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 @@
             <message key="name.invalidPattern"
              value="Interface type name ''{0}'' must match pattern ''{1}''."/>
         </module>
-        <module name="NoFinalizer"/>
         <module name="GenericWhitespace">
             <message key="ws.followed"
              value="GenericWhitespace ''{0}'' is followed by whitespace."/>
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();
-  }
 }