diff --git a/apache-commons-lang3.spec b/apache-commons-lang3.spec
index 283332f..76d9c85 100644
--- a/apache-commons-lang3.spec
+++ b/apache-commons-lang3.spec
@@ -62,6 +62,7 @@ cp %{SOURCE2} .
 sed -i 's/\r//' *.txt
 
 %pom_remove_parent .
+%pom_remove_plugin :maven-checkstyle-plugin .
 %pom_xpath_inject "pom:project" "<groupId>org.apache.commons</groupId>" .
 
 %build