diff --git a/hapi-fhir-base/pom.xml b/hapi-fhir-base/pom.xml
index 7a49d25c4c0..b7fcc048ae7 100644
--- a/hapi-fhir-base/pom.xml
+++ b/hapi-fhir-base/pom.xml
@@ -190,7 +190,7 @@
 						</reportSets>
 						<configuration>
 							<linkXRef>false</linkXRef>
-							<configLocation>file://${project.basedir}/../src/checkstyle/checkstyle.xml</configLocation>
+							<configLocation>${project.basedir}/../src/checkstyle/checkstyle.xml</configLocation>
 							<!--<sourceDirectories> <sourceDirectory> ${project.basedir}/../hapi-fhir-base/src/main/java 
 								</sourceDirectory> </sourceDirectories> -->
 						</configuration>
diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index eaf15246548..9fe44906ed8 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -793,7 +793,7 @@
 						</dependency>
 					</dependencies>
 					<configuration>
-						<configLocation>file://${project.basedir}/src/checkstyle/checkstyle.xml</configLocation>
+						<configLocation>${project.basedir}/src/checkstyle/checkstyle.xml</configLocation>
 					</configuration>
 				</plugin>
 				<plugin>