diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index ad1e8857c1..84adb656b8 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -488,6 +488,36 @@ Additionally it includes CPD, the copy-paste-detector. CPD finds duplicated code
                     <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
                     <artifactId>maven-checkstyle-plugin</artifactId>
                     <version>${checkstyle.version}</version>
+                    <executions>
+                        <execution>
+                            <id>checkstyle-check</id>
+                            <phase>verify</phase>
+                            <goals>
+                              <goal>check</goal>
+                            </goals>
+                        </execution>
+                    </executions>
+                    <dependencies>
+                        <dependency>
+                            <groupId>com.puppycrawl.tools</groupId>
+                            <artifactId>checkstyle</artifactId>
+                            <version>8.12</version>
+                        </dependency>
+                        <dependency>
+                            <groupId>net.sourceforge.pmd</groupId>
+                            <artifactId>pmd-build-tools-config</artifactId>
+                            <version>${pmd.build-tools.version}</version>
+                        </dependency>
+                    </dependencies>
+                    <configuration>
+                        <configLocation>/net/sourceforge/pmd/pmd-checkstyle-config.xml</configLocation>
+                        <suppressionsLocation>/net/sourceforge/pmd/pmd-checkstyle-suppressions.xml</suppressionsLocation>
+                        <includeTestSourceDirectory>true</includeTestSourceDirectory>
+                        <sourceDirectories>
+                            <sourceDirectory>${project.build.sourceDirectory}</sourceDirectory>
+                        </sourceDirectories>
+                        <resourceIncludes>**/*.properties,**/*.less</resourceIncludes>
+                    </configuration>
                 </plugin>
                 <plugin>
                     <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
@@ -640,36 +670,7 @@ Additionally it includes CPD, the copy-paste-detector. CPD finds duplicated code
             <plugin>
                 <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
                 <artifactId>maven-checkstyle-plugin</artifactId>
-                <executions>
-                    <execution>
-                        <id>checkstyle-check</id>
-                        <phase>verify</phase>
-                        <goals>
-                          <goal>check</goal>
-                        </goals>
-                    </execution>
-                </executions>
-                <dependencies>
-                    <dependency>
-                        <groupId>com.puppycrawl.tools</groupId>
-                        <artifactId>checkstyle</artifactId>
-                        <version>8.12</version>
-                    </dependency>
-                    <dependency>
-                        <groupId>net.sourceforge.pmd</groupId>
-                        <artifactId>pmd-build-tools-config</artifactId>
-                        <version>${pmd.build-tools.version}</version>
-                    </dependency>
-                </dependencies>
-                <configuration>
-                    <configLocation>/net/sourceforge/pmd/pmd-checkstyle-config.xml</configLocation>
-                    <suppressionsLocation>/net/sourceforge/pmd/pmd-checkstyle-suppressions.xml</suppressionsLocation>
-                    <includeTestSourceDirectory>true</includeTestSourceDirectory>
-                    <sourceDirectories>
-                        <sourceDirectory>${project.build.sourceDirectory}</sourceDirectory>
-                    </sourceDirectories>
-                    <resourceIncludes>**/*.properties,**/*.less</resourceIncludes>
-                </configuration>
+                <!-- configuration is in plugin management section -->
             </plugin>
             <plugin>
                 <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
@@ -745,14 +746,7 @@ Additionally it includes CPD, the copy-paste-detector. CPD finds duplicated code
                 <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
                 <artifactId>maven-checkstyle-plugin</artifactId>
                 <version>${checkstyle.version}</version>
-                <configuration>
-                    <configLocation>/net/sourceforge/pmd/pmd-checkstyle-config.xml</configLocation>
-                    <suppressionsLocation>/net/sourceforge/pmd/pmd-checkstyle-suppressions.xml</suppressionsLocation>
-                    <includeTestSourceDirectory>true</includeTestSourceDirectory>
-                    <sourceDirectories>
-                        <sourceDirectory>${project.build.sourceDirectory}</sourceDirectory>
-                    </sourceDirectories>
-                </configuration>
+                <!-- configuration is in plugin management section -->
                 <reportSets>
                     <reportSet>
                         <reports>