diff --git a/spring-cloud-build-tools/src/main/resources/checkstyle.xml b/spring-cloud-build-tools/src/main/resources/checkstyle.xml
index e140830d..c3e1de40 100644
--- a/spring-cloud-build-tools/src/main/resources/checkstyle.xml
+++ b/spring-cloud-build-tools/src/main/resources/checkstyle.xml
@@ -122,11 +122,6 @@
 			<property name="excludeScope" value="package"/>
 			<property name="authorFormat" value=".+\s.+"/>
 		</module>
-		<module name="com.puppycrawl.tools.checkstyle.checks.javadoc.JavadocMethodCheck">
-			<property name="scope" value="public"/>
-			<property name="excludeScope" value="package"/>
-			<property name="allowMissingJavadoc" value="true"/>
-		</module>
 		<module name="com.puppycrawl.tools.checkstyle.checks.javadoc.JavadocVariableCheck">
 			<property name="scope" value="public"/>
 		</module>