diff --git a/platform/editor-ui-api/src/com/intellij/ide/ui/UISettings.java b/platform/editor-ui-api/src/com/intellij/ide/ui/UISettings.java
index 348ccef5f6e7..c0404b16e436 100644
--- a/platform/editor-ui-api/src/com/intellij/ide/ui/UISettings.java
+++ b/platform/editor-ui-api/src/com/intellij/ide/ui/UISettings.java
@@ -185,9 +185,7 @@ public class UISettings extends SimpleModificationTracker implements PersistentS
       ApplicationManager.getApplication().getMessageBus().syncPublisher(UISettingsListener.TOPIC).uiSettingsChanged(this);
     }
 
-    IconLoader.setFilter(Registry.is("color.blindness.daltonization")
-                         ? DaltonizationFilter.get(COLOR_BLINDNESS)
-                         : MatrixFilter.get(COLOR_BLINDNESS));
+    IconLoader.setFilter(MatrixFilter.get(COLOR_BLINDNESS));
   }
 
   /**
diff --git a/platform/util/resources/misc/registry.properties b/platform/util/resources/misc/registry.properties
index 2e2fde5a3546..24b8d05caf6d 100644
--- a/platform/util/resources/misc/registry.properties
+++ b/platform/util/resources/misc/registry.properties
@@ -48,7 +48,6 @@ actionSystem.extendedKeyCode.disabled=false
 actionSystem.extendedKeyCode.disabled.description=Disables our key processing that uses extended code to determine a shortcut.
 
 color.blindness.icon.filter=false
-color.blindness.daltonization=false
 
 ide.debugMode=false