diff --git a/tools/eclipse/plugins/com.android.ide.eclipse.adt/src/com/android/ide/eclipse/editors/ui/tree/UiModelTreeContentProvider.java b/tools/eclipse/plugins/com.android.ide.eclipse.adt/src/com/android/ide/eclipse/editors/ui/tree/UiModelTreeContentProvider.java
index 30919926b..396b309f3 100644
--- a/tools/eclipse/plugins/com.android.ide.eclipse.adt/src/com/android/ide/eclipse/editors/ui/tree/UiModelTreeContentProvider.java
+++ b/tools/eclipse/plugins/com.android.ide.eclipse.adt/src/com/android/ide/eclipse/editors/ui/tree/UiModelTreeContentProvider.java
@@ -33,12 +33,12 @@ class UiModelTreeContentProvider implements ITreeContentProvider {
     /** The descriptor of the elements to be displayed as root in this tree view. All elements
      *  of the same type in the root will be displayed. */
     private ElementDescriptor[] mDescriptorFilters;
-    /** Object which provides the uiRootNode */
-    private final UiRootNodeProvider mUiRootNodeProvider;
+    /** The uiRootNode of the model. */
+    private final UiElementNode mUiRootNode;
 
-    public UiModelTreeContentProvider(UiRootNodeProvider rootNodeProvider,
+    public UiModelTreeContentProvider(UiElementNode uiRootNode,
             ElementDescriptor[] descriptorFilters) {
-        mUiRootNodeProvider = rootNodeProvider;
+        mUiRootNode = uiRootNode;
         mDescriptorFilters = descriptorFilters;
     }
     
@@ -86,9 +86,8 @@ class UiModelTreeContentProvider implements ITreeContentProvider {
      */
     public Object[] getElements(Object inputElement) {
         ArrayList<UiElementNode> roots = new ArrayList<UiElementNode>();
-        UiElementNode uiRootNode = mUiRootNodeProvider.getRootNode();
-        if (uiRootNode != null) {
-            for (UiElementNode ui_node : uiRootNode.getUiChildren()) {
+        if (mUiRootNode != null) {
+            for (UiElementNode ui_node : mUiRootNode.getUiChildren()) {
                 if (mDescriptorFilters == null || mDescriptorFilters.length == 0) {
                     roots.add(ui_node);
                 } else {
diff --git a/tools/eclipse/plugins/com.android.ide.eclipse.adt/src/com/android/ide/eclipse/editors/ui/tree/UiRootNodeProvider.java b/tools/eclipse/plugins/com.android.ide.eclipse.adt/src/com/android/ide/eclipse/editors/ui/tree/UiRootNodeProvider.java
deleted file mode 100644
index 5121e3546..000000000
--- a/tools/eclipse/plugins/com.android.ide.eclipse.adt/src/com/android/ide/eclipse/editors/ui/tree/UiRootNodeProvider.java
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,27 +0,0 @@
-/*
- * Copyright (C) 2009 The Android Open Source Project
- *
- * Licensed under the Eclipse Public License, Version 1.0 (the "License");
- * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
- * You may obtain a copy of the License at
- * 
- *      http://www.eclipse.org/org/documents/epl-v10.php
- *
- * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
- * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
- * WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
- * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
- * limitations under the License.
- */
-
-package com.android.ide.eclipse.editors.ui.tree;
-
-import com.android.ide.eclipse.editors.uimodel.UiElementNode;
-
-/**
- * An object that can provide a uiRootNode.
- */
-public interface UiRootNodeProvider {
-    /** Returns the UiDocumentNode for the current model. */
-    public abstract UiElementNode getRootNode();
-}
diff --git a/tools/eclipse/plugins/com.android.ide.eclipse.adt/src/com/android/ide/eclipse/editors/ui/tree/UiTreeBlock.java b/tools/eclipse/plugins/com.android.ide.eclipse.adt/src/com/android/ide/eclipse/editors/ui/tree/UiTreeBlock.java
index 8038a47de..e1986e527 100644
--- a/tools/eclipse/plugins/com.android.ide.eclipse.adt/src/com/android/ide/eclipse/editors/ui/tree/UiTreeBlock.java
+++ b/tools/eclipse/plugins/com.android.ide.eclipse.adt/src/com/android/ide/eclipse/editors/ui/tree/UiTreeBlock.java
@@ -83,8 +83,7 @@ import java.util.LinkedList;
  * On the left is a details part that displays all the visible UI attributes for a given
  * selected UI element node.
  */
-public final class UiTreeBlock extends MasterDetailsBlock
-    implements ICommitXml, UiRootNodeProvider {
+public final class UiTreeBlock extends MasterDetailsBlock implements ICommitXml {
 
     /** Height hint for the tree view. Helps the grid layout resize properly on smaller screens. */
     private static final int TREE_HEIGHT_HINT = 50;
@@ -251,7 +250,7 @@ public final class UiTreeBlock extends MasterDetailsBlock
         tree.setLayoutData(gd);
 
         mTreeViewer = new TreeViewer(tree);
-        mTreeViewer.setContentProvider(new UiModelTreeContentProvider(this, mDescriptorFilters));
+        mTreeViewer.setContentProvider(new UiModelTreeContentProvider(mUiRootNode, mDescriptorFilters));
         mTreeViewer.setLabelProvider(new UiModelTreeLabelProvider());
         mTreeViewer.setInput("unused"); //$NON-NLS-1$
 
@@ -380,6 +379,8 @@ public final class UiTreeBlock extends MasterDetailsBlock
         mUiRootNode = uiRootNode;
         mDescriptorFilters = descriptorFilters;
 
+        mTreeViewer.setContentProvider(new UiModelTreeContentProvider(mUiRootNode, mDescriptorFilters));
+
         // Listen on structural changes on the root node of the tree
         // If the node has a parent, listen on the parent instead.
         node = mUiRootNode.getUiParent() != null ? mUiRootNode.getUiParent() : mUiRootNode;