diff --git a/build.gradle b/build.gradle
index b67c0485c..22e810933 100755
--- a/build.gradle
+++ b/build.gradle
@@ -73,6 +73,7 @@ subprojects {
   }
   
   checkstyle {
+    toolVersion = '6.7'
     ignoreFailures = false 
     configFile = rootProject.file('codequality/checkstyle.xml')
     sourceSets = [sourceSets.main]
diff --git a/codequality/checkstyle.xml b/codequality/checkstyle.xml
index 6b0ec7011..26fa10450 100644
--- a/codequality/checkstyle.xml
+++ b/codequality/checkstyle.xml
@@ -143,11 +143,6 @@
         </module>-->
         <module name="MissingSwitchDefault"/>
         <!-- Problem with finding exception types... -->
-        <module name="RedundantThrows">
-          <property name="allowUnchecked" value="true"/>
-          <property name="suppressLoadErrors" value="true"/>
-          <property name="severity" value="info"/>
-        </module>
         <module name="SimplifyBooleanExpression"/>
         <module name="SimplifyBooleanReturn"/>