diff --git a/vera++/profiles/spinnaker.tcl b/vera++/profiles/spinnaker.tcl
index 028ca46..f8e6e58 100644
--- a/vera++/profiles/spinnaker.tcl
+++ b/vera++/profiles/spinnaker.tcl
@@ -3,7 +3,6 @@ set rules {
     F002
 
     L001
-    L002
     L003
     L004
     L005
diff --git a/vera++/scripts/rules/L002.tcl b/vera++/scripts/rules/L002.tcl
deleted file mode 100644
index a5914cd..0000000
--- a/vera++/scripts/rules/L002.tcl
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,14 +0,0 @@
-#!/usr/bin/tclsh
-# Don't use tab characters
-
-foreach f [getSourceFileNames] {
-    set lineNumber 1
-    foreach line [getAllLines $f] {
-
-        if [regexp {\t} $line] {
-            report $f $lineNumber "horizontal tab used"
-        }
-
-        incr lineNumber
-    }
-}