diff --git a/plugins/git4idea/src/META-INF/plugin.xml b/plugins/git4idea/src/META-INF/plugin.xml
index 732ef0e79d7f..9c1b39e21b20 100644
--- a/plugins/git4idea/src/META-INF/plugin.xml
+++ b/plugins/git4idea/src/META-INF/plugin.xml
@@ -54,7 +54,6 @@
       <action id="Git.Rebase.Abort" class="git4idea.actions.GitRebaseAbort" text="Abort Rebasing"/>
       <action id="Git.Rebase.Continue" class="git4idea.actions.GitRebaseContinue" text="Continue Rebasing"/>
       <action id="Git.Rebase.Skip" class="git4idea.actions.GitRebaseSkip" text="Skip Commit in Rebasing"/>
-      <action id="Git.Gc" class="git4idea.actions.GitGcAction" text="Run Garbage Collector"/>
       <separator/>
     </group>
 
diff --git a/plugins/git4idea/src/git4idea/actions/GitGcAction.java b/plugins/git4idea/src/git4idea/actions/GitGcAction.java
deleted file mode 100644
index e1e45d347a22..000000000000
--- a/plugins/git4idea/src/git4idea/actions/GitGcAction.java
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,61 +0,0 @@
-/*
- * Copyright 2000-2011 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.actions;
-
-import com.intellij.openapi.project.Project;
-import com.intellij.openapi.vcs.VcsException;
-import com.intellij.openapi.vfs.VirtualFile;
-import git4idea.commands.GitCommand;
-import git4idea.commands.GitSimpleHandler;
-import git4idea.commands.GitTask;
-import git4idea.commands.GitTaskResultHandlerAdapter;
-import git4idea.i18n.GitBundle;
-import org.jetbrains.annotations.NotNull;
-
-import java.util.List;
-import java.util.Set;
-
-/**
- * @author Konstantin Bulenkov
- */
-public class GitGcAction extends GitRepositoryAction {
-  @NotNull
-  @Override
-  protected String getActionName() {
-    return GitBundle.getString("gc.action.name");
-  }
-
-  @Override
-  protected void perform(@NotNull final Project project,
-                         @NotNull List<VirtualFile> gitRoots,
-                         @NotNull VirtualFile defaultRoot,
-                         Set<VirtualFile> affectedRoots,
-                         List<VcsException> exceptions) throws VcsException {
-    for (final VirtualFile root : gitRoots) {
-      final GitSimpleHandler handler = new GitSimpleHandler(project, root, GitCommand.GC);
-      final GitTask task = new GitTask(project, handler, getActionName());
-      task.executeAsync(new GitTaskResultHandlerAdapter() {
-        @Override
-        protected void onSuccess() {
-        }
-
-        @Override
-        protected void onFailure() {
-        }
-      });
-    }
-  }
-}