diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index d78c5de16f..d80d3971bf 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -191,7 +191,6 @@
                 <configuration>
                     <configLocation>${maven.multiModuleProjectDirectory}/checkstyle/src/main/resources/checkstyle/checkstyle.xml</configLocation>
                     <suppressionsLocation>${maven.multiModuleProjectDirectory}/checkstyle/src/main/resources/checkstyle/checkstyle-suppressions.xml</suppressionsLocation>
-                    <encoding>UTF-8</encoding>
                     <consoleOutput>true</consoleOutput>
                     <failsOnError>true</failsOnError>
                     <linkXRef>false</linkXRef>