diff --git a/src/main/java/com/puppycrawl/tools/checkstyle/checks/javadoc/AbstractJavadocCheck.java b/src/main/java/com/puppycrawl/tools/checkstyle/checks/javadoc/AbstractJavadocCheck.java
index 95de7da64..06da7c837 100755
--- a/src/main/java/com/puppycrawl/tools/checkstyle/checks/javadoc/AbstractJavadocCheck.java
+++ b/src/main/java/com/puppycrawl/tools/checkstyle/checks/javadoc/AbstractJavadocCheck.java
@@ -148,11 +148,6 @@ public abstract class AbstractJavadocCheck extends Check {
         TREE_CACHE.clear();
     }
 
-    @Override
-    public final void leaveToken(DetailAST ast) {
-        // No code by default, should be overridden only by demand at subclasses
-    }
-
     @Override
     public final void visitToken(DetailAST blockCommentAst) {
         if (JavadocUtils.isJavadocComment(blockCommentAst)) {