File): PluginConfigurator = installPluginFromDir(pathToPluginFolder.toPath())