diff --git a/tool/src/org/antlr/v4/semantics/BasicSemanticChecks.java b/tool/src/org/antlr/v4/semantics/BasicSemanticChecks.java
index 1660de6b6..6a7641bf8 100644
--- a/tool/src/org/antlr/v4/semantics/BasicSemanticChecks.java
+++ b/tool/src/org/antlr/v4/semantics/BasicSemanticChecks.java
@@ -143,14 +143,6 @@ public class BasicSemanticChecks extends GrammarTreeVisitor {
 		}
 	}
 
-	@Override
-	public void wildcardRef(GrammarAST ref) {
-		if ( !g.isLexer() ) {
-			g.tool.errMgr.grammarError(ErrorType.WILDCARD_IN_PARSER, g.fileName,
-									   ref.getToken(), ref.getText(), g);
-		}
-	}
-
 	@Override
 	public void discoverRule(RuleAST rule, GrammarAST ID,
 							 List<GrammarAST> modifiers,
diff --git a/tool/src/org/antlr/v4/tool/ErrorType.java b/tool/src/org/antlr/v4/tool/ErrorType.java
index a4df1f238..2988023a4 100644
--- a/tool/src/org/antlr/v4/tool/ErrorType.java
+++ b/tool/src/org/antlr/v4/tool/ErrorType.java
@@ -150,7 +150,7 @@ public enum ErrorType {
 	IMPLICIT_STRING_DEFINITION(126, "cannot create implicit token for string literal <arg> in non-combined grammar", ErrorSeverity.ERROR),
 //	ALIAS_REASSIGNMENT(127, "token literal <arg> aliased to new token name <arg2>", ErrorSeverity.WARNING),
 	ATTRIBUTE_IN_LEXER_ACTION(128, "attribute references not allowed in lexer actions: $<arg>", ErrorSeverity.ERROR),
-	WILDCARD_IN_PARSER(129, "wildcard '.' not allowed in parsers", ErrorSeverity.ERROR),
+//	WILDCARD_IN_PARSER(129, "wildcard '.' not allowed in parsers", ErrorSeverity.ERROR),
 	LABEL_BLOCK_NOT_A_SET(130, "label <arg> assigned to a block which is not a set", ErrorSeverity.ERROR),
 	EXPECTED_NON_GREEDY_WILDCARD_BLOCK(131, "greedy block ()<arg> contains wildcard; the non-greedy syntax ()<arg>? may be preferred", ErrorSeverity.WARNING),