diff --git a/docs/_data/rules.json b/docs/_data/rules.json
index 8b8f3584702..57a83746dba 100644
--- a/docs/_data/rules.json
+++ b/docs/_data/rules.json
@@ -457,17 +457,6 @@
     ],
     "type": "maintainability"
   },
-  {
-    "ruleName": "no-duplicate-key",
-    "description": "Disallows duplicate keys in object literals.",
-    "rationale": "\nThere is no good reason to define an object literal with the same key twice.\nThis rule is now implemented in the TypeScript compiler and does not need to be used.",
-    "optionsDescription": "Not configurable.",
-    "options": null,
-    "optionExamples": [
-      "true"
-    ],
-    "type": "functionality"
-  },
   {
     "ruleName": "no-duplicate-variable",
     "description": "Disallows duplicate variable declarations in the same block scope.",
diff --git a/docs/_site/rules/index.html b/docs/_site/rules/index.html
index a4106379c02..10228097967 100644
--- a/docs/_site/rules/index.html
+++ b/docs/_site/rules/index.html
@@ -118,9 +118,6 @@ <h3>Functionality</h3>
   <li><a href="no-debugger">no-debugger</a> - Disallows <code>debugger</code> statements.
 </li>
  
-  <li><a href="no-duplicate-key">no-duplicate-key</a> - Disallows duplicate keys in object literals.
-</li>
- 
   <li><a href="no-duplicate-variable">no-duplicate-variable</a> - Disallows duplicate variable declarations in the same block scope.
 </li>
  
diff --git a/docs/_site/rules/no-duplicate-key/index.html b/docs/_site/rules/no-duplicate-key/index.html
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-         <h1 class="post-title">Rule: no-duplicate-key</h1>
-         <p></p>
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-      
-
-      <p>Disallows duplicate keys in object literals.</p>
-
-
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-   <h5>Rationale</h5>
-   
-<p>There is no good reason to define an object literal with the same key twice.
-This rule is now implemented in the TypeScript compiler and does not need to be used.</p>
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-<h3>Config</h3>
-<p>Not configurable.</p>
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-
-<h5>Examples</h5>
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-"no-duplicate-key": true
-</pre>
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-<h5>Schema</h5>
-<pre>
-null
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diff --git a/docs/rules/no-duplicate-key/index.html b/docs/rules/no-duplicate-key/index.html
deleted file mode 100644
index cae244b5058..00000000000
--- a/docs/rules/no-duplicate-key/index.html
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,16 +0,0 @@
----
-ruleName: no-duplicate-key
-description: Disallows duplicate keys in object literals.
-rationale: |-
-
-  There is no good reason to define an object literal with the same key twice.
-  This rule is now implemented in the TypeScript compiler and does not need to be used.
-optionsDescription: Not configurable.
-options: null
-optionExamples:
-  - 'true'
-type: functionality
-optionsJSON: 'null'
-layout: rule
-title: 'Rule: no-duplicate-key'
----
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/src/configs/recommended.ts b/src/configs/recommended.ts
index d881ddc899f..323c6fd0be8 100644
--- a/src/configs/recommended.ts
+++ b/src/configs/recommended.ts
@@ -54,7 +54,6 @@ export const rules = {
     "no-construct": true,
     "no-constructor-vars": false,
     "no-debugger": true,
-    "no-duplicate-key": true,
     "no-duplicate-variable": true,
     "no-empty": true,
     "no-eval": true,
diff --git a/src/rules/noDuplicateKeyRule.ts b/src/rules/noDuplicateKeyRule.ts
deleted file mode 100644
index 9f8973f72ab..00000000000
--- a/src/rules/noDuplicateKeyRule.ts
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,69 +0,0 @@
-/**
- * @license
- * Copyright 2013 Palantir Technologies, Inc.
- *
- * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
- * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
- * You may obtain a copy of the License at
- *
- *     http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
- *
- * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
- * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
- * WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
- * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
- * limitations under the License.
- */
-
-import * as ts from "typescript";
-
-import * as Lint from "../lint";
-
-export class Rule extends Lint.Rules.AbstractRule {
-    /* tslint:disable:object-literal-sort-keys */
-    public static metadata: Lint.IRuleMetadata = {
-        ruleName: "no-duplicate-key",
-        description: "Disallows duplicate keys in object literals.",
-        rationale: Lint.Utils.dedent`
-            There is no good reason to define an object literal with the same key twice.
-            This rule is now implemented in the TypeScript compiler and does not need to be used.`,
-        optionsDescription: "Not configurable.",
-        options: null,
-        optionExamples: ["true"],
-        type: "functionality",
-    };
-    /* tslint:enable:object-literal-sort-keys */
-
-    public static FAILURE_STRING_FACTORY = (name: string) => `Duplicate key '${name}'`;
-
-    public apply(sourceFile: ts.SourceFile): Lint.RuleFailure[] {
-        return this.applyWithWalker(new NoDuplicateKeyWalker(sourceFile, this.getOptions()));
-    }
-}
-
-class NoDuplicateKeyWalker extends Lint.RuleWalker {
-    private objectKeysStack: {[key: string]: boolean}[] = [];
-
-    public visitObjectLiteralExpression(node: ts.ObjectLiteralExpression) {
-        this.objectKeysStack.push(Object.create(null));
-        super.visitObjectLiteralExpression(node);
-        this.objectKeysStack.pop();
-    }
-
-    public visitPropertyAssignment(node: ts.PropertyAssignment) {
-        const objectKeys = this.objectKeysStack[this.objectKeysStack.length - 1];
-        const keyNode = node.name;
-
-        if (keyNode.kind === ts.SyntaxKind.Identifier) {
-            const key = (<ts.Identifier> keyNode).text;
-            if (objectKeys[key]) {
-                const failureString = Rule.FAILURE_STRING_FACTORY(key);
-                this.addFailure(this.createFailure(keyNode.getStart(), keyNode.getWidth(), failureString));
-            } else {
-                objectKeys[key] = true;
-            }
-        }
-
-        super.visitPropertyAssignment(node);
-    }
-}
diff --git a/test/rules/no-duplicate-key/test.ts.lint b/test/rules/no-duplicate-key/test.ts.lint
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index 78ce9d297b2..00000000000
--- a/test/rules/no-duplicate-key/test.ts.lint
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@@ -1,46 +0,0 @@
-var a = {
-    a: 1,
-    b: 2
-};
-
-var x = {
-    axa: 1,
-    bd: 2,
-    c: 3,
-    axa: 4,
-    ~~~                [Duplicate key 'axa']
-    d: 5,
-    ba: 3,
-    bd: 6,
-    ~~                [Duplicate key 'bd']
-    axa: 6
-    ~~~               [Duplicate key 'axa']
-};
-
-var z = {
-    c: [1, 2, 3],
-    d: {
-        b: "b",
-        a: 11,
-        c: [11, 22, 33]
-    },
-    a: 1,
-    b: "a"
-};
-
-var interspersed = {
-    duplicated: 1,
-    newContext: {},
-    duplicated: 2
-    ~~~~~~~~~~               [Duplicate key 'duplicated']
-};
-
-var n = {
-    constructor: function () {},
-    hasOwnProperty: function () {}
-};
-
-var foo = {
-    ["ab" + "cd"]: "efgh",
-    [x.axa]: "bar"
-}
diff --git a/test/rules/no-duplicate-key/tslint.json b/test/rules/no-duplicate-key/tslint.json
deleted file mode 100644
index 69550402f75..00000000000
--- a/test/rules/no-duplicate-key/tslint.json
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@@ -1,5 +0,0 @@
-{
-  "rules": {
-    "no-duplicate-key": true
-  }
-}
