diff --git a/checkstyle.xml b/checkstyle.xml
index cbf92f7b0..706c188e0 100644
--- a/checkstyle.xml
+++ b/checkstyle.xml
@@ -168,9 +168,5 @@
         </module>
         <module name="SingleLineJavadoc"/>
     </module>
-	
-    <module name="SuppressionFilter">
-        <property name="file" value="${config_loc}/checkstyle-suppressions.xml" default="checkstyle-suppressions.xml"/>
-    </module>
-	
+
 </module>
diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 00bfa1a83..c56b9f122 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -255,6 +255,7 @@
 						<phase>validate</phase>
 						<configuration>
 							<configLocation>checkstyle.xml</configLocation>
+							<suppressionsLocation>checkstyle-suppressions.xml</suppressionsLocation>
 							<encoding>UTF-8</encoding>
 							<consoleOutput>true</consoleOutput>
 							<failsOnError>true</failsOnError>