diff --git a/platform/core-impl/src/com/intellij/core/CoreEnvironment.java b/platform/core-impl/src/com/intellij/core/CoreEnvironment.java
index 8957f43309fe..e754d84607d6 100644
--- a/platform/core-impl/src/com/intellij/core/CoreEnvironment.java
+++ b/platform/core-impl/src/com/intellij/core/CoreEnvironment.java
@@ -83,12 +83,10 @@ public class CoreEnvironment {
     myEncodingRegistry = new CoreEncodingRegistry();
 
     myApplication = new MockApplication(parentDisposable);
-    if (ApplicationManager.getApplication() == null) {
-      ApplicationManager.setApplication(myApplication,
-                                        new StaticGetter<FileTypeRegistry>(myFileTypeRegistry),
-                                        new StaticGetter<EncodingRegistry>(myEncodingRegistry),
-                                        parentDisposable);
-    }
+    ApplicationManager.setApplication(myApplication,
+                                      new StaticGetter<FileTypeRegistry>(myFileTypeRegistry),
+                                      new StaticGetter<EncodingRegistry>(myEncodingRegistry),
+                                      parentDisposable);
     myLocalFileSystem = new CoreLocalFileSystem();
     myJarFileSystem = new CoreJarFileSystem();