diff --git a/dev-support/checkstyle/suppressions.xml b/hadoop-build-tools/src/main/resources/checkstyle/suppressions.xml
similarity index 100%
rename from dev-support/checkstyle/suppressions.xml
rename to hadoop-build-tools/src/main/resources/checkstyle/suppressions.xml
diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 0c8f28ebe29..7bcfe80241d 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -210,7 +210,7 @@ xsi:schemaLocation="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0 http://maven.apache.org/xs
           </dependencies>
           <configuration>
             <configLocation>checkstyle/checkstyle.xml</configLocation>
-            <suppressionsLocation>dev-support/checkstyle/suppressions.xml</suppressionsLocation>
+            <suppressionsLocation>checkstyle/suppressions.xml</suppressionsLocation>
             <includeTestSourceDirectory>true</includeTestSourceDirectory>
             <failOnViolation>false</failOnViolation>
             <format>xml</format>