diff --git a/plugins/kotlin/uast/uast-kotlin-base/src/org/jetbrains/uast/kotlin/expressions/KotlinUFunctionCallExpression.kt b/plugins/kotlin/uast/uast-kotlin-base/src/org/jetbrains/uast/kotlin/expressions/KotlinUFunctionCallExpression.kt
index f53d49eb32b7..d5e8c999c3bc 100644
--- a/plugins/kotlin/uast/uast-kotlin-base/src/org/jetbrains/uast/kotlin/expressions/KotlinUFunctionCallExpression.kt
+++ b/plugins/kotlin/uast/uast-kotlin-base/src/org/jetbrains/uast/kotlin/expressions/KotlinUFunctionCallExpression.kt
@@ -213,7 +213,7 @@ class KotlinUFunctionCallExpression(
         return false
     }
 
-    override fun methodNameCanBeOneOf(names: Collection<String>): Boolean {
+    fun methodNameCanBeOneOf(names: Collection<String>): Boolean {
         if (isMethodNameOneOfWithoutConsideringImportAliases(names)) return true
         val ktFile = sourcePsi.containingKtFile
         val aliasedNames = collectAliasedNamesForName(ktFile, names)
diff --git a/plugins/kotlin/uast/uast-kotlin-base/test/org/jetbrains/uast/test/common/kotlin/UastResolveApiFixtureTestBase.kt b/plugins/kotlin/uast/uast-kotlin-base/test/org/jetbrains/uast/test/common/kotlin/UastResolveApiFixtureTestBase.kt
index fa30cb294a98..425ab64621c2 100644
--- a/plugins/kotlin/uast/uast-kotlin-base/test/org/jetbrains/uast/test/common/kotlin/UastResolveApiFixtureTestBase.kt
+++ b/plugins/kotlin/uast/uast-kotlin-base/test/org/jetbrains/uast/test/common/kotlin/UastResolveApiFixtureTestBase.kt
@@ -1381,7 +1381,8 @@ interface UastResolveApiFixtureTestBase : UastPluginSelection {
             "Call should be present in the test"
         }
         TestCase.assertTrue(call is KotlinUFunctionCallExpression)
-        TestCase.assertTrue("expected method name to be one of ${names}", call!!.methodNameCanBeOneOf(names))
+        val ktCall = call as KotlinUFunctionCallExpression
+        TestCase.assertTrue("expected method name to be one of ${names}", ktCall.methodNameCanBeOneOf(names))
     }
 
 }
diff --git a/uast/uast-common/src/org/jetbrains/uast/expressions/UCallExpression.kt b/uast/uast-common/src/org/jetbrains/uast/expressions/UCallExpression.kt
index 40e69517641e..1ff67996d7d1 100644
--- a/uast/uast-common/src/org/jetbrains/uast/expressions/UCallExpression.kt
+++ b/uast/uast-common/src/org/jetbrains/uast/expressions/UCallExpression.kt
@@ -116,9 +116,8 @@ interface UCallExpression : UExpression, UResolvable {
   /**
    * Tries to perform optimized name checking for cases when [methodName] requires reference resolution.
    *
-   * May perform some heavy resolution inside for some languages (e.g., for Kotlin). For a lightweight check (with weaker guaranties), see [methodNameCanBeOneOf].
+   * May perform some heavy resolution inside for some languages (e.g., for Kotlin).
    *
-   * @see methodNameCanBeOneOf
    * @see methodName
    */
   @ApiStatus.Experimental
@@ -126,22 +125,6 @@ interface UCallExpression : UExpression, UResolvable {
     return names.contains(methodName ?: return false)
   }
 
-  /**
-   * Tries to check if the call can be resolved to some method with name from [names].
-   *
-   * It may return false-positive results, so an additional resolution check is needed in the case of [methodNameCanBeOneOf] returns `true`.
-   *
-   * Usually do not perform heavy resolution at the cost of sacrificing accuracy (may return false-positive results). For an accurate version which may perform heavy resolve see [isMethodNameOneOf].
-   *
-   * @param names list of method names we want to check it the call can be resolved to
-   * @return `false` if the call can definitely not be resolved to the method with name from [names]. Returns `true` if the call is resolved to the method with name from [names] or this is a false-positive result.
-   * @see isMethodNameOneOf
-   * @see methodName
-   */
-  @ApiStatus.Experimental
-  fun methodNameCanBeOneOf(names: Collection<String>): Boolean {
-    return isMethodNameOneOf(names)
-  }
 }
 
 @Deprecated("useless since IDEA 2019.2, because getArgumentForParameter moved to UCallExpression", ReplaceWith("UCallExpression"))