diff --git a/config/checkstyle/checkstyle.xml b/checkstyle.xml
similarity index 100%
rename from config/checkstyle/checkstyle.xml
rename to checkstyle.xml
diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index a344d9b..20effa0 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -213,7 +213,7 @@
                 <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
                 <artifactId>maven-checkstyle-plugin</artifactId>
                 <configuration>
-                    <configLocation>config/checkstyle/checkstyle.xml</configLocation>
+                    <configLocation>checkstyle.xml</configLocation>
                     <consoleOutput>true</consoleOutput>
                     <failOnViolation>true</failOnViolation>
                     <linkXRef>false</linkXRef>