diff --git a/app/build.gradle b/app/build.gradle
index 0b8de4d41..3f1803761 100644
--- a/app/build.gradle
+++ b/app/build.gradle
@@ -111,7 +111,7 @@ configurations {
 }
 
 checkstyle {
-    configFile rootProject.file('checkstyle.xml')
+    configDir rootProject.file(".")
     ignoreFailures false
     showViolations true
     toolVersion = checkstyleVersion
diff --git a/checkstyle.xml b/checkstyle.xml
index af8c5480f..61145d61f 100644
--- a/checkstyle.xml
+++ b/checkstyle.xml
@@ -22,8 +22,7 @@
 
     <!-- https://checkstyle.org/config_filters.html#SuppressionFilter -->
     <module name="SuppressionFilter">
-        <property name="file" value="${org.checkstyle.sun.suppressionfilter.config}"
-                  default="checkstyle-suppressions.xml" />
+        <property name="file" value="${config_loc}/checkstyle-suppressions.xml" />
         <property name="optional" value="true"/>
     </module>