diff --git a/platform/platform-api/src/com/intellij/ide/highlighter/WorkspaceFileType.java b/platform/platform-api/src/com/intellij/ide/highlighter/WorkspaceFileType.java
index bff9dc107e43..3d1f3b9d2dea 100644
--- a/platform/platform-api/src/com/intellij/ide/highlighter/WorkspaceFileType.java
+++ b/platform/platform-api/src/com/intellij/ide/highlighter/WorkspaceFileType.java
@@ -26,9 +26,13 @@ import org.jetbrains.annotations.NotNull;
 import javax.swing.*;
 
 public class WorkspaceFileType implements InternalFileType {
+  public static final WorkspaceFileType INSTANCE = new WorkspaceFileType();
+
   @NonNls public static final String DEFAULT_EXTENSION = "iws";
   @NonNls public static final String DOT_DEFAULT_EXTENSION = "." + DEFAULT_EXTENSION;
 
+  private WorkspaceFileType() {}
+
   @Override
   @NotNull
   public String getName() {
diff --git a/platform/platform-impl/src/com/intellij/openapi/fileTypes/impl/InternalFileTypeFactory.java b/platform/platform-impl/src/com/intellij/openapi/fileTypes/impl/InternalFileTypeFactory.java
index 5224b1309f4d..b7cf3ec1e306 100644
--- a/platform/platform-impl/src/com/intellij/openapi/fileTypes/impl/InternalFileTypeFactory.java
+++ b/platform/platform-impl/src/com/intellij/openapi/fileTypes/impl/InternalFileTypeFactory.java
@@ -27,8 +27,8 @@ import org.jetbrains.annotations.NotNull;
  */
 public class InternalFileTypeFactory extends FileTypeFactory {
   public void createFileTypes(@NotNull final FileTypeConsumer consumer) {
-    consumer.consume(new WorkspaceFileType(), WorkspaceFileType.DEFAULT_EXTENSION);
-    consumer.consume(new ModuleFileType(), ModuleFileType.DEFAULT_EXTENSION);
-    consumer.consume(new ProjectFileType(), ProjectFileType.DEFAULT_EXTENSION);
+    consumer.consume(WorkspaceFileType.INSTANCE, WorkspaceFileType.DEFAULT_EXTENSION);
+    consumer.consume(ModuleFileType.INSTANCE, ModuleFileType.DEFAULT_EXTENSION);
+    consumer.consume(ProjectFileType.INSTANCE, ProjectFileType.DEFAULT_EXTENSION);
   }
 }
diff --git a/platform/projectModel-api/src/com/intellij/ide/highlighter/ModuleFileType.java b/platform/projectModel-api/src/com/intellij/ide/highlighter/ModuleFileType.java
index 6cc0f8b21305..5895c2c1fe5c 100644
--- a/platform/projectModel-api/src/com/intellij/ide/highlighter/ModuleFileType.java
+++ b/platform/projectModel-api/src/com/intellij/ide/highlighter/ModuleFileType.java
@@ -26,9 +26,13 @@ import org.jetbrains.annotations.NotNull;
 import javax.swing.*;
 
 public class ModuleFileType implements InternalFileType {
+  public static final ModuleFileType INSTANCE = new ModuleFileType();
+
   @NonNls public static final String DEFAULT_EXTENSION = "iml";
   @NonNls public static final String DOT_DEFAULT_EXTENSION = ".iml";
 
+  private ModuleFileType() {}
+
   @Override
   @NotNull
   public String getName() {
diff --git a/platform/projectModel-api/src/com/intellij/ide/highlighter/ProjectFileType.java b/platform/projectModel-api/src/com/intellij/ide/highlighter/ProjectFileType.java
index 347908a22a08..4988159d68b9 100644
--- a/platform/projectModel-api/src/com/intellij/ide/highlighter/ProjectFileType.java
+++ b/platform/projectModel-api/src/com/intellij/ide/highlighter/ProjectFileType.java
@@ -26,9 +26,13 @@ import org.jetbrains.annotations.NotNull;
 import javax.swing.*;
 
 public class ProjectFileType implements InternalFileType {
+  public static final ProjectFileType INSTANCE = new ProjectFileType();
+
   @NonNls public static final String DEFAULT_EXTENSION = "ipr";
   @NonNls public static final String DOT_DEFAULT_EXTENSION = ".ipr";
 
+  private ProjectFileType() {}
+
   @Override
   @NotNull
   public String getName() {