diff --git a/platform/configuration-store-impl/src/schemeManager/SchemeManagerImpl.kt b/platform/configuration-store-impl/src/schemeManager/SchemeManagerImpl.kt
index 0def5ff3b532..b91ed08c04f0 100644
--- a/platform/configuration-store-impl/src/schemeManager/SchemeManagerImpl.kt
+++ b/platform/configuration-store-impl/src/schemeManager/SchemeManagerImpl.kt
@@ -577,7 +577,7 @@ class SchemeManagerImpl<T : Any, MUTABLE_SCHEME : T>(val fileSpec: String,
 
   override fun removeScheme(name: String) = removeFirstScheme { processor.getSchemeKey(it) == name }
 
-  override fun removeScheme(scheme: T) = removeFirstScheme { it == scheme } != null
+  override fun removeScheme(scheme: T) = removeFirstScheme { it === scheme } != null
 
   override fun isMetadataEditable(scheme: T) = !schemeListManager.readOnlyExternalizableSchemes.containsKey(processor.getSchemeKey(scheme))