diff --git a/java/openapi/src/com/intellij/openapi/module/StdModuleTypes.java b/java/openapi/src/com/intellij/openapi/module/StdModuleTypes.java
index 66b33e67d2fd..808a1dac10cf 100644
--- a/java/openapi/src/com/intellij/openapi/module/StdModuleTypes.java
+++ b/java/openapi/src/com/intellij/openapi/module/StdModuleTypes.java
@@ -16,19 +16,11 @@
 package com.intellij.openapi.module;
 
 public class StdModuleTypes {
-  // predefined module types
-  public static ModuleType JAVA;
-
-  private StdModuleTypes() {
-  }
+  public static final ModuleType JAVA;
 
   static {
-    JAVA = instantiate("com.intellij.openapi.module.JavaModuleType");
-  }
-
-  private static ModuleType instantiate(String className) {
     try {
-      return (ModuleType)Class.forName(className).newInstance();
+      JAVA = (ModuleType)Class.forName("com.intellij.openapi.module.JavaModuleType").newInstance();
     }
     catch (Exception e) {
       throw new IllegalArgumentException(e);