diff --git a/core/org.eclipse.cdt.core/ChangeLog b/core/org.eclipse.cdt.core/ChangeLog
index db6d6ae58c8..457382cb8f3 100644
--- a/core/org.eclipse.cdt.core/ChangeLog
+++ b/core/org.eclipse.cdt.core/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,9 @@
+2005-05-25 David Inglis
+	
+	CModel performance improvement: only need to test project existance and nature for ICElement.exists()
+	
+	* model/org/eclipse/cdt/internal/core/model/CProject.java
+
 2005-05-20 Vladimir Hirsl
 	Indexer performance improvement: indexing nodes from external include files only once.
 	
diff --git a/core/org.eclipse.cdt.core/model/org/eclipse/cdt/internal/core/model/CProject.java b/core/org.eclipse.cdt.core/model/org/eclipse/cdt/internal/core/model/CProject.java
index a352b41d362..aca6b40c8ca 100644
--- a/core/org.eclipse.cdt.core/model/org/eclipse/cdt/internal/core/model/CProject.java
+++ b/core/org.eclipse.cdt.core/model/org/eclipse/cdt/internal/core/model/CProject.java
@@ -657,7 +657,7 @@ public class CProject extends Openable implements ICProject {
 		if (!isCProject()) {
 			return false;
 		}
-		return super.exists();
+		return true;
 	}
 
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