diff --git a/idea/tests/org/jetbrains/jet/formatter/AbstractJetFormatterTest.java b/idea/tests/org/jetbrains/jet/formatter/AbstractJetFormatterTest.java
index 383e70ffe97..63be3558e02 100644
--- a/idea/tests/org/jetbrains/jet/formatter/AbstractJetFormatterTest.java
+++ b/idea/tests/org/jetbrains/jet/formatter/AbstractJetFormatterTest.java
@@ -23,7 +23,6 @@ import com.intellij.openapi.editor.impl.DocumentImpl;
 import com.intellij.openapi.roots.LanguageLevelProjectExtension;
 import com.intellij.openapi.util.TextRange;
 import com.intellij.openapi.util.io.FileUtil;
-import com.intellij.openapi.util.text.StringUtil;
 import com.intellij.pom.java.LanguageLevel;
 import com.intellij.psi.PsiDocumentManager;
 import com.intellij.psi.PsiFile;
@@ -126,12 +125,6 @@ public abstract class AbstractJetFormatterTest extends LightIdeaTestCase {
         JetTestUtils.assertEqualsToFile(fileAfter, file.getText());
     }
 
-    protected static String loadFile(String name) throws Exception {
-        String text = FileUtil.loadFile(new File(BASE_PATH, name));
-        text = StringUtil.convertLineSeparators(text);
-        return text;
-    }
-
     public void doTest(String testFileNameWithExtension) throws Exception {
         String testFileName = FileUtil.getNameWithoutExtension(testFileNameWithExtension);
         String originalFileText = FileUtil.loadFile(new File(testFileName + ".kt"), true);