diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index c2739b762d..d293820464 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -48,74 +48,6 @@
   </modules>
   <build>
     <plugins>
-      <plugin>
-        <groupId>org.apache.rat</groupId>
-        <artifactId>apache-rat-plugin</artifactId>
-        <inherited>false</inherited>
-        <executions>
-          <execution>
-            <phase>package</phase>
-            <goals>
-              <goal>check</goal>
-            </goals>
-          </execution>
-        </executions>
-        <configuration>
-          <excludeSubProjects>false</excludeSubProjects>
-          <excludes>
-            <!-- expectation files for unit tests -->
-            <exclude>**/src/test/resources/**</exclude>
-
-            <!-- prevent duplicating license -->
-            <exclude>**/LICENSE.txt</exclude>
-            <exclude>**/header.txt</exclude>
-
-            <!-- high-level project metadata -->
-            <exclude>**/NOTICE.txt</exclude>
-            <exclude>**/DISCLAIMER</exclude>
-            <exclude>**/BUILD.txt</exclude>
-            <exclude>**/CHANGES.txt</exclude>
-            <exclude>**/README.md</exclude>
-            <exclude>**/README.txt</exclude>
-
-            <!-- reference data lists -->
-            <exclude>**/*json</exclude>
-            <exclude>**/*readme</exclude>
-
-            <!-- one-line service registry files -->
-            <exclude>**/*ProviderMetadata</exclude>
-            <exclude>**/*ApiMetadata</exclude>
-            <exclude>**/*LoggingModule</exclude>
-
-            <!-- temporary files or those generated by IDE or SCM -->
-            <exclude>**/target/**</exclude>
-            <exclude>**/test-output/**</exclude>
-            <exclude>**/bin/**</exclude>
-            <exclude>**/.settings/**</exclude>
-            <exclude>**/.classpath</exclude>
-            <exclude>**/.dir-locals.el</exclude>
-            <exclude>**/.project</exclude>
-            <exclude>**/.idea/**</exclude>
-            <exclude>**/*.iml</exclude>
-            <exclude>**/*.eml</exclude>
-            <exclude>**/*.ipr</exclude>
-            <exclude>**/*.iws</exclude>
-            <exclude>**/*.DS_STORE</exclude>
-            <exclude>**/TAGS</exclude>
-            <exclude>**/.metadata/**</exclude>
-            <exclude>**/atlassian-ide-plugin.xml</exclude>
-            <exclude>**/.DS_Store</exclude>
-            <exclude>.mailmap</exclude>
-            <exclude>.git/**</exclude>
-            <exclude>**/.gitignore</exclude>
-            <exclude>**/.gitattributes</exclude>
-
-            <!-- Temporary files generated on CloudBees slaves -->
-            <exclude>.repository/**</exclude>
-            <exclude>gc.log</exclude>
-          </excludes>
-        </configuration>
-      </plugin>
       <plugin>
         <groupId>com.mycila.maven-license-plugin</groupId>
         <artifactId>maven-license-plugin</artifactId>
diff --git a/project/pom.xml b/project/pom.xml
index 6372d866e1..46fc9851b9 100644
--- a/project/pom.xml
+++ b/project/pom.xml
@@ -329,6 +329,72 @@
       </testResource>
     </testResources>
     <plugins>
+<plugin>
+        <groupId>org.apache.rat</groupId>
+        <artifactId>apache-rat-plugin</artifactId>
+        <executions>
+          <execution>
+            <phase>package</phase>
+            <goals>
+              <goal>check</goal>
+            </goals>
+          </execution>
+        </executions>
+        <configuration>
+          <excludes>
+            <!-- expectation files for unit tests -->
+            <exclude>**/src/test/resources/**</exclude>
+
+            <!-- prevent duplicating license -->
+            <exclude>**/LICENSE.txt</exclude>
+            <exclude>**/header.txt</exclude>
+
+            <!-- high-level project metadata -->
+            <exclude>**/NOTICE.txt</exclude>
+            <exclude>**/DISCLAIMER</exclude>
+            <exclude>**/BUILD.txt</exclude>
+            <exclude>**/CHANGES.txt</exclude>
+            <exclude>**/README.md</exclude>
+            <exclude>**/README.txt</exclude>
+
+            <!-- reference data lists -->
+            <exclude>**/*json</exclude>
+            <exclude>**/*readme</exclude>
+
+            <!-- one-line service registry files -->
+            <exclude>**/*ProviderMetadata</exclude>
+            <exclude>**/*ApiMetadata</exclude>
+            <exclude>**/*LoggingModule</exclude>
+
+            <!-- temporary files or those generated by IDE or SCM -->
+            <exclude>**/target/**</exclude>
+            <exclude>**/test-output/**</exclude>
+            <exclude>**/bin/**</exclude>
+            <exclude>**/.settings/**</exclude>
+            <exclude>**/.classpath</exclude>
+            <exclude>**/.dir-locals.el</exclude>
+            <exclude>**/.project</exclude>
+            <exclude>**/.idea/**</exclude>
+            <exclude>**/*.iml</exclude>
+            <exclude>**/*.eml</exclude>
+            <exclude>**/*.ipr</exclude>
+            <exclude>**/*.iws</exclude>
+            <exclude>**/*.DS_STORE</exclude>
+            <exclude>**/TAGS</exclude>
+            <exclude>**/.metadata/**</exclude>
+            <exclude>**/atlassian-ide-plugin.xml</exclude>
+            <exclude>**/.DS_Store</exclude>
+            <exclude>.mailmap</exclude>
+            <exclude>.git/**</exclude>
+            <exclude>**/.gitignore</exclude>
+            <exclude>**/.gitattributes</exclude>
+
+            <!-- Temporary files generated on CloudBees slaves -->
+            <exclude>.repository/**</exclude>
+            <exclude>gc.log</exclude>
+          </excludes>
+        </configuration>
+      </plugin>
       <plugin>
         <groupId>com.ning.maven.plugins</groupId>
         <artifactId>maven-duplicate-finder-plugin</artifactId>