diff --git a/compiler/frontend/src/org/jetbrains/jet/renderer/DescriptorRendererImpl.java b/compiler/frontend/src/org/jetbrains/jet/renderer/DescriptorRendererImpl.java
index cccc854575a..51abcefecc2 100644
--- a/compiler/frontend/src/org/jetbrains/jet/renderer/DescriptorRendererImpl.java
+++ b/compiler/frontend/src/org/jetbrains/jet/renderer/DescriptorRendererImpl.java
@@ -156,9 +156,6 @@ public class DescriptorRendererImpl implements Renderer<DeclarationDescriptor> {
         else if (KotlinBuiltIns.getInstance().isUnit(type)) {
             return escape(KotlinBuiltIns.UNIT_ALIAS + (type.isNullable() ? "?" : ""));
         }
-        else if (KotlinBuiltIns.getInstance().isTupleType(type)) {
-            return escape(renderTupleType(type, shortNamesOnly));
-        }
         else if (KotlinBuiltIns.getInstance().isFunctionType(type)) {
             return escape(renderFunctionType(type, shortNamesOnly));
         }
@@ -212,15 +209,6 @@ public class DescriptorRendererImpl implements Renderer<DeclarationDescriptor> {
         }
     }
 
-    private void appendTypes(StringBuilder result, List<JetType> types, boolean shortNamesOnly) {
-        for (Iterator<JetType> iterator = types.iterator(); iterator.hasNext(); ) {
-            result.append(renderType(iterator.next(), shortNamesOnly));
-            if (iterator.hasNext()) {
-                result.append(", ");
-            }
-        }
-    }
-
     private void appendTypeProjections(StringBuilder result, List<TypeProjection> typeProjections, boolean shortNamesOnly) {
         for (Iterator<TypeProjection> iterator = typeProjections.iterator(); iterator.hasNext(); ) {
             TypeProjection typeProjection = iterator.next();
@@ -234,18 +222,6 @@ public class DescriptorRendererImpl implements Renderer<DeclarationDescriptor> {
         }
     }
 
-    protected String renderTupleType(JetType type, boolean shortNamesOnly) {
-        StringBuilder sb = new StringBuilder("#(");
-        appendTypes(sb, KotlinBuiltIns.getInstance().getTupleElementTypes(type), shortNamesOnly);
-        sb.append(")");
-
-        if (type.isNullable()) {
-            sb.append("?");
-        }
-
-        return sb.toString();
-    }
-
     private String renderFunctionType(JetType type, boolean shortNamesOnly) {
         StringBuilder sb = new StringBuilder();
 
diff --git a/compiler/testData/renderer/FunctionTypes.kt b/compiler/testData/renderer/FunctionTypes.kt
index 9cb510a4e36..86960131640 100644
--- a/compiler/testData/renderer/FunctionTypes.kt
+++ b/compiler/testData/renderer/FunctionTypes.kt
@@ -1,8 +1,8 @@
 var v1 : () -> Tuple0
 var v2 : (Int) -> Int
-var v3 : (Int, #(String, String)) -> String
+var v3 : (Int, String) -> String
 var v4 : Function1<Int, String>
-var v4 : (() -> Int, (#(String, String)) -> Tuple0) -> String
+var v4 : (() -> Int, (String) -> Tuple0) -> String
 var v5 : Int.() -> Int
 var v6  : Int.(String, Int) -> Unit
 var v7  : ExtensionFunction1<Int, String, Boolean>
@@ -10,9 +10,9 @@ var v7  : ExtensionFunction1<Int, String, Boolean>
 
 //internal final var v1 : () -> Unit defined in root package
 //internal final var v2 : (jet.Int) -> jet.Int defined in root package
-//internal final var v3 : (jet.Int, #(jet.String, jet.String)) -> jet.String defined in root package
+//internal final var v3 : (jet.Int, jet.String) -> jet.String defined in root package
 //internal final var v4 : (jet.Int) -> jet.String defined in root package
-//internal final var v4 : (() -> jet.Int, (#(jet.String, jet.String)) -> Unit) -> jet.String defined in root package
+//internal final var v4 : (() -> jet.Int, (jet.String) -> Unit) -> jet.String defined in root package
 //internal final var v5 : jet.Int.() -> jet.Int defined in root package
 //internal final var v6 : jet.Int.(jet.String, jet.Int) -> Unit defined in root package
 //internal final var v7 : jet.Int.(jet.String) -> jet.Boolean defined in root package