diff --git a/java/structuralsearch-java/src/com/intellij/structuralsearch/impl/matcher/filters/SymbolNodeFilter.java b/java/structuralsearch-java/src/com/intellij/structuralsearch/impl/matcher/filters/SymbolNodeFilter.java
index 9e74d360064e..4899bd0abc3a 100644
--- a/java/structuralsearch-java/src/com/intellij/structuralsearch/impl/matcher/filters/SymbolNodeFilter.java
+++ b/java/structuralsearch-java/src/com/intellij/structuralsearch/impl/matcher/filters/SymbolNodeFilter.java
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@ import com.intellij.psi.*;
 /**
  * Tree filter for searching symbols ('T)
  */
-public class SymbolNodeFilter extends JavaElementVisitor implements NodeFilter {
+public class SymbolNodeFilter implements NodeFilter {
 
   private static final NodeFilter INSTANCE = new SymbolNodeFilter();