diff --git a/sat-plugin/src/main/resources/configuration/pmd.properties b/sat-plugin/src/main/resources/configuration/pmd.properties
index 6fbdc8ab..01eadfb1 100644
--- a/sat-plugin/src/main/resources/configuration/pmd.properties
+++ b/sat-plugin/src/main/resources/configuration/pmd.properties
@@ -1,4 +1,3 @@
 pmd.custom.targetDirectory=${project.build.directory}/code-analysis
 pmd.custom.compileSourceRoots=${project.build.directory}/../src/main/java,${project.build.directory}/../src/test/java
 linkXRef=false
-outputEncoding=UTF-8