diff --git a/platform/platform-api/src/com/intellij/concurrency/JobScheduler.java b/platform/platform-api/src/com/intellij/concurrency/JobScheduler.java
index 00d22266d88d..0dc0d3860410 100644
--- a/platform/platform-api/src/com/intellij/concurrency/JobScheduler.java
+++ b/platform/platform-api/src/com/intellij/concurrency/JobScheduler.java
@@ -21,7 +21,6 @@ package com.intellij.concurrency;
 
 import com.intellij.openapi.components.ServiceManager;
 import com.intellij.util.ConcurrencyUtil;
-import org.jetbrains.annotations.NonNls;
 
 import java.util.concurrent.ScheduledExecutorService;
 import java.util.concurrent.ScheduledThreadPoolExecutor;
@@ -33,8 +32,6 @@ public abstract class JobScheduler {
     return ServiceManager.getService(JobScheduler.class);
   }
 
-  public abstract <T> Job<T> createJob(@NonNls String title, int priority);
-
   public static ScheduledExecutorService getScheduler() {
     return ourScheduledExecutorService;
   }
diff --git a/platform/platform-impl/src/com/intellij/concurrency/JobSchedulerImpl.java b/platform/platform-impl/src/com/intellij/concurrency/JobSchedulerImpl.java
index dab1a804a288..c0fa94634cef 100644
--- a/platform/platform-impl/src/com/intellij/concurrency/JobSchedulerImpl.java
+++ b/platform/platform-impl/src/com/intellij/concurrency/JobSchedulerImpl.java
@@ -50,10 +50,6 @@ public class JobSchedulerImpl extends JobScheduler implements Disposable {
     return ourQueue.size();
   }
 
-  public <T> Job<T> createJob(String title, int priority) {
-    return new JobImpl<T>(priority, false);
-  }
-
   public void dispose() {
     ((ThreadPoolExecutor)getScheduler()).getQueue().clear();
   }