diff --git a/java/java-indexing-impl/src/com/intellij/psi/impl/search/SimpleAccessorReferenceSearcher.java b/java/java-indexing-impl/src/com/intellij/psi/impl/search/SimpleAccessorReferenceSearcher.java
index 16870688e738..e047db8b992a 100644
--- a/java/java-indexing-impl/src/com/intellij/psi/impl/search/SimpleAccessorReferenceSearcher.java
+++ b/java/java-indexing-impl/src/com/intellij/psi/impl/search/SimpleAccessorReferenceSearcher.java
@@ -54,7 +54,6 @@ public class SimpleAccessorReferenceSearcher extends QueryExecutorBase<PsiRefere
       for (CustomPropertyScopeProvider provider : Extensions.getExtensions(CustomPropertyScopeProvider.EP_NAME)) {
         additional = additional.union(provider.getScope(method.getProject()));
       }
-      assert propertyName != null;
       final SearchScope propScope = scope.intersectWith(method.getUseScope()).intersectWith(additional);
       collector.searchWord(propertyName, propScope, UsageSearchContext.IN_FOREIGN_LANGUAGES, true, method);
     }