diff --git a/platform/platform-impl/src/com/intellij/openapi/updateSettings/impl/UpdateChecker.kt b/platform/platform-impl/src/com/intellij/openapi/updateSettings/impl/UpdateChecker.kt
index 87c4de0d9cbb..972b7a71cda7 100644
--- a/platform/platform-impl/src/com/intellij/openapi/updateSettings/impl/UpdateChecker.kt
+++ b/platform/platform-impl/src/com/intellij/openapi/updateSettings/impl/UpdateChecker.kt
@@ -47,6 +47,7 @@ import com.intellij.openapi.util.io.FileUtil
 import com.intellij.openapi.util.text.StringUtil
 import com.intellij.openapi.vfs.CharsetToolkit
 import com.intellij.util.PlatformUtils
+import com.intellij.util.SystemProperties
 import com.intellij.util.containers.ContainerUtil
 import com.intellij.util.io.HttpRequests
 import com.intellij.util.io.URLUtil
@@ -70,13 +71,13 @@ import java.util.*
  */
 object UpdateChecker {
   private val LOG = Logger.getInstance("#com.intellij.openapi.updateSettings.impl.UpdateChecker")
-  val NO_PLATFORM_UPDATE = "ide.no.platform.update"
 
   @JvmField
   val NOTIFICATIONS = NotificationGroup(IdeBundle.message("update.notifications.group"), NotificationDisplayType.STICKY_BALLOON, true)
 
   private val INSTALLATION_UID = "installation.uid"
   private val DISABLED_UPDATE = "disabled_update.txt"
+  private val NO_PLATFORM_UPDATE = "ide.no.platform.update"
 
   private var ourDisabledToUpdatePlugins: MutableSet<String>? = null
   private val ourAdditionalRequestOptions = hashMapOf<String, String>()
@@ -113,12 +114,8 @@ object UpdateChecker {
     val fromSettings = customSettings != null
 
     ProgressManager.getInstance().run(object : Task.Backgroundable(project, IdeBundle.message("updates.checking.progress"), true) {
-      override fun run(indicator: ProgressIndicator) {
-        doUpdateAndShowResult(getProject(), fromSettings, true, settings, indicator, null)
-      }
-
+      override fun run(indicator: ProgressIndicator) = doUpdateAndShowResult(getProject(), fromSettings, true, settings, indicator, null)
       override fun isConditionalModal(): Boolean = fromSettings
-
       override fun shouldStartInBackground(): Boolean = !fromSettings
     })
   }
@@ -181,7 +178,7 @@ object UpdateChecker {
   }
 
   private fun checkPlatformUpdate(settings: UpdateSettings): CheckForUpdateResult {
-    if (System.getProperty(NO_PLATFORM_UPDATE, "false").toBoolean()) {
+    if (SystemProperties.getBooleanProperty(NO_PLATFORM_UPDATE, false)) {
       return CheckForUpdateResult(UpdateStrategy.State.NOTHING_LOADED, null)
     }