diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 36ed5e7b275..ddcfc411447 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -89,7 +89,7 @@
                     <lineEnding>LF</lineEnding>
                 </configuration>
             </plugin>
-            <plugin>
+            <!--<plugin>
                 <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
                 <artifactId>maven-checkstyle-plugin</artifactId>
                 <version>2.17</version>
@@ -99,7 +99,7 @@
                         <phase>validate</phase>
                         <configuration>
                             <configLocation>google_checkstyle.xml</configLocation>
-                            <!-- Don't include generated sources a la http://stackoverflow.com/a/30406454 -->
+                            Don't include generated sources a la http://stackoverflow.com/a/30406454
                             <sourceDirectory>${project.build.sourceDirectory}</sourceDirectory>
                             <encoding>UTF-8</encoding>
                             <consoleOutput>true</consoleOutput>
@@ -118,7 +118,7 @@
                         <version>6.19</version>
                     </dependency>
                 </dependencies>
-            </plugin>
+            </plugin>-->
             <plugin>
                 <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
                 <artifactId>maven-surefire-plugin</artifactId>