diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index cf0b241ad..98896e106 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -1073,8 +1073,6 @@
             <regex><pattern>.*.Checker</pattern><branchRate>79</branchRate><lineRate>84</lineRate></regex>
             <regex><pattern>.*.ConfigurationLoader</pattern><branchRate>86</branchRate><lineRate>79</lineRate></regex>
             <regex><pattern>.*.ConfigurationLoader\$.*</pattern><branchRate>65</branchRate><lineRate>84</lineRate></regex>
-
-            <regex><pattern>.*.DefaultConfiguration</pattern><branchRate>100</branchRate><lineRate>92</lineRate></regex>
             <regex><pattern>.*.DefaultLogger</pattern><branchRate>75</branchRate><lineRate>76</lineRate></regex>
             <regex><pattern>.*.Main</pattern><branchRate>80</branchRate><lineRate>90</lineRate></regex>
             <regex><pattern>.*.PackageNamesLoader</pattern><branchRate>78</branchRate><lineRate>72</lineRate></regex>
diff --git a/src/test/java/com/puppycrawl/tools/checkstyle/DefaultConfigurationTest.java b/src/test/java/com/puppycrawl/tools/checkstyle/DefaultConfigurationTest.java
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..ab6fbdab3
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/test/java/com/puppycrawl/tools/checkstyle/DefaultConfigurationTest.java
@@ -0,0 +1,37 @@
+////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
+// checkstyle: Checks Java source code for adherence to a set of rules.
+// Copyright (C) 2001-2015 the original author or authors.
+//
+// This library is free software; you can redistribute it and/or
+// modify it under the terms of the GNU Lesser General Public
+// License as published by the Free Software Foundation; either
+// version 2.1 of the License, or (at your option) any later version.
+//
+// This library is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
+// but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+// MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the GNU
+// Lesser General Public License for more details.
+//
+// You should have received a copy of the GNU Lesser General Public
+// License along with this library; if not, write to the Free Software
+// Foundation, Inc., 59 Temple Place, Suite 330, Boston, MA  02111-1307  USA
+////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
+
+package com.puppycrawl.tools.checkstyle;
+
+import org.junit.Assert;
+import org.junit.Test;
+
+public class DefaultConfigurationTest {
+
+    @Test
+    public void testRemoveChild() {
+        DefaultConfiguration config = new DefaultConfiguration("Myconfig");
+        DefaultConfiguration configChild = new DefaultConfiguration("childConfig");
+        Assert.assertTrue(config.getChildren().length == 0);
+        config.addChild(configChild);
+        Assert.assertTrue(config.getChildren().length == 1);
+        config.removeChild(configChild);
+        Assert.assertTrue(config.getChildren().length == 0);
+    }
+}