diff --git a/checkstyle/project.xml b/checkstyle/project.xml
index dd1e71ef..e739ba3c 100644
--- a/checkstyle/project.xml
+++ b/checkstyle/project.xml
@@ -140,26 +140,41 @@
       <groupId>antlr</groupId>
       <artifactId>antlr</artifactId>
       <version>2.7.5</version>
+      <properties>
+        <classloader>root</classloader>
+      </properties>
     </dependency>
     <dependency>
       <groupId>checkstyle</groupId>
       <artifactId>checkstyle</artifactId>
       <version>4.0-beta3</version>
+      <properties>
+        <classloader>root</classloader>
+      </properties>
     </dependency>
     <dependency>
       <groupId>checkstyle</groupId>
       <artifactId>checkstyle-optional</artifactId>
       <version>4.0-beta3</version>
+      <properties>
+        <classloader>root</classloader>
+      </properties>
     </dependency>
     <dependency>
       <groupId>regexp</groupId>
       <artifactId>regexp</artifactId>
       <version>1.3</version>
+      <properties>
+        <classloader>root</classloader>
+      </properties>
     </dependency>
     <dependency>
       <groupId>commons-beanutils</groupId>
       <artifactId>commons-beanutils-core</artifactId>
       <version>1.7.0</version>
+      <properties>
+        <classloader>root</classloader>
+      </properties>
     </dependency>
   </dependencies>
 </project>
diff --git a/checkstyle/xdocs/changes.xml b/checkstyle/xdocs/changes.xml
index bbb285a8..8e959352 100644
--- a/checkstyle/xdocs/changes.xml
+++ b/checkstyle/xdocs/changes.xml
@@ -29,7 +29,6 @@
       <action dev="carlos" type="update">Support for Java5</action>
       <action dev="carlos" type="update">Upgraded to checkstyle 4.0</action>
       <action dev="carlos" type="fix" issue="MPCHECKSTYLE-29">Fixed MemberName rule in Turbine checkstyle rules</action>
-      <action dev="carlos" type="fix" issue="MPCHECKSTYLE-27">Remove deprecated use of root classloader</action>
     </release>
     <release version="2.5" date="2004-10-12">
       <action dev="vmassol" type="add">Added new