diff --git a/python/src/META-INF/python-core-common.xml b/python/src/META-INF/python-core-common.xml
index 677150ca3660..ea45045544ba 100644
--- a/python/src/META-INF/python-core-common.xml
+++ b/python/src/META-INF/python-core-common.xml
@@ -658,7 +658,7 @@
     <extensionPoint qualifiedName="Pythonid.pythonFlavorProvider" interface="com.jetbrains.python.sdk.flavors.PythonFlavorProvider"/>
     <extensionPoint qualifiedName="Pythonid.debugSessionFactory" interface="com.jetbrains.python.debugger.PyDebugSessionFactory"/>
     <extensionPoint qualifiedName="Pythonid.customPackageIdentifier" interface="com.jetbrains.python.psi.PyCustomPackageIdentifier"/>
-    <extensionPoint qualifiedName="Pythonid.pythonSdkWeightProvider" interface="com.jetbrains.python.sdk.PySdkWeightProvider" />
+    <extensionPoint qualifiedName="Pythonid.pythonSdkComparator" interface="com.jetbrains.python.sdk.PySdkComparator" />
   </extensionPoints>
 
   <extensions defaultExtensionNs="Pythonid">
diff --git a/python/src/com/jetbrains/python/sdk/PreferredSdkComparator.java b/python/src/com/jetbrains/python/sdk/PreferredSdkComparator.java
index 6de0c34e5d51..c6478a16d594 100644
--- a/python/src/com/jetbrains/python/sdk/PreferredSdkComparator.java
+++ b/python/src/com/jetbrains/python/sdk/PreferredSdkComparator.java
@@ -32,11 +32,10 @@ public class PreferredSdkComparator implements Comparator<Sdk> {
 
   @Override
   public int compare(Sdk o1, Sdk o2) {
-    for (PySdkWeightProvider provider : Extensions.getExtensions(PySdkWeightProvider.EP_NAME)) {
-      int weight1 = provider.getWeight(o1);
-      int weight2 = provider.getWeight(o2);
-      if(weight1 != weight2) {
-        return weight2 - weight1;
+    for (PySdkComparator comparator : Extensions.getExtensions(PySdkComparator.EP_NAME)) {
+      int result = comparator.compare(o1, o2);
+      if(result != 0) {
+        return result;
       }
     }
 
diff --git a/python/src/com/jetbrains/python/sdk/PySdkWeightProvider.java b/python/src/com/jetbrains/python/sdk/PySdkComparator.java
similarity index 81%
rename from python/src/com/jetbrains/python/sdk/PySdkWeightProvider.java
rename to python/src/com/jetbrains/python/sdk/PySdkComparator.java
index b319aa732655..1e792c3c2261 100644
--- a/python/src/com/jetbrains/python/sdk/PySdkWeightProvider.java
+++ b/python/src/com/jetbrains/python/sdk/PySdkComparator.java
@@ -21,8 +21,8 @@ import com.intellij.openapi.projectRoots.Sdk;
 /**
  * Created by kirylch on 3/29/2017.
  */
-public interface PySdkWeightProvider {
-  ExtensionPointName<PySdkWeightProvider> EP_NAME = ExtensionPointName.create("Pythonid.pythonSdkWeightProvider");
+public interface PySdkComparator {
+  ExtensionPointName<PySdkComparator> EP_NAME = ExtensionPointName.create("Pythonid.pythonSdkComparator");
 
-  int getWeight(Sdk sdk);
+  int compare(Sdk sdk1, Sdk sdk2);
 }