diff --git a/images/src/org/intellij/images/fileTypes/impl/ImageFileTypeManagerImpl.java b/images/src/org/intellij/images/fileTypes/impl/ImageFileTypeManagerImpl.java
index adc75a4f19ac..2763e8a083e1 100644
--- a/images/src/org/intellij/images/fileTypes/impl/ImageFileTypeManagerImpl.java
+++ b/images/src/org/intellij/images/fileTypes/impl/ImageFileTypeManagerImpl.java
@@ -53,9 +53,7 @@ final class ImageFileTypeManagerImpl extends ImageFileTypeManager implements App
   }
 
   public boolean isImage(VirtualFile file) {
-    FileTypeManager fileTypeManager = FileTypeManager.getInstance();
-    FileType fileTypeByFile = file.getFileType();
-    return fileTypeByFile instanceof ImageFileType;
+    return file.getFileType() instanceof ImageFileType;
   }
 
   public FileType getImageFileType() {