diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index db41985ab..321d99af0 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -1179,6 +1179,12 @@
             <excludedLink>http://www.antlr.org/antlr4-maven-plugin</excludedLink>
             <!-- Excluded due to Maven Release Plugin's issue #919: https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/MRELEASE-919-->
             <excludedLink>http://maven.apache.org/plugins/maven-release-plugin/</excludedLink>
+            <!-- Excluded till https://issues.sonatype.org/browse/NEXUS-9643 -->
+            <excludedLink>http://www.sonatype.com/public-parent/nexus-maven-plugins/nexus-staging/nexus-staging-maven-plugin/</excludedLink>
+            <!-- Excluded till https://github.com/mojohaus/build-helper-maven-plugin/issues/3 -->
+            <excludedLink>http://www.mojohaus.org/build-helper-maven-plugin/build-helper-maven-plugin</excludedLink>
+            <!-- This link exists, but it has too much content and github has problems with rendering it quickly, so to avoid ocasional "Read timed out" we exclude it -->
+            <excludedLink>https://github.com/checkstyle/checkstyle/issues/1555</excludedLink>
             <!-- Excluded, because the link is generated by sonar's maven report plugin and we
             can not correct the link while it will not be changed in effective pom.xml of the plugin
             by sonar's developers. It is not allowed to open issue against sonar's maven report plugin