diff --git a/platform/lang-impl/src/com/intellij/openapi/editor/richcopy/view/HtmlTransferableData.java b/platform/lang-impl/src/com/intellij/openapi/editor/richcopy/view/HtmlTransferableData.java
index 0d64830b5041..c6224026bc11 100644
--- a/platform/lang-impl/src/com/intellij/openapi/editor/richcopy/view/HtmlTransferableData.java
+++ b/platform/lang-impl/src/com/intellij/openapi/editor/richcopy/view/HtmlTransferableData.java
@@ -89,7 +89,6 @@ public class HtmlTransferableData extends AbstractSyntaxAwareReaderTransferableD
     }
     finally {
       myResultBuffer = null;
-      myRawText = null;
       myColorRegistry = null;
       myFontNameRegistry = null;
       myColors.clear();