diff --git a/maven-core-it/it2001/settings-norepo.xml b/maven-core-it/it2001/settings-norepo.xml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..57f8c014c5
--- /dev/null
+++ b/maven-core-it/it2001/settings-norepo.xml
@@ -0,0 +1,4 @@
+<settings>
+  <localRepository>file:../target/local-repo</localRepository>
+  <usePluginRegistry>false</usePluginRegistry>
+</settings>
diff --git a/maven-core-it/it2001/test.sh b/maven-core-it/it2001/test.sh
index 48763d5261..c10562f37b 100755
--- a/maven-core-it/it2001/test.sh
+++ b/maven-core-it/it2001/test.sh
@@ -10,13 +10,13 @@ echo "Installing 'b'"
 (cd b && m2 --settings ../settings.xml install)
 
 echo "Installing 'a'"
-(cd a && m2 --settings ../settings.xml install)
+(cd a && m2 --settings ../settings-norepo.xml install)
 
 echo "Removing 'c' from local repository"
 rm -Rf target/local-repository/org/apache/maven/it2001/c
 
 echo "Re-running 'a' install"
-(cd a && m2 --settings ../settings.xml install)
+(cd a && m2 --settings ../settings-norepo.xml install)
 
 echo "Cleaning up."
 rm -Rf `find . -type d -name target`
diff --git a/maven-project/src/main/java/org/apache/maven/project/artifact/MavenMetadataSource.java b/maven-project/src/main/java/org/apache/maven/project/artifact/MavenMetadataSource.java
index 58c84a26d8..36b1b91761 100644
--- a/maven-project/src/main/java/org/apache/maven/project/artifact/MavenMetadataSource.java
+++ b/maven-project/src/main/java/org/apache/maven/project/artifact/MavenMetadataSource.java
@@ -181,12 +181,7 @@ public ResolutionGroup retrieve( Artifact artifact, ArtifactRepository localRepo
                 // if the project is null, we encountered an invalid model (read: m1 POM)
                 // we'll just return an empty resolution group.
                 // or used the inherited scope (should that be passed to the buildFromRepository method above?)
-                Set artifacts = project.createArtifacts( artifactFactory, artifact.getScope(),
-                                                         artifact.getDependencyFilter() );
-                
-                List repositories = aggregateRepositoryLists( remoteRepositories, project.getRemoteArtifactRepositories() );
-                
-                result = new ResolutionGroup( pomArtifact, artifacts, repositories );
+                result = new ResolutionGroup( pomArtifact, Collections.EMPTY_SET, Collections.EMPTY_LIST );
             }
             else
             {
@@ -195,7 +190,9 @@ public ResolutionGroup retrieve( Artifact artifact, ArtifactRepository localRepo
                 Set artifacts = project.createArtifacts( artifactFactory, artifact.getScope(),
                                                          artifact.getDependencyFilter() );
 
-                result = new ResolutionGroup( pomArtifact, artifacts, project.getRemoteArtifactRepositories() );
+                List repositories = aggregateRepositoryLists( remoteRepositories, project.getRemoteArtifactRepositories() );
+                
+                result = new ResolutionGroup( pomArtifact, artifacts, repositories );
             }
 
             return result;