diff --git a/plugins/git4idea/src/git4idea/history/GitChangesParser.java b/plugins/git4idea/src/git4idea/history/GitChangesParser.java
index fc9d8032104c..224246004a44 100644
--- a/plugins/git4idea/src/git4idea/history/GitChangesParser.java
+++ b/plugins/git4idea/src/git4idea/history/GitChangesParser.java
@@ -23,9 +23,10 @@ import com.intellij.openapi.vcs.changes.Change;
 import com.intellij.openapi.vcs.changes.ContentRevision;
 import com.intellij.openapi.vcs.history.VcsRevisionNumber;
 import com.intellij.openapi.vfs.VirtualFile;
+import com.intellij.vcs.log.Hash;
+import com.intellij.vcs.log.impl.HashImpl;
 import git4idea.GitContentRevision;
 import git4idea.GitRevisionNumber;
-import git4idea.history.wholeTree.AbstractHash;
 import org.jetbrains.annotations.NotNull;
 import org.jetbrains.annotations.Nullable;
 
@@ -53,14 +54,14 @@ public class GitChangesParser {
   }
 
   private static List<GitRevisionNumber> prepareParentRevisions(List<String> parentsHashes) {
-    final List<AbstractHash> parents = new ArrayList<>(parentsHashes.size());
+    final List<Hash> parents = new ArrayList<>(parentsHashes.size());
     for (String parentsShortHash : parentsHashes) {
-      parents.add(AbstractHash.create(parentsShortHash));
+      parents.add(HashImpl.build(parentsShortHash));
     }
 
     final List<GitRevisionNumber> parentRevisions = new ArrayList<>(parents.size());
-    for (AbstractHash parent : parents) {
-      parentRevisions.add(new GitRevisionNumber(parent.getString()));
+    for (Hash parent : parents) {
+      parentRevisions.add(new GitRevisionNumber(parent.asString()));
     }
     return parentRevisions;
   }
diff --git a/plugins/git4idea/src/git4idea/history/wholeTree/AbstractHash.java b/plugins/git4idea/src/git4idea/history/wholeTree/AbstractHash.java
deleted file mode 100644
index 9d94f9303a52..000000000000
--- a/plugins/git4idea/src/git4idea/history/wholeTree/AbstractHash.java
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,69 +0,0 @@
-/*
- * Copyright 2000-2010 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.
- */
-package git4idea.history.wholeTree;
-
-import com.intellij.vcs.log.Hash;
-import com.intellij.vcs.log.impl.HashImpl;
-import org.jetbrains.annotations.NotNull;
-
-/**
- * @author irengrig
- */
-@Deprecated
-public class AbstractHash {
-
-  @NotNull private final Hash myHash;
-
-  private AbstractHash(@NotNull Hash hash) {
-    myHash = hash;
-  }
-
-  @NotNull
-  public static AbstractHash create(final String hash) {
-    return new AbstractHash(HashImpl.build(hash));
-  }
-
-  public String getString() {
-    return myHash.asString();
-  }
-
-  @Override
-  public String toString() {
-    return getString();
-  }
-
-  @Override
-  public boolean equals(Object o) {
-    if (this == o) return true;
-    if (o == null || getClass() != o.getClass()) return false;
-
-    AbstractHash hash = (AbstractHash)o;
-
-    if (!myHash.equals(hash.myHash)) return false;
-
-    return true;
-  }
-
-  @Override
-  public int hashCode() {
-    return myHash.hashCode();
-  }
-
-  public static boolean hashesEqual(@NotNull final AbstractHash hash1, @NotNull final AbstractHash hash2) {
-    if (hash1.equals(hash2)) return true;
-    final String s1 = hash1.getString();
-    final String s2 = hash2.getString();
-    if (s1.startsWith(s2) || s2.startsWith(s1)) return true;
-    return false;
-  }
-}
diff --git a/plugins/git4idea/tests/git4idea/tests/AbstractHashTest.java b/plugins/git4idea/tests/git4idea/tests/AbstractHashTest.java
deleted file mode 100644
index 564ccee20778..000000000000
--- a/plugins/git4idea/tests/git4idea/tests/AbstractHashTest.java
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,67 +0,0 @@
-/*
- * Copyright 2000-2010 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.
- */
-package git4idea.tests;
-
-import git4idea.history.wholeTree.AbstractHash;
-import junit.framework.Assert;
-import junit.framework.TestCase;
-
-/**
- * @author irengrig
- */
-public class AbstractHashTest extends TestCase {
-  public void testSimple() throws Exception {
-    final String hash = "0a5b9f";
-    final AbstractHash abstractHash = AbstractHash.create(hash);
-    Assert.assertFalse(abstractHash.getClass().getName().contains("AbstractHash.StringPresentation"));
-    Assert.assertEquals(hash, abstractHash.getString());
-  }
-  public void testShort() throws Exception {
-    final String hash = "f";
-    final AbstractHash abstractHash = AbstractHash.create(hash);
-    Assert.assertFalse(abstractHash.getClass().getName().contains("AbstractHash.StringPresentation"));
-    Assert.assertEquals(hash, abstractHash.getString());
-
-    final String hash1 = "ff";
-    final AbstractHash abstractHash1 = AbstractHash.create(hash1);
-    Assert.assertFalse(abstractHash1.getClass().getName().contains("AbstractHash.StringPresentation"));
-    Assert.assertEquals(hash1, abstractHash1.getString());
-  }
-  public void testLong() throws Exception {
-    final String hash = "0123456789abcdef0123456789abcdef01234567";
-    final AbstractHash abstractHash = AbstractHash.create(hash);
-    Assert.assertFalse(abstractHash.getClass().getName().contains("AbstractHash.StringPresentation"));
-    Assert.assertEquals(hash, abstractHash.getString());
-  }
-  public void testLeadingNulls() throws Exception {
-    final String hash0 = "0";
-    final AbstractHash abstractHash0 = AbstractHash.create(hash0);
-    Assert.assertFalse(abstractHash0.getClass().getName().contains("AbstractHash.StringPresentation"));
-    Assert.assertEquals(hash0, abstractHash0.getString());
-
-    final String hash = "0f";
-    final AbstractHash abstractHash = AbstractHash.create(hash);
-    Assert.assertFalse(abstractHash.getClass().getName().contains("AbstractHash.StringPresentation"));
-    Assert.assertEquals(hash, abstractHash.getString());
-
-    final String hash1 = "001";
-    final AbstractHash abstractHash1 = AbstractHash.create(hash1);
-    Assert.assertFalse(abstractHash1.getClass().getName().contains("AbstractHash.StringPresentation"));
-    Assert.assertEquals(hash1, abstractHash1.getString());
-
-    final String hash2 = "000";
-    final AbstractHash abstractHash2 = AbstractHash.create(hash2);
-    Assert.assertFalse(abstractHash2.getClass().getName().contains("AbstractHash.StringPresentation"));
-    Assert.assertEquals(hash2, abstractHash2.getString());
-  }
-}