diff --git a/platform/structuralsearch/source/com/intellij/structuralsearch/StructuralSearchProfile.java b/platform/structuralsearch/source/com/intellij/structuralsearch/StructuralSearchProfile.java
index 5906345b5d9c..2112cfa00e0b 100644
--- a/platform/structuralsearch/source/com/intellij/structuralsearch/StructuralSearchProfile.java
+++ b/platform/structuralsearch/source/com/intellij/structuralsearch/StructuralSearchProfile.java
@@ -163,11 +163,6 @@ public abstract class StructuralSearchProfile {
     throw new UnsupportedPatternException(SSRBundle.message("replacement.not.supported.for.filetype", fileType));
   }
 
-  @NotNull
-  public Language getLanguage(PsiElement element) {
-    return element.getLanguage();
-  }
-
   // only for nodes not filtered by lexical-nodes filter; they can be by default
   public boolean canBeVarDelimeter(@NotNull PsiElement element) {
     return false;