diff --git a/config/pmd.xml b/config/pmd.xml
index e910f88cd..bd662497d 100644
--- a/config/pmd.xml
+++ b/config/pmd.xml
@@ -109,14 +109,6 @@
   <rule ref="rulesets/java/design.xml">
     <!-- this produce false positives on gui.Main -->
     <exclude name="UseUtilityClass"/>
-    <exclude name="FinalFieldCouldBeStatic"/>
-    <exclude name="CloseResource"/>
-    <exclude name="NonStaticInitializer"/>
-    <exclude name="DefaultLabelNotLastInSwitchStmt"/>
-    <exclude name="NonCaseLabelInSwitchStatement"/>
-    <exclude name="OptimizableToArrayCall"/>
-    <exclude name="BadComparison"/>
-    <exclude name="EqualsNull"/>
     <exclude name="ConfusingTernary"/>
     <exclude name="InstantiationToGetClass"/>
     <exclude name="IdempotentOperations"/>