diff --git a/plugins/maven/maven-server-api/src/org/jetbrains/idea/maven/model/MavenArtifactNode.java b/plugins/maven/maven-server-api/src/org/jetbrains/idea/maven/model/MavenArtifactNode.java
index 38758d6ee611..6f9108ccac96 100644
--- a/plugins/maven/maven-server-api/src/org/jetbrains/idea/maven/model/MavenArtifactNode.java
+++ b/plugins/maven/maven-server-api/src/org/jetbrains/idea/maven/model/MavenArtifactNode.java
@@ -1,21 +1,6 @@
-/*
- * Copyright 2000-2010 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 org.jetbrains.idea.maven.model;
 
-import com.intellij.openapi.util.text.StringUtilRt;
 import org.jetbrains.annotations.Nullable;
 
 import java.io.Serializable;
@@ -96,15 +81,18 @@ public class MavenArtifactNode implements Serializable {
 
   @Override
   public String toString() {
-    String result = myArtifact.getDisplayStringWithTypeAndClassifier();
+    StringBuilder result = new StringBuilder();
+    result.append(myArtifact.getDisplayStringWithTypeAndClassifier());
     if (myState != MavenArtifactState.ADDED) {
-      result += "[" + myState + ":" + myRelatedArtifact.getDisplayStringWithTypeAndClassifier() + "]";
+      result.append('[').append(myState).append(':').append(myRelatedArtifact.getDisplayStringWithTypeAndClassifier()).append(']');
     }
-    return result += "->(" + formatNodesList(myDependencies) + ")";
-  }
-
-  public static String formatNodesList(List<MavenArtifactNode> nodes) {
-    return StringUtilRt.join(nodes, StringUtilRt.createToStringFunction(), ",");
+    result.append("->(");
+    for (int i = 0; i < myDependencies.size(); i++) {
+      if (i > 0) result.append(',');
+      result.append(myDependencies.get(i));
+    }
+    result.append(')');
+    return result.toString();
   }
 
   @Override
diff --git a/plugins/maven/src/test/java/org/jetbrains/idea/maven/project/importing/MavenProjectTest.java b/plugins/maven/src/test/java/org/jetbrains/idea/maven/project/importing/MavenProjectTest.java
index 13a831ed912c..7b5b5a301dc3 100644
--- a/plugins/maven/src/test/java/org/jetbrains/idea/maven/project/importing/MavenProjectTest.java
+++ b/plugins/maven/src/test/java/org/jetbrains/idea/maven/project/importing/MavenProjectTest.java
@@ -1,23 +1,10 @@
-/*
- * Copyright 2000-2016 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 org.jetbrains.idea.maven.project.importing;
 
 import com.intellij.openapi.roots.LanguageLevelModuleExtensionImpl;
 import com.intellij.openapi.util.io.FileUtil;
+import com.intellij.openapi.util.text.StringUtil;
 import com.intellij.openapi.vfs.VirtualFile;
 import com.intellij.pom.java.LanguageLevel;
 import org.jetbrains.idea.maven.MavenImportingTestCase;
@@ -57,7 +44,7 @@ public class MavenProjectTest extends MavenImportingTestCase {
 
     assertDeclaredPlugins(p("group1", "id1"), p("group1", "id2"), p("group2", "id1"));
   }
-            
+
   public void testPluginsContainDefaultPlugins() {
     importProject("<groupId>test</groupId>" +
                   "<artifactId>project</artifactId>" +
@@ -896,7 +883,7 @@ public class MavenProjectTest extends MavenImportingTestCase {
   }
 
   protected void assertDependenciesNodes(List<MavenArtifactNode> nodes, String expected) {
-    assertEquals(expected, MavenArtifactNode.formatNodesList(nodes));
+    assertEquals(expected, StringUtil.join(nodes, ","));
   }
 
   private String findPluginConfig(String groupId, String artifactId, String path) {