diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index dfc325fbd..4b0bd1a82 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -1733,6 +1733,7 @@
                   <exclude>com/puppycrawl/tools/checkstyle/checks/AbstractFormatCheck.class</exclude>
                   <exclude>com/puppycrawl/tools/checkstyle/checks/AbstractDeclarationCollector*.class</exclude>
                   <exclude>com/puppycrawl/tools/checkstyle/checks/coding/AbstractIllegalCheck.class</exclude>
+                  <exclude>com/puppycrawl/tools/checkstyle/checks/coding/AbstractIllegalMethodCheck.class</exclude>
                 </excludes>
               </instrumentation>
             </configuration>
diff --git a/src/main/java/com/puppycrawl/tools/checkstyle/checks/coding/AbstractIllegalMethodCheck.java b/src/main/java/com/puppycrawl/tools/checkstyle/checks/coding/AbstractIllegalMethodCheck.java
index 296b493ef..c70f9b615 100644
--- a/src/main/java/com/puppycrawl/tools/checkstyle/checks/coding/AbstractIllegalMethodCheck.java
+++ b/src/main/java/com/puppycrawl/tools/checkstyle/checks/coding/AbstractIllegalMethodCheck.java
@@ -26,8 +26,11 @@ import com.puppycrawl.tools.checkstyle.api.TokenTypes;
 /**
  * Provide support for checking for a method with a specified name and no
  * arguments.
+ * @deprecated Checkstyle will not support abstract checks anymore. Use {@link Check} instead.
  * @author Oliver Burn
+ * @noinspection AbstractClassNeverImplemented
  */
+@Deprecated
 public abstract class AbstractIllegalMethodCheck extends Check {
     /** Name of method to disallow. */
     private final String methodName;