diff --git a/build/target-repository/README.md b/build/target-repository/README.md
index 6880cbb902..5e5f718a41 100644
--- a/build/target-repository/README.md
+++ b/build/target-repository/README.md
@@ -214,12 +214,11 @@ We currently provide formatters for:
 
 - `console`:  Human-oriented printing à la PHP CS Fixer.
 - `json`:  A custom JSON blob for arbitrary tooling.
-- `checkstyle`: Useful for Github Action Reports.
 
 You can use the output format option as below
 
 ```bash
-vendor/bin/ecs --output-format=checkstyle
+vendor/bin/ecs --output-format=json
 ```
 
 <br>
diff --git a/build/target-repository/composer.json b/build/target-repository/composer.json
index 70133e5961..09c7726ea0 100644
--- a/build/target-repository/composer.json
+++ b/build/target-repository/composer.json
@@ -18,8 +18,5 @@
         "symplify/coding-standard": "<13.0",
         "phpcsstandards/php_codesniffer": "<4.0.4",
         "friendsofphp/php-cs-fixer": "<3.95.20"
-    },
-    "suggest": {
-        "ext-dom": "Needed to support checkstyle output format in class CheckstyleOutputFormatter"
     }
 }
diff --git a/src/Console/Output/CheckstyleOutputFormatter.php b/src/Console/Output/CheckstyleOutputFormatter.php
deleted file mode 100644
index a19f4321bb..0000000000
--- a/src/Console/Output/CheckstyleOutputFormatter.php
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,93 +0,0 @@
-<?php
-
-declare(strict_types=1);
-
-namespace Symplify\EasyCodingStandard\Console\Output;
-
-use DOMDocument;
-use DOMElement;
-use RuntimeException;
-use Symplify\EasyCodingStandard\Console\ExitCode;
-use Symplify\EasyCodingStandard\Console\Style\EasyCodingStandardStyle;
-use Symplify\EasyCodingStandard\Contract\Console\Output\OutputFormatterInterface;
-use Symplify\EasyCodingStandard\ValueObject\Configuration;
-use Symplify\EasyCodingStandard\ValueObject\Error\ErrorAndDiffResult;
-
-/**
- * @see \Symplify\EasyCodingStandard\Tests\Console\Output\JsonOutputFormatterTest
- */
-final readonly class CheckstyleOutputFormatter implements OutputFormatterInterface
-{
-    public function __construct(
-        private EasyCodingStandardStyle $easyCodingStandardStyle,
-        private ExitCodeResolver $exitCodeResolver
-    ) {
-    }
-
-    /**
-     * @return ExitCode::*
-     */
-    public function report(ErrorAndDiffResult $errorAndDiffResult, Configuration $configuration): int
-    {
-        $checkstyleContent = $this->createCheckstyleContent(
-            $errorAndDiffResult,
-            false
-        );
-        $this->easyCodingStandardStyle->writeln($checkstyleContent);
-
-        return $this->exitCodeResolver->resolve($errorAndDiffResult, $configuration);
-    }
-
-    public static function getName(): string
-    {
-        return 'checkstyle';
-    }
-
-    public static function hasSupportForProgressBars(): bool
-    {
-        return false;
-    }
-
-    /**
-     * @api
-     */
-    public function createCheckstyleContent(
-        ErrorAndDiffResult $errorAndDiffResult,
-        bool $absoluteFilePath = false
-    ): string {
-        if (! \extension_loaded('dom')) {
-            throw new RuntimeException('Cannot generate report! `ext-dom` is not available!');
-        }
-
-        $domDocument = new DOMDocument('1.0', 'UTF-8');
-
-        /** @var DOMElement $domNode */
-        $domNode = $domDocument->appendChild($domDocument->createElement('checkstyle'));
-
-        foreach ($errorAndDiffResult->getFileDiffs() as $fileDiff) {
-            $filePath = $absoluteFilePath ? $fileDiff->getAbsoluteFilePath() : $fileDiff->getRelativeFilePath();
-            /** @var DOMElement $file */
-            $file = $domNode->appendChild($domDocument->createElement('file'));
-            $file->setAttribute('name', $filePath ?? '');
-
-            foreach ($fileDiff->getAppliedCheckers() as $appliedChecker) {
-                $errorElement = $this->createError($domDocument, $appliedChecker);
-                $file->appendChild($errorElement);
-            }
-        }
-
-        $domDocument->formatOutput = true;
-
-        return (string) $domDocument->saveXML();
-    }
-
-    private function createError(DOMDocument $domDocument, string $appliedChecker): DOMElement
-    {
-        $domElement = $domDocument->createElement('error');
-        $domElement->setAttribute('severity', 'warning');
-        $domElement->setAttribute('source', 'EasyCodingStandard.' . $appliedChecker);
-        $domElement->setAttribute('message', 'Found violation(s) of type: ' . $appliedChecker);
-
-        return $domElement;
-    }
-}
diff --git a/src/Console/Output/OutputFormatterCollector.php b/src/Console/Output/OutputFormatterCollector.php
index 36d42c3d2d..87a4d35e43 100644
--- a/src/Console/Output/OutputFormatterCollector.php
+++ b/src/Console/Output/OutputFormatterCollector.php
@@ -18,6 +18,7 @@ final class OutputFormatterCollector
     private const array REMOVED_FORMATS = [
         'junit' => ConsoleOutputFormatter::NAME,
         'gitlab' => ConsoleOutputFormatter::NAME,
+        'checkstyle' => ConsoleOutputFormatter::NAME,
     ];
 
     /**
diff --git a/tests/Console/Output/CheckstyleOutputFormatterTest.php b/tests/Console/Output/CheckstyleOutputFormatterTest.php
deleted file mode 100644
index 01bf28c661..0000000000
--- a/tests/Console/Output/CheckstyleOutputFormatterTest.php
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,61 +0,0 @@
-<?php
-
-declare(strict_types=1);
-
-namespace Symplify\EasyCodingStandard\Tests\Console\Output;
-
-use Override;
-use Symplify\CodingStandard\Fixer\LineLength\LineLengthFixer;
-use Symplify\EasyCodingStandard\Console\Formatter\ColorConsoleDiffFormatter;
-use Symplify\EasyCodingStandard\Console\Output\CheckstyleOutputFormatter;
-use Symplify\EasyCodingStandard\FileSystem\StaticRelativeFilePathHelper;
-use Symplify\EasyCodingStandard\Testing\PHPUnit\AbstractTestCase;
-use Symplify\EasyCodingStandard\ValueObject\Error\ErrorAndDiffResult;
-use Symplify\EasyCodingStandard\ValueObject\Error\FileDiff;
-
-final class CheckstyleOutputFormatterTest extends AbstractTestCase
-{
-    private CheckstyleOutputFormatter $checkstyleOutputFormatter;
-
-    private ColorConsoleDiffFormatter $colorConsoleDiffFormatter;
-
-    #[Override]
-    protected function setUp(): void
-    {
-        parent::setUp();
-
-        $this->checkstyleOutputFormatter = $this->make(CheckstyleOutputFormatter::class);
-        $this->colorConsoleDiffFormatter = $this->make(ColorConsoleDiffFormatter::class);
-    }
-
-    public function test(): void
-    {
-        $relativeFilePath = StaticRelativeFilePathHelper::resolveFromCwd(__DIR__ . '/Source/RandomFile.php');
-
-        $fileDiffs = [];
-
-        $diff = 'some diff';
-        $fileDiffs[] = new FileDiff(
-            $relativeFilePath,
-            $diff,
-            $this->colorConsoleDiffFormatter->format($diff),
-            [LineLengthFixer::class]
-        );
-
-        $diff = 'some other diff';
-        $fileDiffs[] = new FileDiff(
-            $relativeFilePath,
-            $diff,
-            $this->colorConsoleDiffFormatter->format($diff),
-            [LineLengthFixer::class]
-        );
-
-        $errorAndDiffResult = new ErrorAndDiffResult([], $fileDiffs, []);
-
-        $checkstyleContent = $this->checkstyleOutputFormatter->createCheckstyleContent($errorAndDiffResult);
-        $this->assertStringMatchesFormatFile(
-            __DIR__ . '/Fixture/expected_checkstyle_output.xml',
-            $checkstyleContent . PHP_EOL
-        );
-    }
-}
diff --git a/tests/Console/Output/Fixture/expected_checkstyle_output.xml b/tests/Console/Output/Fixture/expected_checkstyle_output.xml
deleted file mode 100644
index 9c08d4e96d..0000000000
--- a/tests/Console/Output/Fixture/expected_checkstyle_output.xml
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,9 +0,0 @@
-<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
-<checkstyle>
-  <file name="tests/Console/Output/Source/RandomFile.php">
-    <error severity="warning" source="EasyCodingStandard.Symplify\CodingStandard\Fixer\LineLength\LineLengthFixer" message="Found violation(s) of type: Symplify\CodingStandard\Fixer\LineLength\LineLengthFixer"/>
-  </file>
-  <file name="tests/Console/Output/Source/RandomFile.php">
-    <error severity="warning" source="EasyCodingStandard.Symplify\CodingStandard\Fixer\LineLength\LineLengthFixer" message="Found violation(s) of type: Symplify\CodingStandard\Fixer\LineLength\LineLengthFixer"/>
-  </file>
-</checkstyle>
diff --git a/tests/Console/Output/OutputFormatterCollectorTest.php b/tests/Console/Output/OutputFormatterCollectorTest.php
index 20cde93a48..51b4ef12f9 100644
--- a/tests/Console/Output/OutputFormatterCollectorTest.php
+++ b/tests/Console/Output/OutputFormatterCollectorTest.php
@@ -4,7 +4,6 @@
 
 namespace Symplify\EasyCodingStandard\Tests\Console\Output;
 
-use Symplify\EasyCodingStandard\Console\Output\CheckstyleOutputFormatter;
 use Symplify\EasyCodingStandard\Console\Output\ConsoleOutputFormatter;
 use Symplify\EasyCodingStandard\Console\Output\JsonOutputFormatter;
 use Symplify\EasyCodingStandard\Console\Output\OutputFormatterCollector;
@@ -31,10 +30,6 @@ public function test(): void
             JsonOutputFormatter::class,
             $this->outputFormatterCollector->getByName(JsonOutputFormatter::getName())
         );
-        $this->assertInstanceOf(
-            CheckstyleOutputFormatter::class,
-            $this->outputFormatterCollector->getByName(CheckstyleOutputFormatter::getName())
-        );
     }
 
     public function testRemovedJUnitFormatFallsBackToConsole(): void
@@ -52,4 +47,12 @@ public function testRemovedGitlabFormatFallsBackToConsole(): void
             $this->outputFormatterCollector->getByName('gitlab')
         );
     }
+
+    public function testRemovedCheckstyleFormatFallsBackToConsole(): void
+    {
+        $this->assertInstanceOf(
+            ConsoleOutputFormatter::class,
+            $this->outputFormatterCollector->getByName('checkstyle')
+        );
+    }
 }