diff --git a/module-client/src/main/java/org/apache/http/impl/client/ClientParamsStack.java b/module-client/src/main/java/org/apache/http/impl/client/ClientParamsStack.java
index a9c8104f5..7d0bd7888 100644
--- a/module-client/src/main/java/org/apache/http/impl/client/ClientParamsStack.java
+++ b/module-client/src/main/java/org/apache/http/impl/client/ClientParamsStack.java
@@ -270,6 +270,24 @@ public class ClientParamsStack extends AbstractHttpParams {
     }
 
 
+    /**
+     * Does <i>not</i> remove a parameter.
+     * Parameter stacks are read-only. It is possible, though discouraged,
+     * to access and modify specific stack entries.
+     * Derived classes may change this behavior.
+     *
+     * @param name      ignored
+     *
+     * @return  nothing
+     *
+     * @throws UnsupportedOperationException    always
+     */
+    public boolean removeParameter(String name) {
+        throw new UnsupportedOperationException
+        ("Removing parameters in a stack is not supported.");
+    }
+
+
     /**
      * Does <i>not</i> copy parameters.
      * Parameter stacks are lightweight objects, expected to be instantiated