diff --git a/platform/util/src/com/intellij/util/text/CharArrayCharSequence.java b/platform/util/src/com/intellij/util/text/CharArrayCharSequence.java
index 71824102c7bb..d7555d5b5c96 100644
--- a/platform/util/src/com/intellij/util/text/CharArrayCharSequence.java
+++ b/platform/util/src/com/intellij/util/text/CharArrayCharSequence.java
@@ -73,7 +73,6 @@ public class CharArrayCharSequence implements CharSequenceBackedByArray, CharSeq
     System.arraycopy(myChars, myStart, dst, dstOffset, length());
   }
 
-  @Override
   public boolean equals(Object anObject) {
     if (this == anObject) {
       return true;