diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 973504465..829876e96 100755
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -507,35 +507,6 @@
         </configuration>
       </plugin>
 
-      <plugin>
-        <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
-        <artifactId>maven-linkcheck-plugin</artifactId>
-        <version>1.2</version>
-        <configuration>
-          <excludedPages>
-            <excludedPage>dependencies.html</excludedPage>
-            <excludedPage>cobertura/**</excludedPage>
-            <excludedPage>dsm/**</excludedPage>
-            <excludedPage>xref/**</excludedPage>
-            <excludedPage>xref-test/**</excludedPage>
-            <excludedPage>pmd.html</excludedPage>
-            <excludedPage>findbugs.html</excludedPage>
-            <excludedPage>surefire-report.html</excludedPage>
-          </excludedPages>
-          <excludedLinks>
-            <excludedLink>reports/google-style/guava</excludedLink>
-            <excludedLink>reports/javadoc/openjdk8</excludedLink>
-            <excludedLink>https://travis-ci.org/checkstyle/checkstyle</excludedLink>
-            <excludedLink>https://coveralls.io/r/checkstyle/checkstyle</excludedLink>
-            <excludedLink>http://search.maven.org/*</excludedLink>
-            <excludedLink>hhttp://junit.org</excludedLink>
-          </excludedLinks>
-          <excludedHttpStatusErrors>
-            <excludedHttpStatusError>401</excludedHttpStatusError>
-          </excludedHttpStatusErrors>
-        </configuration>
-      </plugin>
-
       <plugin>
         <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
         <artifactId>maven-eclipse-plugin</artifactId>
@@ -545,64 +516,7 @@
           <downloadJavadocs>true</downloadJavadocs>
         </configuration>
       </plugin>
-
-          <plugin>
-            <groupId>org.codehaus.mojo</groupId>
-            <artifactId>cobertura-maven-plugin</artifactId>
-	    <version>2.6</version>
-            <executions>
-              <execution>
-                <id>verify_cobertura</id>
-                <phase>verify</phase>
-                <goals>
-                  <goal>cobertura</goal>
-                </goals>
-                <configuration>
-                  <formats>
-                    <format>xml</format>
-                    <format>html</format>
-                  </formats>
-                </configuration>
-              </execution>
-            </executions>
-          </plugin>
-
-          <plugin>
-            <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
-            <artifactId>maven-pmd-plugin</artifactId>
-            <executions>
-              <execution>
-                <id>verify_pmd</id>
-                <phase>verify</phase>
-                <goals>
-                  <goal>pmd</goal>
-                </goals>
-                <configuration>
-                  <targetJdk>1.7</targetJdk>
-                  <minimumTokens>20</minimumTokens>
-                </configuration>
-              </execution>
-            </executions>
-          </plugin>
-
-          <plugin>
-            <groupId>org.codehaus.mojo</groupId>
-            <artifactId>findbugs-maven-plugin</artifactId>
-            <version>3.0.0</version>
-            <executions>
-              <execution>
-                <id>verify_findbugs</id>
-                <phase>verify</phase>
-                <goals>
-                  <goal>findbugs</goal>
-                </goals>
-                <configuration>
-                  <reportFormat>xml</reportFormat>
-                </configuration>
-              </execution>
-            </executions>
-          </plugin>
-
+	  
           <!-- Generates the site, which is required for assembly -->
           <plugin>
             <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
@@ -714,6 +628,7 @@
           <plugin>
             <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
             <artifactId>maven-pmd-plugin</artifactId>
+	    <version>3.4</version>
             <configuration>
               <targetJdk>1.7</targetJdk>
               <minimumTokens>20</minimumTokens>