diff --git a/java/java-impl/src/com/intellij/codeInsight/generation/GenerateDelegateHandler.java b/java/java-impl/src/com/intellij/codeInsight/generation/GenerateDelegateHandler.java
index 2f80d70ef3fd..422e1c300740 100644
--- a/java/java-impl/src/com/intellij/codeInsight/generation/GenerateDelegateHandler.java
+++ b/java/java-impl/src/com/intellij/codeInsight/generation/GenerateDelegateHandler.java
@@ -164,17 +164,16 @@ public class GenerateDelegateHandler implements LanguageCodeInsightActionHandler
     stmt = (PsiStatement)CodeStyleManager.getInstance(psiManager.getProject()).reformat(stmt);
     method.getBody().add(stmt);
 
+    for (PsiAnnotation annotation : methodCandidate.getElement().getModifierList().getAnnotations()) {
+      method.getModifierList().add(annotation.copy());
+    }
+
     if (isMethodStatic || modifierList != null && modifierList.hasModifierProperty(PsiModifier.STATIC)) {
       PsiUtil.setModifierProperty(method, PsiModifier.STATIC, true);
     }
 
     PsiUtil.setModifierProperty(method, PsiModifier.PUBLIC, true);
 
-    final Project project = method.getProject();
-    for (PsiAnnotation annotation : methodCandidate.getElement().getModifierList().getAnnotations()) {
-      OverrideImplementUtil.annotate(method, annotation.getQualifiedName());
-    }
-
     final PsiClass targetClass = ((PsiMember)target).getContainingClass();
     LOG.assertTrue(targetClass != null);
     PsiMethod overridden = targetClass.findMethodBySignature(method, true);