diff --git a/java/debugger/impl/src/com/intellij/debugger/impl/ClassLoadingUtils.java b/java/debugger/impl/src/com/intellij/debugger/impl/ClassLoadingUtils.java
index 7443ca54d6bb..9b5beb506a07 100644
--- a/java/debugger/impl/src/com/intellij/debugger/impl/ClassLoadingUtils.java
+++ b/java/debugger/impl/src/com/intellij/debugger/impl/ClassLoadingUtils.java
@@ -1,18 +1,4 @@
-/*
- * Copyright 2000-2017 JetBrains s.r.o.
- *
- * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
- * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
- * You may obtain a copy of the License at
- *
- * http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
- *
- * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
- * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
- * WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
- * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
- * limitations under the License.
- */
+// Copyright 2000-2018 JetBrains s.r.o. Use of this source code is governed by the Apache 2.0 license that can be found in the LICENSE file.
 package com.intellij.debugger.impl;
 
 import com.intellij.debugger.engine.DebugProcess;
@@ -31,7 +17,6 @@ import java.io.IOException;
 import java.io.InputStream;
 import java.util.ArrayList;
 import java.util.Arrays;
-import java.util.Collections;
 import java.util.List;
 
 /**
@@ -119,21 +104,10 @@ public class ClassLoadingUtils {
   }
 
   private static ArrayReference createURLArray(EvaluationContext context)
-    throws EvaluateException, InvalidTypeException, ClassNotLoadedException {
-    DebugProcess process = context.getDebugProcess();
-    ArrayType arrayType = (ArrayType)process.findClass(context, "java.net.URL[]", context.getClassLoader());
-    ArrayReference arrayRef = arrayType.newInstance(1);
+    throws EvaluateException {
+    ArrayType arrayType = (ArrayType)context.getDebugProcess().findClass(context, "java.net.URL[]", context.getClassLoader());
+    ArrayReference arrayRef = arrayType.newInstance(0);
     DebuggerUtilsEx.keep(arrayRef, context);
-    ClassType classType = (ClassType)process.findClass(context, "java.net.URL", context.getClassLoader());
-    VirtualMachineProxyImpl proxy = (VirtualMachineProxyImpl)process.getVirtualMachineProxy();
-    StringReference url = proxy.mirrorOf("file:a");
-    DebuggerUtilsEx.keep(url, context);
-    ObjectReference reference = process.newInstance(context,
-                                                    classType,
-                                                    classType.concreteMethodByName(JVMNameUtil.CONSTRUCTOR_NAME, "(Ljava/lang/String;)V"),
-                                                    Collections.singletonList(url));
-    DebuggerUtilsEx.keep(reference, context);
-    arrayRef.setValues(Collections.singletonList(reference));
     return arrayRef;
   }