diff --git a/platform/platform-impl/src/com/intellij/openapi/project/DumbModeIndicator.java b/platform/platform-impl/src/com/intellij/openapi/project/DumbModeIndicator.java
deleted file mode 100644
index b003a2e98839..000000000000
--- a/platform/platform-impl/src/com/intellij/openapi/project/DumbModeIndicator.java
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,65 +0,0 @@
-/*
- * Copyright 2000-2011 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.project;
-
-import com.intellij.openapi.components.AbstractProjectComponent;
-import com.intellij.openapi.fileEditor.ex.FileEditorManagerEx;
-import com.intellij.openapi.ui.popup.BalloonHandler;
-import com.intellij.util.Alarm;
-import org.jetbrains.annotations.NotNull;
-
-/**
- * @author peter
- */
-public class DumbModeIndicator extends AbstractProjectComponent {
-  private static final String DUMB_MODE_MESSAGE = "Updating project indices...<br>\n" +
-                                                  "Refactorings, usage search and some other features will become available after indexing is complete";
-  private final Alarm myAlarm;
-
-  public DumbModeIndicator(Project project) {
-    super(project);
-    myAlarm = new Alarm(project);
-  }
-
-  public void projectOpened() {
-    myProject.getMessageBus().connect().subscribe(DumbService.DUMB_MODE, new DumbService.DumbModeListener() {
-      boolean myFirstNotification = true; // first dumb mode is always a "forced" dumb mode including initial project scan
-      BalloonHandler myHandler;
-
-      public void enteredDumbMode() {
-        final boolean first = myFirstNotification;
-        myFirstNotification = false;
-        myAlarm.addRequest(new Runnable() {
-          public void run() {
-            myHandler = DumbService.getInstance(myProject).showDumbModeNotification(DUMB_MODE_MESSAGE);
-          }
-        }, first? 10000 : 1000);
-      }
-
-      public void exitDumbMode() {
-        myAlarm.cancelAllRequests();
-        if (myHandler != null) myHandler.hide();
-        myHandler = null;
-        FileEditorManagerEx.getInstanceEx(myProject).refreshIcons();
-      }
-    });
-  }
-
-  @NotNull
-  public String getComponentName() {
-    return DumbModeIndicator.class.getSimpleName();
-  }
-}
diff --git a/platform/platform-resources/src/componentSets/Platform.xml b/platform/platform-resources/src/componentSets/Platform.xml
index 50da64a0f0a5..f83542068109 100644
--- a/platform/platform-resources/src/componentSets/Platform.xml
+++ b/platform/platform-resources/src/componentSets/Platform.xml
@@ -164,10 +164,6 @@
       <implementation-class>com.intellij.openapi.vfs.encoding.EncodingProjectManagerImpl</implementation-class>
     </component>
 
-    <component>
-      <implementation-class>com.intellij.openapi.project.DumbModeIndicator</implementation-class>
-    </component>
-
     <component>
       <interface-class>com.intellij.ui.docking.DockManager</interface-class>
       <implementation-class>com.intellij.ui.docking.impl.DockManagerImpl</implementation-class>