diff --git a/src/main/java/com/puppycrawl/tools/checkstyle/checks/blocks/EmptyBlockCheck.java b/src/main/java/com/puppycrawl/tools/checkstyle/checks/blocks/EmptyBlockCheck.java
index 1f444f5ce..140aa5ac7 100644
--- a/src/main/java/com/puppycrawl/tools/checkstyle/checks/blocks/EmptyBlockCheck.java
+++ b/src/main/java/com/puppycrawl/tools/checkstyle/checks/blocks/EmptyBlockCheck.java
@@ -98,25 +98,6 @@ public class EmptyBlockCheck
         };
     }
 
-    @Override
-    public int[] getAcceptableTokens()
-    {
-        return new int[] {
-            TokenTypes.LITERAL_WHILE,
-            TokenTypes.LITERAL_TRY,
-            TokenTypes.LITERAL_CATCH,
-            TokenTypes.LITERAL_FINALLY,
-            TokenTypes.LITERAL_DO,
-            TokenTypes.LITERAL_IF,
-            TokenTypes.LITERAL_ELSE,
-            TokenTypes.LITERAL_FOR,
-            TokenTypes.INSTANCE_INIT,
-            TokenTypes.STATIC_INIT,
-            TokenTypes.LITERAL_SWITCH,
-            //TODO: does this handle TokenTypes.LITERAL_SYNCHRONIZED?
-        };
-    }
-
     @Override
     public int[] getAcceptableTokens()
     {
@@ -136,6 +117,7 @@ public class EmptyBlockCheck
             TokenTypes.LITERAL_SWITCH,
             TokenTypes.LITERAL_DEFAULT,
             TokenTypes.ARRAY_INIT,
+            //TODO: does this handle TokenTypes.LITERAL_SYNCHRONIZED?
         };
     }