diff --git a/xml/xml-psi-impl/src/com/intellij/psi/impl/source/xml/XmlTagImpl.java b/xml/xml-psi-impl/src/com/intellij/psi/impl/source/xml/XmlTagImpl.java
index 20f1bdb9095c..c6bac795a566 100644
--- a/xml/xml-psi-impl/src/com/intellij/psi/impl/source/xml/XmlTagImpl.java
+++ b/xml/xml-psi-impl/src/com/intellij/psi/impl/source/xml/XmlTagImpl.java
@@ -694,8 +694,7 @@ public class XmlTagImpl extends XmlElementImpl implements XmlTag {
   public XmlAttribute getAttribute(String name, String namespace) {
     if (name != null && name.indexOf(':') != -1 ||
         namespace == null ||
-        XmlUtil.EMPTY_URI.equals(namespace) ||
-        XmlUtil.ANY_URI.equals(namespace)) {
+        XmlUtil.EMPTY_URI.equals(namespace)) {
       return getAttribute(name);
     }
 
diff --git a/xml/xml-psi-impl/src/com/intellij/xml/util/XmlUtil.java b/xml/xml-psi-impl/src/com/intellij/xml/util/XmlUtil.java
index 9de6d6e7e1d6..7fd421977ee1 100644
--- a/xml/xml-psi-impl/src/com/intellij/xml/util/XmlUtil.java
+++ b/xml/xml-psi-impl/src/com/intellij/xml/util/XmlUtil.java
@@ -96,7 +96,6 @@ public class XmlUtil {
   @NonNls public static final String EMPTY_URI = "";
   @NonNls public static final Key<String> TEST_PATH = Key.create("TEST PATH");
   @NonNls public static final String JSP_URI = "http://java.sun.com/JSP/Page";
-  @NonNls public static final String ANY_URI = "http://www.intellij.net/ns/any";
   @NonNls public static final String JSTL_CORE_URI = "http://java.sun.com/jsp/jstl/core";
   @NonNls public static final String JSTL_CORE_URI2 = "http://java.sun.com/jstl/core";
   @NonNls public static final String JSTL_CORE_URI3 = "http://java.sun.com/jstl/core_rt";