diff --git a/build/enforcer/pom.xml b/build/enforcer/pom.xml
index 21a90261c..edc2a2dfc 100644
--- a/build/enforcer/pom.xml
+++ b/build/enforcer/pom.xml
@@ -20,6 +20,7 @@
 
     <properties>
         <hibernate-validator-parent.path>../..</hibernate-validator-parent.path>
+        <maven.javadoc.skip>true</maven.javadoc.skip>
     </properties>
 
     <dependencies>
diff --git a/performance/pom.xml b/performance/pom.xml
index bab727ba5..15f19cd2b 100644
--- a/performance/pom.xml
+++ b/performance/pom.xml
@@ -20,6 +20,7 @@
     <properties>
         <!-- Disable enforcer as we are using banned dependencies for old versions -->
         <enforcer.skip>true</enforcer.skip>
+        <maven.javadoc.skip>true</maven.javadoc.skip>
         <!--
             The build-helper-maven-plugin is used to add Bean Validation 2.0 source folder to the BV implementations
             that are 2.0+. Since we are also using this plugin to parse versions in the root pom we want to control
diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 50c1ed188..7291310ff 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -1122,6 +1122,7 @@
                     <artifactId>maven-javadoc-plugin</artifactId>
                     <version>${version.javadoc.plugin}</version>
                     <configuration>
+                        <skip>${maven.javadoc.skip}</skip>
                         <!-- Fail on error alternative -->
                         <quiet>true</quiet>
                         <verbose>false</verbose>