diff --git a/platform/lang-api/src/com/intellij/execution/configuration/RunConfigurationExtensionBase.java b/platform/lang-api/src/com/intellij/execution/configuration/RunConfigurationExtensionBase.java
index 9a7d980005ab..b6853e6f0fc3 100644
--- a/platform/lang-api/src/com/intellij/execution/configuration/RunConfigurationExtensionBase.java
+++ b/platform/lang-api/src/com/intellij/execution/configuration/RunConfigurationExtensionBase.java
@@ -16,9 +16,10 @@
 package com.intellij.execution.configuration;
 
 import com.intellij.execution.Location;
-import com.intellij.execution.configurations.*;
+import com.intellij.execution.configurations.GeneralCommandLine;
+import com.intellij.execution.configurations.RunConfigurationBase;
+import com.intellij.execution.configurations.RunnerSettings;
 import com.intellij.execution.process.ProcessHandler;
-import com.intellij.execution.runners.ProgramRunner;
 import com.intellij.openapi.options.SettingsEditor;
 import com.intellij.openapi.util.InvalidDataException;
 import com.intellij.openapi.util.WriteExternalException;
@@ -77,16 +78,6 @@ public abstract class RunConfigurationExtensionBase<T extends RunConfigurationBa
   protected abstract void validateConfiguration(@NotNull final T configuration,
                                                 final boolean isExecution) throws Exception;
 
-  /**
-   * validate runner settings 
-   */
-  protected void checkRunnerSettings(@NotNull T configuration,
-                                     @NotNull final ProgramRunner runner,
-                                     @Nullable final RunnerSettings runnerSettings,
-                                     @Nullable final ConfigurationPerRunnerSettings configurationPerRunnerSettings)
-        throws RuntimeConfigurationException {
-  }
-  
   /**
    * Setup extension settings for created run configuration
    *
diff --git a/platform/lang-api/src/com/intellij/execution/configuration/RunConfigurationExtensionsManager.java b/platform/lang-api/src/com/intellij/execution/configuration/RunConfigurationExtensionsManager.java
index 4102bfdaf76e..995270319a75 100644
--- a/platform/lang-api/src/com/intellij/execution/configuration/RunConfigurationExtensionsManager.java
+++ b/platform/lang-api/src/com/intellij/execution/configuration/RunConfigurationExtensionsManager.java
@@ -2,12 +2,10 @@ package com.intellij.execution.configuration;
 
 import com.google.common.collect.Maps;
 import com.intellij.execution.Location;
-import com.intellij.execution.configurations.ConfigurationPerRunnerSettings;
 import com.intellij.execution.configurations.GeneralCommandLine;
 import com.intellij.execution.configurations.RunConfigurationBase;
 import com.intellij.execution.configurations.RunnerSettings;
 import com.intellij.execution.process.ProcessHandler;
-import com.intellij.execution.runners.ProgramRunner;
 import com.intellij.openapi.extensions.ExtensionPointName;
 import com.intellij.openapi.extensions.Extensions;
 import com.intellij.openapi.options.SettingsEditor;
@@ -19,7 +17,10 @@ import org.jdom.Element;
 import org.jetbrains.annotations.NotNull;
 import org.jetbrains.annotations.Nullable;
 
-import java.util.*;
+import java.util.ArrayList;
+import java.util.List;
+import java.util.Map;
+import java.util.TreeMap;
 
 /**
  * @author traff
@@ -117,13 +118,6 @@ public class RunConfigurationExtensionsManager<U extends RunConfigurationBase, T
     }
   }
 
-  public void checkRunnerSettings(@NotNull final U configuration, ProgramRunner runner, RunnerSettings runnerSettings, ConfigurationPerRunnerSettings configPerRunnerSettings) throws Exception {
-    // only for enabled extensions
-    for (T extension : getEnabledExtensions(configuration, null)) {
-      extension.checkRunnerSettings(configuration, runner, runnerSettings, configPerRunnerSettings);
-    }
-  }
-
   public void extendCreatedConfiguration(@NotNull final U configuration,
                                          @NotNull final Location location) {
     for (T extension : getApplicableExtensions(configuration)) {
@@ -138,7 +132,8 @@ public class RunConfigurationExtensionsManager<U extends RunConfigurationBase, T
   }
 
   public void patchCommandLine(@NotNull final U configuration,
-                               final RunnerSettings runnerSettings, @NotNull final GeneralCommandLine cmdLine,
+                               final RunnerSettings runnerSettings,
+                               @NotNull final GeneralCommandLine cmdLine,
                                @NotNull final AbstractRunConfiguration.RunnerType type) {
     // only for enabled extensions
     for (T extension : getEnabledExtensions(configuration, runnerSettings)) {