diff --git a/config/mv_checks.xml b/config/mv_checks.xml
index d48e4b16..994e530d 100644
--- a/config/mv_checks.xml
+++ b/config/mv_checks.xml
@@ -145,7 +145,10 @@
         <module name="AvoidDoubleBraceInitialization"/>
         <module name="AvoidNoArgumentSuperConstructorCall"/>
         <module name="CovariantEquals"/>
-        <module name="DeclarationOrder"/>
+        <module name="DeclarationOrder">
+            <!-- Doesn't respect static methods at top -->
+            <property name="severity" value="ignore"/>
+        </module>
         <module name="DefaultComesLast"/>
         <module name="EmptyStatement"/>
         <module name="EqualsAvoidNull"/>