diff --git a/src/checkstyle/com/puppycrawl/tools/checkstyle/Configuration.java b/src/checkstyle/com/puppycrawl/tools/checkstyle/Configuration.java
index 4881f15c0..d88301371 100644
--- a/src/checkstyle/com/puppycrawl/tools/checkstyle/Configuration.java
+++ b/src/checkstyle/com/puppycrawl/tools/checkstyle/Configuration.java
@@ -87,8 +87,6 @@ public class Configuration
     /** map of int properties **/
     private final Map mIntProps = new HashMap();
     {
-        mIntProps.put(Defn.MAX_LINE_LENGTH_PROP, new Integer(80));
-        mIntProps.put(Defn.MAX_METHOD_LENGTH_PROP, new Integer(150));
         mIntProps.put(Defn.MAX_CONSTRUCTOR_LENGTH_PROP, new Integer(150));
         mIntProps.put(Defn.TAB_WIDTH_PROP, new Integer(8));
     }
@@ -377,18 +375,6 @@ public class Configuration
         return getRegexpProperty(Defn.LOCAL_FINAL_VAR_PATTERN_PROP);
     }
 
-    /** @return the maximum line length **/
-    int getMaxLineLength()
-    {
-        return getIntProperty(Defn.MAX_LINE_LENGTH_PROP);
-    }
-
-    /** @return the maximum method length **/
-    int getMaxMethodLength()
-    {
-        return getIntProperty(Defn.MAX_METHOD_LENGTH_PROP);
-    }
-
     /** @return the maximum constructor length **/
     int getMaxConstructorLength()
     {
diff --git a/src/checkstyle/com/puppycrawl/tools/checkstyle/Defn.java b/src/checkstyle/com/puppycrawl/tools/checkstyle/Defn.java
index 32a4f0727..ac0b2296f 100644
--- a/src/checkstyle/com/puppycrawl/tools/checkstyle/Defn.java
+++ b/src/checkstyle/com/puppycrawl/tools/checkstyle/Defn.java
@@ -43,10 +43,6 @@ public interface Defn
     String LOCAL_VAR_PATTERN_PROP = "checkstyle.pattern.localvar";
     /** property name for the method local final variable pattern **/
     String LOCAL_FINAL_VAR_PATTERN_PROP = "checkstyle.pattern.localfinalvar";
-    /** property name for the maximum line length **/
-    String MAX_LINE_LENGTH_PROP = "checkstyle.maxlinelen";
-    /** property name for length of methods **/
-    String MAX_METHOD_LENGTH_PROP = "checkstyle.maxmethodlen";
     /** property name for length of constructors **/
     String MAX_CONSTRUCTOR_LENGTH_PROP = "checkstyle.maxconstructorlen";
     /** property name for allowing protected data **/
@@ -121,8 +117,6 @@ public interface Defn
     String[] ALL_INT_PROPS = new String[]
         {
             MAX_CONSTRUCTOR_LENGTH_PROP,
-            MAX_LINE_LENGTH_PROP,
-            MAX_METHOD_LENGTH_PROP,
             TAB_WIDTH_PROP,
         };
 
diff --git a/src/checkstyle/com/puppycrawl/tools/checkstyle/Verifier.java b/src/checkstyle/com/puppycrawl/tools/checkstyle/Verifier.java
index 77318fbcc..2489c5a2b 100644
--- a/src/checkstyle/com/puppycrawl/tools/checkstyle/Verifier.java
+++ b/src/checkstyle/com/puppycrawl/tools/checkstyle/Verifier.java
@@ -531,11 +531,6 @@ class Verifier
      */
     void verifyMethodLength(int aLineNo, int aLength)
     {
-        if (aLength > mConfig.getMaxMethodLength()) {
-            mMessages.add(aLineNo, "maxLen.method",
-                          new Integer(aLength),
-                          new Integer(mConfig.getMaxMethodLength()));
-        }
     }
 
 
diff --git a/src/tests/com/puppycrawl/tools/checkstyle/CheckerTest.java b/src/tests/com/puppycrawl/tools/checkstyle/CheckerTest.java
index 75ccad6c6..21f315a9d 100644
--- a/src/tests/com/puppycrawl/tools/checkstyle/CheckerTest.java
+++ b/src/tests/com/puppycrawl/tools/checkstyle/CheckerTest.java
@@ -330,7 +330,6 @@ public class CheckerTest
     public void testSimple()
         throws Exception
     {
-        mProps.setProperty(Defn.MAX_METHOD_LENGTH_PROP, "19");
         mProps.setProperty(Defn.MAX_CONSTRUCTOR_LENGTH_PROP, "9");
         mProps.setProperty(Defn.STATIC_PATTERN_PROP, "^s[A-Z][a-zA-Z0-9]*$");
         mProps.setProperty(Defn.MEMBER_PATTERN_PROP, "^m[A-Z][a-zA-Z0-9]*$");
@@ -346,7 +345,6 @@ public class CheckerTest
             filepath + ":35:17: Name 'badMember' must match pattern '^m[A-Z][a-zA-Z0-9]*$'.",
             filepath + ":42:40: ',' is not followed by whitespace.",
             filepath + ":71:30: ',' is not followed by whitespace.",
-            filepath + ":80: Method length is 20 lines (max allowed is 19).",
             filepath + ":103: Constructor length is 10 lines (max allowed is 9).",
             filepath + ":119:13: Name 'ABC' must match pattern '^[a-z][a-zA-Z0-9]*$'.",
             filepath + ":122:19: Name 'cde' must match pattern '[A-Z]+'.",
diff --git a/src/tests/com/puppycrawl/tools/checkstyle/ConfigurationTest.java b/src/tests/com/puppycrawl/tools/checkstyle/ConfigurationTest.java
index 90b9d0d2b..2271ec4ed 100644
--- a/src/tests/com/puppycrawl/tools/checkstyle/ConfigurationTest.java
+++ b/src/tests/com/puppycrawl/tools/checkstyle/ConfigurationTest.java
@@ -15,11 +15,9 @@ public class ConfigurationTest
     public void test1() throws Exception
     {
         final Properties p = new Properties();
-        p.setProperty(Defn.MAX_LINE_LENGTH_PROP, "66");
         p.setProperty(Defn.CATCH_BLOCK_PROP, "text");
         final Configuration c = new Configuration(p, System.out);
         assertNotNull(c);
-        assertEquals(66, c.getMaxLineLength());
         assertEquals(BlockOption.TEXT, c.getCatchBlock());
     }
 
@@ -34,12 +32,9 @@ public class ConfigurationTest
     public void testGetProperties() throws Exception
     {
         final Properties props = new Properties();
-        props.setProperty(Defn.MAX_LINE_LENGTH_PROP, "666");
         props.setProperty(Defn.MEMBER_PATTERN_PROP, "bulldogs");
 
         final Configuration c = new Configuration(props, System.out);
-        assertEquals("666",
-                     c.getProperties().getProperty(Defn.MAX_LINE_LENGTH_PROP));
         assertEquals("bulldogs",
                      c.getProperties().getProperty(Defn.MEMBER_PATTERN_PROP));
     }