diff --git a/pmd-apex/pom.xml b/pmd-apex/pom.xml
index 33fa5a9ee4..b45997303e 100644
--- a/pmd-apex/pom.xml
+++ b/pmd-apex/pom.xml
@@ -34,30 +34,6 @@
           </delimiters>
         </configuration>
       </plugin>
-
-      <plugin>
-        <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
-        <artifactId>maven-antrun-plugin</artifactId>
-        <executions>
-          <execution>
-            <id>pmd-clean</id>
-            <phase>clean</phase>
-            <configuration>
-              <target>
-                <echo>PMD specific tasks: cleaning generated markdown</echo>
-                <delete quiet="true">
-                  <fileset dir="${basedir}/src/site/markdown/rules/" includes="**/*.md" />
-                  <fileset dir="${basedir}/src/site/markdown/" includes="mergedruleset.xml" />
-                  <fileset dir="${basedir}/src/site/" includes="site.xml" />
-                </delete>
-              </target>
-            </configuration>
-            <goals>
-              <goal>run</goal>
-            </goals>
-          </execution>
-        </executions>
-      </plugin>
     </plugins>
   </build>
   <dependencies>
diff --git a/pmd-java/pom.xml b/pmd-java/pom.xml
index 9d8f8fe151..5a8d809350 100644
--- a/pmd-java/pom.xml
+++ b/pmd-java/pom.xml
@@ -64,23 +64,6 @@
                             <goal>run</goal>
                         </goals>
                     </execution>
-                    <execution>
-                        <id>pmd-clean</id>
-                        <phase>clean</phase>
-                        <configuration>
-                            <target>
-                                <echo>PMD specific tasks: cleaning generated markdown</echo>
-                                <delete quiet="true">
-                                    <fileset dir="${basedir}/src/site/markdown/rules/" includes="**/*.md" />
-                                    <fileset dir="${basedir}/src/site/markdown/" includes="mergedruleset.xml" />
-                                    <fileset dir="${basedir}/src/site/" includes="site.xml" />
-                                </delete>
-                            </target>
-                        </configuration>
-                        <goals>
-                            <goal>run</goal>
-                        </goals>
-                    </execution>
                 </executions>
             </plugin>
 
diff --git a/pmd-javascript/pom.xml b/pmd-javascript/pom.xml
index c1683664bc..3fb0db1311 100644
--- a/pmd-javascript/pom.xml
+++ b/pmd-javascript/pom.xml
@@ -47,23 +47,6 @@
                             <goal>run</goal>
                         </goals>
                     </execution>
-                    <execution>
-                        <id>pmd-clean</id>
-                        <phase>clean</phase>
-                        <configuration>
-                            <target>
-                                <echo>PMD specific tasks: cleaning generated markdown</echo>
-                                <delete quiet="true">
-                                    <fileset dir="${basedir}/src/site/markdown/rules/" includes="**/*.md" />
-                                    <fileset dir="${basedir}/src/site/markdown/" includes="mergedruleset.xml" />
-                                    <fileset dir="${basedir}/src/site/" includes="site.xml" />
-                                </delete>
-                            </target>
-                        </configuration>
-                        <goals>
-                            <goal>run</goal>
-                        </goals>
-                    </execution>
                 </executions>
             </plugin>
 
diff --git a/pmd-jsp/pom.xml b/pmd-jsp/pom.xml
index 64c8686356..99ee343b6f 100644
--- a/pmd-jsp/pom.xml
+++ b/pmd-jsp/pom.xml
@@ -48,23 +48,6 @@
                             <goal>run</goal>
                         </goals>
                     </execution>
-                    <execution>
-                        <id>pmd-clean</id>
-                        <phase>clean</phase>
-                        <configuration>
-                            <target>
-                                <echo>PMD specific tasks: cleaning generated markdown</echo>
-                                <delete quiet="true">
-                                    <fileset dir="${basedir}/src/site/markdown/rules/" includes="**/*.md" />
-                                    <fileset dir="${basedir}/src/site/markdown/" includes="mergedruleset.xml" />
-                                    <fileset dir="${basedir}/src/site/" includes="site.xml" />
-                                </delete>
-                            </target>
-                        </configuration>
-                        <goals>
-                            <goal>run</goal>
-                        </goals>
-                    </execution>
                 </executions>
             </plugin>
 
diff --git a/pmd-plsql/pom.xml b/pmd-plsql/pom.xml
index c8dfef23f2..b0cd0ec30d 100644
--- a/pmd-plsql/pom.xml
+++ b/pmd-plsql/pom.xml
@@ -48,23 +48,6 @@
                             <goal>run</goal>
                         </goals>
                     </execution>
-                    <execution>
-                        <id>pmd-clean</id>
-                        <phase>clean</phase>
-                        <configuration>
-                            <target>
-                                <echo>PMD specific tasks: cleaning generated markdown</echo>
-                                <delete quiet="true">
-                                    <fileset dir="${basedir}/src/site/markdown/rules/" includes="**/*.md" />
-                                    <fileset dir="${basedir}/src/site/markdown/" includes="mergedruleset.xml" />
-                                    <fileset dir="${basedir}/src/site/" includes="site.xml" />
-                                </delete>
-                            </target>
-                        </configuration>
-                        <goals>
-                            <goal>run</goal>
-                        </goals>
-                    </execution>
                 </executions>
             </plugin>
 
diff --git a/pmd-visualforce/pom.xml b/pmd-visualforce/pom.xml
index d0bdcc7ea5..aab01bd7d2 100644
--- a/pmd-visualforce/pom.xml
+++ b/pmd-visualforce/pom.xml
@@ -48,23 +48,6 @@
                             <goal>run</goal>
                         </goals>
                     </execution>
-                    <execution>
-                        <id>pmd-clean</id>
-                        <phase>clean</phase>
-                        <configuration>
-                            <target>
-                                <echo>PMD specific tasks: cleaning generated markdown</echo>
-                                <delete quiet="true">
-                                    <fileset dir="${basedir}/src/site/markdown/rules/" includes="**/*.md" />
-                                    <fileset dir="${basedir}/src/site/markdown/" includes="mergedruleset.xml" />
-                                    <fileset dir="${basedir}/src/site/" includes="site.xml" />
-                                </delete>
-                            </target>
-                        </configuration>
-                        <goals>
-                            <goal>run</goal>
-                        </goals>
-                    </execution>
                 </executions>
             </plugin>
 
diff --git a/pmd-vm/pom.xml b/pmd-vm/pom.xml
index 278df82e3f..936bdf7d13 100644
--- a/pmd-vm/pom.xml
+++ b/pmd-vm/pom.xml
@@ -48,23 +48,6 @@
                             <goal>run</goal>
                         </goals>
                     </execution>
-                    <execution>
-                        <id>pmd-clean</id>
-                        <phase>clean</phase>
-                        <configuration>
-                            <target>
-                                <echo>PMD specific tasks: cleaning generated markdown</echo>
-                                <delete quiet="true">
-                                    <fileset dir="${basedir}/src/site/markdown/rules/" includes="**/*.md" />
-                                    <fileset dir="${basedir}/src/site/markdown/" includes="mergedruleset.xml" />
-                                    <fileset dir="${basedir}/src/site/" includes="site.xml" />
-                                </delete>
-                            </target>
-                        </configuration>
-                        <goals>
-                            <goal>run</goal>
-                        </goals>
-                    </execution>
                 </executions>
             </plugin>
 
diff --git a/pmd-xml/pom.xml b/pmd-xml/pom.xml
index eb67f4e58c..89e92816a3 100644
--- a/pmd-xml/pom.xml
+++ b/pmd-xml/pom.xml
@@ -28,30 +28,6 @@
                 </configuration>
             </plugin>
 
-            <plugin>
-                <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
-                <artifactId>maven-antrun-plugin</artifactId>
-                <executions>
-                    <execution>
-                        <id>pmd-clean</id>
-                        <phase>clean</phase>
-                        <configuration>
-                            <target>
-                                <echo>PMD specific tasks: cleaning generated markdown</echo>
-                                <delete quiet="true">
-                                    <fileset dir="${basedir}/src/site/markdown/rules/" includes="**/*.md" />
-                                    <fileset dir="${basedir}/src/site/markdown/" includes="mergedruleset.xml" />
-                                    <fileset dir="${basedir}/src/site/" includes="site.xml" />
-                                </delete>
-                            </target>
-                        </configuration>
-                        <goals>
-                            <goal>run</goal>
-                        </goals>
-                    </execution>
-                </executions>
-            </plugin>
-
             <!-- Disable rule MissingOverride, see https://github.com/pmd/pmd/issues/1074 -->
             <plugin>
                 <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 84adb656b8..09f89c5e23 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -639,29 +639,6 @@ Additionally it includes CPD, the copy-paste-detector. CPD finds duplicated code
                     </execution>
                 </executions>
             </plugin>
-            <plugin>
-                <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
-                <artifactId>maven-antrun-plugin</artifactId>
-                <inherited>true</inherited>
-                <executions>
-                    <execution>
-                        <id>pmd-clean</id>
-                        <phase>clean</phase>
-                        <configuration>
-                            <target>
-                                <echo>PMD specific tasks: cleaning generated xdocs</echo>
-                                <delete quiet="true">
-                                    <fileset dir="${src.xdocs.dir}/rules" includes="**/*.xml" />
-                                    <fileset dir="${src.xdocs.dir}/" includes="mergedruleset.xml" />
-                                </delete>
-                            </target>
-                        </configuration>
-                        <goals>
-                            <goal>run</goal>
-                        </goals>
-                    </execution>
-                </executions>
-            </plugin>
             <plugin>
                 <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
                 <artifactId>maven-pmd-plugin</artifactId>