diff --git a/platform/core-api/src/com/intellij/openapi/fileTypes/LanguageFileType.java b/platform/core-api/src/com/intellij/openapi/fileTypes/LanguageFileType.java
index fa04c3c97062..6385e73f209e 100644
--- a/platform/core-api/src/com/intellij/openapi/fileTypes/LanguageFileType.java
+++ b/platform/core-api/src/com/intellij/openapi/fileTypes/LanguageFileType.java
@@ -62,6 +62,10 @@ public abstract class LanguageFileType implements FileType{
     return null;
   }
 
+  /**
+   * @deprecated implement own {@link com.intellij.debugger.engine.JVMDebugProvider} instead
+   */
+  @Deprecated
   public boolean isJVMDebuggingSupported() {
     return false;
   }