diff --git a/platform/vcs-impl/src/com/intellij/openapi/vcs/changes/CallbackData.java b/platform/vcs-impl/src/com/intellij/openapi/vcs/changes/CallbackData.java
index fa71fdda5208..b2e21956b050 100644
--- a/platform/vcs-impl/src/com/intellij/openapi/vcs/changes/CallbackData.java
+++ b/platform/vcs-impl/src/com/intellij/openapi/vcs/changes/CallbackData.java
@@ -69,7 +69,7 @@ class CallbackData {
     }
     else {
       if (mode.isSynchronous()) {
-        final Waiter waiter = new Waiter(project, afterUpdate, state,
+        final Waiter waiter = new Waiter(project, afterUpdate,
                                          VcsBundle.message("change.list.manager.wait.lists.synchronization", title), mode.isCancellable());
         return new CallbackData(
           new Runnable() {
diff --git a/platform/vcs-impl/src/com/intellij/openapi/vcs/changes/FictiveBackgroundable.java b/platform/vcs-impl/src/com/intellij/openapi/vcs/changes/FictiveBackgroundable.java
index 3130dbf9b699..86c2906e059e 100644
--- a/platform/vcs-impl/src/com/intellij/openapi/vcs/changes/FictiveBackgroundable.java
+++ b/platform/vcs-impl/src/com/intellij/openapi/vcs/changes/FictiveBackgroundable.java
@@ -32,7 +32,7 @@ class FictiveBackgroundable extends Task.Backgroundable {
                         final ModalityState state) {
     super(project, VcsBundle.message("change.list.manager.wait.lists.synchronization", title), cancellable);
     myState = state;
-    myWaiter = new Waiter(project, runnable, state, VcsBundle.message("change.list.manager.wait.lists.synchronization", title), cancellable);
+    myWaiter = new Waiter(project, runnable, VcsBundle.message("change.list.manager.wait.lists.synchronization", title), cancellable);
   }
 
   public void run(@NotNull final ProgressIndicator indicator) {
diff --git a/platform/vcs-impl/src/com/intellij/openapi/vcs/changes/Waiter.java b/platform/vcs-impl/src/com/intellij/openapi/vcs/changes/Waiter.java
index 9a714e33027d..3a8b491fc54f 100644
--- a/platform/vcs-impl/src/com/intellij/openapi/vcs/changes/Waiter.java
+++ b/platform/vcs-impl/src/com/intellij/openapi/vcs/changes/Waiter.java
@@ -15,7 +15,6 @@
  */
 package com.intellij.openapi.vcs.changes;
 
-import com.intellij.openapi.application.ModalityState;
 import com.intellij.openapi.diagnostic.Logger;
 import com.intellij.openapi.progress.ProgressIndicator;
 import com.intellij.openapi.progress.Task;
@@ -25,16 +24,14 @@ import org.jetbrains.annotations.NotNull;
 
 public class Waiter extends Task.Modal {
   private final Logger LOG = Logger.getInstance("#com.intellij.openapi.vcs.changes.Waiter");
-  private final ModalityState myState;
   private final Runnable myRunnable;
   private boolean myStarted;
   private boolean myDone;
   private final Object myLock = new Object();
 
-  public Waiter(final Project project, final Runnable runnable, final ModalityState state, final String title, final boolean cancellable) {
+  public Waiter(final Project project, final Runnable runnable, final String title, final boolean cancellable) {
     super(project, title, cancellable);
     myRunnable = runnable;
-    myState = state;
     myDone = false;
     myStarted = false;
     setCancelText("Skip");