diff --git a/checkstyle.xml b/checkstyle.xml
index 3c2423e604..88b0850be3 100644
--- a/checkstyle.xml
+++ b/checkstyle.xml
@@ -140,12 +140,6 @@
         <module name="JavadocVariable">
             <property name="accessModifiers" value="protected"/>
         </module>
-        <module name="JavadocStyle">
-            <property name="scope" value="protected"/>
-            <property name="checkFirstSentence" value="true"/>
-            <property name="checkEmptyJavadoc" value="false"/>
-            <property name="checkHtml" value="true"/>
-        </module>
         <module name="InvalidJavadocPosition"/>
         <module name="JavadocContentLocation"/>
         <module name="JavadocLeadingAsteriskAlign" />