diff --git a/platform/analysis-impl/src/com/intellij/codeInspection/ex/HTMLComposerImpl.java b/platform/analysis-impl/src/com/intellij/codeInspection/ex/HTMLComposerImpl.java
index 978aab633602..c8a8361b020b 100644
--- a/platform/analysis-impl/src/com/intellij/codeInspection/ex/HTMLComposerImpl.java
+++ b/platform/analysis-impl/src/com/intellij/codeInspection/ex/HTMLComposerImpl.java
@@ -43,7 +43,6 @@ import org.jetbrains.annotations.NonNls;
 import org.jetbrains.annotations.NotNull;
 import org.jetbrains.annotations.Nullable;
 
-import java.net.URL;
 import java.util.HashMap;
 import java.util.Map;
 
@@ -178,9 +177,9 @@ public abstract class HTMLComposerImpl extends HTMLComposer {
   @Override
   public void appendElementReference(final StringBuffer buf, RefElement refElement, String linkText, @NonNls String frameName) {
     if (myExporter == null) {
-      final URL url = ((RefElementImpl)refElement).getURL();
+      final String url = ((RefElementImpl)refElement).getURL();
       if (url != null) {
-        appendElementReference(buf, url.toString(), linkText, frameName);
+        appendElementReference(buf, url, linkText, frameName);
       }
     }
     else {
diff --git a/platform/analysis-impl/src/com/intellij/codeInspection/reference/RefElementImpl.java b/platform/analysis-impl/src/com/intellij/codeInspection/reference/RefElementImpl.java
index 066bf033c019..7e1cee27d1da 100644
--- a/platform/analysis-impl/src/com/intellij/codeInspection/reference/RefElementImpl.java
+++ b/platform/analysis-impl/src/com/intellij/codeInspection/reference/RefElementImpl.java
@@ -42,8 +42,6 @@ import org.jetbrains.annotations.NotNull;
 import org.jetbrains.annotations.Nullable;
 
 import javax.swing.*;
-import java.net.MalformedURLException;
-import java.net.URL;
 import java.util.ArrayList;
 import java.util.Collection;
 import java.util.List;
@@ -245,20 +243,14 @@ public abstract class RefElementImpl extends RefEntityImpl implements RefElement
   }
 
   @Nullable
-  public URL getURL() {
-    try {
-      final PsiElement element = getElement();
-      if (element == null) return null;
-      final PsiFile containingFile = element.getContainingFile();
-      if (containingFile == null) return null;
-      final VirtualFile virtualFile = containingFile.getVirtualFile();
-      if (virtualFile == null) return null;
-      return new URL(virtualFile.getUrl() + "#" + element.getTextOffset());
-    } catch (MalformedURLException e) {
-      LOG.error(e);
-    }
-
-    return null;
+  public String getURL() {
+    final PsiElement element = getElement();
+    if (element == null || !element.isPhysical()) return null;
+    final PsiFile containingFile = element.getContainingFile();
+    if (containingFile == null) return null;
+    final VirtualFile virtualFile = containingFile.getVirtualFile();
+    if (virtualFile == null) return null;
+    return virtualFile.getUrl() + "#" + element.getTextOffset();
   }
 
   protected abstract void initialize();
diff --git a/platform/lang-impl/src/com/intellij/codeInspection/ex/DescriptorComposer.java b/platform/lang-impl/src/com/intellij/codeInspection/ex/DescriptorComposer.java
index 9069f4cae0e2..f7c8a4c99529 100644
--- a/platform/lang-impl/src/com/intellij/codeInspection/ex/DescriptorComposer.java
+++ b/platform/lang-impl/src/com/intellij/codeInspection/ex/DescriptorComposer.java
@@ -31,8 +31,6 @@ import com.intellij.util.text.CharArrayUtil;
 import com.intellij.xml.util.XmlStringUtil;
 import org.jetbrains.annotations.NotNull;
 
-import java.net.MalformedURLException;
-import java.net.URL;
 import java.util.ArrayList;
 import java.util.List;
 
@@ -158,17 +156,12 @@ public class DescriptorComposer extends HTMLComposerImpl {
 
       //noinspection HardCodedStringLiteral
       anchor.append("<a HREF=\"");
-      try {
-        if (myExporter == null){
-          //noinspection HardCodedStringLiteral
-          anchor.append(new URL(vFile.getUrl() + "#descr:" + i));
-        }
-        else {
-          anchor.append(myExporter.getURL(refElement));
-        }
+      if (myExporter == null){
+        //noinspection HardCodedStringLiteral
+        anchor.append(appendURL(vFile, "descr:" + i));
       }
-      catch (MalformedURLException e) {
-        LOG.error(e);
+      else {
+        anchor.append(myExporter.getURL(refElement));
       }
 
       anchor.append("\">");
@@ -197,14 +190,9 @@ public class DescriptorComposer extends HTMLComposerImpl {
       if (myExporter == null) {
         //noinspection HardCodedStringLiteral
         lineAnchor.append("<a HREF=\"");
-        try {
-          int offset = doc.getLineStartOffset(lineNumber - 1);
-          offset = CharArrayUtil.shiftForward(doc.getCharsSequence(), offset, " \t");
-          lineAnchor.append(new URL(vFile.getUrl() + "#" + offset));
-        }
-        catch (MalformedURLException e) {
-          LOG.error(e);
-        }
+        int offset = doc.getLineStartOffset(lineNumber - 1);
+        offset = CharArrayUtil.shiftForward(doc.getCharsSequence(), offset, " \t");
+        lineAnchor.append(appendURL(vFile, String.valueOf(offset)));
         lineAnchor.append("\">");
       }
       lineAnchor.append(Integer.toString(lineNumber));
@@ -222,5 +210,7 @@ public class DescriptorComposer extends HTMLComposerImpl {
     composeAdditionalDescription(buf, refElement);
   }
 
-
+  private static String appendURL(VirtualFile vFile, String anchor) {
+    return vFile.getUrl() + "#" + anchor;
+  }
 }