diff --git a/src/main/java/org/apache/maven/plugins/checkstyle/CheckstyleViolationCheckMojo.java b/src/main/java/org/apache/maven/plugins/checkstyle/CheckstyleViolationCheckMojo.java
index 218fc27c..2a7accb4 100644
--- a/src/main/java/org/apache/maven/plugins/checkstyle/CheckstyleViolationCheckMojo.java
+++ b/src/main/java/org/apache/maven/plugins/checkstyle/CheckstyleViolationCheckMojo.java
@@ -18,6 +18,8 @@
  */
 package org.apache.maven.plugins.checkstyle;
 
+import javax.inject.Inject;
+
 import java.io.BufferedReader;
 import java.io.File;
 import java.io.FileNotFoundException;
@@ -47,7 +49,6 @@
 import org.apache.maven.plugin.MojoExecutionException;
 import org.apache.maven.plugin.MojoFailureException;
 import org.apache.maven.plugin.descriptor.PluginDescriptor;
-import org.apache.maven.plugins.annotations.Component;
 import org.apache.maven.plugins.annotations.LifecyclePhase;
 import org.apache.maven.plugins.annotations.Mojo;
 import org.apache.maven.plugins.annotations.Parameter;
@@ -294,12 +295,6 @@ public class CheckstyleViolationCheckMojo extends AbstractMojo {
     @Parameter(property = "encoding", defaultValue = "${project.build.sourceEncoding}")
     private String inputEncoding;
 
-    /**
-     * @since 2.5
-     */
-    @Component(role = CheckstyleExecutor.class, hint = "default")
-    protected CheckstyleExecutor checkstyleExecutor;
-
     /**
      * Output errors to console.
      */
@@ -487,6 +482,16 @@ public class CheckstyleViolationCheckMojo extends AbstractMojo {
 
     private File outputXmlFile;
 
+    /**
+     * @since 2.5
+     */
+    private CheckstyleExecutor checkstyleExecutor;
+
+    @Inject
+    public CheckstyleViolationCheckMojo(CheckstyleExecutor checkstyleExecutor) {
+        this.checkstyleExecutor = checkstyleExecutor;
+    }
+
     /** {@inheritDoc} */
     @Override
     public void execute() throws MojoExecutionException, MojoFailureException {