diff --git a/ddk-configuration/pmd/ruleset.xml b/ddk-configuration/pmd/ruleset.xml
index 0032b26e3d..b9e34c7c74 100644
--- a/ddk-configuration/pmd/ruleset.xml
+++ b/ddk-configuration/pmd/ruleset.xml
@@ -120,7 +120,6 @@
     <exclude name="ShortVariable"/> <!--  not sensible -->
     <exclude name="TooManyStaticImports"/>
     <exclude name="UnnecessaryAnnotationValueElement"/>
-    <exclude name="UnnecessaryImport"/><!--Too many false positives after PMD 7 -->
     <exclude name="UnnecessaryModifier"/><!--Checkstyle-->
     <exclude name="UnnecessaryFullyQualifiedName"/>
     <exclude name="UnnecessaryLocalBeforeReturn"/>