diff --git a/src/conf/checkstyle.xml b/src/conf/checkstyle.xml
index 86fb5937c..7dba68018 100644
--- a/src/conf/checkstyle.xml
+++ b/src/conf/checkstyle.xml
@@ -87,6 +87,5 @@ limitations under the License.
     <module name="UpperEll" />
     <module name="WhitespaceAfter" />
     <module name="WhitespaceAround" />
-    <module name="WhitespaceAroundCheck" />
   </module>
 </module>