diff --git a/test/SourceKit/InterfaceGen/gen_clang_cxx_module.swift b/test/SourceKit/InterfaceGen/gen_clang_cxx_module.swift
index 2bb9a31c2da0f..ee7f19af9a439 100644
--- a/test/SourceKit/InterfaceGen/gen_clang_cxx_module.swift
+++ b/test/SourceKit/InterfaceGen/gen_clang_cxx_module.swift
@@ -1,7 +1,10 @@
 // RUN: %empty-directory(%t)
 // RUN: split-file %s %t
 
-// RUN: %sourcekitd-test -req=interface-gen -module CxxModule -- -Xfrontend -disable-implicit-concurrency-module-import -Xfrontend -disable-implicit-string-processing-module-import -I %t/Inputs -target %target-triple %clang-importer-sdk-nosource | %FileCheck %s
+// The interface should fail to generate with C++ interop disabled:
+// RUN: not %sourcekitd-test -req=interface-gen -module CxxModule -- -Xfrontend -disable-implicit-concurrency-module-import -Xfrontend -disable-implicit-string-processing-module-import -I %t/Inputs -target %target-triple %clang-importer-sdk-nosource
+
+// With C++ interop enabled, it should succeed:
 // RUN: %sourcekitd-test -req=interface-gen -module CxxModule -- -Xfrontend -disable-implicit-concurrency-module-import -Xfrontend -disable-implicit-string-processing-module-import -cxx-interoperability-mode=default -I %t/Inputs -target %target-triple %clang-importer-sdk-nosource | %FileCheck %s
 
 
diff --git a/test/SourceKit/InterfaceGen/gen_clang_mixed_lang_fmwk_cxx_module.swift b/test/SourceKit/InterfaceGen/gen_clang_mixed_lang_fmwk_cxx_module.swift
index 413dda8adb16f..07fd707fd3b83 100644
--- a/test/SourceKit/InterfaceGen/gen_clang_mixed_lang_fmwk_cxx_module.swift
+++ b/test/SourceKit/InterfaceGen/gen_clang_mixed_lang_fmwk_cxx_module.swift
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
 
 // RUN: %target-swift-frontend -emit-module %t/TestFmSwift.swift -module-name TestFm -enable-experimental-cxx-interop -F %t -o %t/TestFm.swiftmodule -import-underlying-module
 
-// RUN: %sourcekitd-test -req=interface-gen -module TestFm -- -Xfrontend -disable-implicit-concurrency-module-import -Xfrontend -disable-implicit-string-processing-module-import -I %t -target %target-triple %clang-importer-sdk-nosource | %FileCheck %s
+// RUN: %sourcekitd-test -req=interface-gen -module TestFm -- -cxx-interoperability-mode=default -Xfrontend -disable-implicit-concurrency-module-import -Xfrontend -disable-implicit-string-processing-module-import -I %t -target %target-triple %clang-importer-sdk-nosource | %FileCheck %s
 
 //--- TestFm.framework/Headers/TestFm.h
 #pragma once
diff --git a/tools/SourceKit/lib/SwiftLang/SwiftEditorInterfaceGen.cpp b/tools/SourceKit/lib/SwiftLang/SwiftEditorInterfaceGen.cpp
index c46f297a4b482..20562beeda137 100644
--- a/tools/SourceKit/lib/SwiftLang/SwiftEditorInterfaceGen.cpp
+++ b/tools/SourceKit/lib/SwiftLang/SwiftEditorInterfaceGen.cpp
@@ -790,26 +790,8 @@ void SwiftLangSupport::editorOpenInterface(
                                                       SynthesizedExtensions,
                                                       InterestedUSR);
   if (!IFaceGenRef) {
-      // Retry to generate a module interface with C++ interop enabled,
-      // if the first attempt failed.
-      bool retryWithCxxEnabled = true;
-      for (const auto &arg: Args) {
-          if (StringRef(arg).starts_with("-cxx-interoperability-mode=") ||
-              StringRef(arg).starts_with("-enable-experimental-cxx-interop")) {
-              retryWithCxxEnabled = false;
-              break;
-          }
-      }
-      if (retryWithCxxEnabled) {
-          std::vector<const char *> AdjustedArgs(Args.begin(), Args.end());
-          AdjustedArgs.push_back("-cxx-interoperability-mode=default");
-          return editorOpenInterface(Consumer, Name, ModuleName, Group, AdjustedArgs,
-                                     SynthesizedExtensions, InterestedUSR);
-      }
-      else {
-          Consumer.handleRequestError(ErrMsg.c_str());
-          return;
-      }
+    Consumer.handleRequestError(ErrMsg.c_str());
+    return;
   }
 
   IFaceGenRef->reportEditorInfo(Consumer);