diff --git a/maven-plugins/maven-checkstyle-plugin/src/main/resources/META-INF/plexus/components.xml b/maven-plugins/maven-checkstyle-plugin/src/main/resources/META-INF/plexus/components.xml
deleted file mode 100644
index a184ba1c09..0000000000
--- a/maven-plugins/maven-checkstyle-plugin/src/main/resources/META-INF/plexus/components.xml
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,15 +0,0 @@
-<component-set>
-  <!-- TODO:
-   - this should be generated using cdc
-   - need to configure the reports
-   - the hint should perhaps use a qualifier -> this is equivalent to how we must deal with plugins outside of the maven group ID
-  -->
-  <components>
-    <component>
-      <role>org.apache.maven.reporting.MavenReport</role>
-      <role-hint>checkstyle</role-hint>
-      <implementation>org.apache.maven.plugin.checkstyle.CheckstyleReport</implementation>
-      <instantiation-strategy>per-lookup</instantiation-strategy>
-    </component>
-  </components>
-</component-set>
diff --git a/maven-plugins/maven-clover-plugin/src/main/resources/META-INF/plexus/components.xml b/maven-plugins/maven-clover-plugin/src/main/resources/META-INF/plexus/components.xml
deleted file mode 100644
index 840970f6fb..0000000000
--- a/maven-plugins/maven-clover-plugin/src/main/resources/META-INF/plexus/components.xml
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,15 +0,0 @@
-<component-set>
-  <!-- TODO:
-   - this should be generated using cdc
-   - need to configure the reports
-   - the hint should perhaps use a qualifier -> this is equivalent to how we must deal with plugins outside of the maven group ID
-  -->
-  <components>
-    <component>
-      <role>org.apache.maven.reporting.MavenReport</role>
-      <role-hint>clover</role-hint>
-      <implementation>org.apache.maven.plugin.clover.CloverReportMojo</implementation>
-      <instantiation-strategy>per-lookup</instantiation-strategy>
-    </component>
-  </components>
-</component-set>
diff --git a/maven-plugins/maven-javadoc-plugin/src/main/resources/META-INF/plexus/components.xml b/maven-plugins/maven-javadoc-plugin/src/main/resources/META-INF/plexus/components.xml
deleted file mode 100644
index 066092449c..0000000000
--- a/maven-plugins/maven-javadoc-plugin/src/main/resources/META-INF/plexus/components.xml
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,15 +0,0 @@
-<component-set>
-  <!-- TODO:
-   - this should be generated using cdc
-   - need to configure the reports
-   - the hint should perhaps use a qualifier -> this is equivalent to how we must deal with plugins outside of the maven group ID
-  -->
-  <components>
-    <component>
-      <role>org.apache.maven.reporting.MavenReport</role>
-      <role-hint>javadoc</role-hint>
-      <implementation>org.apache.maven.plugin.javadoc.JavadocReport</implementation>
-      <instantiation-strategy>per-lookup</instantiation-strategy>
-    </component>
-  </components>
-</component-set>
diff --git a/maven-plugins/maven-pmd-plugin/src/main/resources/META-INF/plexus/components.xml b/maven-plugins/maven-pmd-plugin/src/main/resources/META-INF/plexus/components.xml
deleted file mode 100644
index a48fb51cef..0000000000
--- a/maven-plugins/maven-pmd-plugin/src/main/resources/META-INF/plexus/components.xml
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,15 +0,0 @@
-<component-set>
-  <!-- TODO:
-   - this should be generated using cdc
-   - need to configure the reports
-   - the hint should perhaps use a qualifier -> this is equivalent to how we must deal with plugins outside of the maven group ID
-  -->
-  <components>
-    <component>
-      <role>org.apache.maven.reporting.MavenReport</role>
-      <role-hint>pmd</role-hint>
-      <implementation>org.apache.maven.plugin.pmd.PmdReport</implementation>
-      <instantiation-strategy>per-lookup</instantiation-strategy>
-    </component>
-  </components>
-</component-set>
diff --git a/maven-plugins/maven-project-info-reports-plugin/src/main/resources/META-INF/plexus/components.xml b/maven-plugins/maven-project-info-reports-plugin/src/main/resources/META-INF/plexus/components.xml
deleted file mode 100644
index 498ae6906b..0000000000
--- a/maven-plugins/maven-project-info-reports-plugin/src/main/resources/META-INF/plexus/components.xml
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,21 +0,0 @@
-<component-set>
-  <!-- TODO:
-   - this should be generated using cdc
-   - need to configure the reports
-   - the hint should perhaps use a qualifier -> this is equivalent to how we must deal with plugins outside of the maven group ID
-  -->
-  <components>
-    <component>
-      <role>org.apache.maven.reporting.MavenReport</role>
-      <role-hint>dependencies</role-hint>
-      <implementation>org.apache.maven.report.projectinfo.DependenciesReport</implementation>
-      <instantiation-strategy>per-lookup</instantiation-strategy>
-    </component>
-    <component>
-      <role>org.apache.maven.reporting.MavenReport</role>
-      <role-hint>mail-lists</role-hint>
-      <implementation>org.apache.maven.report.projectinfo.MailingListsReport</implementation>
-      <instantiation-strategy>per-lookup</instantiation-strategy>
-    </component>
-  </components>
-</component-set>