diff --git a/java/java-impl/src/com/intellij/openapi/vfs/impl/jrt/JrtHandler.java b/java/java-impl/src/com/intellij/openapi/vfs/impl/jrt/JrtHandler.java
index d2c420702a93..6065f9f2bf0c 100644
--- a/java/java-impl/src/com/intellij/openapi/vfs/impl/jrt/JrtHandler.java
+++ b/java/java-impl/src/com/intellij/openapi/vfs/impl/jrt/JrtHandler.java
@@ -74,7 +74,6 @@ class JrtHandler extends ArchiveHandler {
         }
         else {
           File file = new File(path, "lib/jrt-fs.jar");
-          if (!file.exists()) file = new File(path, "jrt-fs.jar");
           if (!file.exists()) throw new IOException("Missing provider: " + file);
           URL url = file.toURI().toURL();
           ClassLoader loader = new URLClassLoader(new URL[]{url}, null);
diff --git a/java/openapi/src/com/intellij/openapi/vfs/jrt/JrtFileSystem.java b/java/openapi/src/com/intellij/openapi/vfs/jrt/JrtFileSystem.java
index 4a1e8d566c05..0c90d2eb9595 100644
--- a/java/openapi/src/com/intellij/openapi/vfs/jrt/JrtFileSystem.java
+++ b/java/openapi/src/com/intellij/openapi/vfs/jrt/JrtFileSystem.java
@@ -29,7 +29,7 @@ public abstract class JrtFileSystem extends ArchiveFileSystem {
   public static final String SEPARATOR = URLUtil.JAR_SEPARATOR;
 
   public static boolean isModularJdk(@NotNull String homePath) {
-    return new File(homePath, "lib/jrt-fs.jar").isFile() || new File(homePath, "jrt-fs.jar").isFile();
+    return new File(homePath, "lib/jrt-fs.jar").isFile();
   }
 
   public static boolean isRoot(@NotNull VirtualFile file) {