diff --git a/checkstyle/src/plugin-resources/turbine_checks.xml b/checkstyle/src/plugin-resources/turbine_checks.xml
index d8b900b5..4ec0bfab 100644
--- a/checkstyle/src/plugin-resources/turbine_checks.xml
+++ b/checkstyle/src/plugin-resources/turbine_checks.xml
@@ -96,6 +96,7 @@
             <!-- the ${basedir} property to allow Checkstyle to be run  -->
             <!-- from any directory within a project.                   -->
             <property name="headerFile" value="${checkstyle.header.file}"/>
+            <property name="ignoreLines" value="1,6"/>
         </module>
 
         <!-- Following interprets the header file as regular expressions. -->