diff --git a/src/checkstyle/com/puppycrawl/tools/checkstyle/Configuration.java b/src/checkstyle/com/puppycrawl/tools/checkstyle/Configuration.java
index 584929c7d..00b8c64ec 100644
--- a/src/checkstyle/com/puppycrawl/tools/checkstyle/Configuration.java
+++ b/src/checkstyle/com/puppycrawl/tools/checkstyle/Configuration.java
@@ -368,12 +368,6 @@ public class Configuration
         return getBooleanProperty(Defn.IGNORE_CAST_WHITESPACE_PROP);
     }
 
-    /** @return whether to ignore checks for braces **/
-    boolean isIgnoreBraces()
-    {
-        return getBooleanProperty(Defn.IGNORE_BRACES_PROP);
-    }
-
     /** @return the File of the cache file **/
     String getCacheFile()
     {
diff --git a/src/checkstyle/com/puppycrawl/tools/checkstyle/Defn.java b/src/checkstyle/com/puppycrawl/tools/checkstyle/Defn.java
index 035f68af5..06fdab1a0 100644
--- a/src/checkstyle/com/puppycrawl/tools/checkstyle/Defn.java
+++ b/src/checkstyle/com/puppycrawl/tools/checkstyle/Defn.java
@@ -52,8 +52,6 @@ public interface Defn
     String IGNORE_WHITESPACE_PROP = "checkstyle.ignore.whitespace";
     /** property name for ignoring whitespace after casts **/
     String IGNORE_CAST_WHITESPACE_PROP = "checkstyle.ignore.whitespace.cast";
-    /** property name for ignoring braces **/
-    String IGNORE_BRACES_PROP = "checkstyle.ignore.braces";
     /** property name for cache file **/
     String CACHE_FILE_PROP = "checkstyle.cache.file";
 
@@ -78,7 +76,6 @@ public interface Defn
         {
             ALLOW_PACKAGE_PROP,
             ALLOW_PROTECTED_PROP,
-            IGNORE_BRACES_PROP,
             IGNORE_CAST_WHITESPACE_PROP,
             IGNORE_WHITESPACE_PROP,
             JAVADOC_CHECK_UNUSED_THROWS_PROP,