diff --git a/maven-compat/src/main/java/org/apache/maven/artifact/resolver/DefaultArtifactResolver.java b/maven-compat/src/main/java/org/apache/maven/artifact/resolver/DefaultArtifactResolver.java
index e75c61d603..2b978b0b44 100644
--- a/maven-compat/src/main/java/org/apache/maven/artifact/resolver/DefaultArtifactResolver.java
+++ b/maven-compat/src/main/java/org/apache/maven/artifact/resolver/DefaultArtifactResolver.java
@@ -111,7 +111,7 @@ public void execute( Runnable command )
         else
         {
             executor =
-                new ThreadPoolExecutor( threads, threads, 3, TimeUnit.SECONDS, new LinkedBlockingQueue<Runnable>(), new DaemonThreadCreator());
+                new ThreadPoolExecutor( 0, threads, 3, TimeUnit.SECONDS, new LinkedBlockingQueue<Runnable>(), new DaemonThreadCreator());
         }
     }