diff --git a/platform/util/src/com/intellij/util/xmlb/XmlSerializer.java b/platform/util/src/com/intellij/util/xmlb/XmlSerializer.java
index e16293bd56dd..8fbadcabe2e5 100644
--- a/platform/util/src/com/intellij/util/xmlb/XmlSerializer.java
+++ b/platform/util/src/com/intellij/util/xmlb/XmlSerializer.java
@@ -24,7 +24,6 @@ import org.jetbrains.annotations.NotNull;
 import org.jetbrains.annotations.Nullable;
 
 import java.io.IOException;
-import java.lang.reflect.Array;
 import java.net.URL;
 
 public class XmlSerializer {
@@ -75,17 +74,6 @@ public class XmlSerializer {
     }
   }
 
-  public static <T> T[] deserialize(Element[] elements, Class<T> aClass) throws XmlSerializationException {
-    //noinspection unchecked
-    T[] result = (T[])Array.newInstance(aClass, elements.length);
-
-    for (int i = 0; i < result.length; i++) {
-      result[i] = deserialize(elements[i], aClass);
-    }
-
-    return result;
-  }
-
   @NotNull
   public static <T> T deserialize(@NotNull URL url, Class<T> aClass) throws XmlSerializationException {
     try {