diff --git a/edu/idea/build/groovy/org/jetbrains/intellij/build/IdeaEduProperties.groovy b/edu/idea/build/groovy/org/jetbrains/intellij/build/IdeaEduProperties.groovy
index 7532838c7c70..137501f3f06a 100644
--- a/edu/idea/build/groovy/org/jetbrains/intellij/build/IdeaEduProperties.groovy
+++ b/edu/idea/build/groovy/org/jetbrains/intellij/build/IdeaEduProperties.groovy
@@ -24,6 +24,7 @@ class IdeaEduProperties extends IdeaCommunityProperties {
   IdeaEduProperties(String home) {
     super(home)
     dependenciesPath = "$home/edu/dependencies"
+    additionalIDEPropertiesFilePaths = []
   }
 
   @Override