diff --git a/java/java-psi-api/src/com/intellij/codeInsight/AnnotationUtil.java b/java/java-psi-api/src/com/intellij/codeInsight/AnnotationUtil.java
index 80fbb04e60f7..d67dec73361f 100644
--- a/java/java-psi-api/src/com/intellij/codeInsight/AnnotationUtil.java
+++ b/java/java-psi-api/src/com/intellij/codeInsight/AnnotationUtil.java
@@ -62,7 +62,6 @@ public class AnnotationUtil {
   @NonNls public static final String TEST_ONLY_SIMPLE_NAME = "TestOnly";
 
   public static final String LANGUAGE = "org.intellij.lang.annotations.Language";
-  public static final String REFERENCE = "org.intellij.lang.annotations.Reference";
 
   public static final Set<String> ALL_ANNOTATIONS;
 
diff --git a/platform/annotations/src/org/intellij/lang/annotations/Reference.java b/platform/annotations/src/org/intellij/lang/annotations/Reference.java
deleted file mode 100644
index 6e9813c2204d..000000000000
--- a/platform/annotations/src/org/intellij/lang/annotations/Reference.java
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,32 +0,0 @@
-/*
- * Copyright 2006 Sascha Weinreuter
- *
- * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
- * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
- * You may obtain a copy of the License at
- *
- *     http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
- *
- * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
- * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
- * WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
- * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
- * limitations under the License.
- */
-
-package org.intellij.lang.annotations;
-
-import org.jetbrains.annotations.NonNls;
-
-import java.lang.annotation.Retention;
-import java.lang.annotation.RetentionPolicy;
-import java.lang.annotation.Target;
-
-import static java.lang.annotation.ElementType.*;
-
-@Retention(RetentionPolicy.CLASS)
-@Target({ METHOD, FIELD, PARAMETER, LOCAL_VARIABLE, ANNOTATION_TYPE })
-
-public @interface Reference {
-    @NonNls String value();
-}
diff --git a/plugins/IntelliLang/java-support/org/intellij/plugins/intelliLang/inject/java/JavaLanguageInjectionSupport.java b/plugins/IntelliLang/java-support/org/intellij/plugins/intelliLang/inject/java/JavaLanguageInjectionSupport.java
index e0fbaf61fbc3..a45393313a21 100644
--- a/plugins/IntelliLang/java-support/org/intellij/plugins/intelliLang/inject/java/JavaLanguageInjectionSupport.java
+++ b/plugins/IntelliLang/java-support/org/intellij/plugins/intelliLang/inject/java/JavaLanguageInjectionSupport.java
@@ -246,11 +246,10 @@ public class JavaLanguageInjectionSupport extends AbstractLanguageInjectionSuppo
         if (factory == null) {
           factory = JavaPsiFacade.getElementFactory(modifierListOwner.getProject());
         }
-        String anno = Language.findLanguageByID(languageId) != null ? AnnotationUtil.LANGUAGE : AnnotationUtil.REFERENCE;
-        final PsiAnnotation annotation = factory.createAnnotationFromText("@" + anno + "(\"" + languageId + "\")", modifierListOwner);
+        final PsiAnnotation annotation = factory.createAnnotationFromText("@" + AnnotationUtil.LANGUAGE + "(\"" + languageId + "\")", modifierListOwner);
         final PsiModifierList list = modifierListOwner.getModifierList();
         assert list != null;
-        final PsiAnnotation existingAnnotation = list.findAnnotation(anno);
+        final PsiAnnotation existingAnnotation = list.findAnnotation(AnnotationUtil.LANGUAGE);
         if (existingAnnotation != null) {
           existingAnnotation.replace(annotation);
         }