diff --git a/platform/platform-impl/src/com/intellij/openapi/updateSettings/impl/ExternalUpdate.java b/platform/platform-impl/src/com/intellij/openapi/updateSettings/impl/ExternalUpdate.java
deleted file mode 100644
index 97c89796b380..000000000000
--- a/platform/platform-impl/src/com/intellij/openapi/updateSettings/impl/ExternalUpdate.java
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,42 +0,0 @@
-/*
- * Copyright 2000-2016 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.updateSettings.impl;
-
-import com.intellij.ide.externalComponents.ExternalComponentSource;
-import com.intellij.ide.externalComponents.UpdatableExternalComponent;
-
-import java.util.Collection;
-
-/**
- * Represents one external update request, consisting of a collection of components for which updates will be requested from one source.
- */
-public class ExternalUpdate {
-  private final Collection<UpdatableExternalComponent> myComponents;
-  private final ExternalComponentSource mySource;
-
-  public ExternalUpdate(Collection<UpdatableExternalComponent> components, ExternalComponentSource source) {
-    myComponents = components;
-    mySource = source;
-  }
-
-  public Collection<UpdatableExternalComponent> getComponents() {
-    return myComponents;
-  }
-
-  public ExternalComponentSource getSource() {
-    return mySource;
-  }
-}
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/platform/platform-impl/src/com/intellij/openapi/updateSettings/impl/UpdateCheckResults.kt b/platform/platform-impl/src/com/intellij/openapi/updateSettings/impl/UpdateCheckResults.kt
index 35b16daddca5..a0ab6145dff1 100644
--- a/platform/platform-impl/src/com/intellij/openapi/updateSettings/impl/UpdateCheckResults.kt
+++ b/platform/platform-impl/src/com/intellij/openapi/updateSettings/impl/UpdateCheckResults.kt
@@ -1,6 +1,8 @@
 // Copyright 2000-2021 JetBrains s.r.o. Use of this source code is governed by the Apache 2.0 license that can be found in the LICENSE file.
 package com.intellij.openapi.updateSettings.impl
 
+import com.intellij.ide.externalComponents.ExternalComponentSource
+import com.intellij.ide.externalComponents.UpdatableExternalComponent
 import com.intellij.ide.plugins.IdeaPluginDescriptor
 import com.intellij.openapi.util.BuildNumber
 
@@ -42,3 +44,8 @@ data class PluginUpdates(
   val disabled: Collection<PluginDownloader>,
   val incompatible: Collection<IdeaPluginDescriptor>,
 )
+
+data class ExternalUpdate(
+  val source: ExternalComponentSource,
+  val components: Collection<UpdatableExternalComponent>
+)
diff --git a/platform/platform-impl/src/com/intellij/openapi/updateSettings/impl/UpdateChecker.kt b/platform/platform-impl/src/com/intellij/openapi/updateSettings/impl/UpdateChecker.kt
index b9fa408bb410..aa8e285cb528 100644
--- a/platform/platform-impl/src/com/intellij/openapi/updateSettings/impl/UpdateChecker.kt
+++ b/platform/platform-impl/src/com/intellij/openapi/updateSettings/impl/UpdateChecker.kt
@@ -1,7 +1,6 @@
 // Copyright 2000-2021 JetBrains s.r.o. Use of this source code is governed by the Apache 2.0 license that can be found in the LICENSE file.
 package com.intellij.openapi.updateSettings.impl
 
-import com.google.common.annotations.VisibleForTesting
 import com.intellij.ide.IdeBundle
 import com.intellij.ide.externalComponents.ExternalComponentManager
 import com.intellij.ide.plugins.*
@@ -148,8 +147,9 @@ object UpdateChecker {
       return
     }
 
+    indicator?.text = IdeBundle.message("updates.external.progress")
     val externalUpdates = try {
-      checkExternalUpdates(showDialog, updateSettings, indicator)
+      findExternalUpdates(showDialog, updateSettings, indicator)
     }
     catch (e: IOException) {
       showErrorMessage(showDialog, IdeBundle.message("updates.error.connection.failed", e.message))
@@ -387,13 +387,10 @@ object UpdateChecker {
     return updateable
   }
 
-  @VisibleForTesting
-  fun checkExternalUpdates(manualCheck: Boolean,
-                           updateSettings: UpdateSettings,
-                           indicator: ProgressIndicator?): Collection<ExternalUpdate> {
+  @JvmStatic
+  fun findExternalUpdates(manualCheck: Boolean, updateSettings: UpdateSettings, indicator: ProgressIndicator?): Collection<ExternalUpdate> {
     val result = arrayListOf<ExternalUpdate>()
     val manager = ExternalComponentManager.getInstance()
-    indicator?.text = IdeBundle.message("updates.external.progress")
 
     for (source in ExternalComponentManager.getComponentSources()) {
       indicator?.checkCanceled()
@@ -401,7 +398,7 @@ object UpdateChecker {
         val siteResult = source.getAvailableVersions(indicator, updateSettings)
           .filter { it.isUpdateFor(manager.findExistingComponentMatching(it, source)) }
         if (siteResult.isNotEmpty()) {
-          result += ExternalUpdate(siteResult, source)
+          result += ExternalUpdate(source, siteResult)
         }
       }
       catch (e: Exception) {
@@ -491,7 +488,7 @@ object UpdateChecker {
                                checkForUpdateResult: CheckForUpdateResult,
                                pluginUpdates: PluginUpdates,
                                customRepoPlugins: Collection<IdeaPluginDescriptor>,
-                               externalUpdates: Collection<ExternalUpdate>?,
+                               externalUpdates: Collection<ExternalUpdate>,
                                showSettingsLink: Boolean,
                                showDialog: Boolean,
                                showNotification: Boolean) {
@@ -571,7 +568,7 @@ object UpdateChecker {
       }
     }
 
-    if (externalUpdates != null && !externalUpdates.isEmpty()) {
+    if (externalUpdates.isNotEmpty()) {
       updateFound = true
 
       ourShownNotifications.remove(NotificationUniqueType.EXTERNAL)?.forEach { it.expire() }