diff --git a/python/educational-python/Edu-Python/resources/META-INF/plugin.xml b/python/educational-python/Edu-Python/resources/META-INF/plugin.xml
index cce8e104067e..26d6cb9c75d6 100644
--- a/python/educational-python/Edu-Python/resources/META-INF/plugin.xml
+++ b/python/educational-python/Edu-Python/resources/META-INF/plugin.xml
@@ -38,10 +38,6 @@
     <pluginConfigurator implementationClass="com.jetbrains.edu.learning.PyEduPluginConfigurator" language="Python"/>
   </extensions>
   <actions>
-    <action id="WelcomeScreen.PythonIntro" class="com.jetbrains.edu.learning.actions.PyStudyIntroductionCourseAction"
-            icon="InteractiveLearningPythonIcons.EducationalProjectType">
-      <add-to-group group-id="WelcomeScreen.QuickStart" anchor="first"/>
-    </action>
     <action id="StudyWatchTutorial" class="com.jetbrains.edu.learning.actions.PyStudyWatchTutorialAction">
       <add-to-group group-id="HelpMenu" anchor="before" relative-to-action="HelpTopics"/>
     </action>
diff --git a/python/educational-python/Edu-Python/src/com/jetbrains/edu/learning/actions/PyStudyIntroductionCourseAction.java b/python/educational-python/Edu-Python/src/com/jetbrains/edu/learning/actions/PyStudyIntroductionCourseAction.java
deleted file mode 100644
index 0b48bac90e66..000000000000
--- a/python/educational-python/Edu-Python/src/com/jetbrains/edu/learning/actions/PyStudyIntroductionCourseAction.java
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,84 +0,0 @@
-/*
- * Copyright 2000-2013 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.jetbrains.edu.learning.actions;
-
-import com.intellij.ide.impl.ProjectUtil;
-import com.intellij.openapi.actionSystem.AnAction;
-import com.intellij.openapi.actionSystem.AnActionEvent;
-import com.intellij.openapi.actionSystem.Presentation;
-import com.jetbrains.edu.learning.EduPluginConfigurator;
-import com.jetbrains.edu.learning.PyEduPluginConfigurator;
-import com.jetbrains.edu.learning.PyStudyDirectoryProjectGenerator;
-import com.jetbrains.edu.learning.courseFormat.Course;
-import com.jetbrains.edu.learning.courseGeneration.StudyProjectGenerator;
-import com.jetbrains.python.PythonLanguage;
-import com.jetbrains.python.newProject.steps.ProjectSpecificSettingsStep;
-import com.jetbrains.python.newProject.steps.PythonGenerateProjectCallback;
-import icons.InteractiveLearningPythonIcons;
-import org.jetbrains.annotations.NotNull;
-
-import java.io.File;
-import java.util.List;
-
-public class PyStudyIntroductionCourseAction extends AnAction {
-
-  public static final String INTRODUCTION_TO_PYTHON = "Introduction to Python";
-  public static final String INTRODUCTION_FOLDER = "PythonIntroduction";
-
-  public PyStudyIntroductionCourseAction() {
-    super(INTRODUCTION_TO_PYTHON, INTRODUCTION_TO_PYTHON, InteractiveLearningPythonIcons.EducationalProjectType);
-  }
-
-  @Override
-  public void update(AnActionEvent e) {
-    final File projectDir = new File(ProjectUtil.getBaseDir(), INTRODUCTION_FOLDER);
-    if (projectDir.exists()) {
-      return;
-    }
-    final EduPluginConfigurator configurator = EduPluginConfigurator.INSTANCE.forLanguage(PythonLanguage.getInstance());
-    final List<String> paths = configurator.getBundledCoursePaths();
-    if (!paths.isEmpty()) {
-      return;
-    }
-    Presentation presentation = e.getPresentation();
-    presentation.setVisible(false);
-    presentation.setEnabled(false);
-  }
-
-  @Override
-  public void actionPerformed(@NotNull AnActionEvent e) {
-    final File projectDir = new File(ProjectUtil.getBaseDir(), INTRODUCTION_FOLDER);
-    if (projectDir.exists()) {
-      ProjectUtil.openProject(projectDir.getPath(), null, false);
-    }
-    else {
-      final PyStudyDirectoryProjectGenerator generator = new PyStudyDirectoryProjectGenerator(true);
-      final EduPluginConfigurator configurator = new PyEduPluginConfigurator();
-      final String bundledCoursePath = configurator.getBundledCoursePaths().get(0);
-      Course introCourse = StudyProjectGenerator.getCourse(bundledCoursePath);
-      if (introCourse == null) {
-        return;
-      }
-      final PythonGenerateProjectCallback callback = new PythonGenerateProjectCallback();
-      final ProjectSpecificSettingsStep step = new ProjectSpecificSettingsStep(generator, callback);
-      step.createPanel(); // initialize panel to set location
-      step.setLocation(projectDir.toString());
-      generator.setCourse(introCourse);
-
-      callback.consume(step);
-    }
-  }
-}