diff --git a/modules/saliency/CMakeLists.txt b/modules/saliency/CMakeLists.txt
index f9bbffc9177..77e1c0ebcd2 100644
--- a/modules/saliency/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/modules/saliency/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -4,6 +4,6 @@ endif()
 
 set(the_description "Saliency API")
 
-ocv_define_module(saliency opencv_imgproc opencv_features2d WRAP python)
+ocv_define_module(saliency opencv_imgproc opencv_features2d WRAP python java)
 
 ocv_warnings_disable(CMAKE_CXX_FLAGS -Woverloaded-virtual)
diff --git a/modules/saliency/include/opencv2/saliency/saliencySpecializedClasses.hpp b/modules/saliency/include/opencv2/saliency/saliencySpecializedClasses.hpp
index 580f6f3840e..2a80026f1d3 100644
--- a/modules/saliency/include/opencv2/saliency/saliencySpecializedClasses.hpp
+++ b/modules/saliency/include/opencv2/saliency/saliencySpecializedClasses.hpp
@@ -87,7 +87,7 @@ class CV_EXPORTS_W StaticSaliencySpectralResidual : public StaticSaliency
   }
 
   CV_WRAP void read( const FileNode& fn ) CV_OVERRIDE;
-  void write( FileStorage& fs ) const CV_OVERRIDE;
+  CV_WRAP void write( FileStorage& fs ) const CV_OVERRIDE;
 
   CV_WRAP int getImageWidth() const
   {
@@ -308,9 +308,6 @@ class CV_EXPORTS_W ObjectnessBING : public Objectness
     return computeSaliencyImpl( image, saliencyMap );
   }
 
-  CV_WRAP void read();
-  CV_WRAP void write() const;
-
   /** @brief Return the list of the rectangles' objectness value,
 
     in the same order as the *vector\<Vec4i\> objectnessBoundingBox* returned by the algorithm (in
diff --git a/modules/saliency/src/BING/objectnessBING.cpp b/modules/saliency/src/BING/objectnessBING.cpp
index 9820f02b512..6890ea0fce3 100644
--- a/modules/saliency/src/BING/objectnessBING.cpp
+++ b/modules/saliency/src/BING/objectnessBING.cpp
@@ -448,21 +448,12 @@ bool ObjectnessBING::matRead( const std::string& filename, Mat& _M )
   M.copyTo( _M );
   return true;
 }
+
 std::vector<float> ObjectnessBING::getobjectnessValues()
 {
   return objectnessValues;
 }
 
-void ObjectnessBING::read()
-{
-
-}
-
-void ObjectnessBING::write() const
-{
-
-}
-
 bool ObjectnessBING::computeSaliencyImpl( InputArray image, OutputArray objectnessBoundingBox )
 {
   ValStructVec<float, Vec4i> finalBoxes;