diff --git a/maven-core/src/main/java/org/apache/maven/artifact/MavenMetadataSource.java b/maven-core/src/main/java/org/apache/maven/artifact/MavenMetadataSource.java
index affc55c0ef..143ac51eca 100644
--- a/maven-core/src/main/java/org/apache/maven/artifact/MavenMetadataSource.java
+++ b/maven-core/src/main/java/org/apache/maven/artifact/MavenMetadataSource.java
@@ -4,7 +4,6 @@
 import org.apache.maven.artifact.metadata.ArtifactMetadataSource;
 import org.apache.maven.artifact.repository.ArtifactRepository;
 import org.apache.maven.artifact.resolver.ArtifactResolver;
-import org.apache.maven.artifact.resolver.ArtifactResolutionException;
 import org.apache.maven.model.Dependency;
 import org.apache.maven.model.Model;
 import org.apache.maven.model.io.xpp3.MavenXpp3Reader;
@@ -64,8 +63,6 @@ public Set retrieve( Artifact artifact )
 
         try
         {
-            // This is using the current format for the metadata
-
             Artifact metadataArtifact = new DefaultArtifact( artifact.getGroupId(),
                                                              artifact.getArtifactId(),
                                                              artifact.getVersion(),
@@ -80,7 +77,6 @@ public Set retrieve( Artifact artifact )
         catch ( Exception e )
         {
             throw new ArtifactMetadataRetrievalException( "Cannot read artifact source: ", e );
-
         }
 
         return artifacts;
diff --git a/maven-core/src/main/java/org/apache/maven/project/MavenProject.java b/maven-core/src/main/java/org/apache/maven/project/MavenProject.java
index ab6bb0fba3..71cdd9283c 100644
--- a/maven-core/src/main/java/org/apache/maven/project/MavenProject.java
+++ b/maven-core/src/main/java/org/apache/maven/project/MavenProject.java
@@ -548,45 +548,9 @@ public boolean getBooleanProperty( String key )
         return false;
     }
 
-    /**
-     * @return
-     * @todo create something like MavenContants class and put "maven.repo.local"
-     * @todo In fact I am not sure if this object should be used for accessing the information
-     * where maven local repository is. There should be only one local repository and it
-     * should be shared between all projects. Probably we can have a component like
-     * MavenEnvinromnent which will contain all behavioral settings shared between projects.
-     * This component can read on the startup ${user.home}/build.properties file
-     * <p/>
-     * <p/>
-     * there
-     */
-    public String getLocalRepository()
-    {
-        return getProperty( "maven.repo.local" );
-    }
-
-    public void setLocalRepository( String path )
-    {
-        properties.put( "maven.repo.local", path );
-    }
-
     public List getRepositories()
     {
         return model.getRepositories();
     }
-
-    public void addRepository( Repository repository )
-    {
-        model.getRepositories().add( repository );
-    }
-
-    public void addRepository( String url )
-    {
-        Repository repository = new Repository();
-
-        repository.setUrl( url );
-
-        addRepository( repository );
-    }
 }
 
diff --git a/maven-core/src/test/java/org/apache/maven/project/AbstractProjectTestCase.java b/maven-core/src/test/java/org/apache/maven/project/AbstractProjectTestCase.java
index 0d57a32805..5ea7e321f3 100644
--- a/maven-core/src/test/java/org/apache/maven/project/AbstractProjectTestCase.java
+++ b/maven-core/src/test/java/org/apache/maven/project/AbstractProjectTestCase.java
@@ -71,20 +71,4 @@ protected MavenProject buildProject( File f, ArtifactRepository localRepository
     {
         return buildProject( f, localRepository, false );
     }
-
-    protected void initRemoteRepositories( MavenProject project )
-    {
-        //we will remove ibiblio
-        project.getRepositories().clear();
-
-        File repo_1 = new File( getBasedir(), "target/test-classes/remote-repo-1" );
-
-        File repo_2 = new File( getBasedir(), "target/test-classes/remote-repo-2" );
-
-        project.addRepository( "file://" + repo_1.getPath() );
-
-        project.addRepository( "file://" + repo_2.getPath() );
-
-        assertEquals( 2, project.getRepositories().size() );
-    }
 }