diff --git a/platform/projectModel-impl/src/com/intellij/openapi/roots/impl/ProjectFileIndexImpl.java b/platform/projectModel-impl/src/com/intellij/openapi/roots/impl/ProjectFileIndexImpl.java
index b82074cce07f..827210ade2e1 100644
--- a/platform/projectModel-impl/src/com/intellij/openapi/roots/impl/ProjectFileIndexImpl.java
+++ b/platform/projectModel-impl/src/com/intellij/openapi/roots/impl/ProjectFileIndexImpl.java
@@ -65,8 +65,7 @@ public class ProjectFileIndexImpl extends FileIndexBase implements ProjectFileIn
       for (Iterator<VirtualFile> iterator = result.iterator(); iterator.hasNext(); ) {
         VirtualFile root = iterator.next();
         DirectoryInfo info = getInfoForFileOrDirectory(root);
-        if (!info.isInProject(root) // is excluded or ignored
-            || !module.equals(info.getModule())) { // maybe 2 modules have the same content root?
+        if (!module.equals(info.getModule())) { // maybe 2 modules have the same content root?
           iterator.remove();
           continue;
         }