diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index cb4f4d323..a832ea4f7 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -1216,6 +1216,8 @@
             <!-- reason described at https://github.com/checkstyle/checkstyle/issues/3080 -->
             <excludedLink>https://gratipay.com/checkstyle/</excludedLink>
             <excludedLink>https://www.scm-manager.org/</excludedLink>
+            <!-- linkcheck plugin can not resolve &amps; inside url -->
+            <excludedLink>https://flattr.com/submit/</excludedLink>
           </excludedLinks>
         </configuration>
       </plugin>