diff --git a/platform/platform-impl/src/com/intellij/openapi/fileTypes/ex/CustomFileTypeFactory.java b/platform/platform-impl/src/com/intellij/openapi/fileTypes/ex/CustomFileTypeFactory.java
deleted file mode 100644
index 839cfd6e38dc..000000000000
--- a/platform/platform-impl/src/com/intellij/openapi/fileTypes/ex/CustomFileTypeFactory.java
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,28 +0,0 @@
-/*
- * Copyright 2000-2009 JetBrains s.r.o.
- *
- * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
- * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
- * You may obtain a copy of the License at
- *
- * http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
- *
- * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
- * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
- * WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
- * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
- * limitations under the License.
- */
-package com.intellij.openapi.fileTypes.ex;
-
-import com.intellij.openapi.extensions.ExtensionPointName;
-import com.intellij.openapi.fileTypes.UserFileType;
-import org.jdom.Element;
-import org.jetbrains.annotations.Nullable;
-
-public interface CustomFileTypeFactory {
-  ExtensionPointName<CustomFileTypeFactory> EP_NAME = ExtensionPointName.create("com.intellij.customFileTypeFactory");
-
-  @Nullable
-  UserFileType createFileType(Element element);
-}
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/platform/platform-impl/src/com/intellij/openapi/fileTypes/impl/FileTypeManagerImpl.java b/platform/platform-impl/src/com/intellij/openapi/fileTypes/impl/FileTypeManagerImpl.java
index 70d6666ec3c5..2b7e515d39b9 100644
--- a/platform/platform-impl/src/com/intellij/openapi/fileTypes/impl/FileTypeManagerImpl.java
+++ b/platform/platform-impl/src/com/intellij/openapi/fileTypes/impl/FileTypeManagerImpl.java
@@ -1506,16 +1506,7 @@ public class FileTypeManagerImpl extends FileTypeManagerEx implements Persistent
 
     Element element = typeElement.getChild(AbstractFileType.ELEMENT_HIGHLIGHTING);
     if (element == null) {
-      for (CustomFileTypeFactory factory : CustomFileTypeFactory.EP_NAME.getExtensions()) {
-        type = factory.createFileType(typeElement);
-        if (type != null) {
-          break;
-        }
-      }
-
-      if (type == null) {
-        type = new UserBinaryFileType();
-      }
+      type = new UserBinaryFileType();
     }
     else {
       SyntaxTable table = AbstractFileType.readSyntaxTable(element);
diff --git a/platform/platform-resources/src/META-INF/PlatformExtensionPoints.xml b/platform/platform-resources/src/META-INF/PlatformExtensionPoints.xml
index afe9fca66d8f..0fc04d3a4450 100644
--- a/platform/platform-resources/src/META-INF/PlatformExtensionPoints.xml
+++ b/platform/platform-resources/src/META-INF/PlatformExtensionPoints.xml
@@ -89,7 +89,6 @@
 
     <extensionPoint name="handleTypeFactory" interface="com.intellij.openapi.vcs.readOnlyHandler.HandleTypeFactory"
                     area="IDEA_PROJECT"/>
-    <extensionPoint name="customFileTypeFactory" interface="com.intellij.openapi.fileTypes.ex.CustomFileTypeFactory"/>
     <extensionPoint name="fileTypeRegistrator" interface="com.intellij.ide.highlighter.FileTypeRegistrator"/>
 
     <extensionPoint name="undoProvider" interface="com.intellij.openapi.command.impl.UndoProvider"/>