diff --git a/config/checkstyle_checks.xml b/config/checkstyle_checks.xml
index f19473933..e476aac81 100644
--- a/config/checkstyle_checks.xml
+++ b/config/checkstyle_checks.xml
@@ -264,10 +264,10 @@
     <module name="UncommentedMain"/>
     <module name="UnnecessaryParentheses"/>
     <module name="AbbreviationAsWordInName"/>
+    <module name="AvoidEscapedUnicodeCharacters"/>
 
 <!--
     <module name="AbstractClassName"/>
-    <module name="AvoidEscapedUnicodeCharacters"/>
     <module name="AvoidInlineConditionals"/>
     <module name="BooleanExpressionComplexity"/>
     <module name="ClassDataAbstractionCoupling"/>
diff --git a/config/suppressions.xml b/config/suppressions.xml
index 3b58c7b29..9f483d3ba 100644
--- a/config/suppressions.xml
+++ b/config/suppressions.xml
@@ -8,13 +8,19 @@
     <suppress checks="FileLength"
               files="TokenTypes.java"
               lines="1"/>
+
     <!-- we can not change it as, Check name is part of API (used in configurations) -->
     <suppress checks="AbbreviationAsWordInName"
               files="JavaNCSSCheck.java"
               lines="40"/>
+
     <!-- illegal words are part of Javadoc -->
     <suppress checks="TodoComment" files=".*TodoCommentCheck\.java"/>
 
+    <!-- All disallowed characters are stored there -->
+    <suppress checks="AvoidEscapedUnicodeCharactersCheck"
+              files="AvoidEscapedUnicodeCharactersCheck.java"/>
+
     <!-- Tone down the checking for test code -->
     <suppress checks="EmptyBlock" files=".*[\\/]src[\\/]test[\\/]"/>
     <suppress checks="ImportControl" files=".*[\\/]src[\\/]test[\\/]"/>