diff --git a/platform/platform-api/src/com/intellij/openapi/util/BusyObject.java b/platform/platform-api/src/com/intellij/openapi/util/BusyObject.java
index c556da3bd3dc..2849a09e1812 100644
--- a/platform/platform-api/src/com/intellij/openapi/util/BusyObject.java
+++ b/platform/platform-api/src/com/intellij/openapi/util/BusyObject.java
@@ -30,8 +30,6 @@ public interface BusyObject {
     protected abstract boolean isReady();
 
     public final void onReady() {
-      if (!isReady()) return;
-
       ActionCallback[] ready = getReadyCallbacks(true);
       for (ActionCallback each : ready) {
         if (each != null) {
diff --git a/platform/platform-impl/src/com/intellij/openapi/application/ex/ApplicationEx.java b/platform/platform-impl/src/com/intellij/openapi/application/ex/ApplicationEx.java
index 8faf8d030a68..5a8ed4ca78cf 100644
--- a/platform/platform-impl/src/com/intellij/openapi/application/ex/ApplicationEx.java
+++ b/platform/platform-impl/src/com/intellij/openapi/application/ex/ApplicationEx.java
@@ -18,7 +18,6 @@ package com.intellij.openapi.application.ex;
 import com.intellij.openapi.application.Application;
 import com.intellij.openapi.progress.Task;
 import com.intellij.openapi.project.Project;
-import com.intellij.openapi.util.ActionCallback;
 import com.intellij.openapi.util.InvalidDataException;
 import org.jetbrains.annotations.NotNull;
 import org.jetbrains.annotations.Nullable;
@@ -109,6 +108,4 @@ public interface ApplicationEx extends Application {
    * @return true if action was run while holding the lock, false if was unable to get the lock and action was not run
    */
   boolean tryRunReadAction(@NotNull Runnable action);
-
-  ActionCallback getActive(boolean requestor);
 }
diff --git a/platform/platform-impl/src/com/intellij/openapi/application/impl/ApplicationImpl.java b/platform/platform-impl/src/com/intellij/openapi/application/impl/ApplicationImpl.java
index 5db7d1cbdc43..ee083e9f7fde 100644
--- a/platform/platform-impl/src/com/intellij/openapi/application/impl/ApplicationImpl.java
+++ b/platform/platform-impl/src/com/intellij/openapi/application/impl/ApplicationImpl.java
@@ -107,13 +107,6 @@ public class ApplicationImpl extends ComponentManagerImpl implements Application
   private int myRestartCode = 0;
   private volatile int myExitCode = 0;
 
-  private BusyObject.Impl myReady = new BusyObject.Impl() {
-    @Override
-    protected boolean isReady() {
-      return isActive();
-    }
-  };
-
   private final AtomicBoolean mySaveSettingsIsInProgress = new AtomicBoolean(false);
   @SuppressWarnings({"UseOfArchaicSystemPropertyAccessors"}) private static final int ourDumpThreadsOnLongWriteActionWaiting = Integer.getInteger(
     System.getProperty("dump.threads.on.long.write.action.waiting"), 0);
@@ -1024,11 +1017,6 @@ public class ApplicationImpl extends ComponentManagerImpl implements Application
     return true;
   }
 
-  @Override
-  public ActionCallback getActive(boolean requestor) {
-    return myReady.getReady(this);
-  }
-
   public boolean tryToApplyActivationState(boolean active, Window window) {
     final Component frame = UIUtil.findUltimateParent(window);
 
@@ -1038,7 +1026,6 @@ public class ApplicationImpl extends ComponentManagerImpl implements Application
         myActive = Boolean.valueOf(active);
         System.setProperty("idea.active", Boolean.valueOf(myActive).toString());
         if (active) {
-          myReady.onReady();
           myDispatcher.getMulticaster().applicationActivated(ideFrame);
         }
         else {
diff --git a/platform/testFramework/src/com/intellij/mock/MockApplication.java b/platform/testFramework/src/com/intellij/mock/MockApplication.java
index f05e71cf26a2..e2a4cc74d4aa 100644
--- a/platform/testFramework/src/com/intellij/mock/MockApplication.java
+++ b/platform/testFramework/src/com/intellij/mock/MockApplication.java
@@ -26,7 +26,6 @@ import com.intellij.openapi.extensions.ExtensionPointName;
 import com.intellij.openapi.extensions.Extensions;
 import com.intellij.openapi.extensions.PluginId;
 import com.intellij.openapi.project.Project;
-import com.intellij.openapi.util.ActionCallback;
 import com.intellij.openapi.util.Computable;
 import com.intellij.openapi.util.Condition;
 import com.intellij.openapi.util.InvalidDataException;
@@ -329,9 +328,4 @@ public class MockApplication extends MockComponentManager implements Application
   public boolean tryRunReadAction(@NotNull Runnable runnable) {
     return false;
   }
-
-  @Override
-  public ActionCallback getActive(boolean requestor) {
-    return new ActionCallback.Done();
-  }
 }