diff --git a/src/test/java/com/puppycrawl/tools/checkstyle/DebugChecker.java b/src/test/java/com/puppycrawl/tools/checkstyle/DebugChecker.java
index 5b0fe31aa..f12eda489 100644
--- a/src/test/java/com/puppycrawl/tools/checkstyle/DebugChecker.java
+++ b/src/test/java/com/puppycrawl/tools/checkstyle/DebugChecker.java
@@ -6,9 +6,6 @@
 package com.puppycrawl.tools.checkstyle;
 
 class DebugChecker extends Checker {
-    DebugChecker() {
-    }
-
     @Override
     public void fireAuditFinished() {
         super.fireAuditFinished();