diff --git a/tools/package/archetypes/uitab/src/main/resources/archetype-resources/pom.xml b/tools/package/archetypes/uitab/src/main/resources/archetype-resources/pom.xml
index 7775946..3551265 100644
--- a/tools/package/archetypes/uitab/src/main/resources/archetype-resources/pom.xml
+++ b/tools/package/archetypes/uitab/src/main/resources/archetype-resources/pom.xml
@@ -20,7 +20,9 @@
   ~ See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
   ~ limitations under the License.
   -->
-<project xmlns="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance" xsi:schemaLocation="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0 http://maven.apache.org/xsd/maven-4.0.0.xsd">
+<project xmlns="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0"
+         xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance"
+         xsi:schemaLocation="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0 http://maven.apache.org/xsd/maven-4.0.0.xsd">
     <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
 
     <parent>
@@ -78,6 +80,15 @@
                 <groupId>org.onosproject</groupId>
                 <artifactId>onos-maven-plugin</artifactId>
             </plugin>
+            <plugin>
+                <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
+                <artifactId>maven-checkstyle-plugin</artifactId>
+                <!-- Uncomment to disable checkstyle validation
+                <configuration>
+                    <skip>true</skip>
+                </configuration>
+                -->
+            </plugin>
         </plugins>
     </build>
 
diff --git a/tools/package/archetypes/uitab/src/main/resources/archetype-resources/src/main/java/AppUiTableMessageHandler.java b/tools/package/archetypes/uitab/src/main/resources/archetype-resources/src/main/java/AppUiTableMessageHandler.java
index 2645c32..33634b8 100644
--- a/tools/package/archetypes/uitab/src/main/resources/archetype-resources/src/main/java/AppUiTableMessageHandler.java
+++ b/tools/package/archetypes/uitab/src/main/resources/archetype-resources/src/main/java/AppUiTableMessageHandler.java
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
-#set( $symbol_pound = '#' )
-#set( $symbol_dollar = '$' )
-#set( $symbol_escape = '\' )
+#set($symbol_pound='#')
+#set($symbol_dollar='$')
+#set($symbol_escape='\' )
 /*
  * Copyright ${year}-present Open Networking Foundation
  *
@@ -99,7 +99,7 @@
 
             // fake data for demonstration purposes...
             List<Item> items = getItems();
-            for (Item item: items) {
+            for (Item item : items) {
                 populateRow(tm.addRow(), item);
             }
         }
diff --git a/tools/package/archetypes/uitab/src/main/resources/archetype-resources/src/main/java/package-info.java b/tools/package/archetypes/uitab/src/main/resources/archetype-resources/src/main/java/package-info.java
deleted file mode 100644
index e9d8ea0..0000000
--- a/tools/package/archetypes/uitab/src/main/resources/archetype-resources/src/main/java/package-info.java
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,20 +0,0 @@
-/*
- * Copyright 2014-present Open Networking Foundation
- *
- * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
- * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
- * You may obtain a copy of the License at
- *
- *     http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
- *
- * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
- * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
- * WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
- * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
- * limitations under the License.
- */
-
-/**
- * ONOS application archetype.
- */
-package ${package};
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