diff --git a/contrib/examples/checks/all-checkstyle-checks.xml b/contrib/examples/checks/all-checkstyle-checks.xml
index 40da4723d..dad43e48c 100644
--- a/contrib/examples/checks/all-checkstyle-checks.xml
+++ b/contrib/examples/checks/all-checkstyle-checks.xml
@@ -498,16 +498,6 @@
         <!-- See http://checkstyle.sf.net/config_coding.html !-->
         <module name="ParameterAssignment"/>
 
-        <!-- Checks for redundant exceptions declared in throws clause such as duplicates, !-->
-        <!-- unchecked exceptions or subclasses of another declared exception. !-->
-        <!-- See http://checkstyle.sf.net/config_coding.html !-->
-        <module name="RedundantThrows">
-            <property name="allowUnchecked"     value="false"/>
-            <property name="allowSubclasses"    value="false"/>
-            <property name="logLoadErrors"      value="true"/>
-            <property name="suppressLoadErrors" value="false"/>
-        </module>
-
         <!-- Checks that code doesn't rely on the "this." default. !-->
         <!-- See http://checkstyle.sf.net/config_coding.html !-->
         <module name="RequireThis">
diff --git a/contrib/examples/conf/template_config.xml b/contrib/examples/conf/template_config.xml
index 107e5bccc..7733aa1a2 100644
--- a/contrib/examples/conf/template_config.xml
+++ b/contrib/examples/conf/template_config.xml
@@ -465,14 +465,6 @@
         <module name="MissingSwitchDefault">
         </module>
         
-        <!-- See http://checkstyle.sf.net/config_coding.html -->
-        <!-- Checks for redundant exceptions declared in throws clause such 
-            as duplicates, unchecked exceptions or subclasses of another declared exception. -->
-            <!-- <property name="allowUnchecked" value="false"/> -->
-            <!-- <property name="allowSubclasses" value="false"/> -->
-        <module name="RedundantThrows">
-        </module>
-        
         <!-- See http://checkstyle.sf.net/config_coding.html -->
         <!-- Checks for overly complicated boolean expressions. -->
         <module name="SimplifyBooleanExpression">
diff --git a/src/main/resources/sun_checks.xml b/src/main/resources/sun_checks.xml
index 709f3ec27..267bd4b0f 100644
--- a/src/main/resources/sun_checks.xml
+++ b/src/main/resources/sun_checks.xml
@@ -152,7 +152,6 @@
         <module name="InnerAssignment"/>
         <module name="MagicNumber"/>
         <module name="MissingSwitchDefault"/>
-        <module name="RedundantThrows"/>
         <module name="SimplifyBooleanExpression"/>
         <module name="SimplifyBooleanReturn"/>
 
diff --git a/src/xdocs/availablechecks.xml b/src/xdocs/availablechecks.xml
index 0ae2af714..30282a164 100644
--- a/src/xdocs/availablechecks.xml
+++ b/src/xdocs/availablechecks.xml
@@ -586,12 +586,6 @@
         <td><a href="config_modifier.html#RedundantModifier">RedundantModifier</a></td>
         <td>Checks for redundant modifiers in interface and annotation definitions.</td>
       </tr>
-      <tr>
-        <td><a href="config_coding.html#RedundantThrows">RedundantThrows</a></td>
-        <td>Checks for redundant exceptions declared in throws clause
-        such as duplicates, unchecked exceptions or subclasses of
-        another declared exception.</td>
-      </tr>
       <tr>
         <td><a href="config_misc.html#Regexp">Regexp</a></td>
         <td>
diff --git a/src/xdocs/config_coding.xml b/src/xdocs/config_coding.xml
index cb11f2104..89480601f 100644
--- a/src/xdocs/config_coding.xml
+++ b/src/xdocs/config_coding.xml
@@ -975,105 +975,6 @@ for (int i = 0; i &lt; 1; i++) {
       </subsection>
     </section>
 
-    <section name="RedundantThrows">
-      <subsection name="Description">
-        <p>
-          Checks for redundant exceptions declared in a <code>throws</code> clause such as
-          duplicates, unchecked exceptions or subclasses of another declared
-          exception.
-        </p>
-      </subsection>
-
-      <subsection name="Properties">
-        <table>
-          <tr>
-            <th>name</th>
-            <th>description</th>
-            <th>type</th>
-            <th>default value</th>
-          </tr>
-          <tr>
-            <td>allowUnchecked</td>
-            <td>whether unchecked exceptions in throws are allowed or not</td>
-            <td><a href="property_types.html#boolean">boolean</a></td>
-            <td><code>false</code></td>
-          </tr>
-          <tr>
-            <td>allowSubclasses</td>
-            <td> whether subclasses of another declared exception
-            are allowed in throws clause </td>
-            <td><a href="property_types.html#boolean">boolean</a></td>
-            <td><code>false</code></td>
-          </tr>
-          <tr>
-            <td>logLoadErrors</td>
-            <td>This check may need to load exception classes mentioned in
-            the @throws tag to check whether they are RuntimeExceptions.
-            If loading the class fails, this property allows controlling
-            Checkstyle's error handling. If set to <code>false</code> a
-            classpath configuration problem is assumed and the TreeWalker
-            stops operating on the class completely.
-            If set to <code>true</code> (the default), Checkstyle assumes a
-            typo or refactoring problem in the
-            javadoc and logs the problem in the normal Checkstyle report
-            (potentially masking a configuration error).</td>
-            <td><a href="property_types.html#boolean">boolean</a></td>
-            <td><code>true</code></td>
-          </tr>
-          <tr>
-            <td>suppressLoadErrors</td>
-            <td>When logLoadErrors is set to true, the TreeWalker completely
-            processes a class and displays any problems with loading exceptions
-            as Checkstyle violations.
-            When this property is set to true, the violations generated when
-            logLoadErrors is true are suppressed from being reported as
-            violations in the Checkstyle report.
-            </td>
-            <td><a href="property_types.html#boolean">boolean</a></td>
-            <td><code>false</code></td>
-          </tr>
-        </table>
-      </subsection>
-
-      <subsection name="Examples">
-        <p>
-          To configure the default check:
-        </p>
-        <source>
-&lt;module name=&quot;RedundantThrows&quot;/&gt;
-        </source>
-
-        <p>
-          To configure the check to allow unchecked exception in throws clause
-        </p>
-        <source>
-&lt;module name="RedundantThrows"&gt;
-    &lt;property name=&quot;allowUnchecked&quot; value=&quot;true&quot;/&gt;
-&lt;/module&gt;
-        </source>
-      </subsection>
-
-      <subsection name="Note">
-        <p>
-          The classpath should be configured to locate the class
-          information. The classpath configuration is dependent on the
-          mechanism used to invoke Checkstyle.
-        </p>
-      </subsection>
-
-      <subsection name="Package">
-        <p>
-          com.puppycrawl.tools.checkstyle.checks.coding
-        </p>
-      </subsection>
-
-      <subsection name="Parent Module">
-        <p>
-          <a href="config.html#TreeWalker">TreeWalker</a>
-        </p>
-      </subsection>
-    </section>
-
     <section name="SimplifyBooleanExpression">
       <subsection name="Description">
         <p>