diff --git a/archiva-modules/plugins/maven2-repository/src/main/java/org/apache/archiva/dependency/tree/maven2/ArchivaRepositoryConnectorFactory.java b/archiva-modules/plugins/maven2-repository/src/main/java/org/apache/archiva/dependency/tree/maven2/ArchivaRepositoryConnectorFactory.java
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+package org.apache.archiva.dependency.tree.maven2;
+/*
+ * Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one
+ * or more contributor license agreements.  See the NOTICE file
+ * distributed with this work for additional information
+ * regarding copyright ownership.  The ASF licenses this file
+ * to you under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the
+ * "License"); you may not use this file except in compliance
+ * with the License.  You may obtain a copy of the License at
+ *
+ *   http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+ *
+ * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing,
+ * software distributed under the License is distributed on an
+ * "AS IS" BASIS, WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY
+ * KIND, either express or implied.  See the License for the
+ * specific language governing permissions and limitations
+ * under the License.
+ */
+
+import org.slf4j.Logger;
+import org.slf4j.LoggerFactory;
+import org.sonatype.aether.RepositorySystemSession;
+import org.sonatype.aether.connector.file.FileRepositoryConnectorFactory;
+import org.sonatype.aether.repository.RemoteRepository;
+import org.sonatype.aether.spi.connector.ArtifactDownload;
+import org.sonatype.aether.spi.connector.ArtifactUpload;
+import org.sonatype.aether.spi.connector.MetadataDownload;
+import org.sonatype.aether.spi.connector.MetadataUpload;
+import org.sonatype.aether.spi.connector.RepositoryConnector;
+import org.sonatype.aether.transfer.NoRepositoryConnectorException;
+
+import java.util.Collection;
+
+/**
+ * @author Olivier Lamy
+ * @since 1.4-M3
+ */
+public class ArchivaRepositoryConnectorFactory
+    extends FileRepositoryConnectorFactory
+{
+    public ArchivaRepositoryConnectorFactory()
+    {
+        // no op but empty constructor needed by aether
+    }
+
+    public RepositoryConnector newInstance( RepositorySystemSession session, RemoteRepository repository )
+        throws NoRepositoryConnectorException
+    {
+        try
+        {
+            return super.newInstance( session, repository );
+        }
+        catch ( NoRepositoryConnectorException e )
+        {
+
+        }
+
+        return new RepositoryConnector()
+        {
+
+            private Logger log = LoggerFactory.getLogger( getClass() );
+
+            public void get( Collection<? extends ArtifactDownload> artifactDownloads,
+                             Collection<? extends MetadataDownload> metadataDownloads )
+            {
+                log.debug( "get" );
+            }
+
+            public void put( Collection<? extends ArtifactUpload> artifactUploads,
+                             Collection<? extends MetadataUpload> metadataUploads )
+            {
+                log.debug( "put" );
+            }
+
+            public void close()
+            {
+                log.debug( "close" );
+            }
+        };
+    }
+}