diff --git a/platform/platform-impl/src/com/intellij/ide/plugins/IdeaPluginDescriptorImpl.java b/platform/platform-impl/src/com/intellij/ide/plugins/IdeaPluginDescriptorImpl.java
index ce3916fb98d6..86f44b3528b5 100644
--- a/platform/platform-impl/src/com/intellij/ide/plugins/IdeaPluginDescriptorImpl.java
+++ b/platform/platform-impl/src/com/intellij/ide/plugins/IdeaPluginDescriptorImpl.java
@@ -99,6 +99,9 @@ public class IdeaPluginDescriptorImpl implements IdeaPluginDescriptor {
     myPath = pluginPath;
   }
 
+  IdeaPluginDescriptorImpl() {
+  }
+
   public void setPath(@NotNull File path) {
     myPath = path;
   }
diff --git a/platform/platform-impl/src/com/intellij/ide/plugins/PluginManager.java b/platform/platform-impl/src/com/intellij/ide/plugins/PluginManager.java
index c2627547251f..2220f3b0581f 100644
--- a/platform/platform-impl/src/com/intellij/ide/plugins/PluginManager.java
+++ b/platform/platform-impl/src/com/intellij/ide/plugins/PluginManager.java
@@ -407,7 +407,7 @@ public class PluginManager {
   private static <T extends IdeaPluginDescriptor> void addModulesAsDependents(final Map<PluginId, T> map) {
     for (String module : ourAvailableModules) {
       // fake plugin descriptors to satisfy dependencies
-      map.put(PluginId.getId(module), (T) new IdeaPluginDescriptorImpl(null));
+      map.put(PluginId.getId(module), (T) new IdeaPluginDescriptorImpl());
     }
   }