diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 561c56918f..c36a0b1352 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -8,6 +8,8 @@ This project adheres to [Semantic Versioning](https://semver.org/).
 
 ### Fixed
 
+* Remove experimental flag `-Xuse-k2` as it forces API Consumers to compile their projects with this same flag ([#1506](https://github.com/pinterest/ktlint/issues/1506)).
+
 ### Changed
 
 ### Removed
diff --git a/buildSrc/src/main/kotlin/ktlint-kotlin-common.gradle.kts b/buildSrc/src/main/kotlin/ktlint-kotlin-common.gradle.kts
index 512acbfe8e..f5e1c29b6b 100644
--- a/buildSrc/src/main/kotlin/ktlint-kotlin-common.gradle.kts
+++ b/buildSrc/src/main/kotlin/ktlint-kotlin-common.gradle.kts
@@ -19,11 +19,4 @@ kotlin {
     }
 }
 
-tasks.withType<KotlinCompile>().configureEach {
-    kotlinOptions {
-        @Suppress("SuspiciousCollectionReassignment")
-        freeCompilerArgs += listOf("-Xuse-k2")
-    }
-}
-
 addAdditionalJdkVersionTests()