diff --git a/platform/platform-impl/src/com/intellij/openapi/editor/impl/EditorMarkupModelImpl.java b/platform/platform-impl/src/com/intellij/openapi/editor/impl/EditorMarkupModelImpl.java
index a71ace656576..a3803ff9126b 100644
--- a/platform/platform-impl/src/com/intellij/openapi/editor/impl/EditorMarkupModelImpl.java
+++ b/platform/platform-impl/src/com/intellij/openapi/editor/impl/EditorMarkupModelImpl.java
@@ -51,8 +51,6 @@ import com.intellij.openapi.util.ProperTextRange;
 import com.intellij.openapi.util.SystemInfo;
 import com.intellij.openapi.util.registry.Registry;
 import com.intellij.openapi.util.text.StringUtil;
-import com.intellij.openapi.wm.ToolWindowAnchor;
-import com.intellij.openapi.wm.ex.ToolWindowManagerEx;
 import com.intellij.ui.*;
 import com.intellij.ui.awt.RelativePoint;
 import com.intellij.util.Alarm;
@@ -1213,7 +1211,7 @@ public class EditorMarkupModelImpl extends MarkupModelImpl implements EditorMark
           public Dimension getPreferredSize() {
             int width = myEditor.getGutterComponentEx().getWidth() + myEditor.getScrollingModel().getVisibleArea().width
                         - myEditor.getVerticalScrollBar().getWidth();
-            if (!ToolWindowManagerEx.getInstanceEx(myEditor.getProject()).getIdsOn(ToolWindowAnchor.LEFT).isEmpty()) width--;
+            width--;
             return new Dimension(width - BalloonImpl.POINTER_WIDTH, myEditor.getLineHeight() * (myEndVisualLine - myStartVisualLine));
           }