diff --git a/python/educational-core/src/com/jetbrains/edu/learning/checker/StudyCheckUtils.java b/python/educational-core/src/com/jetbrains/edu/learning/checker/StudyCheckUtils.java
index b28933e12681..3b74d33b4fb8 100644
--- a/python/educational-core/src/com/jetbrains/edu/learning/checker/StudyCheckUtils.java
+++ b/python/educational-core/src/com/jetbrains/edu/learning/checker/StudyCheckUtils.java
@@ -11,18 +11,17 @@ import com.intellij.openapi.editor.Editor;
 import com.intellij.openapi.fileEditor.FileDocumentManager;
 import com.intellij.openapi.fileEditor.FileEditor;
 import com.intellij.openapi.fileEditor.FileEditorManager;
-import com.intellij.openapi.progress.ProgressIndicator;
 import com.intellij.openapi.progress.ProgressManager;
-import com.intellij.openapi.progress.TaskInfo;
 import com.intellij.openapi.project.Project;
 import com.intellij.openapi.ui.popup.Balloon;
 import com.intellij.openapi.ui.popup.BalloonBuilder;
 import com.intellij.openapi.ui.popup.JBPopupFactory;
 import com.intellij.openapi.util.Pair;
 import com.intellij.openapi.vfs.VirtualFile;
-import com.intellij.openapi.wm.*;
-import com.intellij.openapi.wm.ex.StatusBarEx;
-import com.intellij.openapi.wm.ex.WindowManagerEx;
+import com.intellij.openapi.wm.IdeFocusManager;
+import com.intellij.openapi.wm.ToolWindow;
+import com.intellij.openapi.wm.ToolWindowAnchor;
+import com.intellij.openapi.wm.ToolWindowManager;
 import com.intellij.ui.content.Content;
 import com.jetbrains.edu.learning.StudyState;
 import com.jetbrains.edu.learning.StudyTaskManager;
@@ -42,7 +41,6 @@ import org.jetbrains.annotations.NotNull;
 import javax.swing.*;
 import java.awt.*;
 import java.io.IOException;
-import java.util.List;
 import java.util.Map;
 
 public class StudyCheckUtils {
@@ -181,17 +179,6 @@ public class StudyCheckUtils {
   }
 
 
-  public static boolean hasBackgroundProcesses(@NotNull Project project) {
-    final IdeFrame frame = ((WindowManagerEx)WindowManager.getInstance()).findFrameFor(project);
-    final StatusBarEx statusBar = frame == null ? null : (StatusBarEx)frame.getStatusBar();
-    if (statusBar != null) {
-      final List<Pair<TaskInfo, ProgressIndicator>> processes = statusBar.getBackgroundProcesses();
-      if (!processes.isEmpty()) return true;
-    }
-    return false;
-  }
-
-
   public static void flushWindows(@NotNull final Task task, @NotNull final VirtualFile taskDir) {
     for (Map.Entry<String, TaskFile> entry : task.getTaskFiles().entrySet()) {
       String name = entry.getKey();