diff --git a/xml/impl/src/com/intellij/ide/browsers/impl/WebBrowserServiceImpl.java b/xml/impl/src/com/intellij/ide/browsers/impl/WebBrowserServiceImpl.java
index 0c3d0ddeaa25..af7eb2e28278 100644
--- a/xml/impl/src/com/intellij/ide/browsers/impl/WebBrowserServiceImpl.java
+++ b/xml/impl/src/com/intellij/ide/browsers/impl/WebBrowserServiceImpl.java
@@ -123,7 +123,6 @@ public class WebBrowserServiceImpl extends WebBrowserService {
       return null;
     }
 
-    boolean isRemote = !url.isInLocalFileSystem();
-    return isRemote || HtmlUtil.isHtmlFile(virtualFile) ? url : null;
+    return !url.isInLocalFileSystem() || HtmlUtil.isHtmlFile(virtualFile) ? url : null;
   }
 }