diff --git a/platform/lang-impl/src/com/intellij/application/options/editor/EditorOptionsPageCustomizer.kt b/platform/lang-impl/src/com/intellij/application/options/editor/EditorOptionsPageCustomizer.kt
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..d8bbdda21b65
--- /dev/null
+++ b/platform/lang-impl/src/com/intellij/application/options/editor/EditorOptionsPageCustomizer.kt
@@ -0,0 +1,14 @@
+// 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.application.options.editor
+
+import com.intellij.openapi.extensions.ExtensionPointName
+import org.jetbrains.annotations.ApiStatus
+
+@ApiStatus.Internal
+interface EditorOptionsPageCustomizer {
+  fun shouldHideRefactoringsSection(): Boolean
+
+  companion object {
+    val EP_NAME = ExtensionPointName<EditorOptionsPageCustomizer>("com.intellij.generalEditorOptionsCustomizer")
+  }
+}
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diff --git a/platform/lang-impl/src/com/intellij/application/options/editor/EditorOptionsPanel.kt b/platform/lang-impl/src/com/intellij/application/options/editor/EditorOptionsPanel.kt
index f0ce522c3aec..834f065a0aba 100644
--- a/platform/lang-impl/src/com/intellij/application/options/editor/EditorOptionsPanel.kt
+++ b/platform/lang-impl/src/com/intellij/application/options/editor/EditorOptionsPanel.kt
@@ -301,18 +301,20 @@ class EditorCodeEditingConfigurable : BoundCompositeConfigurable<ErrorOptionsPro
         row { checkBox(highlightScope) }
         row { checkBox(highlightIdentifierUnderCaret) }
       }
-      titledRow(message("group.refactorings")) {
-        row {
-          buttonGroup(editorSettings::isVariableInplaceRenameEnabled,
-                      editorSettings::setVariableInplaceRenameEnabled) {
-            checkBoxGroup(message("radiogroup.rename.local.variables")) {
-              row { radioButton(message("radiobutton.rename.local.variables.inplace"), value = true) }
-              row { radioButton(message("radiobutton.rename.local.variables.in.dialog"), value = false) }.largeGapAfter()
+      if (!EditorOptionsPageCustomizer.EP_NAME.extensions().anyMatch { it.shouldHideRefactoringsSection() }) {
+        titledRow(message("group.refactorings")) {
+          row {
+            buttonGroup(editorSettings::isVariableInplaceRenameEnabled,
+                        editorSettings::setVariableInplaceRenameEnabled) {
+              checkBoxGroup(message("radiogroup.rename.local.variables")) {
+                row { radioButton(message("radiobutton.rename.local.variables.inplace"), value = true) }
+                row { radioButton(message("radiobutton.rename.local.variables.in.dialog"), value = false) }.largeGapAfter()
+              }
             }
           }
+          row { checkBox(preselectCheckBox) }
+          row { checkBox(showInlineDialogForCheckBox) }
         }
-        row { checkBox(preselectCheckBox) }
-        row { checkBox(showInlineDialogForCheckBox) }
       }
       titledRow(message("group.error.highlighting")) {
         row {
diff --git a/platform/platform-resources/src/META-INF/EditorExtensionPoints.xml b/platform/platform-resources/src/META-INF/EditorExtensionPoints.xml
index daf92b506679..8716aae30177 100644
--- a/platform/platform-resources/src/META-INF/EditorExtensionPoints.xml
+++ b/platform/platform-resources/src/META-INF/EditorExtensionPoints.xml
@@ -27,6 +27,8 @@
       <with attribute="instance" implements="com.intellij.openapi.options.UnnamedConfigurable" />
     </extensionPoint>
 
+    <extensionPoint dynamic="true" name="generalEditorOptionsCustomizer" interface="com.intellij.application.options.editor.EditorOptionsPageCustomizer"/>
+
     <!--quote handlers-->
     <extensionPoint name="quoteHandler" beanClass="com.intellij.codeInsight.editorActions.QuoteHandlerEP" dynamic="true">
       <with attribute="className" implements="com.intellij.codeInsight.editorActions.QuoteHandler"/>