diff --git a/plugins/htmltools/src/META-INF/plugin.xml b/plugins/htmltools/src/META-INF/plugin.xml
index 8e9f819b28f7..9a0507133b34 100644
--- a/plugins/htmltools/src/META-INF/plugin.xml
+++ b/plugins/htmltools/src/META-INF/plugin.xml
@@ -22,7 +22,6 @@
     <refactoring.extractIncludeHandler language="XHTML"
                                        implementationClass="com.intellij.htmltools.refactoring.lang.html.ExtractIncludeFromHTMLHandler"/>
 
-    <previewHintProvider implementation="com.intellij.htmltools.codeInsight.preview.HtmlPreviewHintProvider"/>
     <highlightErrorFilter implementation="com.intellij.htmltools.xml.util.XHtmlErrorFilter"/>
 
     <externalAnnotator language="HTML"
diff --git a/plugins/htmltools/src/com/intellij/htmltools/codeInsight/preview/BaseHtmlPreviewHintProvider.java b/plugins/htmltools/src/com/intellij/htmltools/codeInsight/preview/BaseHtmlPreviewHintProvider.java
deleted file mode 100644
index 7ad5adbc8ec6..000000000000
--- a/plugins/htmltools/src/com/intellij/htmltools/codeInsight/preview/BaseHtmlPreviewHintProvider.java
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,15 +0,0 @@
-package com.intellij.htmltools.codeInsight.preview;
-
-import com.intellij.codeInsight.preview.PreviewHintProvider;
-import com.intellij.psi.PsiFile;
-import com.intellij.xml.util.HtmlUtil;
-
-/**
- * Created by fedorkorotkov.
- */
-public abstract class BaseHtmlPreviewHintProvider implements PreviewHintProvider {
-  @Override
-  public boolean isSupportedFile(PsiFile file) {
-    return HtmlUtil.isHtmlFile(file);
-  }
-}
diff --git a/plugins/htmltools/src/com/intellij/htmltools/codeInsight/preview/HtmlPreviewHintProvider.java b/plugins/htmltools/src/com/intellij/htmltools/codeInsight/preview/HtmlPreviewHintProvider.java
deleted file mode 100644
index fa241d4211f7..000000000000
--- a/plugins/htmltools/src/com/intellij/htmltools/codeInsight/preview/HtmlPreviewHintProvider.java
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,87 +0,0 @@
-package com.intellij.htmltools.codeInsight.preview;
-
-import com.intellij.codeInsight.preview.ColorPreviewComponent;
-import com.intellij.codeInsight.preview.ImagePreviewComponent;
-import com.intellij.openapi.util.text.StringUtil;
-import com.intellij.psi.PsiElement;
-import com.intellij.psi.xml.XmlAttribute;
-import com.intellij.psi.xml.XmlAttributeValue;
-import com.intellij.util.io.URLUtil;
-import com.intellij.xml.util.ColorMap;
-import org.jetbrains.annotations.NotNull;
-import org.jetbrains.annotations.Nullable;
-
-import javax.swing.*;
-import java.awt.*;
-import java.io.IOException;
-
-
-public class HtmlPreviewHintProvider extends BaseHtmlPreviewHintProvider {
-  @Override
-  public JComponent getPreviewComponent(@NotNull PsiElement element) {
-    if (element.getParent() instanceof XmlAttributeValue) {
-      final PsiElement parentParent = element.getParent().getParent();
-
-      if (parentParent instanceof XmlAttribute) {
-        XmlAttribute attribute = ((XmlAttribute)parentParent);
-        final String attrName = attribute.getName();
-
-        if ("alink".equalsIgnoreCase(attrName) ||
-            "link".equalsIgnoreCase(attrName) ||
-            "text".equalsIgnoreCase(attrName) ||
-            "vlink".equalsIgnoreCase(attrName) ||
-            StringUtil.containsIgnoreCase(attrName, "color")) {
-          String s = element.getText();  // TODO: support [#FFF, #FFF]
-
-          if (s.length() > 0) {
-            final String hexColor = (s.charAt(0) == '#') ? s : ColorMap.getHexCodeForColorName(StringUtil.toLowerCase(s));
-            if (hexColor != null) {
-              try {
-                return new ColorPreviewComponent(Color.decode("0x" + hexColor.substring(1)));
-              }
-              catch (NumberFormatException e) {
-                return null;
-              }
-            }
-          }
-        }
-
-        final PsiElement attributeValue = element.getParent();
-        if (attributeValue.getParent() instanceof XmlAttribute) {
-          if ("background".equalsIgnoreCase(attrName) || "src".equalsIgnoreCase(attrName) || "href".equalsIgnoreCase(attrName)) {
-            final String attrValue = attribute.getValue();
-            if (attrValue != null && URLUtil.isDataUri(attrValue)) {
-              return getPreviewFromDataUri(attrValue);
-            }
-
-            PsiElement parent = element;
-            while (parent != null && parent != attribute) {
-              final JComponent c = ImagePreviewComponent.getPreviewComponent(parent);
-              if (c != null) {
-                return c;
-              }
-
-              parent = parent.getParent();
-            }
-          }
-        }
-      }
-    }
-
-    return null;
-  }
-
-  @Nullable
-  private static JComponent getPreviewFromDataUri(@NotNull String dataUri) {
-    JComponent preview = null;
-    final byte[] imageBytes = URLUtil.getBytesFromDataUri(dataUri);
-    if (imageBytes != null) {
-      try {
-        preview = ImagePreviewComponent.getPreviewComponent(ImagePreviewComponent.readImageFromBytes(imageBytes), imageBytes.length);
-      }
-      catch (IOException ignored) {
-      }
-    }
-    return preview;
-  }
-}
diff --git a/plugins/htmltools/testSrc/com/intellij/htmltools/codeInsight/preview/ImageDataPreviewHintProviderTest.java b/plugins/htmltools/testSrc/com/intellij/htmltools/codeInsight/preview/ImageDataPreviewHintProviderTest.java
deleted file mode 100644
index 664d66dc66f7..000000000000
--- a/plugins/htmltools/testSrc/com/intellij/htmltools/codeInsight/preview/ImageDataPreviewHintProviderTest.java
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,32 +0,0 @@
-package com.intellij.htmltools.codeInsight.preview;
-
-import com.intellij.codeInsight.preview.PreviewHintComponent;
-import com.intellij.psi.PsiElement;
-import com.intellij.testFramework.fixtures.LightJavaCodeInsightFixtureTestCase;
-
-import javax.swing.*;
-
-/**
- * Created by fedorkorotkov.
- */
-public class ImageDataPreviewHintProviderTest extends LightJavaCodeInsightFixtureTestCase {
-  public void testDataUriImage() {
-    myFixture.configureByText("test.html", """
-      <html>
-      <head>
-      </head>
-      <body>
-      <img src="dat<caret>a:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAID/AMDAwAAAACH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAICRAEAOw==">
-      </body>
-      </html>""");
-    doTest();
-  }
-
-  private void doTest() {
-    final HtmlPreviewHintProvider provider = new HtmlPreviewHintProvider();
-    final PsiElement elementAt = myFixture.getFile().findElementAt(myFixture.getEditor().getCaretModel().getOffset());
-    assertNotNull(elementAt);
-    final JComponent previewComponent = provider.getPreviewComponent(elementAt);
-    assertInstanceOf(previewComponent, PreviewHintComponent.class);
-  }
-}