diff --git a/maven-artifact/src/main/java/org/apache/maven/artifact/factory/DefaultArtifactFactory.java b/maven-artifact/src/main/java/org/apache/maven/artifact/factory/DefaultArtifactFactory.java
index e5f310df55..cd5b57ab58 100644
--- a/maven-artifact/src/main/java/org/apache/maven/artifact/factory/DefaultArtifactFactory.java
+++ b/maven-artifact/src/main/java/org/apache/maven/artifact/factory/DefaultArtifactFactory.java
@@ -32,11 +32,6 @@ public DefaultArtifactFactory()
     {
     }
 
-    public DefaultArtifactFactory( ArtifactHandlerManager artifactHandlerManager )
-    {
-        this.artifactHandlerManager = artifactHandlerManager;
-    }
-
     public Artifact createArtifact( String groupId, String artifactId, String version, String scope, String type )
     {
         return createArtifact( groupId, artifactId, version, scope, type, null, null );
diff --git a/maven-artifact/src/main/java/org/apache/maven/artifact/handler/manager/DefaultArtifactHandlerManager.java b/maven-artifact/src/main/java/org/apache/maven/artifact/handler/manager/DefaultArtifactHandlerManager.java
index b4855c1ad0..57a8fcadf5 100644
--- a/maven-artifact/src/main/java/org/apache/maven/artifact/handler/manager/DefaultArtifactHandlerManager.java
+++ b/maven-artifact/src/main/java/org/apache/maven/artifact/handler/manager/DefaultArtifactHandlerManager.java
@@ -18,7 +18,6 @@
 
 import org.apache.maven.artifact.handler.ArtifactHandler;
 import org.apache.maven.artifact.handler.DefaultArtifactHandler;
-import org.apache.maven.artifact.repository.layout.ArtifactRepositoryLayout;
 
 import java.util.Map;
 import java.util.Set;
@@ -33,8 +32,6 @@ public class DefaultArtifactHandlerManager
 {
     private Map artifactHandlers;
 
-    private ArtifactRepositoryLayout artifactRepositoryLayout;
-
     public ArtifactHandler getArtifactHandler( String type )
     {
         ArtifactHandler handler = (ArtifactHandler) artifactHandlers.get( type );