diff --git a/src/Symfony/Component/DependencyInjection/ContainerBuilder.php b/src/Symfony/Component/DependencyInjection/ContainerBuilder.php
index b2a1d77a6dd9f..b76eaea13e772 100644
--- a/src/Symfony/Component/DependencyInjection/ContainerBuilder.php
+++ b/src/Symfony/Component/DependencyInjection/ContainerBuilder.php
@@ -1080,6 +1080,8 @@ public function resolveEnvPlaceholders($value, $format = null, array &$usedEnvs
     /**
      * Get statistics about env usage.
      *
+     * @deprecated unused and must be removed in some next release
+     *
      * @return int[] The number of time each env vars has been resolved
      */
     public function getEnvCounters()
diff --git a/src/Symfony/Component/DependencyInjection/Dumper/PhpDumper.php b/src/Symfony/Component/DependencyInjection/Dumper/PhpDumper.php
index 28cad05b5952d..8e8e3b03a13a1 100644
--- a/src/Symfony/Component/DependencyInjection/Dumper/PhpDumper.php
+++ b/src/Symfony/Component/DependencyInjection/Dumper/PhpDumper.php
@@ -159,16 +159,6 @@ public function dump(array $options = array())
         ;
         $this->targetDirRegex = null;
 
-        $unusedEnvs = array();
-        foreach ($this->container->getEnvCounters() as $env => $use) {
-            if (!$use) {
-                $unusedEnvs[] = $env;
-            }
-        }
-        if ($unusedEnvs) {
-            throw new EnvParameterException($unusedEnvs);
-        }
-
         return $code;
     }
 
diff --git a/src/Symfony/Component/DependencyInjection/Tests/Dumper/PhpDumperTest.php b/src/Symfony/Component/DependencyInjection/Tests/Dumper/PhpDumperTest.php
index c63d5ec18315c..73be8d05735a7 100644
--- a/src/Symfony/Component/DependencyInjection/Tests/Dumper/PhpDumperTest.php
+++ b/src/Symfony/Component/DependencyInjection/Tests/Dumper/PhpDumperTest.php
@@ -299,19 +299,6 @@ public function testEnvParameter()
         $this->assertStringEqualsFile(self::$fixturesPath.'/php/services26.php', $dumper->dump(), '->dump() dumps inline definitions which reference service_container');
     }
 
-    /**
-     * @expectedException \Symfony\Component\DependencyInjection\Exception\EnvParameterException
-     * @expectedExceptionMessage Incompatible use of dynamic environment variables "FOO" found in parameters.
-     */
-    public function testUnusedEnvParameter()
-    {
-        $container = new ContainerBuilder();
-        $container->getParameter('env(FOO)');
-        $container->compile();
-        $dumper = new PhpDumper($container);
-        $dumper->dump();
-    }
-
     public function testInlinedDefinitionReferencingServiceContainer()
     {
         $container = new ContainerBuilder();