diff --git a/platform/platform-api/src/com/intellij/openapi/project/DumbService.java b/platform/platform-api/src/com/intellij/openapi/project/DumbService.java
index bee2ec8eb9d1..aabea9d08e61 100644
--- a/platform/platform-api/src/com/intellij/openapi/project/DumbService.java
+++ b/platform/platform-api/src/com/intellij/openapi/project/DumbService.java
@@ -19,7 +19,6 @@ import com.intellij.openapi.Disposable;
 import com.intellij.openapi.application.ApplicationManager;
 import com.intellij.openapi.application.ModalityState;
 import com.intellij.openapi.components.ServiceManager;
-import com.intellij.openapi.ui.popup.BalloonHandler;
 import com.intellij.openapi.util.NotNullLazyKey;
 import com.intellij.util.messages.Topic;
 import org.jetbrains.annotations.NotNull;
@@ -139,7 +138,7 @@ public abstract class DumbService {
     });
   }
 
-  public abstract BalloonHandler showDumbModeNotification(String message);
+  public abstract void showDumbModeNotification(String message);
 
   public abstract Project getProject();
 
diff --git a/platform/platform-impl/src/com/intellij/openapi/project/DumbServiceImpl.java b/platform/platform-impl/src/com/intellij/openapi/project/DumbServiceImpl.java
index a2b8636e9ca2..d84b2e20eaa9 100644
--- a/platform/platform-impl/src/com/intellij/openapi/project/DumbServiceImpl.java
+++ b/platform/platform-impl/src/com/intellij/openapi/project/DumbServiceImpl.java
@@ -25,7 +25,6 @@ import com.intellij.openapi.fileEditor.ex.FileEditorManagerEx;
 import com.intellij.openapi.progress.*;
 import com.intellij.openapi.progress.util.ProgressIndicatorBase;
 import com.intellij.openapi.ui.MessageType;
-import com.intellij.openapi.ui.popup.BalloonHandler;
 import com.intellij.openapi.util.Ref;
 import com.intellij.openapi.util.ShutDownTracker;
 import com.intellij.openapi.wm.AppIconScheme;
@@ -219,21 +218,10 @@ public class DumbServiceImpl extends DumbService {
   }
 
   @Override
-  public BalloonHandler showDumbModeNotification(final String message) {
-    final BalloonHandler emptyBalloonHandler = new BalloonHandler() {
-      public void hide() {
-      }
-    };
-    if (ApplicationManager.getApplication().isUnitTestMode() || ApplicationManager.getApplication().isHeadlessEnvironment()) {
-      return emptyBalloonHandler;
-    }
-
+  public void showDumbModeNotification(final String message) {
     final IdeFrame ideFrame = WindowManager.getInstance().getIdeFrame(myProject);
-    if (ideFrame == null) {
-      return emptyBalloonHandler;
-    }
     StatusBarEx statusBar = (StatusBarEx)ideFrame.getStatusBar();
-    return statusBar.notifyProgressByBalloon(MessageType.WARNING, message, null, null);
+    statusBar.notifyProgressByBalloon(MessageType.WARNING, message, null, null);
   }
 
   private static final Ref<CacheUpdateRunner> NULL_ACTION = new Ref<CacheUpdateRunner>(null);