diff --git a/src/api/api_config_params.cpp b/src/api/api_config_params.cpp
index 48c2df4a9..c46e7363d 100644
--- a/src/api/api_config_params.cpp
+++ b/src/api/api_config_params.cpp
@@ -106,10 +106,4 @@ extern "C" {
         Z3_CATCH;
     }
 
-    Z3_bool Z3_API Z3_get_param_value(Z3_context c, Z3_string param_id, Z3_string* param_value) {
-        LOG_Z3_get_param_value(c, param_id, param_value);
-        // TODO
-        return Z3_FALSE;
-    }
-
 };
diff --git a/src/api/dotnet/Context.cs b/src/api/dotnet/Context.cs
index 2b88cbab7..1c03d76b6 100644
--- a/src/api/dotnet/Context.cs
+++ b/src/api/dotnet/Context.cs
@@ -3527,28 +3527,11 @@ namespace Microsoft.Z3
         /// Only a few configuration parameters are mutable once the context is created.
         /// An exception is thrown when trying to modify an immutable parameter.
         /// </remarks>
-        /// <seealso cref="GetParamValue"/>
         public void UpdateParamValue(string id, string value)
         {
             Native.Z3_update_param_value(nCtx, id, value);
         }
 
-        /// <summary>
-        /// Get a configuration parameter.
-        /// </summary>
-        /// <remarks>
-        /// Returns null if the parameter value does not exist.
-        /// </remarks>
-        /// <seealso cref="UpdateParamValue"/>
-        public string GetParamValue(string id)
-        {
-            IntPtr res = IntPtr.Zero;
-            if (Native.Z3_get_param_value(nCtx, id, out res) == 0)
-                return null;
-            else
-                return Marshal.PtrToStringAnsi(res);
-        }
-
         #endregion
 
         #region Internal
diff --git a/src/api/z3_api.h b/src/api/z3_api.h
index 04e2d38af..2e3ddf4b4 100644
--- a/src/api/z3_api.h
+++ b/src/api/z3_api.h
@@ -1462,15 +1462,6 @@ extern "C" {
     */
     void Z3_API Z3_update_param_value(__in Z3_context c, __in Z3_string param_id, __in Z3_string param_value);
 
-    /**
-       \brief Return the value of a context parameter.
-      
-       \sa Z3_global_param_get
-
-       def_API('Z3_get_param_value', BOOL, (_in(CONTEXT), _in(STRING), _out(STRING)))
-    */
-    Z3_bool_opt Z3_API Z3_get_param_value(__in Z3_context c, __in Z3_string param_id, __out_opt Z3_string_ptr param_value);
-
 #ifdef CorML4
     /**
        \brief Interrupt the execution of a Z3 procedure.
diff --git a/src/cmd_context/context_params.cpp b/src/cmd_context/context_params.cpp
index d1184fbc8..254a1d931 100644
--- a/src/cmd_context/context_params.cpp
+++ b/src/cmd_context/context_params.cpp
@@ -86,13 +86,13 @@ void context_params::set(char const * param, char const * value) {
         set_bool(m_smtlib2_compliant, param, value);
     }
     else {
-        param_descrs d;
-        collect_param_descrs(d);
-        std::stringstream strm;
-        strm << "unknown parameter '" << p << "'\n";
-        strm << "Legal parameters are:\n";
-        d.display(strm, 2, false, false);
-        throw default_exception(strm.str());
+       param_descrs d;
+       collect_param_descrs(d);
+       std::stringstream strm;
+       strm << "unknown parameter '" << p << "'\n";
+       strm << "Legal parameters are:\n";
+       d.display(strm, 2, false, false);
+       throw default_exception(strm.str());        
     }
 }