diff --git a/plugins/eclipse/resources/META-INF/plugin.xml b/plugins/eclipse/resources/META-INF/plugin.xml
index 1b64fa85b240..1b5afca2d48b 100644
--- a/plugins/eclipse/resources/META-INF/plugin.xml
+++ b/plugins/eclipse/resources/META-INF/plugin.xml
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@
     <projectImportProvider implementation="org.jetbrains.idea.eclipse.importWizard.EclipseProjectImportProvider"/>
     <projectOpenProcessor id="EclipseProjectOpenProcessor" implementation="org.jetbrains.idea.eclipse.importWizard.EclipseProjectOpenProcessor"/>
     <projectImportBuilder implementation="org.jetbrains.idea.eclipse.importWizard.EclipseImportBuilder"/>
-    <fileTypeFactory implementation="org.jetbrains.idea.eclipse.config.EclipseFileTypeFactory"/>
+    <fileType name="Eclipse" implementationClass="org.jetbrains.idea.eclipse.config.EclipseFileType" fileNames=".classpath;.project" fieldName="INSTANCE"/>
     <syntaxHighlighter key="Eclipse" implementationClass="com.intellij.ide.highlighter.XmlFileHighlighter"/>
     <schemeImporter 
         name="Eclipse XML Profile"
diff --git a/plugins/eclipse/src/org/jetbrains/idea/eclipse/config/EclipseFileTypeFactory.java b/plugins/eclipse/src/org/jetbrains/idea/eclipse/config/EclipseFileTypeFactory.java
deleted file mode 100644
index 57681e97b5f4..000000000000
--- a/plugins/eclipse/src/org/jetbrains/idea/eclipse/config/EclipseFileTypeFactory.java
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,14 +0,0 @@
-// Copyright 2000-2018 JetBrains s.r.o. Use of this source code is governed by the Apache 2.0 license that can be found in the LICENSE file.
-package org.jetbrains.idea.eclipse.config;
-
-import com.intellij.openapi.fileTypes.FileTypeConsumer;
-import com.intellij.openapi.fileTypes.FileTypeFactory;
-import org.jetbrains.annotations.NotNull;
-import org.jetbrains.idea.eclipse.EclipseXml;
-
-public class EclipseFileTypeFactory extends FileTypeFactory {
-  @Override
-  public void createFileTypes(final @NotNull FileTypeConsumer consumer) {
-    consumer.consume(EclipseFileType.INSTANCE, EclipseXml.CLASSPATH_EXT + ";" + EclipseXml.PROJECT_EXT);
-  }
-}