diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 31c4c852..05388a91 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -81,9 +81,6 @@
                 <groupId>com.github.spotbugs</groupId>
                 <artifactId>spotbugs-maven-plugin</artifactId>
                 <version>4.2.3</version>
-                <configuration>
-                    <excludeFilterFile>src/config/spotbugs-exclude.xml</excludeFilterFile>
-                </configuration>
                 <executions>
                     <execution>
                         <goals>
diff --git a/src/config/spotbugs-exclude.xml b/src/config/spotbugs-exclude.xml
deleted file mode 100644
index 40762176..00000000
--- a/src/config/spotbugs-exclude.xml
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,13 +0,0 @@
-<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
-<FindBugsFilter
-          xmlns="https://github.com/spotbugs/filter/3.0.0"
-          xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance"
-          xsi:schemaLocation="https://github.com/spotbugs/filter/3.0.0 https://raw.githubusercontent.com/spotbugs/spotbugs/3.1.0/spotbugs/etc/findbugsfilter.xsd">
-
-    <!-- False positive on Java 11  -->
-    <!-- Workaround for https://github.com/spotbugs/spotbugs/issues/756 -->
-    <Match>
-        <Bug pattern="RCN_REDUNDANT_NULLCHECK_WOULD_HAVE_BEEN_A_NPE" />
-    </Match>
-
-</FindBugsFilter>
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