diff --git a/jps/jps-launcher/src/org/jetbrains/jps/cmdline/Launcher.java b/jps/jps-launcher/src/org/jetbrains/jps/cmdline/Launcher.java
index 4bbbe937d2c2..1fa208092696 100644
--- a/jps/jps-launcher/src/org/jetbrains/jps/cmdline/Launcher.java
+++ b/jps/jps-launcher/src/org/jetbrains/jps/cmdline/Launcher.java
@@ -21,7 +21,10 @@ import java.lang.reflect.Method;
 import java.net.MalformedURLException;
 import java.net.URL;
 import java.net.URLClassLoader;
-import java.util.*;
+import java.util.ArrayList;
+import java.util.List;
+import java.util.Random;
+import java.util.StringTokenizer;
 
 /**
  * @author Eugene Zhuravlev
@@ -45,8 +48,7 @@ public class Launcher {
     
     // IDEA-120811; speeding up DefaultChannelIDd calculation for netty
     //if (Boolean.parseBoolean(System.getProperty("io.netty.random.id"))) {
-      final String id = UUID.randomUUID().toString();
-      System.setProperty("io.netty.machineId", id.substring(id.length() - 8));
+      System.setProperty("io.netty.machineId", "9e43d860");
       System.setProperty("io.netty.processId", Integer.toString(new Random().nextInt(65535)));
     //}
 
diff --git a/platform/platform-impl/src/org/jetbrains/io/NettyUtil.java b/platform/platform-impl/src/org/jetbrains/io/NettyUtil.java
index 9dc1e4255400..e9d1cdf0c67b 100644
--- a/platform/platform-impl/src/org/jetbrains/io/NettyUtil.java
+++ b/platform/platform-impl/src/org/jetbrains/io/NettyUtil.java
@@ -37,7 +37,6 @@ import java.net.BindException;
 import java.net.InetSocketAddress;
 import java.net.Socket;
 import java.util.Random;
-import java.util.UUID;
 
 public final class NettyUtil {
   public static final int DEFAULT_CONNECT_ATTEMPT_COUNT = 20;
@@ -46,8 +45,7 @@ public final class NettyUtil {
   static {
     // IDEA-120811
     if (SystemProperties.getBooleanProperty("io.netty.random.id", true)) {
-      String id = UUID.randomUUID().toString();
-      System.setProperty("io.netty.machineId", id.substring(id.length() - 8));
+      System.setProperty("io.netty.machineId", "9e43d860");
       System.setProperty("io.netty.processId", Integer.toString(new Random().nextInt(65535)));
     }
   }