diff --git a/maven-core-it-plugin/pom.xml b/maven-core-it-plugin/pom.xml
index d5e484f801..1897d973d7 100644
--- a/maven-core-it-plugin/pom.xml
+++ b/maven-core-it-plugin/pom.xml
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
   <parent>
     <artifactId>maven-plugin-parent</artifactId>
     <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
-    <version>2.0-beta-2</version>
+    <version>2.0-beta-3-SNAPSHOT</version>
   </parent>
   <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
   <artifactId>maven-core-it-plugin</artifactId>
@@ -12,11 +12,6 @@
   <version>1.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
   <inceptionYear>2001</inceptionYear>
   <dependencies>
-    <dependency>
-      <groupId>org.apache.maven</groupId>
-      <artifactId>maven-plugin-api</artifactId>
-      <version>2.0-beta-3-SNAPSHOT</version>
-    </dependency>
     <dependency>
       <groupId>org.apache.maven</groupId>
       <artifactId>maven-project</artifactId>