diff --git a/maven-core/src/main/java/org/apache/maven/execution/scope/internal/MojoExecutionModule.java b/maven-core/src/main/java/org/apache/maven/execution/scope/internal/MojoExecutionModule.java
deleted file mode 100644
index 65ba1817e1..0000000000
--- a/maven-core/src/main/java/org/apache/maven/execution/scope/internal/MojoExecutionModule.java
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,45 +0,0 @@
-package org.apache.maven.execution.scope.internal;
-
-/*
- * Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one
- * or more contributor license agreements.  See the NOTICE file
- * distributed with this work for additional information
- * regarding copyright ownership.  The ASF licenses this file
- * to you under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the
- * "License"); you may not use this file except in compliance
- * with the License.  You may obtain a copy of the License at
- *
- *   http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
- *
- * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing,
- * software distributed under the License is distributed on an
- * "AS IS" BASIS, WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY
- * KIND, either express or implied.  See the License for the
- * specific language governing permissions and limitations
- * under the License.
- */
-
-import javax.inject.Named;
-
-import org.apache.maven.execution.scope.MojoExecutionScoped;
-
-import com.google.inject.Binder;
-import com.google.inject.Module;
-import com.google.inject.name.Names;
-
-@Named
-public class MojoExecutionModule
-    implements Module
-{
-
-    public void configure( Binder binder )
-    {
-        final MojoExecutionScope executionScope = new MojoExecutionScope();
-
-        // tell Guice about the scope
-        binder.bindScope( MojoExecutionScoped.class, executionScope );
-
-        // make our scope instance injectable
-        binder.bind( MojoExecutionScope.class ).annotatedWith( Names.named( MojoExecutionScope.SCOPE_NAME ) ).toInstance( executionScope );
-    }
-}
diff --git a/maven-core/src/main/java/org/apache/maven/execution/scope/internal/MojoExecutionScope.java b/maven-core/src/main/java/org/apache/maven/execution/scope/internal/MojoExecutionScope.java
index 3d021fdd80..ce169e140f 100644
--- a/maven-core/src/main/java/org/apache/maven/execution/scope/internal/MojoExecutionScope.java
+++ b/maven-core/src/main/java/org/apache/maven/execution/scope/internal/MojoExecutionScope.java
@@ -22,6 +22,9 @@ package org.apache.maven.execution.scope.internal;
 import java.util.LinkedList;
 import java.util.Map;
 
+import javax.inject.Named;
+import javax.inject.Singleton;
+
 import org.apache.maven.execution.MavenSession;
 import org.apache.maven.execution.scope.MojoExecutionListener;
 import org.apache.maven.execution.scope.MojoExecutionScoped;
@@ -40,11 +43,11 @@ import com.google.inject.Provider;
 import com.google.inject.Scope;
 import com.google.inject.util.Providers;
 
+@Named
+@Singleton
 public class MojoExecutionScope
     implements Scope
 {
-    public static final String SCOPE_NAME = "mojoExecution";
-
     private static final Provider<Object> SEEDED_KEY_PROVIDER = new Provider<Object>()
     {
         public Object get()
diff --git a/maven-core/src/main/java/org/apache/maven/plugin/DefaultBuildPluginManager.java b/maven-core/src/main/java/org/apache/maven/plugin/DefaultBuildPluginManager.java
index 6fe5daa85d..949a228cb8 100644
--- a/maven-core/src/main/java/org/apache/maven/plugin/DefaultBuildPluginManager.java
+++ b/maven-core/src/main/java/org/apache/maven/plugin/DefaultBuildPluginManager.java
@@ -49,7 +49,7 @@ public class DefaultBuildPluginManager
     @Requirement
     private LegacySupport legacySupport;
 
-    @Requirement( hint = MojoExecutionScope.SCOPE_NAME )
+    @Requirement
     private MojoExecutionScope scope;
 
     /**