diff --git a/platform/platform-impl/src/com/intellij/openapi/vfs/newvfs/persistent/RefreshWorker.java b/platform/platform-impl/src/com/intellij/openapi/vfs/newvfs/persistent/RefreshWorker.java
index 18b1d54dd47d..af90650821fe 100644
--- a/platform/platform-impl/src/com/intellij/openapi/vfs/newvfs/persistent/RefreshWorker.java
+++ b/platform/platform-impl/src/com/intellij/openapi/vfs/newvfs/persistent/RefreshWorker.java
@@ -76,23 +76,11 @@ public class RefreshWorker {
   }
 
   public void scan() {
-    NewVirtualFile root = myRefreshQueue.pullFirst().first;
-    boolean rootDirty = root.isDirty();
-    if (LOG.isDebugEnabled()) LOG.debug("root=" + root + " dirty=" + rootDirty);
-    if (!rootDirty) return;
-
+    NewVirtualFile root = myRefreshQueue.peekFirst().first;
     NewVirtualFileSystem fs = root.getFileSystem();
-    FileAttributes rootAttributes = fs.getAttributes(root);
-    if (rootAttributes == null) {
-      scheduleDeletion(root);
-      root.markClean();
-      return;
-    }
-    else if (rootAttributes.isDirectory()) {
+    if (root.isDirectory()) {
       fs = PersistentFS.replaceWithNativeFS(fs);
     }
-
-    myRefreshQueue.addLast(pair(root, rootAttributes));
     try {
       processQueue(fs, PersistentFS.getInstance());
     }