diff --git a/.idea/compiler.xml b/.idea/compiler.xml
index b803bcf74e00..bb073aff93a9 100644
--- a/.idea/compiler.xml
+++ b/.idea/compiler.xml
@@ -44,7 +44,6 @@
       <module name="remote-servers-agent-rt" target="1.5" />
       <module name="testng_rt" target="1.5" />
       <module name="ui-designer-jps-plugin" target="1.6" />
-      <module name="util" target="1.5" />
       <module name="util-rt" target="1.5" />
     </bytecodeTargetLevel>
   </component>
diff --git a/build/conf/classVersions.txt b/build/conf/classVersions.txt
index aab86e591335..dd39ad0006d3 100644
--- a/build/conf/classVersions.txt
+++ b/build/conf/classVersions.txt
@@ -29,7 +29,6 @@
 1.6 =>
 
 1.3 => lib/idea_rt.jar
-1.5 => lib/util.jar
 
 1.7 => lib/fxHelpBrowser.jar
 1.7 => lib/optimizedFileManager.jar
diff --git a/platform/util/util.iml b/platform/util/util.iml
index d9af7fc83325..beb2a0ccf916 100644
--- a/platform/util/util.iml
+++ b/platform/util/util.iml
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 <?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
 <module relativePaths="true" type="JAVA_MODULE" version="4">
-  <component name="NewModuleRootManager" LANGUAGE_LEVEL="JDK_1_5" inherit-compiler-output="true">
+  <component name="NewModuleRootManager" inherit-compiler-output="true">
     <exclude-output />
     <content url="file://$MODULE_DIR$">
       <sourceFolder url="file://$MODULE_DIR$/src" isTestSource="false" />