diff --git a/checkstyle/import-control-core.xml b/checkstyle/import-control-core.xml
deleted file mode 100644
index e1957c75c..000000000
--- a/checkstyle/import-control-core.xml
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,20 +0,0 @@
-<!DOCTYPE import-control PUBLIC
-"-//Puppy Crawl//DTD Import Control 1.1//EN"
-"http://www.puppycrawl.com/dtds/import_control_1_1.dtd">
-<import-control pkg="messaging">
-
-  <!-- THINK HARD ABOUT THE LAYERING OF THE PROJECT BEFORE CHANGING THIS FILE -->
-
-  <!-- common library dependencies -->
-  <allow pkg="java" />
-  <allow pkg="scala" />
-  <allow pkg="javax.management" />
-  <allow pkg="org.slf4j" />
-  <allow pkg="org.junit" />
-  <allow pkg="org.easymock" />
-  <allow pkg="java.security" />
-  <allow pkg="javax.net.ssl" />
-  <allow pkg="javax.security" />
-
-
-</import-control>