diff --git a/style/rmq_checkstyle.xml b/style/rmq_checkstyle.xml
index 776b3054852c87cdc336ff42ed2a8af1e9703a98..2872eb720248ac1ab3235464c72276a295e7e352 100644
--- a/style/rmq_checkstyle.xml
+++ b/style/rmq_checkstyle.xml
@@ -121,7 +121,6 @@
         <!--whitespace-->
         <module name="GenericWhitespace"/>
         <module name="NoWhitespaceBefore"/>
-        <module name="WhitespaceAfter"/>
         <module name="NoWhitespaceAfter"/>
         <module name="WhitespaceAround">
             <property name="allowEmptyConstructors" value="true"/>