diff --git a/checkstyle/plugin.jelly b/checkstyle/plugin.jelly
index 109d5b02..965fac6b 100644
--- a/checkstyle/plugin.jelly
+++ b/checkstyle/plugin.jelly
@@ -232,18 +232,22 @@
 
     <mkdir dir="${maven.gen.docs}/checkstyle"/>
 
-    <!-- Make sure xalan is used for ant's style task -->
-    ${systemScope.setProperty('javax.xml.transform.TransformerFactory','org.apache.xalan.processor.TransformerFactoryImpl')}
+    <doc:jsl
+      input="${maven.checkstyle.output.xml}"
+      output="checkstyle-summary-report.xml"
+      outputDirectory="${maven.checkstyle.dir}"
+      stylesheet="${plugin.resources}/checkstyle-summary.jsl"
+      encoding="${maven.docs.outputencoding}"
+      outputMode="xml"
+      prettyPrint="true"/>
 
-    <style
-      in="${maven.checkstyle.output.xml}"
-      out="${maven.checkstyle.output.summary.xml}"
-      style="${plugin.resources}/checkstyle-summary.xsl"/>
-
-    <style
-      in="${maven.checkstyle.output.summary.xml}"
-      out="${maven.gen.docs}/checkstyle/index.xml"
-      style="${plugin.resources}/checkstyle.xsl"/>
+    <doc:jsl
+      input="${maven.checkstyle.output.summary.xml}"
+      output="checkstyle/index.xml"
+      stylesheet="${plugin.resources}/checkstyle.jsl"
+      encoding="${maven.docs.outputencoding}"
+      outputMode="xml"
+      prettyPrint="true"/>
 
     <doc:jsl
       input="${maven.checkstyle.output.xml}"
diff --git a/checkstyle/project.xml b/checkstyle/project.xml
index 18a2f9fd..b58845f4 100644
--- a/checkstyle/project.xml
+++ b/checkstyle/project.xml
@@ -172,14 +172,5 @@
         <classloader>root</classloader>
       </properties>
     </dependency>
-    <dependency>
-      <groupId>xalan</groupId> 
-      <artifactId>xalan</artifactId> 
-      <version>2.4.1</version> 
-      <url>http://xml.apache.org/xalan-j/</url> 
-      <properties>
-        <classloader>root</classloader>
-      </properties>
-    </dependency>
   </dependencies>
 </project>
diff --git a/checkstyle/src/plugin-resources/checkstyle-summary.jsl b/checkstyle/src/plugin-resources/checkstyle-summary.jsl
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..41f32450
--- /dev/null
+++ b/checkstyle/src/plugin-resources/checkstyle-summary.jsl
@@ -0,0 +1,55 @@
+<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
+
+<!--
+ * ========================================================================
+ * 
+ * Copyright 2006 The Apache Software Foundation.
+ *
+ * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+ * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+ * You may obtain a copy of the License at
+ * 
+ *   http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+ * 
+ * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+ * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+ * WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+ * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+ * limitations under the License.
+ * 
+ * ========================================================================
+-->
+
+<jsl:stylesheet
+  select="$doc"
+  xmlns:j="jelly:core"
+  xmlns:jsl="jelly:jsl"
+  xmlns:x="jelly:xml"
+  xmlns="dummy" trim="true">
+
+  <jsl:template match="/">
+    <errors>
+      <x:forEach select="//error" sort="@message">
+        <j:set var="group-by"><x:expr select="./@message"/></j:set>
+        <x:set var="grstring" select="string(./@message)"/>
+        <j:if test="${!grstring.equals(oldgrstring)}">
+          <x:element name="error">
+            <x:attribute name="severity">
+              <x:expr select="./@severity"/>
+            </x:attribute>
+            <x:attribute name="message">
+              <x:expr select="$group-by"/>
+            </x:attribute>
+            <x:attribute name="count">
+              <x:expr select="count(//error[@message=$group-by])"/>
+            </x:attribute>
+          </x:element>
+          <x:set var="oldgrstring" select="string(./@message)"/>
+        </j:if>
+      </x:forEach>
+    </errors>
+  </jsl:template>
+
+  <jsl:template match="text()"/>
+
+</jsl:stylesheet>
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/checkstyle/src/plugin-resources/checkstyle-summary.xsl b/checkstyle/src/plugin-resources/checkstyle-summary.xsl
deleted file mode 100644
index 4e630594..00000000
--- a/checkstyle/src/plugin-resources/checkstyle-summary.xsl
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,49 +0,0 @@
-<!--
- * ========================================================================
- * 
- * Copyright 2004 The Apache Software Foundation.
- *
- * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
- * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
- * You may obtain a copy of the License at
- * 
- *   http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
- * 
- * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
- * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
- * WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
- * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
- * limitations under the License.
- * 
- * ========================================================================
--->
-<xsl:stylesheet version="1.0" xmlns:xsl="http://www.w3.org/1999/XSL/Transform">
-    <xsl:output method="xml" indent="yes"/>
-    <xsl:key name="errors-by-message" match="//error" use="@message"/>
-
-    <xsl:template match="/">
-        <errors>
-            <xsl:for-each select="//error">
-                <xsl:variable name="group-by">
-                    <xsl:value-of select="./@message"/>
-                </xsl:variable>
-                <xsl:if test="generate-id(.) = generate-id(key('errors-by-message',$group-by)[1])">
-                    <xsl:element name="error">
-                        <xsl:attribute name="severity">
-                            <xsl:value-of select="./@severity"/>
-                        </xsl:attribute>
-                        <xsl:attribute name="message">
-                            <xsl:value-of select="$group-by"/>
-                        </xsl:attribute>
-                        <xsl:attribute name="count">
-                            <xsl:value-of select="count(key('errors-by-message',$group-by))"/>
-                        </xsl:attribute>
-                    </xsl:element>
-                </xsl:if>
-            </xsl:for-each>
-        </errors>
-    </xsl:template>
-
-    <xsl:template match="text()"/>
-
-</xsl:stylesheet>
diff --git a/checkstyle/src/plugin-resources/checkstyle.xsl b/checkstyle/src/plugin-resources/checkstyle.jsl
similarity index 51%
rename from checkstyle/src/plugin-resources/checkstyle.xsl
rename to checkstyle/src/plugin-resources/checkstyle.jsl
index 80669e75..cedc00c8 100644
--- a/checkstyle/src/plugin-resources/checkstyle.xsl
+++ b/checkstyle/src/plugin-resources/checkstyle.jsl
@@ -1,7 +1,9 @@
+<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
+
 <!--
  * ========================================================================
  * 
- * Copyright 2004 The Apache Software Foundation.
+ * Copyright 2006 The Apache Software Foundation.
  *
  * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
  * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
@@ -18,10 +20,14 @@
  * ========================================================================
 -->
 
-<xsl:stylesheet version="1.0" xmlns:xsl="http://www.w3.org/1999/XSL/Transform">
-  <xsl:output method="xml" indent="yes"/>
-  <xsl:key name="errors-by-message" match="//error" use="@message" />
-  <xsl:template match="/">
+<jsl:stylesheet
+  select="$doc"
+  xmlns:j="jelly:core"
+  xmlns:jsl="jelly:jsl"
+  xmlns:x="jelly:xml"
+  xmlns="dummy" trim="true">
+
+  <jsl:template match="/">
 
     <document>
 
@@ -62,57 +68,64 @@
             </thead>
             <tbody>
               <tr>
-                <td><xsl:value-of select="count(//error)" /></td>
-                <td><xsl:value-of select="count(//error[@severity='info'])" /></td>
-                <td><xsl:value-of select="count(//error[@severity='warning'])" /></td>
-                <td><xsl:value-of select="count(//error[@severity='error'])" /></td>
+                <td><x:expr select="count(//error)" /></td>
+                <td><x:expr select="count(//error[@severity='info'])" /></td>
+                <td><x:expr select="count(//error[@severity='warning'])" /></td>
+                <td><x:expr select="count(//error[@severity='error'])" /></td>
               </tr>
             </tbody>
           </table>
         </section>
 
-        <xsl:apply-templates select="." mode="display">
-          <xsl:with-param name="severity">error</xsl:with-param>
-        </xsl:apply-templates>
-        <xsl:apply-templates select="." mode="display">
-          <xsl:with-param name="severity">warning</xsl:with-param>
-        </xsl:apply-templates>
-        <xsl:apply-templates select="." mode="display">
-          <xsl:with-param name="severity">info</xsl:with-param>
-        </xsl:apply-templates>
+        <section name="Checkstyle error summary">
+          <table>
+            <tr>
+              <th>Error</th>
+              <th>Count</th>
+            </tr>
+            <x:forEach select="//error[@severity='error']" sort="@count" descending="true">
+              <tr>
+                <td><x:expr select="@message" /></td>
+                <td><x:expr select="@count" /></td>
+              </tr>
+            </x:forEach>
+          </table>
+        </section>
+
+        <section name="Checkstyle warning summary">
+          <table>
+            <tr>
+              <th>Error</th>
+              <th>Count</th>
+            </tr>
+            <x:forEach select="//error[@severity='warning']" sort="@count" descending="true">
+              <tr>
+                <td><x:expr select="@message" /></td>
+                <td><x:expr select="@count" /></td>
+              </tr>
+            </x:forEach>
+          </table>
+        </section>
+
+        <section name="Checkstyle info summary">
+          <table>
+            <tr>
+              <th>Error</th>
+              <th>Count</th>
+            </tr>
+            <x:forEach select="//error[@severity='info']" sort="@count" descending="true">
+              <tr>
+                <td><x:expr select="@message" /></td>
+                <td><x:expr select="@count" /></td>
+              </tr>
+            </x:forEach>
+          </table>
+        </section>
 
       </body>
     </document>
-  </xsl:template>
+  </jsl:template>
 
-  <xsl:template match="/" mode="display">
-      <xsl:param name="severity"/>
-
-      <xsl:element name="section">
-        <xsl:attribute name="name">Checkstyle <xsl:value-of select="$severity"/> summary</xsl:attribute>
-
-        <table>
-          <tr>
-            <th>Error</th>
-            <th>Count</th>
-          </tr>
-
-        <xsl:for-each select="//error[@severity=$severity]" >
-          <xsl:sort select="@count" data-type="number" order="descending"/>
-          <xsl:sort select="@message"/>
-          <tr>
-                <td><xsl:value-of select="@message" /></td>
-                <td><xsl:value-of select="@count" /></td>
-            </tr>
-          </xsl:for-each>
-
-        </table>
-
-        </xsl:element>
-  </xsl:template>
-
-
-  <xsl:template match="text()" />
-
-</xsl:stylesheet>
+  <jsl:template match="text()" />
 
+</jsl:stylesheet>
diff --git a/checkstyle/xdocs/changes.xml b/checkstyle/xdocs/changes.xml
index 20ae674e..dfdf3811 100644
--- a/checkstyle/xdocs/changes.xml
+++ b/checkstyle/xdocs/changes.xml
@@ -28,7 +28,7 @@
       <action dev="ltheussl" type="fix" issue="MPCHECKSTYLE-52">The links to source xref files does not honor <code>maven.jxr.destdir</code> and <code>maven.jxr.destdir.test</code>.</action>
       <action dev="ltheussl" type="fix" issue="MPCHECKSTYLE-38">RSS file has incorrect links when used in multiproject build.</action>
       <action dev="ltheussl" type="fix" issue="MPCHECKSTYLE-9"><code>maven.checkstyle.header.file</code> now defaults to <code>${maven.license.licenseFile}</code>.</action>
-      <action dev="ltheussl" type="fix" issue="MPCHECKSTYLE-53" due-to="Bernard Durfee">ClassCastException when moving from 2.5 to 3.0. Xalan is used for ant's style task.</action>
+      <action dev="ltheussl" type="fix" issue="MPCHECKSTYLE-53" due-to="Bernard Durfee">ClassCastException when moving from 2.5 to 3.0. Use a jsl transform instead of ant's style task.</action>
     </release>
     <release version="3.0" date="2006-02-05">
       <action dev="ltheussl" type="update">Upgraded to checkstyle 4.1.</action>