diff --git a/plugins/devkit/devkit-core/resources/META-INF/plugin.xml b/plugins/devkit/devkit-core/resources/META-INF/plugin.xml
index 840ecc781920..d656923c55a4 100644
--- a/plugins/devkit/devkit-core/resources/META-INF/plugin.xml
+++ b/plugins/devkit/devkit-core/resources/META-INF/plugin.xml
@@ -23,6 +23,7 @@
   <extensions defaultExtensionNs="com.intellij">
     <virtualFileSystem key="testdata" implementationClass="org.jetbrains.idea.devkit.testAssistant.vfs.TestDataGroupFileSystem"/>
     <editorTabTitleProvider implementation="org.jetbrains.idea.devkit.testAssistant.TestDataGroupEditorTabTitleProvider"/>
+    <highlightingPassFactory implementation="org.jetbrains.idea.devkit.testAssistant.TestDataHighlightingPassFactory"/>
 
     <runLineMarkerContributor language="JAVA" implementationClass="org.jetbrains.idea.devkit.testAssistant.TestDataLineMarkerProvider"/>
     <fileEditorProvider implementation="org.jetbrains.idea.devkit.testAssistant.TestDataGroupEditorProvider"/>
@@ -315,12 +316,6 @@
     </extensionPoint>
   </extensionPoints>
 
-  <project-components>
-    <component>
-      <implementation-class>org.jetbrains.idea.devkit.testAssistant.TestDataHighlightingPassFactory</implementation-class>
-    </component>
-  </project-components>
-
   <actions>
     <group id="PluginDeployActions">
       <action class="org.jetbrains.idea.devkit.build.PrepareToDeployAction" id="MakeJarAction"/>