diff --git a/maven-core/src/main/java/org/apache/maven/DefaultMaven.java b/maven-core/src/main/java/org/apache/maven/DefaultMaven.java
index e80185bbda..a6e11e8c3e 100644
--- a/maven-core/src/main/java/org/apache/maven/DefaultMaven.java
+++ b/maven-core/src/main/java/org/apache/maven/DefaultMaven.java
@@ -85,8 +85,10 @@
 import org.sonatype.aether.RepositorySystemSession;
 import org.sonatype.aether.repository.Authentication;
 import org.sonatype.aether.repository.LocalRepository;
+import org.sonatype.aether.repository.NoLocalRepositoryManagerException;
 import org.sonatype.aether.repository.RepositoryPolicy;
 import org.sonatype.aether.repository.WorkspaceReader;
+import org.sonatype.aether.spi.localrepo.LocalRepositoryManagerFactory;
 import org.sonatype.aether.util.DefaultRepositorySystemSession;
 import org.sonatype.aether.util.repository.ChainedWorkspaceReader;
 import org.sonatype.aether.util.repository.DefaultAuthenticationSelector;
@@ -128,6 +130,9 @@ public class DefaultMaven
     @Requirement
     private RepositorySystem repoSystem;
 
+    @Requirement (optional = true, hint = "simple")
+    private LocalRepositoryManagerFactory simpleLocalRepositoryManagerFactory;
+
     @Requirement
     private SettingsDecrypter settingsDecrypter;
 
@@ -352,7 +357,23 @@ else if ( request.isUpdateSnapshots() )
         session.setArtifactTypeRegistry( RepositoryUtils.newArtifactTypeRegistry( artifactHandlerManager ) );
 
         LocalRepository localRepo = new LocalRepository( request.getLocalRepository().getBasedir() );
-        session.setLocalRepositoryManager( repoSystem.newLocalRepositoryManager( localRepo ) );
+
+        if (request.isUseSimpleLocalRepostoryManager())
+        {
+            try
+            {
+                session.setLocalRepositoryManager( simpleLocalRepositoryManagerFactory.newInstance( localRepo ) );
+            }
+            catch ( NoLocalRepositoryManagerException e )
+            {
+
+                logger.warn( "fail to configure simple local repository manager back to default" );
+                session.setLocalRepositoryManager( repoSystem.newLocalRepositoryManager( localRepo ) );
+            }
+        }
+        else {
+            session.setLocalRepositoryManager( repoSystem.newLocalRepositoryManager( localRepo ) );
+        }
 
         if ( request.getWorkspaceReader() != null )
         {
diff --git a/maven-core/src/main/java/org/apache/maven/execution/DefaultMavenExecutionRequest.java b/maven-core/src/main/java/org/apache/maven/execution/DefaultMavenExecutionRequest.java
index 78436be6b5..313984622e 100644
--- a/maven-core/src/main/java/org/apache/maven/execution/DefaultMavenExecutionRequest.java
+++ b/maven-core/src/main/java/org/apache/maven/execution/DefaultMavenExecutionRequest.java
@@ -143,6 +143,8 @@ public class DefaultMavenExecutionRequest
      */
     private boolean noSnapshotUpdates;
 
+    private boolean useSimpleLocalRepostoryManager = false;
+
     public DefaultMavenExecutionRequest()
     {
     }
@@ -1076,4 +1078,14 @@ public MavenExecutionRequest setCacheNotFound( boolean cacheNotFound )
         return this;
     }
 
+    public boolean isUseSimpleLocalRepostoryManager()
+    {
+        return this.useSimpleLocalRepostoryManager;
+    }
+
+    public MavenExecutionRequest setUseSimpleLocalRepostoryManager( boolean useSimpleLocalRepostoryManager )
+    {
+        this.useSimpleLocalRepostoryManager = useSimpleLocalRepostoryManager;
+        return this;
+    }
 }
diff --git a/maven-core/src/main/java/org/apache/maven/execution/MavenExecutionRequest.java b/maven-core/src/main/java/org/apache/maven/execution/MavenExecutionRequest.java
index ef88a1769f..5ab11b3cae 100644
--- a/maven-core/src/main/java/org/apache/maven/execution/MavenExecutionRequest.java
+++ b/maven-core/src/main/java/org/apache/maven/execution/MavenExecutionRequest.java
@@ -283,4 +283,14 @@ public interface MavenExecutionRequest
 
     ProjectBuildingRequest getProjectBuildingRequest();
 
+    /**
+     * @since 3.1
+     */
+    boolean isUseSimpleLocalRepostoryManager();
+
+    /**
+     * @since 3.1
+     */
+    MavenExecutionRequest setUseSimpleLocalRepostoryManager(boolean useSimpleLocalRepostoryManager);
+
 }
diff --git a/maven-embedder/src/main/java/org/apache/maven/cli/CLIManager.java b/maven-embedder/src/main/java/org/apache/maven/cli/CLIManager.java
index 0e7f2b622a..32c1bb2758 100644
--- a/maven-embedder/src/main/java/org/apache/maven/cli/CLIManager.java
+++ b/maven-embedder/src/main/java/org/apache/maven/cli/CLIManager.java
@@ -97,6 +97,8 @@ public class CLIManager
 
     public static final String THREADS = "T";
 
+    public static final String SIMPLE_LOCAL_REPOSITORY_MANAGER ="slrm";
+
     protected Options options;
 
     @SuppressWarnings( "static-access" )
@@ -134,6 +136,7 @@ public CLIManager()
         options.addOption( OptionBuilder.withLongOpt( "encrypt-password" ).hasArg().withDescription( "Encrypt server password" ).create( ENCRYPT_PASSWORD ) );
         options.addOption( OptionBuilder.withLongOpt( "threads" ).hasArg().withDescription( "Thread count, for instance 2.0C where C is core multiplied" ).create( THREADS ) );
 
+        options.addOption( OptionBuilder.withLongOpt( "simple-local-repository-manager" ).withDescription( "Use a simple local Repository Manager (no use of _maven.repositories)" ).create( SIMPLE_LOCAL_REPOSITORY_MANAGER ) );
         // Adding this back in for compatibility with the verifier that hard codes this option.
 
         options.addOption( OptionBuilder.withLongOpt( "no-plugin-registry" ).withDescription( "Ineffective, only kept for backward compatibility" ).create( "npr" ) );
diff --git a/maven-embedder/src/main/java/org/apache/maven/cli/MavenCli.java b/maven-embedder/src/main/java/org/apache/maven/cli/MavenCli.java
index 5a4710fd04..dd42ba6924 100644
--- a/maven-embedder/src/main/java/org/apache/maven/cli/MavenCli.java
+++ b/maven-embedder/src/main/java/org/apache/maven/cli/MavenCli.java
@@ -210,6 +210,7 @@ public int doMain( CliRequest cliRequest )
             settings( cliRequest );
             populateRequest( cliRequest );
             encryption( cliRequest );
+            repository( cliRequest );
             return execute( cliRequest );
         }
         catch ( ExitException e )
@@ -538,6 +539,15 @@ else if ( cliRequest.commandLine.hasOption( CLIManager.ENCRYPT_PASSWORD ) )
         }
     }
 
+    private void repository( CliRequest cliRequest )
+        throws Exception
+    {
+        if ( cliRequest.commandLine.hasOption( CLIManager.SIMPLE_LOCAL_REPOSITORY_MANAGER ) )
+        {
+           cliRequest.request.setUseSimpleLocalRepostoryManager( true );
+        }
+    }
+
     private int execute( CliRequest cliRequest )
     {
         eventSpyDispatcher.onEvent( cliRequest.request );