diff --git a/its/core-it-suite/src/test/resources/bootstrap/pom.xml b/its/core-it-suite/src/test/resources/bootstrap/pom.xml
index 1cacb1e469..6d49c767b9 100644
--- a/its/core-it-suite/src/test/resources/bootstrap/pom.xml
+++ b/its/core-it-suite/src/test/resources/bootstrap/pom.xml
@@ -119,12 +119,6 @@ under the License.
       <version>${itPluginVersion}</version>
       <scope>runtime</scope>
     </dependency>
-    <dependency>
-      <groupId>org.apache.maven.its.plugins</groupId>
-      <artifactId>maven-it-plugin-generate-properties</artifactId>
-      <version>${itPluginVersion}</version>
-      <scope>runtime</scope>
-    </dependency>
     <dependency>
       <groupId>org.apache.maven.its.plugins</groupId>
       <artifactId>maven-it-plugin-no-project</artifactId>
diff --git a/its/core-it-support/core-it-plugins/maven-it-plugin-generate-properties/pom.xml b/its/core-it-support/core-it-plugins/maven-it-plugin-generate-properties/pom.xml
deleted file mode 100644
index 983f373736..0000000000
--- a/its/core-it-support/core-it-plugins/maven-it-plugin-generate-properties/pom.xml
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,48 +0,0 @@
-<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
-
-<!--
-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.
--->
-
-<project xmlns="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance" xsi:schemaLocation="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0 http://maven.apache.org/maven-v4_0_0.xsd">
-  <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
-
-  <parent>
-    <artifactId>maven-it-plugins</artifactId>
-    <groupId>org.apache.maven.its.plugins</groupId>
-    <version>2.1-SNAPSHOT</version>
-  </parent>
-
-  <artifactId>maven-it-plugin-generate-properties</artifactId>
-  <packaging>maven-plugin</packaging>
-
-  <name>Maven Integration Test Plugin :: Interpolated POM Configuration</name>
-  <inceptionYear>2006</inceptionYear>
-
-  <properties>
-    <maven.test.skip>true</maven.test.skip>
-  </properties>
-
-  <dependencies>
-    <dependency>
-      <groupId>org.apache.maven</groupId>
-      <artifactId>maven-plugin-api</artifactId>
-      <version>2.0</version>
-    </dependency>
-  </dependencies>
-</project>
diff --git a/its/core-it-support/core-it-plugins/maven-it-plugin-generate-properties/src/main/java/org/apache/maven/plugin/coreit/InterpolatedPomConfigurationMojo.java b/its/core-it-support/core-it-plugins/maven-it-plugin-generate-properties/src/main/java/org/apache/maven/plugin/coreit/InterpolatedPomConfigurationMojo.java
deleted file mode 100644
index bd7e134de2..0000000000
--- a/its/core-it-support/core-it-plugins/maven-it-plugin-generate-properties/src/main/java/org/apache/maven/plugin/coreit/InterpolatedPomConfigurationMojo.java
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,111 +0,0 @@
-package org.apache.maven.plugin.coreit;
-
-/*
- * 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.apache.maven.plugin.AbstractMojo;
-import org.apache.maven.plugin.MojoExecutionException;
-
-import java.util.Properties;
-import java.io.FileOutputStream;
-import java.io.File;
-
-/**
- * Take some configuration values that use interpolated POM values and write them to a properties file
- * to make sure they are passing through the system properly. We are using this mojo in it0088, and the
- * configuration looks like the following:
- * 
- * <plugin>
- *   <groupId>org.apache.maven.its.plugins</groupId>
- *   <artifactId>maven-it-plugin-generate-properties</artifactId>
- *   <version>1.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
- *   <executions>
- *     <execution>
- *       <phase>process-resources</phase>
- *       <configuration>
- *         <projectBuildDirectory>${project.build.directory}</projectBuildDirectory>
- *         <targetDirectoryString>target</targetDirectoryString>
- *         <targetDirectoryFile>target</targetDirectoryFile>
- *       </configuration>
- *       <goals>
- *         <goal>generate-properties</goal>
- *       </goals>
- *     </execution>
- *   </executions>
- * </plugin>
- * 
- * @goal generate-properties
- *
- */
-public class InterpolatedPomConfigurationMojo
-    extends AbstractMojo
-{
-    /**
-     * @parameter expression="${basedir}"
-     */
-    private String basedir;
-
-    /**
-     * This is using the plugin configuration above and so ${project.build.directory} is the value
-     * of the expression ${projectBuildDirectory} and should be the full path to the scratch directory
-     * which often looks something like /path/to/project/target. For the 2.0.x family this always results
-     * in a full path, and bugs have resulted when it resolves to something that is not a full path like "target".
-     *
-     * @parameter expression="${projectBuildDirectory}"
-     */
-    private String projectBuildDirectory;
-
-    /**
-     * @parameter expression="${targetDirectoryString}"
-     */
-    private String targetDirectoryString;
-
-    /**
-     * @parameter expression="${targetDirectoryFile}"
-     */
-    private File targetDirectoryFile;
-
-    public void execute()
-        throws MojoExecutionException
-    {
-        try
-        {
-            Properties mojoGeneratedPropeties = new Properties();
-
-            mojoGeneratedPropeties.put( "project.build.directory", projectBuildDirectory );
-            
-            if ( targetDirectoryString != null )
-            {
-                mojoGeneratedPropeties.put( "targetDirectoryString", targetDirectoryString );
-            }    
-            if ( targetDirectoryFile != null )
-            {
-                mojoGeneratedPropeties.put( "targetDirectoryFile", targetDirectoryFile.getAbsolutePath() );
-            }    
-
-            FileOutputStream fos = new FileOutputStream( new File( basedir, "target/mojo-generated.properties" ) );
-
-            mojoGeneratedPropeties.store( fos, "# Properties generated by the execution of a mojo that uses interpolated POM values for configuration." );
-        }
-        catch( Exception e )
-        {
-            getLog().error( "Error creating mojo generated properties.", e );
-        }
-    }
-}
diff --git a/its/core-it-support/core-it-plugins/pom.xml b/its/core-it-support/core-it-plugins/pom.xml
index 6b2b795589..2201abf282 100644
--- a/its/core-it-support/core-it-plugins/pom.xml
+++ b/its/core-it-support/core-it-plugins/pom.xml
@@ -44,7 +44,6 @@ under the License.
     <module>maven-it-plugin-expression</module>
     <module>maven-it-plugin-file</module>
     <module>maven-it-plugin-fork</module>
-    <module>maven-it-plugin-generate-properties</module>
     <module>maven-it-plugin-no-project</module>
     <module>maven-it-plugin-packaging</module>
     <module>maven-it-plugin-parameter-implementation</module>