diff --git a/src/conf/checkstyle.xml b/src/conf/checkstyle.xml
index 1562a81b5..2a969cb93 100644
--- a/src/conf/checkstyle.xml
+++ b/src/conf/checkstyle.xml
@@ -74,7 +74,6 @@
     <!-- <module name="OperatorWrap"/> -->
     <module name="WhitespaceAfter"/>
     <module name="WhitespaceAround"/>
-    <module name="WhitespaceAroundCheck"/> 
     <!-- Modifier Checks -->
     <!-- See http://checkstyle.sf.net/config_modifiers.html -->
     <!-- <module name="ModifierOrder"/> <module name="RedundantModifier"/> -->