diff --git a/spring-cloud-build-tools/src/main/resources/checkstyle.xml b/spring-cloud-build-tools/src/main/resources/checkstyle.xml
index c3e1de40..36b37e95 100644
--- a/spring-cloud-build-tools/src/main/resources/checkstyle.xml
+++ b/spring-cloud-build-tools/src/main/resources/checkstyle.xml
@@ -20,9 +20,7 @@
 		<property name="headerFile" value="${checkstyle.header.file}"/>
 		<property name="fileExtensions" value="java,groovy"/>
 	</module>
-	<module name="com.puppycrawl.tools.checkstyle.checks.NewlineAtEndOfFileCheck">
-		<property name="lineSeparator" value="lf"/>
-	</module>
+	<module name="com.puppycrawl.tools.checkstyle.checks.NewlineAtEndOfFileCheck"/>
 
 	<!-- TreeWalker Checks -->
 	<module name="com.puppycrawl.tools.checkstyle.TreeWalker">