diff --git a/platform/platform-resources/src/META-INF/PlatformExtensions.xml b/platform/platform-resources/src/META-INF/PlatformExtensions.xml
index 104cba154119..4332b446562d 100644
--- a/platform/platform-resources/src/META-INF/PlatformExtensions.xml
+++ b/platform/platform-resources/src/META-INF/PlatformExtensions.xml
@@ -458,7 +458,6 @@
     <statistics.projectUsagesCollector implementation="com.intellij.openapi.vcs.statistics.VcsStatsUsagesCollector"/>
     <statistics.projectUsagesCollector implementation="com.intellij.openapi.vcs.statistics.VcsNamesUsagesCollector"/>
 
-    <applicationInitializedListener implementation="com.intellij.openapi.vcs.statistics.VcsBackForwardUsageTriggerCollector$Trigger"/>
     <applicationInitializedListener implementation="com.intellij.openapi.application.Preloader"/>
 
     <statistics.applicationUsagesCollector implementation="com.intellij.featureStatistics.fusCollectors.EAPUsageCollector"/>
diff --git a/platform/vcs-impl/src/com/intellij/openapi/vcs/statistics/VcsBackForwardUsageTriggerCollector.java b/platform/vcs-impl/src/com/intellij/openapi/vcs/statistics/VcsBackForwardUsageTriggerCollector.java
deleted file mode 100644
index 269b06a25488..000000000000
--- a/platform/vcs-impl/src/com/intellij/openapi/vcs/statistics/VcsBackForwardUsageTriggerCollector.java
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,46 +0,0 @@
-// Copyright 2000-2018 JetBrains s.r.o. Use of this source code is governed by the Apache 2.0 license that can be found in the LICENSE file.
-package com.intellij.openapi.vcs.statistics;
-
-import com.intellij.diff.tools.util.DiffDataKeys;
-import com.intellij.ide.ApplicationInitializedListener;
-import com.intellij.ide.actions.BackAction;
-import com.intellij.ide.actions.ForwardAction;
-import com.intellij.internal.statistic.service.fus.collectors.FUCounterUsageLogger;
-import com.intellij.openapi.actionSystem.*;
-import com.intellij.openapi.actionSystem.ex.AnActionListener;
-import com.intellij.openapi.application.ApplicationManager;
-import com.intellij.openapi.vcs.changes.ui.ChangesListView;
-import com.intellij.openapi.wm.impl.ToolWindowImpl;
-import com.intellij.util.ObjectUtils;
-import com.intellij.vcs.log.VcsLogDataKeys;
-import org.jetbrains.annotations.NotNull;
-
-public class VcsBackForwardUsageTriggerCollector {
-
-  public static class Trigger implements ApplicationInitializedListener {
-    @Override
-    public void componentsInitialized() {
-      ApplicationManager.getApplication().getMessageBus().connect().subscribe(AnActionListener.TOPIC, new AnActionListener() {
-        @Override
-        public void beforeActionPerformed(@NotNull AnAction action, @NotNull DataContext dataContext, @NotNull AnActionEvent e) {
-          if (action instanceof BackAction ||
-              action instanceof ForwardAction) {
-            FUCounterUsageLogger.getInstance().logEvent("vcs.back.forward.trigger", getContextName(e));
-          }
-        }
-      });
-    }
-  }
-
-  @NotNull
-  private static String getContextName(AnActionEvent e) {
-    ToolWindowImpl toolWindow = ObjectUtils.tryCast(e.getData(PlatformDataKeys.TOOL_WINDOW), ToolWindowImpl.class);
-
-    if (e.getData(VcsLogDataKeys.VCS_LOG) != null) return "vcs.log";
-    if (e.getData(ChangesListView.DATA_KEY) != null) return "local.changes";
-    if (toolWindow != null && toolWindow.getId().equals("Project")) return "project.view";
-    if (e.getData(DiffDataKeys.DIFF_VIEWER) != null) return "diff.viewer";
-    if (e.getData(CommonDataKeys.EDITOR) != null) return "editor";
-    return "unknown";
-  }
-}