diff --git a/buildscripts/checkstyle.xml b/buildscripts/checkstyle.xml
index 4e0e76c08db..b7f26f15876 100644
--- a/buildscripts/checkstyle.xml
+++ b/buildscripts/checkstyle.xml
@@ -48,39 +48,12 @@
         <module name="AvoidStarImport"/>
         <module name="RedundantImport"/>
         <module name="OneTopLevelClass"/>
-        <module name="NoLineWrap"/>
         <module name="EmptyBlock">
             <property name="option" value="TEXT"/>
             <property name="tokens"
              value="LITERAL_TRY, LITERAL_FINALLY, LITERAL_IF, LITERAL_ELSE, LITERAL_SWITCH"/>
         </module>
         <module name="NeedBraces"/>
-        <module name="LeftCurly"/>
-        <module name="RightCurly">
-            <property name="id" value="RightCurlySame"/>
-            <property name="tokens"
-             value="LITERAL_TRY, LITERAL_CATCH, LITERAL_FINALLY, LITERAL_IF, LITERAL_ELSE,
-                    LITERAL_DO"/>
-        </module>
-        <module name="RightCurly">
-            <property name="id" value="RightCurlyAlone"/>
-            <property name="option" value="alone"/>
-            <property name="tokens"
-             value="CLASS_DEF, METHOD_DEF, CTOR_DEF, LITERAL_FOR, LITERAL_WHILE, STATIC_INIT,
-                    INSTANCE_INIT"/>
-        </module>
-        <module name="WhitespaceAround">
-            <property name="allowEmptyConstructors" value="true"/>
-            <property name="allowEmptyLambdas" value="true"/>
-            <property name="allowEmptyMethods" value="true"/>
-            <property name="allowEmptyTypes" value="true"/>
-            <property name="allowEmptyLoops" value="true"/>
-            <message key="ws.notFollowed"
-             value="WhitespaceAround: ''{0}'' is not followed by whitespace. Empty blocks may only be represented as '{}' when not part of a multi-block statement (4.1.3)"/>
-            <message key="ws.notPreceded"
-             value="WhitespaceAround: ''{0}'' is not preceded with whitespace."/>
-        </module>
-        <module name="OneStatementPerLine"/>
         <module name="MultipleVariableDeclarations"/>
         <module name="ArrayTypeStyle"/>
         <!-- <!-\- This rule conflicts with Error Prone's exhaustiveness checking. -\-> -->
@@ -88,36 +61,6 @@
         <module name="FallThrough"/>
         <module name="UpperEll"/>
         <module name="ModifierOrder"/>
-        <module name="EmptyLineSeparator">
-            <property name="allowNoEmptyLineBetweenFields" value="true"/>
-        </module>
-        <module name="SeparatorWrap">
-            <property name="id" value="SeparatorWrapDot"/>
-            <property name="tokens" value="DOT"/>
-            <property name="option" value="nl"/>
-        </module>
-        <module name="SeparatorWrap">
-            <property name="id" value="SeparatorWrapComma"/>
-            <property name="tokens" value="COMMA"/>
-            <property name="option" value="EOL"/>
-        </module>
-        <module name="SeparatorWrap">
-            <!-- ELLIPSIS is EOL until https://github.com/google/styleguide/issues/258 -->
-            <property name="id" value="SeparatorWrapEllipsis"/>
-            <property name="tokens" value="ELLIPSIS"/>
-            <property name="option" value="EOL"/>
-        </module>
-        <module name="SeparatorWrap">
-            <!-- ARRAY_DECLARATOR is EOL until https://github.com/google/styleguide/issues/259 -->
-            <property name="id" value="SeparatorWrapArrayDeclarator"/>
-            <property name="tokens" value="ARRAY_DECLARATOR"/>
-            <property name="option" value="EOL"/>
-        </module>
-        <module name="SeparatorWrap">
-            <property name="id" value="SeparatorWrapMethodRef"/>
-            <property name="tokens" value="METHOD_REF"/>
-            <property name="option" value="nl"/>
-        </module>
         <module name="PackageName">
             <property name="format" value="^[a-z]+(\.[a-z][a-z0-9]*)*$"/>
             <message key="name.invalidPattern"
@@ -169,16 +112,6 @@
              value="Interface type name ''{0}'' must match pattern ''{1}''."/>
         </module>
         <module name="NoFinalizer"/>
-        <module name="GenericWhitespace">
-            <message key="ws.followed"
-             value="GenericWhitespace ''{0}'' is followed by whitespace."/>
-            <message key="ws.preceded"
-             value="GenericWhitespace ''{0}'' is preceded with whitespace."/>
-            <message key="ws.illegalFollow"
-             value="GenericWhitespace ''{0}'' should followed by whitespace."/>
-            <message key="ws.notPreceded"
-             value="GenericWhitespace ''{0}'' is not preceded with whitespace."/>
-        </module>
         <!-- <!-\- Checkstyle indentation rules conflict with google-java-format: -\-> -->
         <!-- <module name="Indentation"> -->
         <!--     <property name="basicOffset" value="2"/> -->
@@ -200,19 +133,6 @@
             <property name="separateLineBetweenGroups" value="true"/>
             <property name="customImportOrderRules" value="STATIC###THIRD_PARTY_PACKAGE"/>
         </module>
-        <module name="MethodParamPad"/>
-        <module name="NoWhitespaceBefore">
-            <property name="tokens"
-             value="COMMA, SEMI, POST_INC, POST_DEC, DOT, ELLIPSIS, METHOD_REF"/>
-            <property name="allowLineBreaks" value="true"/>
-        </module>
-        <module name="ParenPad"/>
-        <module name="OperatorWrap">
-            <property name="option" value="NL"/>
-            <property name="tokens"
-             value="BAND, BOR, BSR, BXOR, DIV, EQUAL, GE, GT, LAND, LE, LITERAL_INSTANCEOF, LOR,
-                    LT, MINUS, MOD, NOT_EQUAL, PLUS, QUESTION, SL, SR, STAR, METHOD_REF "/>
-        </module>
         <module name="AnnotationLocation">
             <property name="id" value="AnnotationLocationMostCases"/>
             <property name="tokens"
@@ -260,7 +180,6 @@
         <module name="EmptyCatchBlock">
             <property name="exceptionVariableName" value="expected"/>
         </module>
-        <module name="CommentsIndentation"/>
         <module name="SuppressWarningsHolder"/>
         <!-- <!-\- Enable ImportControl later. -\-> -->
         <!-- module name="ImportControl" -->