diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 8c20a239b389b78f22b179f10a2bb9096376798f..4650af1aa33ce98c33094834a3d423c7f3b4aea7 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -313,7 +313,6 @@
                 </executions>
             </plugin>
             <plugin>
-                <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
                 <artifactId>maven-checkstyle-plugin</artifactId>
                 <version>2.17</version>
                 <executions>