diff --git a/platform/platform-impl/src/com/intellij/openapi/actionSystem/impl/ActionUpdater.java b/platform/platform-impl/src/com/intellij/openapi/actionSystem/impl/ActionUpdater.java
index 43fc376d5753..d64b13cd4ec1 100644
--- a/platform/platform-impl/src/com/intellij/openapi/actionSystem/impl/ActionUpdater.java
+++ b/platform/platform-impl/src/com/intellij/openapi/actionSystem/impl/ActionUpdater.java
@@ -120,7 +120,6 @@ final class ActionUpdater {
     myEventTransform = eventTransform;
     myLaterInvocator = laterInvocator;
     myPreCacheSlowDataKeys = Utils.isAsyncDataContext(dataContext) && !Registry.is("actionSystem.update.actions.suppress.dataRules.on.edt");
-    myForcedUpdateThread = Registry.is("actionSystem.update.actions.async.unsafe") ? ActionUpdateThread.BGT : null;
     myRealUpdateStrategy = new UpdateStrategy(
       action -> updateActionReal(action),
       group -> callAction(group, Op.getChildren, () -> doGetChildren(group, createActionEvent(orDefault(group, myUpdatedPresentations.get(group))))));
diff --git a/platform/util/resources/misc/registry.properties b/platform/util/resources/misc/registry.properties
index a48958dd6687..bc888eaa15f6 100644
--- a/platform/util/resources/misc/registry.properties
+++ b/platform/util/resources/misc/registry.properties
@@ -25,8 +25,6 @@ actionSystem.getContextByRecentMouseEvent=false
 actionSystem.secondKeystrokeTimeout=2000
 actionSystem.win.suppressAlt=true
 
-actionSystem.update.actions.async.unsafe=false
-actionSystem.update.actions.async.unsafe.description=Whether to "update" actions always on background thread (slow operations in EDT assertion enabled)
 actionSystem.update.actions.async=true
 actionSystem.update.actions.async.description=Whether to "update" actions on background thread where possible
 actionSystem.update.actions.async.max.nested.loops=20