diff --git a/theodolite-benchmarks/commons/build.gradle b/theodolite-benchmarks/commons/build.gradle
index 2eabcaf6a25bfc00a2c1ee02001dbb799af45945..5c663fb6820b5643c41a5b85c39234fa17a785c4 100644
--- a/theodolite-benchmarks/commons/build.gradle
+++ b/theodolite-benchmarks/commons/build.gradle
@@ -77,4 +77,13 @@ task ("generateAvroJava", type: com.github.davidmc24.gradle.plugin.avro.Generate
     outputDir = file("src-gen/main/java")
 }
 
+tasks.withType(Checkstyle) {
+    source = fileTree('src/main/java')
+}
+
+tasks.withType(Pmd) {
+    exclude '**/commons/src-gen/.*'
+}
+
+