diff --git a/platform/vcs-log/impl/src/com/intellij/vcs/log/data/VcsLogData.java b/platform/vcs-log/impl/src/com/intellij/vcs/log/data/VcsLogData.java
index 6b39da7f3a74..d5a7a9316e40 100644
--- a/platform/vcs-log/impl/src/com/intellij/vcs/log/data/VcsLogData.java
+++ b/platform/vcs-log/impl/src/com/intellij/vcs/log/data/VcsLogData.java
@@ -235,7 +235,7 @@ public class VcsLogData implements Disposable, VcsLogDataProvider {
         }
       }
     };
-    myDataLoaderQueue.run(backgroundable, null, myRefresher.getProgress().createProgressIndicator(backgroundable));
+    myDataLoaderQueue.run(backgroundable, null, myRefresher.getProgress().createProgressIndicator());
   }
 
   /**
diff --git a/platform/vcs-log/impl/src/com/intellij/vcs/log/data/VcsLogFiltererImpl.java b/platform/vcs-log/impl/src/com/intellij/vcs/log/data/VcsLogFiltererImpl.java
index 632fae34125d..60b19b64308f 100644
--- a/platform/vcs-log/impl/src/com/intellij/vcs/log/data/VcsLogFiltererImpl.java
+++ b/platform/vcs-log/impl/src/com/intellij/vcs/log/data/VcsLogFiltererImpl.java
@@ -67,7 +67,7 @@ public class VcsLogFiltererImpl implements VcsLogFilterer {
         UIUtil.invokeLaterIfNeeded(() -> {
           MyTask task = new MyTask(project, "Applying filters...");
           ProgressManager.getInstance().runProcessWithProgressAsynchronously(task,
-                                                                             myLogData.getProgress().createProgressIndicator(task));
+                                                                             myLogData.getProgress().createProgressIndicator());
         });
       }
     };
diff --git a/platform/vcs-log/impl/src/com/intellij/vcs/log/data/VcsLogProgress.java b/platform/vcs-log/impl/src/com/intellij/vcs/log/data/VcsLogProgress.java
index 0873b2ab3f30..b208e68f6088 100644
--- a/platform/vcs-log/impl/src/com/intellij/vcs/log/data/VcsLogProgress.java
+++ b/platform/vcs-log/impl/src/com/intellij/vcs/log/data/VcsLogProgress.java
@@ -19,11 +19,8 @@ import com.intellij.openapi.Disposable;
 import com.intellij.openapi.application.ApplicationManager;
 import com.intellij.openapi.progress.EmptyProgressIndicator;
 import com.intellij.openapi.progress.ProgressIndicator;
-import com.intellij.openapi.progress.Task;
-import com.intellij.openapi.progress.impl.BackgroundableProcessIndicator;
 import com.intellij.openapi.progress.util.AbstractProgressIndicatorBase;
 import com.intellij.openapi.util.Disposer;
-import com.intellij.openapi.util.registry.Registry;
 import com.intellij.util.containers.ContainerUtil;
 import org.jetbrains.annotations.NotNull;
 import org.jetbrains.annotations.Nullable;
@@ -37,16 +34,11 @@ public class VcsLogProgress {
   private int myRunningTasksCount = 0;
 
   @NotNull
-  public ProgressIndicator createProgressIndicator(@NotNull Task.Backgroundable task) {
+  public ProgressIndicator createProgressIndicator() {
     if (ApplicationManager.getApplication().isHeadlessEnvironment()) {
       return new EmptyProgressIndicator();
     }
-    else if (showProgressInLog()) {
-      return new VcsLogProgressIndicator();
-    }
-    else {
-      return new BackgroundableProcessIndicator(task);
-    }
+    return new VcsLogProgressIndicator();
   }
 
   public void addProgressIndicatorListener(@NotNull ProgressListener listener, @Nullable Disposable parentDisposable) {
@@ -92,10 +84,6 @@ public class VcsLogProgress {
     }
   }
 
-  public boolean showProgressInLog() {
-    return Registry.is("vcs.log.keep.up.to.date");
-  }
-
   private class VcsLogProgressIndicator extends AbstractProgressIndicatorBase {
     @Override
     public synchronized void start() {
diff --git a/platform/vcs-log/impl/src/com/intellij/vcs/log/data/VcsLogRefresherImpl.java b/platform/vcs-log/impl/src/com/intellij/vcs/log/data/VcsLogRefresherImpl.java
index 7c9e28105b5b..b6cf9f4efba8 100644
--- a/platform/vcs-log/impl/src/com/intellij/vcs/log/data/VcsLogRefresherImpl.java
+++ b/platform/vcs-log/impl/src/com/intellij/vcs/log/data/VcsLogRefresherImpl.java
@@ -88,7 +88,7 @@ public class VcsLogRefresherImpl implements VcsLogRefresher {
   protected void startNewBackgroundTask(@NotNull final Task.Backgroundable refreshTask) {
     UIUtil.invokeLaterIfNeeded(() -> {
       LOG.debug("Starting a background task...");
-      ProgressManager.getInstance().runProcessWithProgressAsynchronously(refreshTask, myProgress.createProgressIndicator(refreshTask));
+      ProgressManager.getInstance().runProcessWithProgressAsynchronously(refreshTask, myProgress.createProgressIndicator());
     });
   }