diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 28de40b..fa1d6e1 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -32,7 +32,6 @@
         <module>plugin</module>
         <module>plugin-sample</module>
         <module>regressions</module>
-        <module>sample-parent</module>
     </modules>
 
     <issueManagement>
diff --git a/sample-parent/pom.xml b/sample-parent/pom.xml
deleted file mode 100644
index b795a1c..0000000
--- a/sample-parent/pom.xml
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,154 +0,0 @@
-<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
-<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>
-
-    <groupId>net.kemitix</groupId>
-    <artifactId>kemitix-checkstyle-ruleset-sample-parent</artifactId>
-    <packaging>pom</packaging>
-
-    <version>3.2.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
-
-    <name>Kemitix Checkstyle :: Ruleset :: Plugin :: Sample Parent</name>
-    <description>Sample parent for modules that use kemitix-checkstyle-ruleset-maven-plugin</description>
-
-    <properties>
-        <kemitix-checkstyle-ruleset.version>${project.version}</kemitix-checkstyle-ruleset.version>
-        <kemitix-checkstyle-ruleset.level>5-complexity</kemitix-checkstyle-ruleset.level>
-
-        <project.build.sourceEncoding>UTF-8</project.build.sourceEncoding>
-        <project.reporting.outputEncoding>UTF-8</project.reporting.outputEncoding>
-        <maven-javadoc-plugin.version>2.10.4</maven-javadoc-plugin.version>
-        <maven-source-plugin.version>3.0.1</maven-source-plugin.version>
-        <maven-gpg-plugin.version>1.6</maven-gpg-plugin.version>
-        <maven-deploy-plugin.version>2.8.2</maven-deploy-plugin.version>
-    </properties>
-
-    <url>https://github.com/kemitix/kemitix-checkstyle-ruleset</url>
-    <licenses>
-        <license>
-            <name>The MIT License (MIT)</name>
-            <url>https://opensource.org/licenses/MIT</url>
-        </license>
-    </licenses>
-    <scm>
-        <connection>scm:git:git@github.com:kemitix/kemitix-checkstyle-ruleset.git</connection>
-        <developerConnection>scm:git:git@github.com:kemitix/kemitix-checkstyle-ruleset.git</developerConnection>
-        <url>git@github.com:kemitix/kemitix-checkstyle-ruleset.git</url>
-    </scm>
-    <developers>
-        <developer>
-            <name>Paul Campbell</name>
-            <email>pcampbell@kemitix.net</email>
-            <organization>Kemitix</organization>
-            <organizationUrl>https://github.com/kemitix/</organizationUrl>
-        </developer>
-    </developers>
-
-    <build>
-        <plugins>
-            <plugin>
-                <groupId>net.kemitix</groupId>
-                <artifactId>kemitix-checkstyle-ruleset-maven-plugin</artifactId>
-                <version>${kemitix-checkstyle-ruleset.version}</version>
-                <configuration>
-                    <level>${kemitix-checkstyle-ruleset.level}</level>
-                </configuration>
-                <executions>
-                    <execution>
-                        <phase>validate</phase>
-                        <goals>
-                            <goal>check</goal>
-                        </goals>
-                    </execution>
-                </executions>
-            </plugin>
-        </plugins>
-    </build>
-    <profiles>
-        <profile>
-            <id>release</id>
-            <build>
-                <plugins>
-                    <!-- plugin sequence: javadoc, sources, gpg, deploy -->
-                    <plugin>
-                        <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
-                        <artifactId>maven-javadoc-plugin</artifactId>
-                        <version>${maven-javadoc-plugin.version}</version>
-                        <executions>
-                            <execution>
-                                <id>attach-javadocs</id>
-                                <phase>verify</phase>
-                                <goals>
-                                    <goal>jar</goal>
-                                </goals>
-                            </execution>
-                        </executions>
-                    </plugin><!-- maven-javadoc-plugin -->
-
-                    <plugin>
-                        <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
-                        <artifactId>maven-source-plugin</artifactId>
-                        <version>${maven-source-plugin.version}</version>
-                        <executions>
-                            <execution>
-                                <id>attach-sources</id>
-                                <phase>verify</phase>
-                                <goals>
-                                    <goal>jar-no-fork</goal>
-                                </goals>
-                            </execution>
-                        </executions>
-                    </plugin><!-- maven-source-plugin -->
-
-                    <plugin>
-                        <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
-                        <artifactId>maven-gpg-plugin</artifactId>
-                        <version>${maven-gpg-plugin.version}</version>
-                        <configuration>
-                            <passphrase>${gpg.passphrase}</passphrase>
-                        </configuration>
-                        <executions>
-                            <execution>
-                                <id>sign-artifacts</id>
-                                <phase>verify</phase>
-                                <goals>
-                                    <goal>sign</goal>
-                                </goals>
-                            </execution>
-                        </executions>
-                    </plugin><!-- maven-gpg-plugin -->
-
-                    <plugin>
-                        <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
-                        <artifactId>maven-deploy-plugin</artifactId>
-                        <version>${maven-deploy-plugin.version}</version>
-                    </plugin><!-- maven deploy-plugin -->
-                </plugins>
-            </build>
-        </profile><!-- release -->
-    </profiles>
-
-    <pluginRepositories>
-        <pluginRepository>
-            <id>sevntu-maven</id>
-            <name>sevntu-maven</name>
-            <url>http://sevntu-checkstyle.github.io/sevntu.checkstyle/maven2</url>
-        </pluginRepository>
-    </pluginRepositories>
-
-    <distributionManagement>
-        <snapshotRepository>
-            <id>sonatype-nexus-snapshots</id>
-            <name>Sonatype Nexus Snapshots</name>
-            <url>https://oss.sonatype.org/content/repositories/snapshots/</url>
-        </snapshotRepository>
-        <repository>
-            <id>sonatype-nexus-staging</id>
-            <name>Nexus Release Repository</name>
-            <url>https://oss.sonatype.org/service/local/staging/deploy/maven2/</url>
-        </repository>
-    </distributionManagement>
-
-</project>