diff --git a/platform/platform-resources-en/src/messages/ActionsBundle.properties b/platform/platform-resources-en/src/messages/ActionsBundle.properties
index 09a1e69d0d6d..4b0fb52662c2 100644
--- a/platform/platform-resources-en/src/messages/ActionsBundle.properties
+++ b/platform/platform-resources-en/src/messages/ActionsBundle.properties
@@ -243,8 +243,6 @@ group.VcsGroups.text=VC_S
 group.VcsGlobalGroup.text=VCS Group
 action.Vcs.FileView.text=Show Fi_le View
 action.Vcs.FileView.description=Show version control related information for all local files
-action.Vcs.ChangesView.text=Show Cha_nges View
-action.Vcs.ChangesView.description=Show window for managing changes and changelists
 action.Vcs.UpdateProject.text=_Update Project
 action.Vcs.ProjectStatus.text=C_heck Project Status
 group.VcsGroup.text=Version Control
diff --git a/platform/platform-resources/src/idea/VcsActions.xml b/platform/platform-resources/src/idea/VcsActions.xml
index 0a1bab4b9d14..5af7b1f30833 100644
--- a/platform/platform-resources/src/idea/VcsActions.xml
+++ b/platform/platform-resources/src/idea/VcsActions.xml
@@ -51,7 +51,6 @@
         <action id="Vcs.QuickListPopupAction"
                 class = "com.intellij.openapi.vcs.actions.VcsQuickListPopupAction"
                 text = "VCS Operations Popup..." description="Context aware popup with list of commonly used VCS actions"/>
-        <action id="Vcs.ChangesView" class="com.intellij.openapi.vcs.changes.ShowChangesViewAction"/>
         <reference ref="CheckinProject"/>
         <action id="Vcs.UpdateProject" class="com.intellij.openapi.vcs.update.CommonUpdateProjectAction" icon="AllIcons.Actions.CheckOut">
           <keyboard-shortcut first-keystroke="control T" keymap="$default"/>
@@ -323,7 +322,6 @@
       <separator/>
       <reference ref="Start.Use.Vcs"/>
       <reference ref="Vcs.QuickListPopupAction"/>
-      <reference ref="Vcs.ChangesView"/>
       <reference ref="Vcs.UpdateProject"/>
       <reference ref="Vcs.IntegrateProject"/>
       <reference ref="Vcs.RefreshStatuses"/>
diff --git a/platform/vcs-impl/src/com/intellij/openapi/vcs/changes/ShowChangesViewAction.java b/platform/vcs-impl/src/com/intellij/openapi/vcs/changes/ShowChangesViewAction.java
deleted file mode 100644
index b3e679d39857..000000000000
--- a/platform/vcs-impl/src/com/intellij/openapi/vcs/changes/ShowChangesViewAction.java
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,56 +0,0 @@
-/*
- * Copyright 2000-2009 JetBrains s.r.o.
- *
- * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
- * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
- * You may obtain a copy of the License at
- *
- * http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
- *
- * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
- * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
- * WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
- * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
- * limitations under the License.
- */
-
-/*
- * Created by IntelliJ IDEA.
- * User: yole
- * Date: 18.08.2006
- * Time: 16:35:20
- */
-package com.intellij.openapi.vcs.changes;
-
-import com.intellij.openapi.actionSystem.AnActionEvent;
-import com.intellij.openapi.actionSystem.Presentation;
-import com.intellij.openapi.vcs.actions.AbstractVcsAction;
-import com.intellij.openapi.vcs.actions.VcsContext;
-import com.intellij.openapi.vcs.changes.ui.ChangesViewContentManager;
-import com.intellij.openapi.wm.ToolWindow;
-import com.intellij.openapi.wm.ToolWindowManager;
-import org.jetbrains.annotations.NotNull;
-
-public class ShowChangesViewAction extends AbstractVcsAction {
-  @Override
-  protected void actionPerformed(@NotNull VcsContext e) {
-    if (e.getProject() == null) return;
-    final ToolWindowManager manager = ToolWindowManager.getInstance(e.getProject());
-    if (manager != null) {
-      final ToolWindow window = manager.getToolWindow(ChangesViewContentManager.TOOLWINDOW_ID);
-      if (window != null) {
-        window.show(null);
-      }
-    }
-  }
-
-  @Override
-  protected void update(VcsContext vcsContext, Presentation presentation) {
-    presentation.setVisible(getActiveVcses(vcsContext).size() > 0);
-  }
-
-  @Override
-  protected boolean forceSyncUpdate(final AnActionEvent e) {
-    return true;
-  }
-}