diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 927ef698..68bc6eb4 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -131,11 +131,6 @@
 
 	<dependencies>
 
-		<dependency>
-			<groupId>com.puppycrawl.tools</groupId>
-			<artifactId>checkstyle</artifactId>
-			<version>8.12</version>
-		</dependency>
 		<dependency>
 			<groupId>javax.validation</groupId>
 			<artifactId>validation-api</artifactId>