<kotlinOptions.useIR = true causes error after upg...

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kotlinOptions.useIR = true causes error after upgrade to Kotlin 1.7.10
I received a notification from android Studio to update my app to Kotlin 1.7.10. (all is working well at Kotlin 1.6.21)
When I did that, I started receiving an error for the line
kotlinOptions.useIR = true

(I previously put this in about a year ago when I removed
apply plugin: 'kotlin-android-extensions'

which I was told at the time was bad, and at the same time added in
buildFeatures {
viewBinding = true
}

)
The error I receive for the useIR line is:

No such property:...