diff --git a/source/com/intellij/refactoring/introduceParameter/IntroduceParameterProcessor.java b/source/com/intellij/refactoring/introduceParameter/IntroduceParameterProcessor.java
index cbd8983cc570..0f850ed88374 100644
--- a/source/com/intellij/refactoring/introduceParameter/IntroduceParameterProcessor.java
+++ b/source/com/intellij/refactoring/introduceParameter/IntroduceParameterProcessor.java
@@ -663,8 +663,8 @@ public class IntroduceParameterProcessor extends BaseRefactoringProcessor {
         return;
       }
 
-      PsiElement[] oldChildren = RefactoringUtil.getChilderenWithoutWhitespaceOrComments(oldExpr);
-      PsiElement[] newChildren = RefactoringUtil.getChilderenWithoutWhitespaceOrComments(newExpr);
+      PsiElement[] oldChildren = oldExpr.getChildren();
+      PsiElement[] newChildren = newExpr.getChildren();
 
       if (oldChildren != null && newChildren != null & oldChildren.length == newChildren.length) {
         for (int i = 0; i < oldChildren.length; i++) {
diff --git a/source/com/intellij/refactoring/util/RefactoringUtil.java b/source/com/intellij/refactoring/util/RefactoringUtil.java
index bbb3e2c09418..92648f1ca3f1 100644
--- a/source/com/intellij/refactoring/util/RefactoringUtil.java
+++ b/source/com/intellij/refactoring/util/RefactoringUtil.java
@@ -1393,16 +1393,6 @@ public class RefactoringUtil {
     }
   }
 
-  public static PsiElement[] getChilderenWithoutWhitespaceOrComments(PsiElement parent) {
-    List<PsiElement> result = new ArrayList<PsiElement>();
-    for (PsiElement current = parent.getFirstChild(); current != null; current = current.getNextSibling()) {
-      if (!(current instanceof PsiWhiteSpace || current instanceof PsiComment)) {
-        result.add(current);
-      }
-    }
-    return result.toArray(new PsiElement[result.size()]);
-  }
-
   public static void processIncorrectOperation(final Project project, IncorrectOperationException e) {
     final String message = e.getMessage();
     final int index = message != null ? message.indexOf("java.io.IOException") : -1;