diff --git a/java/java-impl/src/com/intellij/codeInsight/JavaTargetElementEvaluator.java b/java/java-impl/src/com/intellij/codeInsight/JavaTargetElementEvaluator.java
index 388e9ed94f49..0da06e592c3c 100644
--- a/java/java-impl/src/com/intellij/codeInsight/JavaTargetElementEvaluator.java
+++ b/java/java-impl/src/com/intellij/codeInsight/JavaTargetElementEvaluator.java
@@ -76,7 +76,6 @@ public class JavaTargetElementEvaluator extends TargetElementEvaluatorEx2 implem
   @Override
   @NotNull
   public ThreeState isAcceptableReferencedElement(@NotNull final PsiElement element, final PsiElement referenceOrReferencedElement) {
-    if (referenceOrReferencedElement instanceof SyntheticElement) return ThreeState.NO;
     if (isEnumConstantReference(element, referenceOrReferencedElement)) return ThreeState.NO;
     return super.isAcceptableReferencedElement(element, referenceOrReferencedElement);
   }
diff --git a/java/java-tests/testData/codeInsight/javadocIG/caretAtLinkInJavadoc.html b/java/java-tests/testData/codeInsight/javadocIG/caretAtLinkInJavadoc.html
deleted file mode 100644
index 5fe64d2f8729..000000000000
--- a/java/java-tests/testData/codeInsight/javadocIG/caretAtLinkInJavadoc.html
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,2 +0,0 @@
-<html><head><base href="placeholder"></head><body><div class='definition'><pre>class <b>C</b>
-extends <a href="psi_element://java.lang.Object"><code>Object</code></a></pre></div><div class='content'> Some <a href="http://dummy.link">link</a> </div><table class='sections'><p></table>
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/java/java-tests/testData/codeInsight/javadocIG/caretAtLinkInJavadoc.java b/java/java-tests/testData/codeInsight/javadocIG/caretAtLinkInJavadoc.java
deleted file mode 100644
index 577148917930..000000000000
--- a/java/java-tests/testData/codeInsight/javadocIG/caretAtLinkInJavadoc.java
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,2 +0,0 @@
-/** Some <a href="http://dummy<caret>.link">link</a> */
-class C {}
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/java/java-tests/testSrc/com/intellij/java/codeInsight/javadoc/JavaDocInfoGeneratorTest.java b/java/java-tests/testSrc/com/intellij/java/codeInsight/javadoc/JavaDocInfoGeneratorTest.java
index 0ee10002cff8..299f1a3a8d67 100644
--- a/java/java-tests/testSrc/com/intellij/java/codeInsight/javadoc/JavaDocInfoGeneratorTest.java
+++ b/java/java-tests/testSrc/com/intellij/java/codeInsight/javadoc/JavaDocInfoGeneratorTest.java
@@ -94,7 +94,6 @@ public class JavaDocInfoGeneratorTest extends CodeInsightTestCase {
   public void testDocumentationForJdkClassWithReferencesToClassesFromJavaLang() { doTestAtCaret(); }
   public void testDocumentationForUncheckedExceptionsInSupers() { doTestAtCaret(); }
   public void testDocumentationForGetterByField() { doTestAtCaret(); }
-  public void testCaretAtLinkInJavadoc() { doTestAtCaret(); }
   public void testParamInJavadoc() { doTestAtCaret(); }
   public void testLiteralInsideCode() { useJava8(); doTestClass(); }
   public void testSuperJavadocExactResolve() { doTestAtCaret(); }
