diff --git a/platform/lang-impl/src/com/intellij/ide/actions/CloneElementAction.java b/platform/lang-impl/src/com/intellij/ide/actions/CloneElementAction.java
deleted file mode 100644
index c0e5a45eed54..000000000000
--- a/platform/lang-impl/src/com/intellij/ide/actions/CloneElementAction.java
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,53 +0,0 @@
-/*
- * Copyright 2000-2009 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.
- */
-
-package com.intellij.ide.actions;
-
-import com.intellij.openapi.actionSystem.DataContext;
-import com.intellij.openapi.actionSystem.LangDataKeys;
-import com.intellij.openapi.actionSystem.Presentation;
-import com.intellij.openapi.diagnostic.Logger;
-import com.intellij.openapi.wm.ToolWindowId;
-import com.intellij.psi.PsiDirectory;
-import com.intellij.psi.PsiElement;
-import com.intellij.refactoring.copy.CopyHandler;
-
-public class CloneElementAction extends CopyElementAction {
-  private static final Logger LOG = Logger.getInstance("#com.intellij.ide.actions.CloneElementAction");
-
-  @Override
-  protected void doCopy(PsiElement[] elements, PsiDirectory defaultTargetDirectory) {
-    LOG.assertTrue(elements.length == 1);
-    CopyHandler.doClone(elements[0]);
-  }
-
-  @Override
-  protected void updateForEditor(DataContext dataContext, Presentation presentation) {
-    super.updateForEditor(dataContext, presentation);
-    presentation.setVisible(false);
-  }
-
-  @Override
-  protected void updateForToolWindow(String id, DataContext dataContext,Presentation presentation) {
-    // work only with single selection
-    PsiElement[] elements = LangDataKeys.PSI_ELEMENT_ARRAY.getData(dataContext);
-    presentation.setEnabled(elements != null && elements.length == 1 && CopyHandler.canClone(elements));
-    presentation.setVisible(true);
-    if (!ToolWindowId.COMMANDER.equals(id)) {
-      presentation.setVisible(false);
-    }
-  }
-}
diff --git a/platform/platform-resources/src/idea/LangActions.xml b/platform/platform-resources/src/idea/LangActions.xml
index af636ab5a3cf..41f17bf279a5 100644
--- a/platform/platform-resources/src/idea/LangActions.xml
+++ b/platform/platform-resources/src/idea/LangActions.xml
@@ -269,7 +269,6 @@
       <separator/>
       <action id="Move" class="com.intellij.refactoring.actions.MoveAction"/>
       <action id="CopyElement" class="com.intellij.ide.actions.CopyElementAction"/>
-      <action id="CloneElement" class="com.intellij.ide.actions.CloneElementAction"/>
       <action id="SafeDelete" class="com.intellij.refactoring.actions.SafeDeleteAction"/>
       <separator/>
       <group id="IntroduceActionsGroup" popup="true">