diff --git a/plugins/git4idea/src/META-INF/plugin.xml b/plugins/git4idea/src/META-INF/plugin.xml
index f45f4b147831..80b942563d93 100644
--- a/plugins/git4idea/src/META-INF/plugin.xml
+++ b/plugins/git4idea/src/META-INF/plugin.xml
@@ -165,9 +165,6 @@
     <projectService
         serviceInterface="git4idea.config.GitExecutableValidator"
         serviceImplementation="git4idea.config.GitExecutableValidator"/>
-    <projectService
-        serviceInterface="git4idea.MessageManager"
-        serviceImplementation="git4idea.MessageManager"/>
     <projectService serviceInterface="git4idea.branch.GitBrancher"
                     serviceImplementation="git4idea.branch.GitBrancherImpl"/>
     <projectService serviceImplementation="git4idea.GitUserRegistry" />