diff --git a/compiler/src/dotty/tools/dotc/config/Feature.scala b/compiler/src/dotty/tools/dotc/config/Feature.scala
index 23305a6b0333..961b112693c8 100644
--- a/compiler/src/dotty/tools/dotc/config/Feature.scala
+++ b/compiler/src/dotty/tools/dotc/config/Feature.scala
@@ -137,6 +137,10 @@ object Feature:
     enabledBySetting(captureChecking)
     || ctx.originalCompilationUnit.needsCaptureChecking
 
+  /** Are capture-checking annotations emitted in the resulting TASTy tree? */
+  def ccAnnotationsEnabled(using Context) =
+    ccEnabled && !ctx.settings.YccNoTasty.value
+
   /** Is pureFunctions enabled for any of the currently compiled compilation units? */
   def pureFunsEnabledSomewhere(using Context) =
     enabledBySetting(pureFunctions)
diff --git a/compiler/src/dotty/tools/dotc/config/ScalaSettings.scala b/compiler/src/dotty/tools/dotc/config/ScalaSettings.scala
index a3fa5fd9bb06..606a2d4da2e1 100644
--- a/compiler/src/dotty/tools/dotc/config/ScalaSettings.scala
+++ b/compiler/src/dotty/tools/dotc/config/ScalaSettings.scala
@@ -459,6 +459,7 @@ private sealed trait YSettings:
   val YccLog: Setting[Boolean] = BooleanSetting(ForkSetting, "Ycc-log", "Used in conjunction with captureChecking language import, print tracing and debug info")
   val YccVerbose: Setting[Boolean] = BooleanSetting(ForkSetting, "Ycc-verbose", "Print root capabilities with more details")
   val YccPrintSetup: Setting[Boolean] = BooleanSetting(ForkSetting, "Ycc-print-setup", "Used in conjunction with captureChecking language import, print trees after cc.Setup phase")
+  val YccNoTasty: Setting[Boolean] = BooleanSetting(ForkSetting, "Ycc-no-tasty", "Used in conjunction with captureChecking language import, do not emit captureChecking-related TASTy annotations")
 
   /** Area-specific debug output */
   val YexplainLowlevel: Setting[Boolean] = BooleanSetting(ForkSetting, "Yexplain-lowlevel", "When explaining type errors, show types at a lower level.")
diff --git a/compiler/src/dotty/tools/dotc/core/Definitions.scala b/compiler/src/dotty/tools/dotc/core/Definitions.scala
index 8cc5aac942a6..739132c5b14f 100644
--- a/compiler/src/dotty/tools/dotc/core/Definitions.scala
+++ b/compiler/src/dotty/tools/dotc/core/Definitions.scala
@@ -1146,6 +1146,20 @@ class Definitions {
     "reactor.util.annotation.NonNullApi" ::
     "io.reactivex.annotations.NonNull" :: Nil)
 
+  // Capture checking annotations
+  @tu lazy val CCAnnots: Set[ClassSymbol] = Set(
+    ReachCapabilityAnnot,
+    RootCapabilityAnnot,
+    ReadOnlyCapabilityAnnot,
+    OnlyCapabilityAnnot,
+    RequiresCapabilityAnnot,
+    RetainsAnnot,
+    RetainsCapAnnot,
+    RetainsByNameAnnot,
+    UseAnnot,
+  )
+
+
   // convenient one-parameter method types
   def methOfAny(tp: Type): MethodType = MethodType(List(AnyType), tp)
   def methOfAnyVal(tp: Type): MethodType = MethodType(List(AnyValType), tp)
diff --git a/compiler/src/dotty/tools/dotc/core/tasty/TreePickler.scala b/compiler/src/dotty/tools/dotc/core/tasty/TreePickler.scala
index 4e63c7e973fe..9bd6a0bfb40c 100644
--- a/compiler/src/dotty/tools/dotc/core/tasty/TreePickler.scala
+++ b/compiler/src/dotty/tools/dotc/core/tasty/TreePickler.scala
@@ -20,6 +20,7 @@ import collection.mutable
 import reporting.{Profile, NoProfile}
 import dotty.tools.tasty.TastyFormat.ASTsSection
 import quoted.QuotePatterns
+import dotty.tools.dotc.config.Feature
 
 object TreePickler:
   class StackSizeExceeded(val mdef: tpd.MemberDef) extends Exception
@@ -282,9 +283,11 @@ class TreePickler(pickler: TastyPickler, attributes: Attributes) {
         pickleVariances(tpe.hi)
       }
     case tpe: AnnotatedType =>
-      writeByte(ANNOTATEDtype)
-      withLength { pickleType(tpe.parent, richTypes); pickleTree(tpe.annot.tree) }
-      annotatedTypeTrees += tpe.annot.tree
+      if !isSkippedCCAnnot(tpe.annot) then
+        writeByte(ANNOTATEDtype)
+        withLength { pickleType(tpe.parent, richTypes); pickleTree(tpe.annot.tree) }
+        annotatedTypeTrees += tpe.annot.tree
+      else pickleType(tpe.parent, richTypes)
     case tpe: AndType =>
       writeByte(ANDtype)
       withLength { pickleType(tpe.tp1, richTypes); pickleType(tpe.tp2, richTypes) }
@@ -749,8 +752,10 @@ class TreePickler(pickler: TastyPickler, attributes: Attributes) {
           writeByte(BYNAMEtpt)
           pickleTree(tp)
         case Annotated(tree, annot) =>
-          writeByte(ANNOTATEDtpt)
-          withLength { pickleTree(tree); pickleTree(annot) }
+          if !isSkippedCCAnnot(annot.symbol) then
+            writeByte(ANNOTATEDtpt)
+            withLength { pickleTree(tree); pickleTree(annot) }
+          else pickleTree(tree)
         case LambdaTypeTree(tparams, body) =>
           writeByte(LAMBDAtpt)
           withLength { pickleParams(tparams); pickleTree(body) }
@@ -927,8 +932,16 @@ class TreePickler(pickler: TastyPickler, attributes: Attributes) {
       ann.symbol == defn.BodyAnnot // inline bodies are reconstituted automatically when unpickling
   }
 
+  private def isSkippedCCAnnot(ann: Annotation)(using Context): Boolean = isSkippedCCAnnot(ann.symbol)
+  private def isSkippedCCAnnot(ann: Symbol)(using Context): Boolean =
+    if Feature.ccEnabled && !Feature.ccAnnotationsEnabled then
+      // an annotation symbol can be either a class symbol or a constructor symbol
+      val ccAnnot = defn.CCAnnots.find(annot => annot == ann || annot.primaryConstructor == ann)
+      ccAnnot.isDefined
+    else false
+
   def pickleAnnotation(owner: Symbol, mdef: MemberDef, ann: Annotation)(using Context): Unit =
-    if !isUnpicklable(owner, ann) then
+    if !isUnpicklable(owner, ann) && !isSkippedCCAnnot(ann) then
       writeByte(ANNOTATION)
       withLength { pickleType(ann.symbol.typeRef); pickleTree(ann.tree) }
       var treeBuf = annotTrees.lookup(mdef)
diff --git a/compiler/src/dotty/tools/dotc/transform/Pickler.scala b/compiler/src/dotty/tools/dotc/transform/Pickler.scala
index 7aeaeb4e319d..9c3fb8a53e40 100644
--- a/compiler/src/dotty/tools/dotc/transform/Pickler.scala
+++ b/compiler/src/dotty/tools/dotc/transform/Pickler.scala
@@ -293,7 +293,7 @@ class Pickler extends Phase {
         sourceFile = sourceRelativePath,
         scala2StandardLibrary = Feature.shouldBehaveAsScala2,
         explicitNulls = ctx.settings.YexplicitNulls.value,
-        captureChecked = Feature.ccEnabled,
+        captureChecked = Feature.ccEnabled && Feature.ccAnnotationsEnabled,
         withPureFuns = Feature.pureFunsEnabled,
         isJava = isJavaAttr,
         isOutline = isOutline