diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index abacea9e..05042e7d 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -492,24 +492,10 @@
                     <configuration>
                         <configLocation>etc/checkstyle.xml</configLocation>
                         <suppressionsLocation>etc/checkstyle-suppressions.xml</suppressionsLocation>
-                        <encoding>UTF-8</encoding>
                         <consoleOutput>true</consoleOutput>
                         <failsOnError>true</failsOnError>
                         <linkXRef>false</linkXRef>
                     </configuration>
-                    <dependencies>
-                        <dependency>
-                            <groupId>com.puppycrawl.tools</groupId>
-                            <artifactId>checkstyle</artifactId>
-                            <version>9.3</version>
-                            <exclusions>
-                                <exclusion>
-                                    <groupId>com.sun</groupId>
-                                    <artifactId>tools</artifactId>
-                                </exclusion>
-                            </exclusions>
-                        </dependency>
-                    </dependencies>
                 </plugin>
                 <plugin>
                     <groupId>org.glassfish.copyright</groupId>