diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 424a44e4d1..208058b572 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -481,6 +481,7 @@
       <share.client.contextPath>/share</share.client.contextPath>
 
       <maven.javadoc.version>3.1.0</maven.javadoc.version>
+      <maven.javadoc.skip>true</maven.javadoc.skip>
       <maven.war.plugin.version>2.6</maven.war.plugin.version>
       <maven.alfresco.includeDependencies>false</maven.alfresco.includeDependencies>
       <maven.build.sourceVersion>1.8</maven.build.sourceVersion>
@@ -685,7 +686,6 @@
                   <goals>
                      <goal>jar</goal>
                   </goals>
-
                </execution>
             </executions>
          </plugin>
diff --git a/rm-automation/rm-automation-community-rest-api/pom.xml b/rm-automation/rm-automation-community-rest-api/pom.xml
index 66be754b6e..c643e57053 100644
--- a/rm-automation/rm-automation-community-rest-api/pom.xml
+++ b/rm-automation/rm-automation-community-rest-api/pom.xml
@@ -13,6 +13,7 @@
 
    <properties>
       <maven.build.sourceVersion>1.8</maven.build.sourceVersion>
+      <maven.javadoc.skip>false</maven.javadoc.skip>
       <ags.share>alfresco-governance-services-community-share</ags.share>
       <ags.repo>alfresco-governance-services-community-repo</ags.repo>
       <tas.restapi.version>6.0.0.3</tas.restapi.version>
diff --git a/rm-community/rm-community-repo/pom.xml b/rm-community/rm-community-repo/pom.xml
index 218230b840..dcfe95b0d4 100644
--- a/rm-community/rm-community-repo/pom.xml
+++ b/rm-community/rm-community-repo/pom.xml
@@ -31,6 +31,8 @@
       <alfresco.alfresco-share-services.version>6.1.0</alfresco.alfresco-share-services.version>
       <image.name>alfresco/alfresco-governance-repository-community</image.name>
 
+      <maven.javadoc.skip>false</maven.javadoc.skip>
+
    </properties>
 
    <build>
diff --git a/rm-community/rm-community-rest-api-explorer/pom.xml b/rm-community/rm-community-rest-api-explorer/pom.xml
index cda7507d96..a9ea0cfccc 100644
--- a/rm-community/rm-community-rest-api-explorer/pom.xml
+++ b/rm-community/rm-community-rest-api-explorer/pom.xml
@@ -13,6 +13,7 @@
    <properties>
       <maven.compiler.source>1.8</maven.compiler.source>
       <maven.compiler.target>1.8</maven.compiler.target>
+      <maven.javadoc.skip>false</maven.javadoc.skip>
       <project.build.sourceEncoding>UTF-8</project.build.sourceEncoding>
       <project.reporting.outputEncoding>UTF-8</project.reporting.outputEncoding>
    </properties>