diff --git a/maven-embedder/src/main/java/org/apache/maven/embedder/MavenEmbedder.java b/maven-embedder/src/main/java/org/apache/maven/embedder/MavenEmbedder.java
index 2be3428e8a..d5c9f23ee9 100644
--- a/maven-embedder/src/main/java/org/apache/maven/embedder/MavenEmbedder.java
+++ b/maven-embedder/src/main/java/org/apache/maven/embedder/MavenEmbedder.java
@@ -62,7 +62,6 @@
 import org.apache.maven.plugin.PluginManager;
 import org.apache.maven.plugin.PluginManagerException;
 import org.apache.maven.plugin.PluginNotFoundException;
-import org.apache.maven.plugin.PluginRepository;
 import org.apache.maven.plugin.PluginVersionNotFoundException;
 import org.apache.maven.plugin.PluginVersionResolutionException;
 import org.apache.maven.project.MavenProject;
@@ -143,8 +142,6 @@ public class MavenEmbedder
     private MavenExecutionRequestPopulator populator;
 
     private BuildPlanner buildPlanner;
-
-    private PluginRepository pluginRepository;
     
     // ----------------------------------------------------------------------
     // Configuration
@@ -620,8 +617,6 @@ private void start( Configuration configuration )
 
             buildPlanner = container.lookup( BuildPlanner.class );
 
-            pluginRepository = container.lookup( PluginRepository.class );
-
             repositoryTools = container.lookup( MavenRepositorySystem.class );
             
             // This is temporary as we can probably cache a single request and use it for default values and