diff --git a/platform/platform-api/src/com/intellij/ui/SimpleColoredComponent.java b/platform/platform-api/src/com/intellij/ui/SimpleColoredComponent.java
index 4d035cd990fb..54a5d5a46395 100644
--- a/platform/platform-api/src/com/intellij/ui/SimpleColoredComponent.java
+++ b/platform/platform-api/src/com/intellij/ui/SimpleColoredComponent.java
@@ -1005,8 +1005,6 @@ public class SimpleColoredComponent extends JComponent implements Accessible, Co
 
     @Override
     public void paintBorder(final Component c, final Graphics g, final int x, final int y, final int width, final int height) {
-      g.setColor(JBColor.foreground());
-      UIUtil.drawDottedRectangle(g, x, y, x + width - 1, y + height - 1);
     }
 
     @Override
@@ -1016,7 +1014,7 @@ public class SimpleColoredComponent extends JComponent implements Accessible, Co
 
     @Override
     public boolean isBorderOpaque() {
-      return true;
+      return false;
     }
   }