diff --git a/bin/kotlin-client-petstore.sh b/bin/kotlin-client-petstore.sh
index dc38500a058..f7e44d371e0 100755
--- a/bin/kotlin-client-petstore.sh
+++ b/bin/kotlin-client-petstore.sh
@@ -26,6 +26,6 @@ fi
 
 # if you've executed sbt assembly previously it will use that instead.
 export JAVA_OPTS="${JAVA_OPTS} -XX:MaxPermSize=256M -Xmx1024M -DloggerPath=conf/log4j.properties"
-ags="generate -t modules/swagger-codegen/src/main/resources/kotlin-client -i modules/swagger-codegen/src/test/resources/2_0/petstore.yaml -l kotlin --artifact-id kotlin-petstore-client -o samples/client/petstore/kotlin $@"
+ags="generate -i modules/swagger-codegen/src/test/resources/2_0/petstore.yaml -l kotlin-client --artifact-id kotlin-petstore-client -o samples/client/petstore/kotlin $@"
 
-# java ${JAVA_OPTS} -jar ${executable} ${ags}
+java ${JAVA_OPTS} -jar ${executable} ${ags}
diff --git a/bin/windows/kotlin-client-petstore.bat b/bin/windows/kotlin-client-petstore.bat
index c321501eda6..9ad8b76efa1 100644
--- a/bin/windows/kotlin-client-petstore.bat
+++ b/bin/windows/kotlin-client-petstore.bat
@@ -5,6 +5,6 @@ If Not Exist %executable% (
 )
 
 REM set JAVA_OPTS=%JAVA_OPTS% -Xmx1024M -DloggerPath=conf/log4j.properties
-set ags=generate  --artifact-id "kotlin-petstore-client" -i modules\swagger-codegen\src\test\resources\2_0\petstore.yaml -l kotlin -o samples\client\petstore\kotlin
+set ags=generate  --artifact-id "kotlin-petstore-client" -i modules\swagger-codegen\src\test\resources\2_0\petstore.yaml -l kotlin-client -o samples\client\petstore\kotlin
 
-REM java %JAVA_OPTS% -jar %executable% %ags%
+java %JAVA_OPTS% -jar %executable% %ags%
diff --git a/modules/swagger-codegen/src/main/java/io/swagger/codegen/languages/KotlinClientCodegen.java b/modules/swagger-codegen/src/main/java/io/swagger/codegen/languages/KotlinClientCodegen.java
index 480cc1c0c74..682a7e8b9d8 100644
--- a/modules/swagger-codegen/src/main/java/io/swagger/codegen/languages/KotlinClientCodegen.java
+++ b/modules/swagger-codegen/src/main/java/io/swagger/codegen/languages/KotlinClientCodegen.java
@@ -18,6 +18,11 @@
 import java.util.HashSet;
 import java.util.Map;
 
+/**
+ * new version of this class can be found on: https://github.com/swagger-api/swagger-codegen-generators
+ * @deprecated use <code>io.swagger.codegen.languages.kotlin.KotlinClientCodegen</code> instead.
+ */
+@Deprecated
 public class KotlinClientCodegen extends DefaultCodegen implements CodegenConfig {
     static Logger LOGGER = LoggerFactory.getLogger(KotlinClientCodegen.class);