diff --git a/java/java-impl/src/com/intellij/codeInsight/template/JavaCodeContextType.java b/java/java-impl/src/com/intellij/codeInsight/template/JavaCodeContextType.java
index c080768b8c57..2c33cb958867 100644
--- a/java/java-impl/src/com/intellij/codeInsight/template/JavaCodeContextType.java
+++ b/java/java-impl/src/com/intellij/codeInsight/template/JavaCodeContextType.java
@@ -22,7 +22,6 @@ import com.intellij.openapi.editor.Document;
 import com.intellij.openapi.fileTypes.FileType;
 import com.intellij.openapi.fileTypes.SyntaxHighlighter;
 import com.intellij.openapi.project.Project;
-import com.intellij.patterns.ElementPattern;
 import com.intellij.psi.*;
 import com.intellij.psi.util.PsiUtilBase;
 import com.intellij.util.ProcessingContext;
@@ -107,11 +106,6 @@ public abstract class JavaCodeContextType extends TemplateContextType {
     }
   }
   public static class Expression extends JavaCodeContextType {
-    private static final ElementPattern<PsiElement> INFIX_OPERATOR = psiElement().afterLeaf(
-      psiElement().inside(
-        psiElement(PsiExpression.class).afterLeaf(
-          psiElement().withText("(").withParent(PsiIfStatement.class))));
-
     public Expression() {
       super("JAVA_EXPRESSION", "Expression", Generic.class);
     }