diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 0df3776a4..823c08a2c 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -854,8 +854,6 @@
           <regex><pattern>.*.checks.regexp.RegexpSinglelineCheck</pattern><branchRate>100</branchRate><lineRate>76</lineRate></regex>
           <regex><pattern>.*.checks.regexp.SinglelineDetector</pattern><branchRate>93</branchRate><lineRate>96</lineRate></regex>
 
-          <regex><pattern>.*.checks.sizes.MethodCountCheck</pattern><branchRate>95</branchRate><lineRate>100</lineRate></regex>
-
           <regex><pattern>.*.checks.whitespace.AbstractParenPadCheck</pattern><branchRate>88</branchRate><lineRate>100</lineRate></regex>
           <regex><pattern>.*.checks.whitespace.EmptyForInitializerPadCheck</pattern><branchRate>91</branchRate><lineRate>93</lineRate></regex>
           <regex><pattern>.*.checks.whitespace.EmptyForIteratorPadCheck</pattern><branchRate>100</branchRate><lineRate>92</lineRate></regex>
diff --git a/src/main/java/com/puppycrawl/tools/checkstyle/checks/sizes/MethodCountCheck.java b/src/main/java/com/puppycrawl/tools/checkstyle/checks/sizes/MethodCountCheck.java
index 319ffe2af..59d722441 100644
--- a/src/main/java/com/puppycrawl/tools/checkstyle/checks/sizes/MethodCountCheck.java
+++ b/src/main/java/com/puppycrawl/tools/checkstyle/checks/sizes/MethodCountCheck.java
@@ -158,16 +158,13 @@ public final class MethodCountCheck extends Check {
 
     @Override
     public void visitToken(DetailAST ast) {
-        if (TokenTypes.CLASS_DEF == ast.getType()
-            || TokenTypes.INTERFACE_DEF == ast.getType()
-            || TokenTypes.ENUM_CONSTANT_DEF == ast.getType()
-            || TokenTypes.ENUM_DEF == ast.getType()) {
+        if (TokenTypes.METHOD_DEF == ast.getType()) {
+            raiseCounter(ast);
+        }
+        else {
             final boolean inInterface = TokenTypes.INTERFACE_DEF == ast.getType();
             counters.push(new MethodCounter(inInterface));
         }
-        else if (TokenTypes.METHOD_DEF == ast.getType()) {
-            raiseCounter(ast);
-        }
     }
 
     @Override