diff --git a/pylint/lint/pylinter.py b/pylint/lint/pylinter.py
index e46577615a..b0595a17b7 100644
--- a/pylint/lint/pylinter.py
+++ b/pylint/lint/pylinter.py
@@ -1435,8 +1435,7 @@ def is_message_enabled(
             if confidence.name not in self.config.confidence:
                 return False
         try:
-            message_definitions = self.msgs_store.get_message_definitions(msg_descr)
-            msgids = [md.msgid for md in message_definitions]
+            msgids = self.msgs_store.message_id_store.get_active_msgids(msg_descr)
         except exceptions.UnknownMessageError:
             # The linter checks for messages that are not registered
             # due to version mismatch, just treat them as message IDs