diff --git a/buildscripts/checkstyle.xml b/buildscripts/checkstyle.xml
index 50b146e70d..782add8c0d 100644
--- a/buildscripts/checkstyle.xml
+++ b/buildscripts/checkstyle.xml
@@ -173,7 +173,6 @@
-
diff --git a/impl_core/src/main/java/io/opencensus/implcore/trace/RecordEventsSpanImpl.java b/impl_core/src/main/java/io/opencensus/implcore/trace/RecordEventsSpanImpl.java
index 4137b89a38..eb979eb3fb 100644
--- a/impl_core/src/main/java/io/opencensus/implcore/trace/RecordEventsSpanImpl.java
+++ b/impl_core/src/main/java/io/opencensus/implcore/trace/RecordEventsSpanImpl.java
@@ -586,15 +586,4 @@ private RecordEventsSpanImpl(
timestampConverter != null ? timestampConverter : TimestampConverter.now(clock);
startNanoTime = clock.nowNanos();
}
-
- @SuppressWarnings("NoFinalizer")
- @Override
- protected void finalize() throws Throwable {
- synchronized (this) {
- if (!hasBeenEnded) {
- logger.log(Level.SEVERE, "Span " + name + " is GC'ed without being ended.");
- }
- }
- super.finalize();
- }
}