diff --git a/platform/xdebugger-api/src/com/intellij/xdebugger/XDebugProcess.java b/platform/xdebugger-api/src/com/intellij/xdebugger/XDebugProcess.java
index 1c3deec9c080..ad0622b476f6 100644
--- a/platform/xdebugger-api/src/com/intellij/xdebugger/XDebugProcess.java
+++ b/platform/xdebugger-api/src/com/intellij/xdebugger/XDebugProcess.java
@@ -44,7 +44,6 @@ import javax.swing.event.HyperlinkListener;
 public abstract class XDebugProcess {
   private final XDebugSession mySession;
   private ProcessHandler myProcessHandler;
-  private XDebugLayoutCustomizer myLayoutCustomizer;
 
   /**
    * @param session pass <code>session</code> parameter of {@link XDebugProcessStarter#start} method to this constructor
@@ -198,12 +197,8 @@ public abstract class XDebugProcess {
   }
 
   @Nullable
-  public XDebugLayoutCustomizer getLayoutCustomizer() {
-    return myLayoutCustomizer;
-  }
-
-  public void setLayoutCustomizer(@Nullable XDebugLayoutCustomizer layoutCustomizer) {
-    myLayoutCustomizer = layoutCustomizer;
+  public XDebugLayoutCustomizer createLayoutCustomizer() {
+    return null;
   }
 
   /**
diff --git a/platform/xdebugger-api/src/com/intellij/xdebugger/ui/XDebugLayoutCustomizer.java b/platform/xdebugger-api/src/com/intellij/xdebugger/ui/XDebugLayoutCustomizer.java
index fa02615a08e4..f5a9ec39e00a 100644
--- a/platform/xdebugger-api/src/com/intellij/xdebugger/ui/XDebugLayoutCustomizer.java
+++ b/platform/xdebugger-api/src/com/intellij/xdebugger/ui/XDebugLayoutCustomizer.java
@@ -11,6 +11,7 @@ import org.jetbrains.annotations.NotNull;
  * @author Sergey Simonchik
  */
 public interface XDebugLayoutCustomizer {
+
   /**
    * Registers tab for the given {@code console}, that is returned by {@link com.intellij.xdebugger.XDebugProcess#createConsole()}.
    *
@@ -26,4 +27,4 @@ public interface XDebugLayoutCustomizer {
    * @param ui {@code RunnerLayoutUi} instance
    */
   void registerAdditionalContent(@NotNull RunnerLayoutUi ui);
-}
\ No newline at end of file
+}
diff --git a/platform/xdebugger-impl/src/com/intellij/xdebugger/impl/ui/XDebugSessionTab.java b/platform/xdebugger-impl/src/com/intellij/xdebugger/impl/ui/XDebugSessionTab.java
index b407be66570f..7b77f4fa096a 100644
--- a/platform/xdebugger-impl/src/com/intellij/xdebugger/impl/ui/XDebugSessionTab.java
+++ b/platform/xdebugger-impl/src/com/intellij/xdebugger/impl/ui/XDebugSessionTab.java
@@ -136,7 +136,7 @@ public class XDebugSessionTab extends DebuggerSessionTabBase {
     myUi.addContent(createFramesContent(session), 0, PlaceInGrid.left, false);
     myUi.addContent(createVariablesContent(session), 0, PlaceInGrid.center, false);
     myUi.addContent(createWatchesContent(session, sessionData), 0, PlaceInGrid.right, false);
-    XDebugLayoutCustomizer layoutCustomizer = debugProcess.getLayoutCustomizer();
+    XDebugLayoutCustomizer layoutCustomizer = debugProcess.createLayoutCustomizer();
     final Content consoleContent;
     if (layoutCustomizer != null) {
       consoleContent = layoutCustomizer.registerConsoleContent(myConsole, myUi);