diff --git a/checkStyle.xml b/checkStyle.xml
index ef0f397bd..b90ee7c02 100644
--- a/checkStyle.xml
+++ b/checkStyle.xml
@@ -30,7 +30,7 @@
 
     <!-- header -->
     <module name="Header">
-        <property name="headerFile" value="${checkstyle.header.file}"/>
+        <property name="headerFile" value="CHECKSTYLE_HEAD"/>
     </module>
 
     <module name="RegexpSingleline">
diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 5a3e2a525..8f8d3a094 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -79,7 +79,6 @@
         <scala.compiler.version>2.11.7</scala.compiler.version>
         <powermock.version>1.6.4</powermock.version>
         <docker.plugin.version>0.4.13</docker.plugin.version>
-        <checkstyle.header.file>CHECKSTYLE_HEAD</checkstyle.header.file>
     </properties>
 
     <dependencies>