diff --git a/plugins/gradle/src/META-INF/plugin.xml b/plugins/gradle/src/META-INF/plugin.xml
index 72fa9e765c7d..ef28a82b7071 100644
--- a/plugins/gradle/src/META-INF/plugin.xml
+++ b/plugins/gradle/src/META-INF/plugin.xml
@@ -62,7 +62,6 @@
     <resolve.contributor implementation="org.jetbrains.plugins.gradle.service.resolve.GradleSourceSetsContributor"/>
     <resolve.contributor implementation="org.jetbrains.plugins.gradle.service.resolve.GradleImplicitContributor"/>
     <projectResolve implementation="org.jetbrains.plugins.gradle.service.project.BaseGradleProjectResolverExtension"/>
-    <projectResolve implementation="org.jetbrains.plugins.gradle.integrations.scala.ScalaGradleProjectResolverExtension"/>
   </extensions>
 
   <extensions defaultExtensionNs="com.intellij">
diff --git a/plugins/gradle/src/org/jetbrains/plugins/gradle/integrations/scala/ScalaGradleProjectResolverExtension.java b/plugins/gradle/src/org/jetbrains/plugins/gradle/integrations/scala/ScalaGradleProjectResolverExtension.java
index 1b5df1420a2d..657d064e2886 100644
--- a/plugins/gradle/src/org/jetbrains/plugins/gradle/integrations/scala/ScalaGradleProjectResolverExtension.java
+++ b/plugins/gradle/src/org/jetbrains/plugins/gradle/integrations/scala/ScalaGradleProjectResolverExtension.java
@@ -31,7 +31,6 @@ import org.jetbrains.plugins.gradle.model.data.ScalaCompileOptionsData;
 import org.jetbrains.plugins.gradle.model.data.ScalaModelData;
 import org.jetbrains.plugins.gradle.service.project.AbstractProjectResolverExtension;
 import org.jetbrains.plugins.gradle.util.GradleConstants;
-import org.jetbrains.plugins.gradle.util.GradleUtil;
 
 import java.util.Collections;
 import java.util.Set;
@@ -44,12 +43,8 @@ import java.util.Set;
 public class ScalaGradleProjectResolverExtension extends AbstractProjectResolverExtension {
   private static final Logger LOG = Logger.getInstance(ScalaGradleProjectResolverExtension.class);
 
-  private static final boolean scalaPluginPresent = GradleUtil.isPluginPresent("org.intellij.scala");
-
   @Override
   public void populateModuleExtraModels(@NotNull IdeaModule gradleModule, @NotNull DataNode<ModuleData> ideModule) {
-    if (!scalaPluginPresent) return;
-
     ScalaModel scalaModel = resolverCtx.getExtraProject(gradleModule, ScalaModel.class);
     if (scalaModel != null) {
       ScalaModelData scalaModelData = create(scalaModel);
@@ -62,7 +57,7 @@ public class ScalaGradleProjectResolverExtension extends AbstractProjectResolver
   @NotNull
   @Override
   public Set<Class> getExtraProjectModelClasses() {
-    return scalaPluginPresent ? Collections.<Class>singleton(ScalaModel.class) : Collections.<Class>emptySet();
+    return Collections.<Class>singleton(ScalaModel.class);
   }
 
 
diff --git a/plugins/gradle/src/org/jetbrains/plugins/gradle/util/GradleUtil.java b/plugins/gradle/src/org/jetbrains/plugins/gradle/util/GradleUtil.java
index d5750d5987c8..7e182a6eda66 100644
--- a/plugins/gradle/src/org/jetbrains/plugins/gradle/util/GradleUtil.java
+++ b/plugins/gradle/src/org/jetbrains/plugins/gradle/util/GradleUtil.java
@@ -247,12 +247,4 @@ public class GradleUtil {
   public static String createJvmArg(@NotNull String name, @NotNull String value) {
     return String.format(JVM_ARG_FORMAT, name, value);
   }
-
-  public static boolean isPluginPresent(@NotNull String id) {
-    PluginId pluginId = PluginId.getRegisteredIds().get(id);
-    if (pluginId == null) return false;
-    IdeaPluginDescriptor pluginDescriptor = PluginManager.getPlugin(pluginId);
-    if (pluginDescriptor == null) return false;
-    return !PluginManagerCore.shouldSkipPlugin(pluginDescriptor);
-  }
 }