diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 8e96ebbc1..1f4302d00 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -62,18 +62,6 @@
 					<artifactId>maven-antrun-plugin</artifactId>
 					<version>1.7</version>
 				</plugin>
-				<plugin>
-					<groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
-					<artifactId>maven-checkstyle-plugin</artifactId>
-					<version>2.17</version>
-					<dependencies>
-						<dependency>
-							<groupId>com.puppycrawl.tools</groupId>
-							<artifactId>checkstyle</artifactId>
-							<version>7.1</version>
-						</dependency>
-					</dependencies>
-				</plugin>
 				<plugin>
 					<groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
 					<artifactId>maven-javadoc-plugin</artifactId>
@@ -94,29 +82,6 @@
 			<plugin>
 				<groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
 				<artifactId>maven-checkstyle-plugin</artifactId>
-				<dependencies>
-					<dependency>
-						<groupId>org.springframework.cloud</groupId>
-						<artifactId>spring-cloud-build-tools</artifactId>
-						<version>${spring-cloud-build.version}</version>
-					</dependency>
-				</dependencies>
-				<executions>
-					<execution>
-						<id>checkstyle-validation</id>
-						<phase>validate</phase>
-						<configuration>
-							<configLocation>checkstyle.xml</configLocation>
-							<encoding>UTF-8</encoding>
-							<consoleOutput>true</consoleOutput>
-							<failsOnError>true</failsOnError>
-							<includeTestSourceDirectory>true</includeTestSourceDirectory>
-						</configuration>
-						<goals>
-							<goal>check</goal>
-						</goals>
-					</execution>
-				</executions>
 			</plugin>
 		</plugins>
 	</build>