diff --git a/checkstyle.xml b/checkstyle.xml
index 8968d57c6..c1efe1dc1 100644
--- a/checkstyle.xml
+++ b/checkstyle.xml
@@ -159,10 +159,10 @@
         <module name="FinalClass"/>
         <module name="HideUtilityClassConstructor"/>
         <module name="InterfaceIsType"/>
-        <module name="VisibilityModifier">
+        <!--<module name="VisibilityModifier">
             <property name="ignoreAnnotationCanonicalNames" value="State,ColumnInfo"/>
             <property name="severity" value="warning"/>
-        </module>
+        </module>-->
 
         <!-- Miscellaneous other checks.                   -->
         <!-- See https://checkstyle.org/config_misc.html -->