diff --git a/platform/vcs-impl/src/com/intellij/openapi/vcs/VcsNotifier.java b/platform/vcs-impl/src/com/intellij/openapi/vcs/VcsNotifier.java
index 96c0fe770d92..1ab9ed084e97 100644
--- a/platform/vcs-impl/src/com/intellij/openapi/vcs/VcsNotifier.java
+++ b/platform/vcs-impl/src/com/intellij/openapi/vcs/VcsNotifier.java
@@ -67,8 +67,7 @@ public class VcsNotifier {
                              @NotNull NotificationType type,
                              @Nullable NotificationListener listener) {
     Notification notification = createNotification(notificationGroup, title, message, type, listener);
-    notification.notify(myProject);
-    return notification;
+    return notify(notification);
   }
 
   @NotNull
diff --git a/platform/vcs-tests/src/com/intellij/openapi/vcs/TestVcsNotifier.java b/platform/vcs-tests/src/com/intellij/openapi/vcs/TestVcsNotifier.java
index 32a1db9a53f3..d8177a82c900 100644
--- a/platform/vcs-tests/src/com/intellij/openapi/vcs/TestVcsNotifier.java
+++ b/platform/vcs-tests/src/com/intellij/openapi/vcs/TestVcsNotifier.java
@@ -16,12 +16,8 @@
 package com.intellij.openapi.vcs;
 
 import com.intellij.notification.Notification;
-import com.intellij.notification.NotificationGroup;
-import com.intellij.notification.NotificationListener;
-import com.intellij.notification.NotificationType;
 import com.intellij.openapi.project.Project;
 import org.jetbrains.annotations.NotNull;
-import org.jetbrains.annotations.Nullable;
 
 public class TestVcsNotifier extends VcsNotifier {
 
@@ -37,14 +33,6 @@ public class TestVcsNotifier extends VcsNotifier {
     return myLastNotification;
   }
 
-  @Override
-  @NotNull
-  public Notification notify(@NotNull NotificationGroup notificationGroup, @NotNull String title, @NotNull String message,
-                             @NotNull NotificationType type, @Nullable NotificationListener listener) {
-    myLastNotification = new Notification(TEST_NOTIFICATION_GROUP, title, message, type, listener);
-    return myLastNotification;
-  }
-
   @NotNull
   public Notification notify(@NotNull Notification notification) {
     myLastNotification = notification;