diff --git a/external/pom.xml b/external/pom.xml
index 8ee73e4e4..864197142 100644
--- a/external/pom.xml
+++ b/external/pom.xml
@@ -171,7 +171,9 @@
 				<groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
 				<artifactId>maven-javadoc-plugin</artifactId>
 				<configuration>
-					<skip>true</skip>
+					<additionalparam>-Xdoclint:none</additionalparam>
+					<additionalOptions>-Xdoclint:none</additionalOptions>
+					<additionalJOption>-Xdoclint:none</additionalJOption>
 				</configuration>
 			</plugin>
 			<plugin>