diff --git a/agent/findbugsExcludeFilter.xml b/agent/findbugsExcludeFilter.xml
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index d37285017e8..00000000000
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-    or more contributor license agreements.  See the NOTICE file
-    distributed with this work for additional information
-    regarding copyright ownership.  The ASF licenses this file
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index d37285017e8..00000000000
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-    or more contributor license agreements.  See the NOTICE file
-    distributed with this work for additional information
-    regarding copyright ownership.  The ASF licenses this file
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index d37285017e8..00000000000
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-    distributed with this work for additional information
-    regarding copyright ownership.  The ASF licenses this file
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index d37285017e8..00000000000
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index d37285017e8..00000000000
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-    or more contributor license agreements.  See the NOTICE file
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-    regarding copyright ownership.  The ASF licenses this file
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index d37285017e8..00000000000
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-    or more contributor license agreements.  See the NOTICE file
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-    regarding copyright ownership.  The ASF licenses this file
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index d37285017e8..00000000000
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index d37285017e8..00000000000
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-    distributed with this work for additional information
-    regarding copyright ownership.  The ASF licenses this file
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index d37285017e8..00000000000
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-    distributed with this work for additional information
-    regarding copyright ownership.  The ASF licenses this file
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index d37285017e8..00000000000
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-    regarding copyright ownership.  The ASF licenses this file
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diff --git a/engine/storage/cache/findbugsExcludeFilter.xml b/engine/storage/cache/findbugsExcludeFilter.xml
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index d37285017e8..00000000000
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-    regarding copyright ownership.  The ASF licenses this file
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diff --git a/engine/storage/datamotion/findbugsExcludeFilter.xml b/engine/storage/datamotion/findbugsExcludeFilter.xml
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index d37285017e8..00000000000
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-    regarding copyright ownership.  The ASF licenses this file
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index d37285017e8..00000000000
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-    regarding copyright ownership.  The ASF licenses this file
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--->
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diff --git a/engine/storage/image/findbugsExcludeFilter.xml b/engine/storage/image/findbugsExcludeFilter.xml
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index d37285017e8..00000000000
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-    regarding copyright ownership.  The ASF licenses this file
-    to you under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the
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--->
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diff --git a/engine/storage/snapshot/findbugsExcludeFilter.xml b/engine/storage/snapshot/findbugsExcludeFilter.xml
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index d37285017e8..00000000000
--- a/engine/storage/snapshot/findbugsExcludeFilter.xml
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-    or more contributor license agreements.  See the NOTICE file
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-    regarding copyright ownership.  The ASF licenses this file
-    to you under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the
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--->
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diff --git a/engine/storage/volume/findbugsExcludeFilter.xml b/engine/storage/volume/findbugsExcludeFilter.xml
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index d37285017e8..00000000000
--- a/engine/storage/volume/findbugsExcludeFilter.xml
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-    regarding copyright ownership.  The ASF licenses this file
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--->
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diff --git a/framework/cluster/findbugsExcludeFilter.xml b/framework/cluster/findbugsExcludeFilter.xml
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index ef75dbd300d..00000000000
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diff --git a/framework/config/findbugsExcludeFilter.xml b/framework/config/findbugsExcludeFilter.xml
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index ef75dbd300d..00000000000
--- a/framework/config/findbugsExcludeFilter.xml
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diff --git a/framework/db/findbugsExcludeFilter.xml b/framework/db/findbugsExcludeFilter.xml
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index ef75dbd300d..00000000000
--- a/framework/db/findbugsExcludeFilter.xml
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diff --git a/framework/events/findbugsExcludeFilter.xml b/framework/events/findbugsExcludeFilter.xml
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index ef75dbd300d..00000000000
--- a/framework/events/findbugsExcludeFilter.xml
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@@ -1,23 +0,0 @@
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diff --git a/framework/ipc/findbugsExcludeFilter.xml b/framework/ipc/findbugsExcludeFilter.xml
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index ef75dbd300d..00000000000
--- a/framework/ipc/findbugsExcludeFilter.xml
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diff --git a/framework/jobs/findbugsExcludeFilter.xml b/framework/jobs/findbugsExcludeFilter.xml
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index ef75dbd300d..00000000000
--- a/framework/jobs/findbugsExcludeFilter.xml
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@@ -1,23 +0,0 @@
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diff --git a/framework/managed-context/findbugsExcludeFilter.xml b/framework/managed-context/findbugsExcludeFilter.xml
deleted file mode 100644
index d37285017e8..00000000000
--- a/framework/managed-context/findbugsExcludeFilter.xml
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@@ -1,25 +0,0 @@
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-    to you under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the
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--->
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diff --git a/framework/rest/findbugsExcludeFilter.xml b/framework/rest/findbugsExcludeFilter.xml
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index ef75dbd300d..00000000000
--- a/framework/rest/findbugsExcludeFilter.xml
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-or more contributor license agreements.  See the NOTICE file
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-"License"); you may not use this file except in compliance
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diff --git a/framework/security/findbugsExcludeFilter.xml b/framework/security/findbugsExcludeFilter.xml
deleted file mode 100644
index ef75dbd300d..00000000000
--- a/framework/security/findbugsExcludeFilter.xml
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-or more contributor license agreements.  See the NOTICE file
-distributed with this work for additional information
-regarding copyright ownership.  The ASF licenses this file
-to you under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the
-"License"); you may not use this file except in compliance
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-
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-</FindBugsFilter>
diff --git a/framework/spring/lifecycle/findbugsExcludeFilter.xml b/framework/spring/lifecycle/findbugsExcludeFilter.xml
deleted file mode 100644
index ef75dbd300d..00000000000
--- a/framework/spring/lifecycle/findbugsExcludeFilter.xml
+++ /dev/null
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-<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
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-Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one
-or more contributor license agreements.  See the NOTICE file
-distributed with this work for additional information
-regarding copyright ownership.  The ASF licenses this file
-to you 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
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-
-
-</FindBugsFilter>
diff --git a/framework/spring/module/findbugsExcludeFilter.xml b/framework/spring/module/findbugsExcludeFilter.xml
deleted file mode 100644
index ef75dbd300d..00000000000
--- a/framework/spring/module/findbugsExcludeFilter.xml
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-<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
-<!-- 
-Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one
-or more contributor license agreements.  See the NOTICE file
-distributed with this work for additional information
-regarding copyright ownership.  The ASF licenses this file
-to you 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
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-Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing,
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-specific language governing permissions and limitations
-under the License.
- -->
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-
-
-</FindBugsFilter>
diff --git a/plugins/acl/static-role-based/findbugsExcludeFilter.xml b/plugins/acl/static-role-based/findbugsExcludeFilter.xml
deleted file mode 100644
index d37285017e8..00000000000
--- a/plugins/acl/static-role-based/findbugsExcludeFilter.xml
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-<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
-<!--
-
-    Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one
-    or more contributor license agreements.  See the NOTICE file
-    distributed with this work for additional information
-    regarding copyright ownership.  The ASF licenses this file
-    to you 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
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-    Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing,
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-    "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.
-
--->
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-
-
-</FindBugsFilter>
diff --git a/plugins/affinity-group-processors/explicit-dedication/findbugsExcludeFilter.xml b/plugins/affinity-group-processors/explicit-dedication/findbugsExcludeFilter.xml
deleted file mode 100644
index d37285017e8..00000000000
--- a/plugins/affinity-group-processors/explicit-dedication/findbugsExcludeFilter.xml
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-<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
-<!--
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-    Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one
-    or more contributor license agreements.  See the NOTICE file
-    distributed with this work for additional information
-    regarding copyright ownership.  The ASF licenses this file
-    to you 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
-
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-    Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing,
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-    "AS IS" BASIS, WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY
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-    specific language governing permissions and limitations
-    under the License.
-
--->
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-
-
-</FindBugsFilter>
diff --git a/plugins/affinity-group-processors/host-anti-affinity/findbugsExcludeFilter.xml b/plugins/affinity-group-processors/host-anti-affinity/findbugsExcludeFilter.xml
deleted file mode 100644
index d37285017e8..00000000000
--- a/plugins/affinity-group-processors/host-anti-affinity/findbugsExcludeFilter.xml
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-<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
-<!--
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-    Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one
-    or more contributor license agreements.  See the NOTICE file
-    distributed with this work for additional information
-    regarding copyright ownership.  The ASF licenses this file
-    to you 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
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-      http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
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-    KIND, either express or implied.  See the License for the
-    specific language governing permissions and limitations
-    under the License.
-
--->
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-
-
-</FindBugsFilter>
diff --git a/plugins/alert-handlers/snmp-alerts/findbugsExcludeFilter.xml b/plugins/alert-handlers/snmp-alerts/findbugsExcludeFilter.xml
deleted file mode 100644
index d37285017e8..00000000000
--- a/plugins/alert-handlers/snmp-alerts/findbugsExcludeFilter.xml
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-<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
-<!--
-
-    Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one
-    or more contributor license agreements.  See the NOTICE file
-    distributed with this work for additional information
-    regarding copyright ownership.  The ASF licenses this file
-    to you 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
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-    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.
-
--->
-<FindBugsFilter>
-
-
-</FindBugsFilter>
diff --git a/plugins/alert-handlers/syslog-alerts/findbugsExcludeFilter.xml b/plugins/alert-handlers/syslog-alerts/findbugsExcludeFilter.xml
deleted file mode 100644
index d37285017e8..00000000000
--- a/plugins/alert-handlers/syslog-alerts/findbugsExcludeFilter.xml
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-<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
-<!--
-
-    Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one
-    or more contributor license agreements.  See the NOTICE file
-    distributed with this work for additional information
-    regarding copyright ownership.  The ASF licenses this file
-    to you 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.
-
--->
-<FindBugsFilter>
-
-
-</FindBugsFilter>
diff --git a/plugins/api/discovery/findbugsExcludeFilter.xml b/plugins/api/discovery/findbugsExcludeFilter.xml
deleted file mode 100644
index d37285017e8..00000000000
--- a/plugins/api/discovery/findbugsExcludeFilter.xml
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-<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
-<!--
-
-    Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one
-    or more contributor license agreements.  See the NOTICE file
-    distributed with this work for additional information
-    regarding copyright ownership.  The ASF licenses this file
-    to you 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.
-
--->
-<FindBugsFilter>
-
-
-</FindBugsFilter>
diff --git a/plugins/api/rate-limit/findbugsExcludeFilter.xml b/plugins/api/rate-limit/findbugsExcludeFilter.xml
deleted file mode 100644
index d37285017e8..00000000000
--- a/plugins/api/rate-limit/findbugsExcludeFilter.xml
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,25 +0,0 @@
-<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
-<!--
-
-    Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one
-    or more contributor license agreements.  See the NOTICE file
-    distributed with this work for additional information
-    regarding copyright ownership.  The ASF licenses this file
-    to you 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.
-
--->
-<FindBugsFilter>
-
-
-</FindBugsFilter>
diff --git a/plugins/api/solidfire-intg-test/findbugsExcludeFilter.xml b/plugins/api/solidfire-intg-test/findbugsExcludeFilter.xml
deleted file mode 100644
index d37285017e8..00000000000
--- a/plugins/api/solidfire-intg-test/findbugsExcludeFilter.xml
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@@ -1,25 +0,0 @@
-<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
-<!--
-
-    Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one
-    or more contributor license agreements.  See the NOTICE file
-    distributed with this work for additional information
-    regarding copyright ownership.  The ASF licenses this file
-    to you 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
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-      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.
-
--->
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-
-
-</FindBugsFilter>
diff --git a/plugins/dedicated-resources/findbugsExcludeFilter.xml b/plugins/dedicated-resources/findbugsExcludeFilter.xml
deleted file mode 100644
index d37285017e8..00000000000
--- a/plugins/dedicated-resources/findbugsExcludeFilter.xml
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-<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
-<!--
-
-    Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one
-    or more contributor license agreements.  See the NOTICE file
-    distributed with this work for additional information
-    regarding copyright ownership.  The ASF licenses this file
-    to you 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
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-    "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.
-
--->
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-
-
-</FindBugsFilter>
diff --git a/plugins/deployment-planners/implicit-dedication/findbugsExcludeFilter.xml b/plugins/deployment-planners/implicit-dedication/findbugsExcludeFilter.xml
deleted file mode 100644
index d37285017e8..00000000000
--- a/plugins/deployment-planners/implicit-dedication/findbugsExcludeFilter.xml
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@@ -1,25 +0,0 @@
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-<!--
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-    Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one
-    or more contributor license agreements.  See the NOTICE file
-    distributed with this work for additional information
-    regarding copyright ownership.  The ASF licenses this file
-    to you under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the
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-    specific language governing permissions and limitations
-    under the License.
-
--->
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-
-
-</FindBugsFilter>
diff --git a/plugins/deployment-planners/user-concentrated-pod/findbugsExcludeFilter.xml b/plugins/deployment-planners/user-concentrated-pod/findbugsExcludeFilter.xml
deleted file mode 100644
index d37285017e8..00000000000
--- a/plugins/deployment-planners/user-concentrated-pod/findbugsExcludeFilter.xml
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-<!--
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-    Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one
-    or more contributor license agreements.  See the NOTICE file
-    distributed with this work for additional information
-    regarding copyright ownership.  The ASF licenses this file
-    to you under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the
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-    specific language governing permissions and limitations
-    under the License.
-
--->
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-</FindBugsFilter>
diff --git a/plugins/deployment-planners/user-dispersing/findbugsExcludeFilter.xml b/plugins/deployment-planners/user-dispersing/findbugsExcludeFilter.xml
deleted file mode 100644
index d37285017e8..00000000000
--- a/plugins/deployment-planners/user-dispersing/findbugsExcludeFilter.xml
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-    Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one
-    or more contributor license agreements.  See the NOTICE file
-    distributed with this work for additional information
-    regarding copyright ownership.  The ASF licenses this file
-    to you under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the
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-    specific language governing permissions and limitations
-    under the License.
-
--->
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-</FindBugsFilter>
diff --git a/plugins/event-bus/inmemory/findbugsExcludeFilter.xml b/plugins/event-bus/inmemory/findbugsExcludeFilter.xml
deleted file mode 100644
index d37285017e8..00000000000
--- a/plugins/event-bus/inmemory/findbugsExcludeFilter.xml
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-    distributed with this work for additional information
-    regarding copyright ownership.  The ASF licenses this file
-    to you under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the
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-
--->
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diff --git a/plugins/event-bus/rabbitmq/findbugsExcludeFilter.xml b/plugins/event-bus/rabbitmq/findbugsExcludeFilter.xml
deleted file mode 100644
index d37285017e8..00000000000
--- a/plugins/event-bus/rabbitmq/findbugsExcludeFilter.xml
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-    regarding copyright ownership.  The ASF licenses this file
-    to you under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the
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-
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diff --git a/plugins/file-systems/netapp/findbugsExcludeFilter.xml b/plugins/file-systems/netapp/findbugsExcludeFilter.xml
deleted file mode 100644
index d37285017e8..00000000000
--- a/plugins/file-systems/netapp/findbugsExcludeFilter.xml
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-    distributed with this work for additional information
-    regarding copyright ownership.  The ASF licenses this file
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-    under the License.
-
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diff --git a/plugins/ha-planners/skip-heurestics/findbugsExcludeFilter.xml b/plugins/ha-planners/skip-heurestics/findbugsExcludeFilter.xml
deleted file mode 100644
index d37285017e8..00000000000
--- a/plugins/ha-planners/skip-heurestics/findbugsExcludeFilter.xml
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-    regarding copyright ownership.  The ASF licenses this file
-    to you under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the
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-    under the License.
-
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-
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diff --git a/plugins/host-allocators/random/findbugsExcludeFilter.xml b/plugins/host-allocators/random/findbugsExcludeFilter.xml
deleted file mode 100644
index d37285017e8..00000000000
--- a/plugins/host-allocators/random/findbugsExcludeFilter.xml
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-    regarding copyright ownership.  The ASF licenses this file
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-    under the License.
-
--->
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diff --git a/plugins/hypervisors/baremetal/findbugsExcludeFilter.xml b/plugins/hypervisors/baremetal/findbugsExcludeFilter.xml
deleted file mode 100644
index d37285017e8..00000000000
--- a/plugins/hypervisors/baremetal/findbugsExcludeFilter.xml
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-    distributed with this work for additional information
-    regarding copyright ownership.  The ASF licenses this file
-    to you under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the
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-    specific language governing permissions and limitations
-    under the License.
-
--->
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-
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diff --git a/plugins/hypervisors/hyperv/findbugsExcludeFilter.xml b/plugins/hypervisors/hyperv/findbugsExcludeFilter.xml
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index d37285017e8..00000000000
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-    distributed with this work for additional information
-    regarding copyright ownership.  The ASF licenses this file
-    to you under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the
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--->
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-
-
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diff --git a/plugins/hypervisors/kvm/findbugsExcludeFilter.xml b/plugins/hypervisors/kvm/findbugsExcludeFilter.xml
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index d37285017e8..00000000000
--- a/plugins/hypervisors/kvm/findbugsExcludeFilter.xml
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-    distributed with this work for additional information
-    regarding copyright ownership.  The ASF licenses this file
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--->
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-
-
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diff --git a/plugins/hypervisors/ovm/findbugsExcludeFilter.xml b/plugins/hypervisors/ovm/findbugsExcludeFilter.xml
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index d37285017e8..00000000000
--- a/plugins/hypervisors/ovm/findbugsExcludeFilter.xml
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-    distributed with this work for additional information
-    regarding copyright ownership.  The ASF licenses this file
-    to you under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the
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-    under the License.
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--->
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-
-
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diff --git a/plugins/hypervisors/simulator/findbugsExcludeFilter.xml b/plugins/hypervisors/simulator/findbugsExcludeFilter.xml
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index d37285017e8..00000000000
--- a/plugins/hypervisors/simulator/findbugsExcludeFilter.xml
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-    or more contributor license agreements.  See the NOTICE file
-    distributed with this work for additional information
-    regarding copyright ownership.  The ASF licenses this file
-    to you under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the
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-    under the License.
-
--->
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-
-
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diff --git a/plugins/hypervisors/ucs/findbugsExcludeFilter.xml b/plugins/hypervisors/ucs/findbugsExcludeFilter.xml
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index d37285017e8..00000000000
--- a/plugins/hypervisors/ucs/findbugsExcludeFilter.xml
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-    or more contributor license agreements.  See the NOTICE file
-    distributed with this work for additional information
-    regarding copyright ownership.  The ASF licenses this file
-    to you under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the
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-    under the License.
-
--->
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-
-
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diff --git a/plugins/hypervisors/vmware/findbugsExcludeFilter.xml b/plugins/hypervisors/vmware/findbugsExcludeFilter.xml
deleted file mode 100644
index d37285017e8..00000000000
--- a/plugins/hypervisors/vmware/findbugsExcludeFilter.xml
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-    Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one
-    or more contributor license agreements.  See the NOTICE file
-    distributed with this work for additional information
-    regarding copyright ownership.  The ASF licenses this file
-    to you under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the
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-    under the License.
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--->
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diff --git a/plugins/hypervisors/xenserver/findbugsExcludeFilter.xml b/plugins/hypervisors/xenserver/findbugsExcludeFilter.xml
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index b341889e9d4..00000000000
--- a/plugins/hypervisors/xenserver/findbugsExcludeFilter.xml
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-    Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one
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-    distributed with this work for additional information
-    regarding copyright ownership.  The ASF licenses this file
-    to you under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the
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-    under the License.
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--->
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diff --git a/plugins/network-elements/bigswitch-vns/findbugsExcludeFilter.xml b/plugins/network-elements/bigswitch-vns/findbugsExcludeFilter.xml
deleted file mode 100644
index d37285017e8..00000000000
--- a/plugins/network-elements/bigswitch-vns/findbugsExcludeFilter.xml
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-
-    Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one
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-    distributed with this work for additional information
-    regarding copyright ownership.  The ASF licenses this file
-    to you under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the
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-    under the License.
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--->
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diff --git a/plugins/network-elements/brocade-vcs/findbugsExcludeFilter.xml b/plugins/network-elements/brocade-vcs/findbugsExcludeFilter.xml
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index d37285017e8..00000000000
--- a/plugins/network-elements/brocade-vcs/findbugsExcludeFilter.xml
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-    distributed with this work for additional information
-    regarding copyright ownership.  The ASF licenses this file
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-    under the License.
-
--->
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diff --git a/plugins/network-elements/cisco-vnmc/findbugsExcludeFilter.xml b/plugins/network-elements/cisco-vnmc/findbugsExcludeFilter.xml
deleted file mode 100644
index d37285017e8..00000000000
--- a/plugins/network-elements/cisco-vnmc/findbugsExcludeFilter.xml
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-    distributed with this work for additional information
-    regarding copyright ownership.  The ASF licenses this file
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--->
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diff --git a/plugins/network-elements/dns-notifier/findbugsExcludeFilter.xml b/plugins/network-elements/dns-notifier/findbugsExcludeFilter.xml
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index d37285017e8..00000000000
--- a/plugins/network-elements/dns-notifier/findbugsExcludeFilter.xml
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-    Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one
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-    distributed with this work for additional information
-    regarding copyright ownership.  The ASF licenses this file
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-    under the License.
-
--->
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-
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diff --git a/plugins/network-elements/elastic-loadbalancer/findbugsExcludeFilter.xml b/plugins/network-elements/elastic-loadbalancer/findbugsExcludeFilter.xml
deleted file mode 100644
index d37285017e8..00000000000
--- a/plugins/network-elements/elastic-loadbalancer/findbugsExcludeFilter.xml
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-    Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one
-    or more contributor license agreements.  See the NOTICE file
-    distributed with this work for additional information
-    regarding copyright ownership.  The ASF licenses this file
-    to you under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the
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-    under the License.
-
--->
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-
-
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diff --git a/plugins/network-elements/f5/findbugsExcludeFilter.xml b/plugins/network-elements/f5/findbugsExcludeFilter.xml
deleted file mode 100644
index d37285017e8..00000000000
--- a/plugins/network-elements/f5/findbugsExcludeFilter.xml
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-    Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one
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-    distributed with this work for additional information
-    regarding copyright ownership.  The ASF licenses this file
-    to you under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the
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-    under the License.
-
--->
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-
-
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diff --git a/plugins/network-elements/internal-loadbalancer/findbugsExcludeFilter.xml b/plugins/network-elements/internal-loadbalancer/findbugsExcludeFilter.xml
deleted file mode 100644
index d37285017e8..00000000000
--- a/plugins/network-elements/internal-loadbalancer/findbugsExcludeFilter.xml
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-    Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one
-    or more contributor license agreements.  See the NOTICE file
-    distributed with this work for additional information
-    regarding copyright ownership.  The ASF licenses this file
-    to you under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the
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-    specific language governing permissions and limitations
-    under the License.
-
--->
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-
-
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diff --git a/plugins/network-elements/juniper-contrail/findbugsExcludeFilter.xml b/plugins/network-elements/juniper-contrail/findbugsExcludeFilter.xml
deleted file mode 100644
index d37285017e8..00000000000
--- a/plugins/network-elements/juniper-contrail/findbugsExcludeFilter.xml
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-
-    Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one
-    or more contributor license agreements.  See the NOTICE file
-    distributed with this work for additional information
-    regarding copyright ownership.  The ASF licenses this file
-    to you under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the
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-    under the License.
-
--->
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-
-
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diff --git a/plugins/network-elements/juniper-srx/findbugsExcludeFilter.xml b/plugins/network-elements/juniper-srx/findbugsExcludeFilter.xml
deleted file mode 100644
index d37285017e8..00000000000
--- a/plugins/network-elements/juniper-srx/findbugsExcludeFilter.xml
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-    distributed with this work for additional information
-    regarding copyright ownership.  The ASF licenses this file
-    to you under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the
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-    under the License.
-
--->
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diff --git a/plugins/network-elements/midonet/findbugsExcludeFilter.xml b/plugins/network-elements/midonet/findbugsExcludeFilter.xml
deleted file mode 100644
index d37285017e8..00000000000
--- a/plugins/network-elements/midonet/findbugsExcludeFilter.xml
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-    distributed with this work for additional information
-    regarding copyright ownership.  The ASF licenses this file
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--->
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diff --git a/plugins/network-elements/netscaler/findbugsExcludeFilter.xml b/plugins/network-elements/netscaler/findbugsExcludeFilter.xml
deleted file mode 100644
index d37285017e8..00000000000
--- a/plugins/network-elements/netscaler/findbugsExcludeFilter.xml
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-    distributed with this work for additional information
-    regarding copyright ownership.  The ASF licenses this file
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--->
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diff --git a/plugins/network-elements/nicira-nvp/findbugsExcludeFilter.xml b/plugins/network-elements/nicira-nvp/findbugsExcludeFilter.xml
deleted file mode 100644
index d37285017e8..00000000000
--- a/plugins/network-elements/nicira-nvp/findbugsExcludeFilter.xml
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-    regarding copyright ownership.  The ASF licenses this file
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-    under the License.
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--->
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diff --git a/plugins/network-elements/nuage-vsp/findbugsExcludeFilter.xml b/plugins/network-elements/nuage-vsp/findbugsExcludeFilter.xml
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index d37285017e8..00000000000
--- a/plugins/network-elements/nuage-vsp/findbugsExcludeFilter.xml
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-    under the License.
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--->
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diff --git a/plugins/network-elements/opendaylight/findbugsExcludeFilter.xml b/plugins/network-elements/opendaylight/findbugsExcludeFilter.xml
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index d37285017e8..00000000000
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--->
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diff --git a/plugins/network-elements/ovs/findbugsExcludeFilter.xml b/plugins/network-elements/ovs/findbugsExcludeFilter.xml
deleted file mode 100644
index d37285017e8..00000000000
--- a/plugins/network-elements/ovs/findbugsExcludeFilter.xml
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-    with the License.  You may obtain a copy of the License at
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-    "AS IS" BASIS, WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY
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-    specific language governing permissions and limitations
-    under the License.
-
--->
-<FindBugsFilter>
-
-
-</FindBugsFilter>
diff --git a/plugins/network-elements/palo-alto/findbugsExcludeFilter.xml b/plugins/network-elements/palo-alto/findbugsExcludeFilter.xml
deleted file mode 100644
index d37285017e8..00000000000
--- a/plugins/network-elements/palo-alto/findbugsExcludeFilter.xml
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,25 +0,0 @@
-<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
-<!--
-
-    Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one
-    or more contributor license agreements.  See the NOTICE file
-    distributed with this work for additional information
-    regarding copyright ownership.  The ASF licenses this file
-    to you 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.
-
--->
-<FindBugsFilter>
-
-
-</FindBugsFilter>
diff --git a/plugins/network-elements/stratosphere-ssp/findbugsExcludeFilter.xml b/plugins/network-elements/stratosphere-ssp/findbugsExcludeFilter.xml
deleted file mode 100644
index d37285017e8..00000000000
--- a/plugins/network-elements/stratosphere-ssp/findbugsExcludeFilter.xml
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,25 +0,0 @@
-<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
-<!--
-
-    Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one
-    or more contributor license agreements.  See the NOTICE file
-    distributed with this work for additional information
-    regarding copyright ownership.  The ASF licenses this file
-    to you 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.
-
--->
-<FindBugsFilter>
-
-
-</FindBugsFilter>
diff --git a/plugins/network-elements/vxlan/findbugsExcludeFilter.xml b/plugins/network-elements/vxlan/findbugsExcludeFilter.xml
deleted file mode 100644
index d37285017e8..00000000000
--- a/plugins/network-elements/vxlan/findbugsExcludeFilter.xml
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,25 +0,0 @@
-<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
-<!--
-
-    Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one
-    or more contributor license agreements.  See the NOTICE file
-    distributed with this work for additional information
-    regarding copyright ownership.  The ASF licenses this file
-    to you 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.
-
--->
-<FindBugsFilter>
-
-
-</FindBugsFilter>
diff --git a/plugins/storage-allocators/random/findbugsExcludeFilter.xml b/plugins/storage-allocators/random/findbugsExcludeFilter.xml
deleted file mode 100644
index d37285017e8..00000000000
--- a/plugins/storage-allocators/random/findbugsExcludeFilter.xml
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,25 +0,0 @@
-<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
-<!--
-
-    Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one
-    or more contributor license agreements.  See the NOTICE file
-    distributed with this work for additional information
-    regarding copyright ownership.  The ASF licenses this file
-    to you 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.
-
--->
-<FindBugsFilter>
-
-
-</FindBugsFilter>
diff --git a/plugins/storage/image/default/findbugsExcludeFilter.xml b/plugins/storage/image/default/findbugsExcludeFilter.xml
deleted file mode 100644
index d37285017e8..00000000000
--- a/plugins/storage/image/default/findbugsExcludeFilter.xml
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,25 +0,0 @@
-<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
-<!--
-
-    Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one
-    or more contributor license agreements.  See the NOTICE file
-    distributed with this work for additional information
-    regarding copyright ownership.  The ASF licenses this file
-    to you 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.
-
--->
-<FindBugsFilter>
-
-
-</FindBugsFilter>
diff --git a/plugins/storage/image/s3/findbugsExcludeFilter.xml b/plugins/storage/image/s3/findbugsExcludeFilter.xml
deleted file mode 100644
index d37285017e8..00000000000
--- a/plugins/storage/image/s3/findbugsExcludeFilter.xml
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,25 +0,0 @@
-<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
-<!--
-
-    Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one
-    or more contributor license agreements.  See the NOTICE file
-    distributed with this work for additional information
-    regarding copyright ownership.  The ASF licenses this file
-    to you 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.
-
--->
-<FindBugsFilter>
-
-
-</FindBugsFilter>
diff --git a/plugins/storage/image/sample/findbugsExcludeFilter.xml b/plugins/storage/image/sample/findbugsExcludeFilter.xml
deleted file mode 100644
index d37285017e8..00000000000
--- a/plugins/storage/image/sample/findbugsExcludeFilter.xml
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,25 +0,0 @@
-<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
-<!--
-
-    Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one
-    or more contributor license agreements.  See the NOTICE file
-    distributed with this work for additional information
-    regarding copyright ownership.  The ASF licenses this file
-    to you 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.
-
--->
-<FindBugsFilter>
-
-
-</FindBugsFilter>
diff --git a/plugins/storage/image/swift/findbugsExcludeFilter.xml b/plugins/storage/image/swift/findbugsExcludeFilter.xml
deleted file mode 100644
index d37285017e8..00000000000
--- a/plugins/storage/image/swift/findbugsExcludeFilter.xml
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,25 +0,0 @@
-<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
-<!--
-
-    Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one
-    or more contributor license agreements.  See the NOTICE file
-    distributed with this work for additional information
-    regarding copyright ownership.  The ASF licenses this file
-    to you 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.
-
--->
-<FindBugsFilter>
-
-
-</FindBugsFilter>
diff --git a/plugins/storage/volume/cloudbyte/findbugsExcludeFilter.xml b/plugins/storage/volume/cloudbyte/findbugsExcludeFilter.xml
deleted file mode 100644
index d37285017e8..00000000000
--- a/plugins/storage/volume/cloudbyte/findbugsExcludeFilter.xml
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,25 +0,0 @@
-<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
-<!--
-
-    Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one
-    or more contributor license agreements.  See the NOTICE file
-    distributed with this work for additional information
-    regarding copyright ownership.  The ASF licenses this file
-    to you 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.
-
--->
-<FindBugsFilter>
-
-
-</FindBugsFilter>
diff --git a/plugins/storage/volume/default/findbugsExcludeFilter.xml b/plugins/storage/volume/default/findbugsExcludeFilter.xml
deleted file mode 100644
index d37285017e8..00000000000
--- a/plugins/storage/volume/default/findbugsExcludeFilter.xml
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,25 +0,0 @@
-<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
-<!--
-
-    Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one
-    or more contributor license agreements.  See the NOTICE file
-    distributed with this work for additional information
-    regarding copyright ownership.  The ASF licenses this file
-    to you 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.
-
--->
-<FindBugsFilter>
-
-
-</FindBugsFilter>
diff --git a/plugins/storage/volume/nexenta/findbugsExcludeFilter.xml b/plugins/storage/volume/nexenta/findbugsExcludeFilter.xml
deleted file mode 100644
index d37285017e8..00000000000
--- a/plugins/storage/volume/nexenta/findbugsExcludeFilter.xml
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,25 +0,0 @@
-<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
-<!--
-
-    Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one
-    or more contributor license agreements.  See the NOTICE file
-    distributed with this work for additional information
-    regarding copyright ownership.  The ASF licenses this file
-    to you 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.
-
--->
-<FindBugsFilter>
-
-
-</FindBugsFilter>
diff --git a/plugins/storage/volume/sample/findbugsExcludeFilter.xml b/plugins/storage/volume/sample/findbugsExcludeFilter.xml
deleted file mode 100644
index d37285017e8..00000000000
--- a/plugins/storage/volume/sample/findbugsExcludeFilter.xml
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,25 +0,0 @@
-<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
-<!--
-
-    Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one
-    or more contributor license agreements.  See the NOTICE file
-    distributed with this work for additional information
-    regarding copyright ownership.  The ASF licenses this file
-    to you 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.
-
--->
-<FindBugsFilter>
-
-
-</FindBugsFilter>
diff --git a/plugins/storage/volume/solidfire/findbugsExcludeFilter.xml b/plugins/storage/volume/solidfire/findbugsExcludeFilter.xml
deleted file mode 100644
index d37285017e8..00000000000
--- a/plugins/storage/volume/solidfire/findbugsExcludeFilter.xml
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,25 +0,0 @@
-<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
-<!--
-
-    Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one
-    or more contributor license agreements.  See the NOTICE file
-    distributed with this work for additional information
-    regarding copyright ownership.  The ASF licenses this file
-    to you 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.
-
--->
-<FindBugsFilter>
-
-
-</FindBugsFilter>
diff --git a/plugins/user-authenticators/ldap/findbugsExcludeFilter.xml b/plugins/user-authenticators/ldap/findbugsExcludeFilter.xml
deleted file mode 100644
index d37285017e8..00000000000
--- a/plugins/user-authenticators/ldap/findbugsExcludeFilter.xml
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,25 +0,0 @@
-<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
-<!--
-
-    Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one
-    or more contributor license agreements.  See the NOTICE file
-    distributed with this work for additional information
-    regarding copyright ownership.  The ASF licenses this file
-    to you 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.
-
--->
-<FindBugsFilter>
-
-
-</FindBugsFilter>
diff --git a/plugins/user-authenticators/md5/findbugsExcludeFilter.xml b/plugins/user-authenticators/md5/findbugsExcludeFilter.xml
deleted file mode 100644
index d37285017e8..00000000000
--- a/plugins/user-authenticators/md5/findbugsExcludeFilter.xml
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,25 +0,0 @@
-<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
-<!--
-
-    Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one
-    or more contributor license agreements.  See the NOTICE file
-    distributed with this work for additional information
-    regarding copyright ownership.  The ASF licenses this file
-    to you 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.
-
--->
-<FindBugsFilter>
-
-
-</FindBugsFilter>
diff --git a/plugins/user-authenticators/plain-text/findbugsExcludeFilter.xml b/plugins/user-authenticators/plain-text/findbugsExcludeFilter.xml
deleted file mode 100644
index d37285017e8..00000000000
--- a/plugins/user-authenticators/plain-text/findbugsExcludeFilter.xml
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,25 +0,0 @@
-<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
-<!--
-
-    Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one
-    or more contributor license agreements.  See the NOTICE file
-    distributed with this work for additional information
-    regarding copyright ownership.  The ASF licenses this file
-    to you 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.
-
--->
-<FindBugsFilter>
-
-
-</FindBugsFilter>
diff --git a/plugins/user-authenticators/saml2/findbugsExcludeFilter.xml b/plugins/user-authenticators/saml2/findbugsExcludeFilter.xml
deleted file mode 100644
index d37285017e8..00000000000
--- a/plugins/user-authenticators/saml2/findbugsExcludeFilter.xml
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,25 +0,0 @@
-<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
-<!--
-
-    Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one
-    or more contributor license agreements.  See the NOTICE file
-    distributed with this work for additional information
-    regarding copyright ownership.  The ASF licenses this file
-    to you 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.
-
--->
-<FindBugsFilter>
-
-
-</FindBugsFilter>
diff --git a/plugins/user-authenticators/sha256salted/findbugsExcludeFilter.xml b/plugins/user-authenticators/sha256salted/findbugsExcludeFilter.xml
deleted file mode 100644
index d37285017e8..00000000000
--- a/plugins/user-authenticators/sha256salted/findbugsExcludeFilter.xml
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,25 +0,0 @@
-<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
-<!--
-
-    Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one
-    or more contributor license agreements.  See the NOTICE file
-    distributed with this work for additional information
-    regarding copyright ownership.  The ASF licenses this file
-    to you 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.
-
--->
-<FindBugsFilter>
-
-
-</FindBugsFilter>
diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 09c76e6c39c..609c4077423 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -887,13 +887,20 @@
           <groupId>org.codehaus.mojo</groupId>
           <artifactId>findbugs-maven-plugin</artifactId>
           <version>${cs.findbugs.version}</version>
+          <dependencies>
+            <dependency>
+              <groupId>org.apache.cloudstack</groupId>
+              <artifactId>checkstyle</artifactId>
+              <version>${project.version}</version>
+            </dependency>
+          </dependencies>
           <configuration>
             <effort>Max</effort>
             <threshold>High</threshold>
             <xmlOutput>true</xmlOutput>
             <failOnError>false</failOnError>
             <maxHeap>2048</maxHeap>
-            <excludeFilterFile>${basedir}/findbugsExcludeFilter.xml</excludeFilterFile>
+            <excludeFilterFile>findbugsExcludeFilter.xml</excludeFilterFile>
           </configuration>
           <executions>
             <execution>
diff --git a/quickcloud/findbugsExcludeFilter.xml b/quickcloud/findbugsExcludeFilter.xml
deleted file mode 100644
index d37285017e8..00000000000
--- a/quickcloud/findbugsExcludeFilter.xml
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,25 +0,0 @@
-<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
-<!--
-
-    Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one
-    or more contributor license agreements.  See the NOTICE file
-    distributed with this work for additional information
-    regarding copyright ownership.  The ASF licenses this file
-    to you 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.
-
--->
-<FindBugsFilter>
-
-
-</FindBugsFilter>
diff --git a/server/findbugsExcludeFilter.xml b/server/findbugsExcludeFilter.xml
deleted file mode 100644
index d37285017e8..00000000000
--- a/server/findbugsExcludeFilter.xml
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,25 +0,0 @@
-<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
-<!--
-
-    Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one
-    or more contributor license agreements.  See the NOTICE file
-    distributed with this work for additional information
-    regarding copyright ownership.  The ASF licenses this file
-    to you 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.
-
--->
-<FindBugsFilter>
-
-
-</FindBugsFilter>
diff --git a/services/console-proxy-rdp/rdpconsole/findbugsExcludeFilter.xml b/services/console-proxy-rdp/rdpconsole/findbugsExcludeFilter.xml
deleted file mode 100644
index d37285017e8..00000000000
--- a/services/console-proxy-rdp/rdpconsole/findbugsExcludeFilter.xml
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,25 +0,0 @@
-<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
-<!--
-
-    Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one
-    or more contributor license agreements.  See the NOTICE file
-    distributed with this work for additional information
-    regarding copyright ownership.  The ASF licenses this file
-    to you 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.
-
--->
-<FindBugsFilter>
-
-
-</FindBugsFilter>
diff --git a/services/console-proxy/server/findbugsExcludeFilter.xml b/services/console-proxy/server/findbugsExcludeFilter.xml
deleted file mode 100644
index d37285017e8..00000000000
--- a/services/console-proxy/server/findbugsExcludeFilter.xml
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,25 +0,0 @@
-<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
-<!--
-
-    Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one
-    or more contributor license agreements.  See the NOTICE file
-    distributed with this work for additional information
-    regarding copyright ownership.  The ASF licenses this file
-    to you 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.
-
--->
-<FindBugsFilter>
-
-
-</FindBugsFilter>
diff --git a/services/iam/plugin/findbugsExcludeFilter.xml b/services/iam/plugin/findbugsExcludeFilter.xml
deleted file mode 100644
index d37285017e8..00000000000
--- a/services/iam/plugin/findbugsExcludeFilter.xml
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,25 +0,0 @@
-<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
-<!--
-
-    Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one
-    or more contributor license agreements.  See the NOTICE file
-    distributed with this work for additional information
-    regarding copyright ownership.  The ASF licenses this file
-    to you 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.
-
--->
-<FindBugsFilter>
-
-
-</FindBugsFilter>
diff --git a/services/iam/server/findbugsExcludeFilter.xml b/services/iam/server/findbugsExcludeFilter.xml
deleted file mode 100644
index d37285017e8..00000000000
--- a/services/iam/server/findbugsExcludeFilter.xml
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,25 +0,0 @@
-<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
-<!--
-
-    Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one
-    or more contributor license agreements.  See the NOTICE file
-    distributed with this work for additional information
-    regarding copyright ownership.  The ASF licenses this file
-    to you 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.
-
--->
-<FindBugsFilter>
-
-
-</FindBugsFilter>
diff --git a/services/secondary-storage/controller/findbugsExcludeFilter.xml b/services/secondary-storage/controller/findbugsExcludeFilter.xml
deleted file mode 100644
index d37285017e8..00000000000
--- a/services/secondary-storage/controller/findbugsExcludeFilter.xml
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,25 +0,0 @@
-<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
-<!--
-
-    Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one
-    or more contributor license agreements.  See the NOTICE file
-    distributed with this work for additional information
-    regarding copyright ownership.  The ASF licenses this file
-    to you 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.
-
--->
-<FindBugsFilter>
-
-
-</FindBugsFilter>
diff --git a/services/secondary-storage/server/findbugsExcludeFilter.xml b/services/secondary-storage/server/findbugsExcludeFilter.xml
deleted file mode 100644
index d37285017e8..00000000000
--- a/services/secondary-storage/server/findbugsExcludeFilter.xml
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,25 +0,0 @@
-<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
-<!--
-
-    Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one
-    or more contributor license agreements.  See the NOTICE file
-    distributed with this work for additional information
-    regarding copyright ownership.  The ASF licenses this file
-    to you 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.
-
--->
-<FindBugsFilter>
-
-
-</FindBugsFilter>
diff --git a/test/findbugsExcludeFilter.xml b/test/findbugsExcludeFilter.xml
deleted file mode 100644
index d37285017e8..00000000000
--- a/test/findbugsExcludeFilter.xml
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,25 +0,0 @@
-<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
-<!--
-
-    Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one
-    or more contributor license agreements.  See the NOTICE file
-    distributed with this work for additional information
-    regarding copyright ownership.  The ASF licenses this file
-    to you 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.
-
--->
-<FindBugsFilter>
-
-
-</FindBugsFilter>
diff --git a/utils/findbugsExcludeFilter.xml b/tools/checkstyle/src/main/resources/findbugsExcludeFilter.xml
similarity index 81%
rename from utils/findbugsExcludeFilter.xml
rename to tools/checkstyle/src/main/resources/findbugsExcludeFilter.xml
index de6ddae0cf9..c96e2fe093f 100644
--- a/utils/findbugsExcludeFilter.xml
+++ b/tools/checkstyle/src/main/resources/findbugsExcludeFilter.xml
@@ -21,11 +21,20 @@
 -->
 <FindBugsFilter>
 
-     <!-- Match all XYZ violations. -->
+     <!-- project: cloud-plugin-hypervisor-xenserver -->
+     <Match>
+       <Class name="CitrixResourceBase" />
+       <Method name="getStatsRawXML" />
+       <Bug pattern="DM_DEFAULT_ENCODING" />
+     </Match>
+
+     <!-- project: utils -->
      <Match>
        <Class name="SSHCmdHelper" />
        <Method name="sshExecuteCmdOneShotWithExitCode" />
        <Bug pattern="DM_DEFAULT_ENCODING" />
      </Match>
 
+
+
 </FindBugsFilter>
diff --git a/usage/findbugsExcludeFilter.xml b/usage/findbugsExcludeFilter.xml
deleted file mode 100644
index d37285017e8..00000000000
--- a/usage/findbugsExcludeFilter.xml
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,25 +0,0 @@
-<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
-<!--
-
-    Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one
-    or more contributor license agreements.  See the NOTICE file
-    distributed with this work for additional information
-    regarding copyright ownership.  The ASF licenses this file
-    to you 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.
-
--->
-<FindBugsFilter>
-
-
-</FindBugsFilter>
diff --git a/vmware-base/findbugsExcludeFilter.xml b/vmware-base/findbugsExcludeFilter.xml
deleted file mode 100644
index d37285017e8..00000000000
--- a/vmware-base/findbugsExcludeFilter.xml
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,25 +0,0 @@
-<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
-<!--
-
-    Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one
-    or more contributor license agreements.  See the NOTICE file
-    distributed with this work for additional information
-    regarding copyright ownership.  The ASF licenses this file
-    to you 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.
-
--->
-<FindBugsFilter>
-
-
-</FindBugsFilter>