diff --git a/platform/platform-api/src/com/intellij/util/graph/GraphAlgorithms.java b/platform/platform-api/src/com/intellij/util/graph/GraphAlgorithms.java
index 0b224cdc1ad7..fd633f7e281e 100644
--- a/platform/platform-api/src/com/intellij/util/graph/GraphAlgorithms.java
+++ b/platform/platform-api/src/com/intellij/util/graph/GraphAlgorithms.java
@@ -18,7 +18,6 @@ package com.intellij.util.graph;
 import com.intellij.openapi.components.ServiceManager;
 import com.intellij.openapi.progress.ProgressIndicator;
 import com.intellij.util.Chunk;
-import com.intellij.util.containers.MultiMap;
 import org.jetbrains.annotations.NotNull;
 import org.jetbrains.annotations.Nullable;
 
@@ -50,6 +49,4 @@ public abstract class GraphAlgorithms {
   public abstract <Node> Graph<Node> invertEdgeDirections(@NotNull Graph<Node> graph);
 
   public abstract <Node> Graph<Chunk<Node>> computeSCCGraph(final Graph<Node> graph);
-
-  public abstract <Node> Graph<Node> createGraphByInArcs(MultiMap<Node, Node> inArcs);
 }
diff --git a/platform/platform-impl/src/com/intellij/util/graph/impl/GraphAlgorithmsImpl.java b/platform/platform-impl/src/com/intellij/util/graph/impl/GraphAlgorithmsImpl.java
index d324549a4196..a0269f04b415 100644
--- a/platform/platform-impl/src/com/intellij/util/graph/impl/GraphAlgorithmsImpl.java
+++ b/platform/platform-impl/src/com/intellij/util/graph/impl/GraphAlgorithmsImpl.java
@@ -17,7 +17,6 @@ package com.intellij.util.graph.impl;
 
 import com.intellij.openapi.progress.ProgressIndicator;
 import com.intellij.util.Chunk;
-import com.intellij.util.containers.MultiMap;
 import com.intellij.util.graph.*;
 import gnu.trove.TIntArrayList;
 import gnu.trove.TIntProcedure;
@@ -111,24 +110,6 @@ public class GraphAlgorithmsImpl extends GraphAlgorithms {
     }));
   }
 
-  @Override
-  public <Node> Graph<Node> createGraphByInArcs(final MultiMap<Node, Node> inArcs) {
-    final Set<Node> nodes = new LinkedHashSet<Node>();
-    nodes.addAll(inArcs.keySet());
-    nodes.addAll(inArcs.values());
-    return new GraphGenerator<Node>(new CachingSemiGraph<Node>(new GraphGenerator.SemiGraph<Node>() {
-      @Override
-      public Collection<Node> getNodes() {
-        return nodes;
-      }
-
-      @Override
-      public Iterator<Node> getIn(Node n) {
-        return inArcs.get(n).iterator();
-      }
-    }));
-  }
-
   @NotNull
   @Override
   public <Node> List<List<Node>> removePathsWithCycles(@NotNull List<List<Node>> paths) {