diff --git a/plugins/maven/src/main/java/org/jetbrains/idea/maven/dom/references/MavenUrlPsiReference.java b/platform/platform-impl/src/com/intellij/psi/impl/UrlPsiReference.java
similarity index 72%
rename from plugins/maven/src/main/java/org/jetbrains/idea/maven/dom/references/MavenUrlPsiReference.java
rename to platform/platform-impl/src/com/intellij/psi/impl/UrlPsiReference.java
index 12fd29d00798..9a52a5691815 100644
--- a/plugins/maven/src/main/java/org/jetbrains/idea/maven/dom/references/MavenUrlPsiReference.java
+++ b/platform/platform-impl/src/com/intellij/psi/impl/UrlPsiReference.java
@@ -13,33 +13,32 @@
  * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
  * limitations under the License.
  */
-package org.jetbrains.idea.maven.dom.references;
+package com.intellij.psi.impl;
 
 import com.intellij.ide.BrowserUtil;
-import com.intellij.openapi.util.TextRange;
 import com.intellij.psi.PsiElement;
-import com.intellij.psi.impl.FakePsiElement;
+import com.intellij.psi.PsiReferenceBase;
 import org.jetbrains.annotations.NotNull;
 
-public class MavenUrlPsiReference extends MavenPsiReference {
-  public MavenUrlPsiReference(PsiElement element, String text, TextRange range) {
-    super(element, text, range);
+public class UrlPsiReference extends PsiReferenceBase<PsiElement> {
+  public UrlPsiReference(PsiElement element) {
+    super(element);
   }
 
   public PsiElement resolve() {
     return new FakePsiElement() {
       public PsiElement getParent() {
-        return myElement;
+        return getElement();
       }
 
       @Override
       public String getName() {
-        return myText;
+        return getValue();
       }
 
       @Override
       public void navigate(boolean requestFocus) {
-        BrowserUtil.launchBrowser(myText);
+        BrowserUtil.launchBrowser(getValue());
       }
     };
   }
@@ -48,4 +47,9 @@ public class MavenUrlPsiReference extends MavenPsiReference {
   public Object[] getVariants() {
     return EMPTY_ARRAY;
   }
+
+  @Override
+  public boolean isSoft() {
+    return true;
+  }
 }
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diff --git a/plugins/maven/src/main/java/org/jetbrains/idea/maven/dom/converters/MavenUrlConverter.java b/plugins/maven/src/main/java/org/jetbrains/idea/maven/dom/converters/MavenUrlConverter.java
index c4f864a642ec..d7a4ca4bae4f 100644
--- a/plugins/maven/src/main/java/org/jetbrains/idea/maven/dom/converters/MavenUrlConverter.java
+++ b/plugins/maven/src/main/java/org/jetbrains/idea/maven/dom/converters/MavenUrlConverter.java
@@ -18,10 +18,10 @@ package org.jetbrains.idea.maven.dom.converters;
 import com.intellij.openapi.util.TextRange;
 import com.intellij.psi.PsiElement;
 import com.intellij.psi.PsiReference;
+import com.intellij.psi.impl.UrlPsiReference;
 import com.intellij.util.xml.ConvertContext;
 import org.jetbrains.annotations.NonNls;
 import org.jetbrains.annotations.Nullable;
-import org.jetbrains.idea.maven.dom.references.MavenUrlPsiReference;
 
 public class MavenUrlConverter extends MavenReferenceConverter<String> {
   @Override
@@ -35,6 +35,6 @@ public class MavenUrlConverter extends MavenReferenceConverter<String> {
   }
 
   protected PsiReference createReference(PsiElement element, String text, TextRange range) {
-    return new MavenUrlPsiReference(element, text, range);
+    return new UrlPsiReference(element);
   }
 }
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diff --git a/plugins/maven/src/main/java/org/jetbrains/idea/maven/dom/converters/repositories/MavenRepositoryConverter.java b/plugins/maven/src/main/java/org/jetbrains/idea/maven/dom/converters/repositories/MavenRepositoryConverter.java
index 4b08baf40d1d..46fa023da939 100644
--- a/plugins/maven/src/main/java/org/jetbrains/idea/maven/dom/converters/repositories/MavenRepositoryConverter.java
+++ b/plugins/maven/src/main/java/org/jetbrains/idea/maven/dom/converters/repositories/MavenRepositoryConverter.java
@@ -18,11 +18,10 @@ package org.jetbrains.idea.maven.dom.converters.repositories;
 import com.intellij.codeInsight.lookup.LookupElement;
 import com.intellij.codeInsight.lookup.LookupElementBuilder;
 import com.intellij.openapi.module.Module;
-import com.intellij.openapi.util.TextRange;
 import com.intellij.openapi.util.text.StringUtil;
-import com.intellij.psi.ElementManipulators;
 import com.intellij.psi.PsiElement;
 import com.intellij.psi.PsiReference;
+import com.intellij.psi.impl.UrlPsiReference;
 import com.intellij.util.xml.ConvertContext;
 import com.intellij.util.xml.GenericDomValue;
 import com.intellij.util.xml.ResolvingConverter;
@@ -31,7 +30,6 @@ import org.jetbrains.annotations.NotNull;
 import org.jetbrains.annotations.Nullable;
 import org.jetbrains.idea.maven.dom.converters.MavenUrlConverter;
 import org.jetbrains.idea.maven.dom.model.MavenDomRepositoryBase;
-import org.jetbrains.idea.maven.dom.references.MavenUrlPsiReference;
 
 import java.util.Collection;
 import java.util.Collections;
@@ -77,9 +75,7 @@ public abstract class MavenRepositoryConverter extends ResolvingConverter<String
     @NotNull
     @Override
     public PsiReference[] createReferences(GenericDomValue value, final PsiElement element, final ConvertContext context) {
-      String text = value.getStringValue();
-      TextRange range = ElementManipulators.getValueTextRange(element);
-      return new PsiReference[]{new MavenUrlPsiReference(element, text, range) {
+      return new PsiReference[]{new UrlPsiReference(element) {
 
         @NotNull
         @Override