diff --git a/platform/projectModel-impl/src/com/intellij/openapi/roots/impl/ProjectFileIndexImpl.java b/platform/projectModel-impl/src/com/intellij/openapi/roots/impl/ProjectFileIndexImpl.java
index ae2236bfdc0c..b7d803daa8c9 100644
--- a/platform/projectModel-impl/src/com/intellij/openapi/roots/impl/ProjectFileIndexImpl.java
+++ b/platform/projectModel-impl/src/com/intellij/openapi/roots/impl/ProjectFileIndexImpl.java
@@ -86,7 +86,7 @@ public class ProjectFileIndexImpl implements ProjectFileIndex {
   }
 
   @Nullable
-  public static DirectoryInfo getInfoForFileOrDirectory(@NotNull VirtualFile file, DirectoryIndex directoryIndex) {
+  static DirectoryInfo getInfoForFileOrDirectory(@NotNull VirtualFile file, DirectoryIndex directoryIndex) {
     if (!file.isDirectory() && file.getParent() == null) return null; // e.g. LightVirtualFile in test
     DirectoryInfo info = directoryIndex.getInfoForDirectory(file);
     if (info != null) {