diff --git a/platform/platform-resources/src/META-INF/XmlPlugin.xml b/platform/platform-resources/src/META-INF/XmlPlugin.xml
index 84199b5dadc0..85a8eaa56356 100644
--- a/platform/platform-resources/src/META-INF/XmlPlugin.xml
+++ b/platform/platform-resources/src/META-INF/XmlPlugin.xml
@@ -40,8 +40,6 @@
                     interface="com.intellij.ide.structureView.xml.XmlStructureViewBuilderProvider"/>
 
     <extensionPoint name="webBrowserUrlProvider" interface="com.intellij.ide.browsers.WebBrowserUrlProvider" dynamic="true"/>
-    <extensionPoint name="remoteFileUpdater"
-                    interface="com.intellij.ide.browsers.RemoteFileUpdater"/>
 
     <extensionPoint name="standardResourceProvider" interface="com.intellij.javaee.StandardResourceProvider" dynamic="true"/>
     <extensionPoint name="standardResource" beanClass="com.intellij.javaee.StandardResourceEP" dynamic="true"/>
diff --git a/xml/openapi/src/com/intellij/ide/browsers/RemoteFileUpdater.java b/xml/openapi/src/com/intellij/ide/browsers/RemoteFileUpdater.java
deleted file mode 100644
index 5c59ae428b29..000000000000
--- a/xml/openapi/src/com/intellij/ide/browsers/RemoteFileUpdater.java
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,30 +0,0 @@
-/*
- * Copyright 2000-2010 JetBrains s.r.o.
- *
- * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
- * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
- * You may obtain a copy of the License at
- *
- * http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
- *
- * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
- * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
- * WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
- * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
- * limitations under the License.
- */
-package com.intellij.ide.browsers;
-
-import com.intellij.openapi.extensions.ExtensionPointName;
-import com.intellij.openapi.project.Project;
-import com.intellij.openapi.vfs.VirtualFile;
-import org.jetbrains.annotations.NotNull;
-
-/**
- * @author nik
- */
-public abstract class RemoteFileUpdater {
-  public static final ExtensionPointName<RemoteFileUpdater> EP_NAME = ExtensionPointName.create("com.intellij.remoteFileUpdater");
-
-  public abstract boolean updateFile(@NotNull VirtualFile file, Project project, @NotNull Runnable onUpdateFinished);
-}