diff --git a/java/java-psi-api/src/com/intellij/codeInsight/daemon/impl/analysis/JavaGenericsUtil.java b/java/java-psi-api/src/com/intellij/codeInsight/daemon/impl/analysis/JavaGenericsUtil.java
index 23164b15b4be..4e56bec0b86f 100644
--- a/java/java-psi-api/src/com/intellij/codeInsight/daemon/impl/analysis/JavaGenericsUtil.java
+++ b/java/java-psi-api/src/com/intellij/codeInsight/daemon/impl/analysis/JavaGenericsUtil.java
@@ -316,7 +316,6 @@ public final class JavaGenericsUtil {
       PsiSubstitutor superClassSubstitutor = TypeConversionUtil.getClassSubstitutor(owner, aClass, substitutor);
       if (superClassSubstitutor == null) return null;
       PsiType itemType = superClassSubstitutor.substitute(typeParameter);
-      itemType = PsiUtil.captureToplevelWildcards(itemType, aClass);
       return itemType == null ? PsiType.getJavaLangObject(manager, aClass.getResolveScope()) : itemType;
     }
     if (type instanceof PsiIntersectionType) {
diff --git a/java/java-tests/testSrc/com/intellij/java/codeInsight/daemon/DeconstructionInferenceTest.java b/java/java-tests/testSrc/com/intellij/java/codeInsight/daemon/DeconstructionInferenceTest.java
index 8e433ea0ea56..f97d6f202382 100644
--- a/java/java-tests/testSrc/com/intellij/java/codeInsight/daemon/DeconstructionInferenceTest.java
+++ b/java/java-tests/testSrc/com/intellij/java/codeInsight/daemon/DeconstructionInferenceTest.java
@@ -214,11 +214,6 @@ public class DeconstructionInferenceTest extends LightJavaCodeInsightFixtureTest
             int length = text.length();
           }
         }
-        public static void test2(List<Box<? extends String>> records) {
-            for (Box(var x ) : records) {
-                System.out.println(x.isEmpty());
-            }
-        }
       }
       """);
     myFixture.enableInspections(new RawUseOfParameterizedTypeInspection());