diff --git a/maven-core/src/main/java/org/apache/maven/project/DefaultMavenProjectBuilder.java b/maven-core/src/main/java/org/apache/maven/project/DefaultMavenProjectBuilder.java
index 91f5c33a40..f7ababd29c 100644
--- a/maven-core/src/main/java/org/apache/maven/project/DefaultMavenProjectBuilder.java
+++ b/maven-core/src/main/java/org/apache/maven/project/DefaultMavenProjectBuilder.java
@@ -320,6 +320,7 @@ public class DefaultMavenProjectBuilder
         }
 
         project.setArtifacts( result.getArtifacts() );
+        project.getArtifacts().remove( pomArtifact );
 
         return new MavenProjectBuildingResult( project, result );
     }
diff --git a/maven-core/src/test/java/org/apache/maven/project/inheritance/t04/ProjectInheritanceTest.java b/maven-core/src/test/java/org/apache/maven/project/inheritance/t04/ProjectInheritanceTest.java
index 43e9494aca..535b95072d 100644
--- a/maven-core/src/test/java/org/apache/maven/project/inheritance/t04/ProjectInheritanceTest.java
+++ b/maven-core/src/test/java/org/apache/maven/project/inheritance/t04/ProjectInheritanceTest.java
@@ -69,7 +69,7 @@ public class ProjectInheritanceTest
         Set set = project1.getArtifacts();
         assertNotNull("No artifacts", set);
         assertTrue("No Artifacts", set.size() > 0);
-        assertTrue("Set size should be 4, is " + set.size(), set.size() == 4);
+        assertTrue("Set size should be 3, is " + set.size(), set.size() == 3);
 
         Iterator iter = set.iterator();
         while (iter.hasNext()) {
diff --git a/maven-core/src/test/java/org/apache/maven/project/inheritance/t06/ProjectInheritanceTest.java b/maven-core/src/test/java/org/apache/maven/project/inheritance/t06/ProjectInheritanceTest.java
index ef8d98bf8d..7e168c444f 100644
--- a/maven-core/src/test/java/org/apache/maven/project/inheritance/t06/ProjectInheritanceTest.java
+++ b/maven-core/src/test/java/org/apache/maven/project/inheritance/t06/ProjectInheritanceTest.java
@@ -66,7 +66,7 @@ public class ProjectInheritanceTest
         assertNotNull("No artifacts", set);
         assertTrue("No Artifacts", set.size() > 0);
         Iterator iter = set.iterator();
-        assertTrue("Set size should be 5, is " + set.size(), set.size() == 5);
+        assertTrue("Set size should be 4, is " + set.size(), set.size() == 4);
 
         while (iter.hasNext())
         {
diff --git a/maven-core/src/test/java/org/apache/maven/project/inheritance/t08/ProjectInheritanceTest.java b/maven-core/src/test/java/org/apache/maven/project/inheritance/t08/ProjectInheritanceTest.java
index 08a3dea064..9c73b9a585 100644
--- a/maven-core/src/test/java/org/apache/maven/project/inheritance/t08/ProjectInheritanceTest.java
+++ b/maven-core/src/test/java/org/apache/maven/project/inheritance/t08/ProjectInheritanceTest.java
@@ -67,7 +67,7 @@ public class ProjectInheritanceTest
         assertNotNull("No artifacts", set);
         assertTrue("No Artifacts", set.size() > 0);
         Iterator iter = set.iterator();
-        assertTrue("Set size should be 5, is " + set.size(), set.size() == 5);
+        assertTrue("Set size should be 4, is " + set.size(), set.size() == 4);
 
         while (iter.hasNext())
         {
diff --git a/maven-core/src/test/java/org/apache/maven/project/inheritance/t10/ProjectInheritanceTest.java b/maven-core/src/test/java/org/apache/maven/project/inheritance/t10/ProjectInheritanceTest.java
index 51eacd9c67..3457e827e4 100644
--- a/maven-core/src/test/java/org/apache/maven/project/inheritance/t10/ProjectInheritanceTest.java
+++ b/maven-core/src/test/java/org/apache/maven/project/inheritance/t10/ProjectInheritanceTest.java
@@ -71,7 +71,7 @@ public class ProjectInheritanceTest
         Map map = project1.getArtifactMap();
         assertNotNull("No artifacts", map);
         assertTrue("No Artifacts", map.size() > 0);
-        assertTrue("Set size should be 4, is " + map.size(), map.size() == 4);
+        assertTrue("Set size should be 3, is " + map.size(), map.size() == 3);
 
         Artifact a = (Artifact) map.get("maven-test:t10-a");
         Artifact b = (Artifact) map.get("maven-test:t10-b");