diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 186bc1e666..bedb82aeda 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -1255,6 +1255,7 @@
         <maven-antrun-plugin.version>1.7</maven-antrun-plugin.version>
         <siddhi.version>3.1.2</siddhi.version>
         <maven.scr.version>1.7.2</maven.scr.version>
+        <maven.javadoc.skip>true</maven.javadoc.skip>
     </properties>
 
     <scm>