diff --git a/archiva-modules/archiva-web/archiva-rest/archiva-rest-services/pom.xml b/archiva-modules/archiva-web/archiva-rest/archiva-rest-services/pom.xml
index b6c7e8ccc..912e80983 100644
--- a/archiva-modules/archiva-web/archiva-rest/archiva-rest-services/pom.xml
+++ b/archiva-modules/archiva-web/archiva-rest/archiva-rest-services/pom.xml
@@ -192,6 +192,22 @@
       <scope>test</scope>
     </dependency>
 
-
   </dependencies>
+
+  <build>
+    <plugins>
+      <plugin>
+        <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
+        <artifactId>maven-clean-plugin</artifactId>
+        <configuration>
+          <filesets>
+            <fileset>
+              <directory>${basedir}/${plexus.home}</directory>
+            </fileset>
+          </filesets>
+        </configuration>
+      </plugin>
+    </plugins>
+  </build>
+
 </project>