diff --git a/xml/dom-impl/src/com/intellij/util/xml/highlighting/DomElementAnnotationsManagerImpl.java b/xml/dom-impl/src/com/intellij/util/xml/highlighting/DomElementAnnotationsManagerImpl.java
index 3ca47c6568cc..0eb198db5d9f 100644
--- a/xml/dom-impl/src/com/intellij/util/xml/highlighting/DomElementAnnotationsManagerImpl.java
+++ b/xml/dom-impl/src/com/intellij/util/xml/highlighting/DomElementAnnotationsManagerImpl.java
@@ -42,7 +42,6 @@ import com.intellij.util.containers.ContainerUtil;
 import com.intellij.util.xml.DomElement;
 import com.intellij.util.xml.DomFileElement;
 import com.intellij.util.xml.DomUtil;
-import com.intellij.util.xml.impl.DomApplicationComponent;
 import org.jetbrains.annotations.NotNull;
 import org.jetbrains.annotations.Nullable;
 
@@ -196,13 +195,6 @@ public class DomElementAnnotationsManagerImpl extends DomElementAnnotationsManag
     return getProblemHolder(element);
   }
 
-  public static void annotate(final DomElement element, final DomElementAnnotationHolder holder, final Class rootClass) {
-    final DomElementsAnnotator annotator = DomApplicationComponent.getInstance().getAnnotator(rootClass);
-    if (annotator != null) {
-      annotator.annotate(element, holder);
-    }
-  }
-
   @Override
   public List<ProblemDescriptor> createProblemDescriptors(final InspectionManager manager, DomElementProblemDescriptor problemDescriptor) {
     return ContainerUtil.createMaybeSingletonList(DomElementsHighlightingUtil.createProblemDescriptors(manager, problemDescriptor));