5 files changed, 3 insertions, 21 deletions
diff --git a/plugins/sonar-checkstyle-plugin/src/main/java/org/sonar/plugins/checkstyle/CheckstyleProfileExporter.java b/plugins/sonar-checkstyle-plugin/src/main/java/org/sonar/plugins/checkstyle/CheckstyleProfileExporter.java
index b18a198b40a..ab91ee2f647 100644
--- a/plugins/sonar-checkstyle-plugin/src/main/java/org/sonar/plugins/checkstyle/CheckstyleProfileExporter.java
+++ b/plugins/sonar-checkstyle-plugin/src/main/java/org/sonar/plugins/checkstyle/CheckstyleProfileExporter.java
@@ -146,7 +146,7 @@ public class CheckstyleProfileExporter extends ProfileExporter {
 
   private void appendRuleParameters(Writer writer, ActiveRule activeRule) throws IOException {
     for (RuleParam ruleParam : activeRule.getRule().getParams()) {
-      String value = activeRule.getParameter(ruleParam.getKey(), true);
+      String value = activeRule.getParameter(ruleParam.getKey());
       if (StringUtils.isNotBlank(value)) {
         appendModuleProperty(writer, ruleParam.getKey(), value);
       }
diff --git a/plugins/sonar-checkstyle-plugin/src/test/java/org/sonar/plugins/checkstyle/CheckstyleProfileExporterTest.java b/plugins/sonar-checkstyle-plugin/src/test/java/org/sonar/plugins/checkstyle/CheckstyleProfileExporterTest.java
index b81557b37b8..a7c4ff76e72 100644
--- a/plugins/sonar-checkstyle-plugin/src/test/java/org/sonar/plugins/checkstyle/CheckstyleProfileExporterTest.java
+++ b/plugins/sonar-checkstyle-plugin/src/test/java/org/sonar/plugins/checkstyle/CheckstyleProfileExporterTest.java
@@ -104,7 +104,7 @@ public class CheckstyleProfileExporterTest {
         .setConfigKey("Checker/JavadocPackage");
     rule.createParameter("format");
     rule.createParameter("message"); // not set in the profile and no default value => not exported in checkstyle
-    rule.createParameter("ignore").setDefaultValue("true");
+    rule.createParameter("ignore");
 
     profile.activateRule(rule, RulePriority.MAJOR)
         .setParameter("format", "abcde");
diff --git a/plugins/sonar-checkstyle-plugin/src/test/resources/org/sonar/plugins/checkstyle/CheckstyleProfileExporterTest/exportParameters.xml b/plugins/sonar-checkstyle-plugin/src/test/resources/org/sonar/plugins/checkstyle/CheckstyleProfileExporterTest/exportParameters.xml
index 4dc5e48fdcb..461ad4ef4a1 100644
--- a/plugins/sonar-checkstyle-plugin/src/test/resources/org/sonar/plugins/checkstyle/CheckstyleProfileExporterTest/exportParameters.xml
+++ b/plugins/sonar-checkstyle-plugin/src/test/resources/org/sonar/plugins/checkstyle/CheckstyleProfileExporterTest/exportParameters.xml
@@ -5,7 +5,6 @@
     <module name="JavadocPackage">
         <property name="severity" value="warning" />
         <property name="format" value="abcde" />
-        <property name="ignore" value="true" />
     </module>
     <module name="TreeWalker">
         <module name="FileContentsHolder"/>
diff --git a/sonar-plugin-api/src/main/java/org/sonar/api/rules/ActiveRule.java b/sonar-plugin-api/src/main/java/org/sonar/api/rules/ActiveRule.java
index 8a44db85690..86cccee0860 100644
--- a/sonar-plugin-api/src/main/java/org/sonar/api/rules/ActiveRule.java
+++ b/sonar-plugin-api/src/main/java/org/sonar/api/rules/ActiveRule.java
@@ -143,23 +143,13 @@ public class ActiveRule implements Cloneable {
   }
 
   public String getParameter(String key) {
-    return getParameter(key, false);
-  }
-  
-  public String getParameter(String key, boolean useDefaultValueIfNeeded) {
     if (activeRuleParams != null) {
       for (ActiveRuleParam param : activeRuleParams) {
         if (StringUtils.equals(key, param.getKey())) {
-          return param.getValue(useDefaultValueIfNeeded);
+          return param.getValue();
         }
       }
     }
-    if (useDefaultValueIfNeeded && rule.getParams()!=null) {
-      RuleParam param = rule.getParam(key);
-      if (param != null) {
-        return param.getDefaultValue();
-      }
-    }
     return null;
   }
 
diff --git a/sonar-plugin-api/src/main/java/org/sonar/api/rules/ActiveRuleParam.java b/sonar-plugin-api/src/main/java/org/sonar/api/rules/ActiveRuleParam.java
index f3df8e7e945..8691a34458b 100644
--- a/sonar-plugin-api/src/main/java/org/sonar/api/rules/ActiveRuleParam.java
+++ b/sonar-plugin-api/src/main/java/org/sonar/api/rules/ActiveRuleParam.java
@@ -102,13 +102,6 @@ public class ActiveRuleParam implements Cloneable {
     return value;
   }
 
-  public String getValue(boolean useDefaultValueIfNeeded) {
-    if (value==null && useDefaultValueIfNeeded) {
-      return ruleParam.getDefaultValue();
-    }
-    return value;
-  }
-
   public void setValue(String value) {
     this.value = value;
   }