diff --git a/compiler/src/dotty/tools/dotc/config/ScalaSettings.scala b/compiler/src/dotty/tools/dotc/config/ScalaSettings.scala
index 7a81a33ace66..f7e63d7c3e9d 100644
--- a/compiler/src/dotty/tools/dotc/config/ScalaSettings.scala
+++ b/compiler/src/dotty/tools/dotc/config/ScalaSettings.scala
@@ -27,7 +27,6 @@ class ScalaSettings extends Settings.SettingGroup {
 
   /** Other settings */
   val deprecation: Setting[Boolean] = BooleanSetting("-deprecation", "Emit warning and location for usages of deprecated APIs.") withAbbreviation "--deprecation"
-  val migration: Setting[Boolean] = BooleanSetting("-migration", "Emit warning and location for migration issues from Scala 2.") withAbbreviation "--migration"
   val encoding: Setting[String] = StringSetting("-encoding", "encoding", "Specify character encoding used by source files.", Properties.sourceEncoding) withAbbreviation "--encoding"
   val explainTypes: Setting[Boolean] = BooleanSetting("-explain-types", "Explain type errors in more detail.") withAbbreviation "--explain-types"
   val explain: Setting[Boolean] = BooleanSetting("-explain", "Explain errors in more detail.") withAbbreviation "--explain"
diff --git a/compiler/src/dotty/tools/dotc/reporting/Diagnostic.scala b/compiler/src/dotty/tools/dotc/reporting/Diagnostic.scala
index 3c6ea46f12e5..f31b0af14c5f 100644
--- a/compiler/src/dotty/tools/dotc/reporting/Diagnostic.scala
+++ b/compiler/src/dotty/tools/dotc/reporting/Diagnostic.scala
@@ -72,9 +72,7 @@ object Diagnostic:
   class MigrationWarning(
     msg: Message,
     pos: SourcePosition
-  ) extends Warning(msg, pos) {
-    def enablingOption(using Context): Setting[Boolean] = ctx.settings.migration
-  }
+  ) extends Warning(msg, pos)
 
 class Diagnostic(
   val msg: Message,
diff --git a/compiler/src/dotty/tools/dotc/typer/Typer.scala b/compiler/src/dotty/tools/dotc/typer/Typer.scala
index 85af580288f2..7d746ec5e7f0 100644
--- a/compiler/src/dotty/tools/dotc/typer/Typer.scala
+++ b/compiler/src/dotty/tools/dotc/typer/Typer.scala
@@ -1364,7 +1364,7 @@ class Typer extends Namer
             tree.selector.removeAttachment(desugar.CheckIrrefutable) match {
               case Some(checkMode) =>
                 val isPatDef = checkMode == desugar.MatchCheck.IrrefutablePatDef
-                if (!checkIrrefutable(pat, sel.tpe, isPatDef) && ctx.settings.migration.value)
+                if (!checkIrrefutable(pat, sel.tpe, isPatDef) && sourceVersion == `3.1-migration`)
                   if (isPatDef) patch(Span(pat.span.end), ": @unchecked")
                   else patch(Span(pat.span.start), "case ")
               case _ =>
diff --git a/compiler/test/dotty/tools/dotc/CompilationTests.scala b/compiler/test/dotty/tools/dotc/CompilationTests.scala
index 7b3fd7c6f04a..5518194e7ac7 100644
--- a/compiler/test/dotty/tools/dotc/CompilationTests.scala
+++ b/compiler/test/dotty/tools/dotc/CompilationTests.scala
@@ -139,8 +139,8 @@ class CompilationTests extends ParallelTesting {
       compileFile("tests/neg-custom-args/implicit-conversions-old.scala", defaultOptions.and("-Xfatal-warnings", "-feature")),
       compileFile("tests/neg-custom-args/i3246.scala", scala2CompatMode),
       compileFile("tests/neg-custom-args/overrideClass.scala", scala2CompatMode),
-      compileFile("tests/neg-custom-args/ovlazy.scala", scala2CompatMode.and("-migration", "-Xfatal-warnings")),
-      compileFile("tests/neg-custom-args/newline-braces.scala", scala2CompatMode.and("-migration", "-Xfatal-warnings")),
+      compileFile("tests/neg-custom-args/ovlazy.scala", scala2CompatMode.and("-Xfatal-warnings")),
+      compileFile("tests/neg-custom-args/newline-braces.scala", scala2CompatMode.and("-Xfatal-warnings")),
       compileFile("tests/neg-custom-args/autoTuplingTest.scala", defaultOptions.andLanguageFeature("noAutoTupling")),
       compileFile("tests/neg-custom-args/nopredef.scala", defaultOptions.and("-Yno-predef")),
       compileFile("tests/neg-custom-args/noimports.scala", defaultOptions.and("-Yno-imports")),