diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 0f8dd56657..699207173a 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -42,7 +42,6 @@
                 </executions>
                 <configuration>
                     <configLocation>${maven.checkstyle.plugin.configLocation}</configLocation>
-                    <encoding>UTF-8</encoding>
                     <consoleOutput>true</consoleOutput>
                     <failsOnError>true</failsOnError>
                     <linkXRef>false</linkXRef>