diff --git a/java/java-analysis-impl/src/com/intellij/codeInspection/dataFlow/StandardInstructionVisitor.java b/java/java-analysis-impl/src/com/intellij/codeInspection/dataFlow/StandardInstructionVisitor.java
index 5fa003b189de..e245c6e8dfbe 100644
--- a/java/java-analysis-impl/src/com/intellij/codeInspection/dataFlow/StandardInstructionVisitor.java
+++ b/java/java-analysis-impl/src/com/intellij/codeInspection/dataFlow/StandardInstructionVisitor.java
@@ -349,9 +349,6 @@ public class StandardInstructionVisitor extends InstructionVisitor {
       return null;
     }
 
-    if (isViaMethods(dfaLeft) || isViaMethods(dfaRight)) {
-      skipConstantConditionReporting(instruction.getPsiAnchor());
-    }
     myCanBeNullInInstanceof.add(instruction);
 
     ArrayList<DfaInstructionState> states = new ArrayList<DfaInstructionState>();
@@ -387,10 +384,6 @@ public class StandardInstructionVisitor extends InstructionVisitor {
     ContainerUtil.addIfNotNull(myNotToReportReachability, anchor);
   }
 
-  private static boolean isViaMethods(DfaValue dfa) {
-    return dfa instanceof DfaVariableValue && ((DfaVariableValue)dfa).isViaMethods();
-  }
-
   private void handleInstanceof(InstanceofInstruction instruction, DfaValue dfaRight, DfaValue dfaLeft) {
     if (dfaLeft instanceof DfaTypeValue && dfaRight instanceof DfaTypeValue) {
       if (!((DfaTypeValue)dfaLeft).isNotNull()) {
diff --git a/java/java-analysis-impl/src/com/intellij/codeInspection/dataFlow/value/DfaVariableValue.java b/java/java-analysis-impl/src/com/intellij/codeInspection/dataFlow/value/DfaVariableValue.java
index 72a912b5d840..1ec6a26d440f 100644
--- a/java/java-analysis-impl/src/com/intellij/codeInspection/dataFlow/value/DfaVariableValue.java
+++ b/java/java-analysis-impl/src/com/intellij/codeInspection/dataFlow/value/DfaVariableValue.java
@@ -143,10 +143,6 @@ public class DfaVariableValue extends DfaValue {
     return myQualifier;
   }
 
-  public boolean isViaMethods() {
-    return myVariable instanceof PsiMethod || myQualifier != null && myQualifier.isViaMethods();
-  }
-
   public Nullness getInherentNullability() {
     if (myInherentNullability != null) {
       return myInherentNullability;