diff --git a/src/main/java/com/puppycrawl/tools/checkstyle/checks/naming/ParameterNameCheck.java b/src/main/java/com/puppycrawl/tools/checkstyle/checks/naming/ParameterNameCheck.java
index 20527fa7e..b5cf4a753 100644
--- a/src/main/java/com/puppycrawl/tools/checkstyle/checks/naming/ParameterNameCheck.java
+++ b/src/main/java/com/puppycrawl/tools/checkstyle/checks/naming/ParameterNameCheck.java
@@ -30,11 +30,9 @@ import com.puppycrawl.tools.checkstyle.api.TokenTypes;
  * and defaults to
  * <strong>^[a-z][a-zA-Z0-9]*$</strong>.
  * </p>
- * <p>The check has the following options:</p>
+ * <p>The check has the following option:</p>
  * <p><b>ignoreOverridden</b> - allows to skip methods with Override annotation from
- * validation. Default value is <b>false</b> .</p>
- * <p><b>skipCatchParameter</b> - allows to skip catcj parameter from validation. Default value
- * is <b>true</b> .</p>
+ * validation. Default values is <b>false</b> .</p>
  * <p>
  * An example of how to configure the check is:
  * </p>
@@ -59,14 +57,6 @@ import com.puppycrawl.tools.checkstyle.api.TokenTypes;
  *    &lt;property name="ignoreOverridden" value="true"/&gt;
  * &lt;/module&gt;
  * </pre>
- * <p>
- * An example of how to configure the check to skip catch parameter from validation:
- * </p>
- * <pre>
- * &lt;module name="ParameterName"&gt;
- *    &lt;property name="skipCatchParameter" value="true"/&gt;
- * &lt;/module&gt;
- * </pre>
  *
  * @author Oliver Burn
  * @author Andrei Selkin
@@ -79,11 +69,6 @@ public class ParameterNameCheck
      */
     private boolean ignoreOverridden;
 
-    /**
-     * Allows to skip catch parameter from validation.
-     */
-    private boolean skipCatchParameter = true;
-
     /**
      * Creates a new {@code ParameterNameCheck} instance.
      */
@@ -100,14 +85,6 @@ public class ParameterNameCheck
         this.ignoreOverridden = ignoreOverridden;
     }
 
-    /**
-     * Sets whether to skip catch parameter from validation.
-     * @param skipCatchParameter Flag for skipping catch parameter.
-     */
-    public void setSkipCatchParameter(boolean skipCatchParameter) {
-        this.skipCatchParameter = skipCatchParameter;
-    }
-
     @Override
     public int[] getDefaultTokens() {
         return getAcceptableTokens();
@@ -127,7 +104,7 @@ public class ParameterNameCheck
     protected boolean mustCheckName(DetailAST ast) {
         boolean checkName = true;
         if (ignoreOverridden && isOverriddenMethod(ast)
-                || skipCatchParameter && ast.getParent().getType() == TokenTypes.LITERAL_CATCH) {
+                || ast.getParent().getType() == TokenTypes.LITERAL_CATCH) {
             checkName = false;
         }
         return checkName;
diff --git a/src/test/java/com/puppycrawl/tools/checkstyle/checks/naming/ParameterNameCheckTest.java b/src/test/java/com/puppycrawl/tools/checkstyle/checks/naming/ParameterNameCheckTest.java
index 0d0fe084b..1c35fd32e 100644
--- a/src/test/java/com/puppycrawl/tools/checkstyle/checks/naming/ParameterNameCheckTest.java
+++ b/src/test/java/com/puppycrawl/tools/checkstyle/checks/naming/ParameterNameCheckTest.java
@@ -137,132 +137,4 @@ public class ParameterNameCheckTest
             };
         verify(checkConfig, getPath("InputOverrideAnnotation.java"), expected);
     }
-
-    @Test
-    public void testSkipCatchParameterTrue()
-        throws Exception {
-        final DefaultConfiguration checkConfig =
-            createCheckConfig(ParameterNameCheck.class);
-        checkConfig.addAttribute("format", "^h$");
-        checkConfig.addAttribute("skipCatchParameter", "true");
-
-        final String[] expected = ArrayUtils.EMPTY_STRING_ARRAY;
-
-        verify(checkConfig, getPath("InputCatchParameter.java"), expected);
-    }
-
-    @Test
-    public void testSkipCatchParameterFalse()
-        throws Exception {
-        final DefaultConfiguration checkConfig =
-            createCheckConfig(ParameterNameCheck.class);
-        checkConfig.addAttribute("format", "^h$");
-        checkConfig.addAttribute("skipCatchParameter", "false");
-        final String pattern = "^h$";
-
-        final String[] expected = {
-            "13:26: " + getCheckMessage(MSG_INVALID_PATTERN, "ex", pattern),
-            "22:64: " + getCheckMessage(MSG_INVALID_PATTERN, "ex", pattern),
-        };
-
-        verify(checkConfig, getPath("InputCatchParameter.java"), expected);
-    }
-
-    @Test
-    public void testSkipCatchParameterTrueAndIgnoreOverriddenTrue()
-        throws Exception {
-        final DefaultConfiguration checkConfig =
-            createCheckConfig(ParameterNameCheck.class);
-        checkConfig.addAttribute("format", "^h$");
-        checkConfig.addAttribute("skipCatchParameter", "true");
-        checkConfig.addAttribute("ignoreOverridden", "true");
-        final String pattern = "^h$";
-
-        final String[] expected = {
-            "13:29: " + getCheckMessage(MSG_INVALID_PATTERN, "object", pattern),
-            "17:30: " + getCheckMessage(MSG_INVALID_PATTERN, "aaaa", pattern),
-            "21:19: " + getCheckMessage(MSG_INVALID_PATTERN, "abc", pattern),
-            "21:28: " + getCheckMessage(MSG_INVALID_PATTERN, "bd", pattern),
-            "23:18: " + getCheckMessage(MSG_INVALID_PATTERN, "abc", pattern),
-            "30:43: " + getCheckMessage(MSG_INVALID_PATTERN, "field", pattern),
-            "30:62: " + getCheckMessage(MSG_INVALID_PATTERN, "packageNames", pattern),
-            };
-
-        verify(checkConfig, getPath("InputParameterNameMultipleOptions.java"), expected);
-    }
-
-    @Test
-    public void testSkipCatchParameterFalseAndIgnoreOverriddenFalse()
-        throws Exception {
-        final DefaultConfiguration checkConfig =
-            createCheckConfig(ParameterNameCheck.class);
-        checkConfig.addAttribute("format", "^h$");
-        checkConfig.addAttribute("skipCatchParameter", "false");
-        checkConfig.addAttribute("ignoreOverridden", "false");
-        final String pattern = "^h$";
-
-        final String[] expected = {
-            "8:34: " + getCheckMessage(MSG_INVALID_PATTERN, "o", pattern),
-            "13:29: " + getCheckMessage(MSG_INVALID_PATTERN, "object", pattern),
-            "17:30: " + getCheckMessage(MSG_INVALID_PATTERN, "aaaa", pattern),
-            "21:19: " + getCheckMessage(MSG_INVALID_PATTERN, "abc", pattern),
-            "21:28: " + getCheckMessage(MSG_INVALID_PATTERN, "bd", pattern),
-            "23:18: " + getCheckMessage(MSG_INVALID_PATTERN, "abc", pattern),
-            "30:43: " + getCheckMessage(MSG_INVALID_PATTERN, "field", pattern),
-            "30:62: " + getCheckMessage(MSG_INVALID_PATTERN, "packageNames", pattern),
-            "36:26: " + getCheckMessage(MSG_INVALID_PATTERN, "ex", pattern),
-            "45:64: " + getCheckMessage(MSG_INVALID_PATTERN, "ex", pattern),
-            };
-
-        verify(checkConfig, getPath("InputParameterNameMultipleOptions.java"), expected);
-    }
-
-    @Test
-    public void testSkipCatchParameterTrueAndIgnoreOverriddenFalse()
-        throws Exception {
-        final DefaultConfiguration checkConfig =
-            createCheckConfig(ParameterNameCheck.class);
-        checkConfig.addAttribute("format", "^h$");
-        checkConfig.addAttribute("skipCatchParameter", "true");
-        checkConfig.addAttribute("ignoreOverridden", "false");
-        final String pattern = "^h$";
-
-        final String[] expected = {
-            "8:34: " + getCheckMessage(MSG_INVALID_PATTERN, "o", pattern),
-            "13:29: " + getCheckMessage(MSG_INVALID_PATTERN, "object", pattern),
-            "17:30: " + getCheckMessage(MSG_INVALID_PATTERN, "aaaa", pattern),
-            "21:19: " + getCheckMessage(MSG_INVALID_PATTERN, "abc", pattern),
-            "21:28: " + getCheckMessage(MSG_INVALID_PATTERN, "bd", pattern),
-            "23:18: " + getCheckMessage(MSG_INVALID_PATTERN, "abc", pattern),
-            "30:43: " + getCheckMessage(MSG_INVALID_PATTERN, "field", pattern),
-            "30:62: " + getCheckMessage(MSG_INVALID_PATTERN, "packageNames", pattern),
-            };
-
-        verify(checkConfig, getPath("InputParameterNameMultipleOptions.java"), expected);
-    }
-
-    @Test
-    public void testSkipCatchParameterFalseAndIgnoreOverriddenTrue()
-        throws Exception {
-        final DefaultConfiguration checkConfig =
-            createCheckConfig(ParameterNameCheck.class);
-        checkConfig.addAttribute("format", "^h$");
-        checkConfig.addAttribute("skipCatchParameter", "false");
-        checkConfig.addAttribute("ignoreOverridden", "true");
-        final String pattern = "^h$";
-
-        final String[] expected = {
-            "13:29: " + getCheckMessage(MSG_INVALID_PATTERN, "object", pattern),
-            "17:30: " + getCheckMessage(MSG_INVALID_PATTERN, "aaaa", pattern),
-            "21:19: " + getCheckMessage(MSG_INVALID_PATTERN, "abc", pattern),
-            "21:28: " + getCheckMessage(MSG_INVALID_PATTERN, "bd", pattern),
-            "23:18: " + getCheckMessage(MSG_INVALID_PATTERN, "abc", pattern),
-            "30:43: " + getCheckMessage(MSG_INVALID_PATTERN, "field", pattern),
-            "30:62: " + getCheckMessage(MSG_INVALID_PATTERN, "packageNames", pattern),
-            "36:26: " + getCheckMessage(MSG_INVALID_PATTERN, "ex", pattern),
-            "45:64: " + getCheckMessage(MSG_INVALID_PATTERN, "ex", pattern),
-            };
-
-        verify(checkConfig, getPath("InputParameterNameMultipleOptions.java"), expected);
-    }
 }
diff --git a/src/test/resources/com/puppycrawl/tools/checkstyle/checks/naming/InputCatchParameter.java b/src/test/resources/com/puppycrawl/tools/checkstyle/checks/naming/InputCatchParameter.java
deleted file mode 100644
index 47388bef2..000000000
--- a/src/test/resources/com/puppycrawl/tools/checkstyle/checks/naming/InputCatchParameter.java
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,27 +0,0 @@
-package com.puppycrawl.tools.checkstyle.checks.naming;
-
-import java.io.FileNotFoundException;
-import java.io.IOException;
-import java.sql.SQLException;
-
-public class InputCatchParameter {
-
-    void foo1() {
-        try {
-
-        }
-        catch (Exception ex) {
-
-        }
-    }
-
-    void foo2() {
-        try {
-
-        }
-        catch (NullPointerException | IllegalArgumentException ex) {
-            // just to check how the ParentName's option 'skipCahcthParameter' deals with catching
-            // multiple exception types and
-        }
-    }
-}
diff --git a/src/test/resources/com/puppycrawl/tools/checkstyle/checks/naming/InputOverrideAnnotation.java b/src/test/resources/com/puppycrawl/tools/checkstyle/checks/naming/InputOverrideAnnotation.java
index 608b3a5c1..e4e40d126 100644
--- a/src/test/resources/com/puppycrawl/tools/checkstyle/checks/naming/InputOverrideAnnotation.java
+++ b/src/test/resources/com/puppycrawl/tools/checkstyle/checks/naming/InputOverrideAnnotation.java
@@ -26,4 +26,6 @@ public class InputOverrideAnnotation {
     InputOverrideAnnotation() {} // No NPE here!
 
     InputOverrideAnnotation(int field, java.util.Set<String> packageNames) {} // No NPE here!
+
+
 }
diff --git a/src/test/resources/com/puppycrawl/tools/checkstyle/checks/naming/InputParameterNameMultipleOptions.java b/src/test/resources/com/puppycrawl/tools/checkstyle/checks/naming/InputParameterNameMultipleOptions.java
deleted file mode 100644
index f42bd2125..000000000
--- a/src/test/resources/com/puppycrawl/tools/checkstyle/checks/naming/InputParameterNameMultipleOptions.java
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,50 +0,0 @@
-package com.puppycrawl.tools.checkstyle.checks.naming;
-
-import java.util.Set;
-
-public class InputParameterNameMultipleOptions {
-
-    @Override
-    public boolean equals(Object o) {
-        return super.equals(o);
-    }
-
-    @SuppressWarnings("")
-    public void foo1(Object object) {
-
-    }
-
-    public void foo2(Integer aaaa) {}
-
-    void foo3() {} // No NPE here!
-
-    void foo4(int abc, int bd) {} // No NPE here!
-
-    int foo5(int abc) {return 1;} // No NPE here!
-
-    private int field;
-    private Set<String> packageNames;
-
-    InputParameterNameMultipleOptions() {} // No NPE here!
-
-    InputParameterNameMultipleOptions(int field, Set<String> packageNames) {} // No NPE here!
-
-    void foo6() {
-        try {
-
-        }
-        catch (Exception ex) {
-
-        }
-    }
-
-    void foo7() {
-        try {
-
-        }
-        catch (NullPointerException | IllegalArgumentException ex) {
-            // just to check how the ParentName's option 'skipCahcthParameter' deals with catching
-            // multiple exception types and
-        }
-    }
-}
diff --git a/src/xdocs/config_naming.xml b/src/xdocs/config_naming.xml
index f84615a02..03867b6e0 100644
--- a/src/xdocs/config_naming.xml
+++ b/src/xdocs/config_naming.xml
@@ -950,24 +950,6 @@ public boolean equals(Object o) {
             <td><a href="property_types.html#boolean">Boolean</a></td>
             <td><code>false</code></td>
           </tr>
-          <tr>
-            <td>skipCatchParameter</td>
-            <td>
-              Allows to skip <code>catch</code> parameter from validation. For example, the
-              following catch parameter will be skipped from validation, if
-              skipCatchParameter is true:
-              <pre>
-try {
-  ...
-}
-catch (Exception ex) {
-  ...
-}
-              </pre>
-            </td>
-            <td><a href="property_types.html#boolean">Boolean</a></td>
-            <td><code>true</code></td>
-          </tr>
         </table>
       </subsection>
 
@@ -987,14 +969,6 @@ catch (Exception ex) {
     &lt;property name="ignoreOverridden" value="true"/&gt;
 &lt;/module&gt;
           </source>
-        <p>
-          An example of how to configure the check to skip catch parameter from validation:
-        </p>
-        <source>
-&lt;module name="ParameterName"&gt;
-    &lt;property name="skipCatchParameter" value="true"/&gt;
-&lt;/module&gt;
-        </source>
       </subsection>
 
       <subsection name="Example of Usage">