diff --git a/its/core-it-suite/src/test/java/org/apache/maven/it/IntegrationTestSuite.java b/its/core-it-suite/src/test/java/org/apache/maven/it/IntegrationTestSuite.java
index 46cab38f50..13aedf4872 100644
--- a/its/core-it-suite/src/test/java/org/apache/maven/it/IntegrationTestSuite.java
+++ b/its/core-it-suite/src/test/java/org/apache/maven/it/IntegrationTestSuite.java
@@ -271,7 +271,6 @@ public class IntegrationTestSuite
         suite.addTestSuite( MavenIT0052Test.class );
         suite.addTestSuite( MavenIT0051Test.class );
         suite.addTestSuite( MavenIT0049Test.class );
-        suite.addTestSuite( MavenIT0048Test.class );
         suite.addTestSuite( MavenIT0047Test.class );
         suite.addTestSuite( MavenIT0046Test.class );
         suite.addTestSuite( MavenIT0045Test.class );
diff --git a/its/core-it-suite/src/test/java/org/apache/maven/it/MavenIT0048Test.java b/its/core-it-suite/src/test/java/org/apache/maven/it/MavenIT0048Test.java
deleted file mode 100644
index 3920f02fa6..0000000000
--- a/its/core-it-suite/src/test/java/org/apache/maven/it/MavenIT0048Test.java
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,47 +0,0 @@
-package org.apache.maven.it;
-
-/*
- * 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 org.apache.maven.it.Verifier;
-import org.apache.maven.it.util.ResourceExtractor;
-
-import java.io.File;
-
-public class MavenIT0048Test
-    extends AbstractMavenIntegrationTestCase
-{
-
-    /**
-     * Verify that default values for mojo parameters are working (indirectly, 
-     * by verifying that the IT mojo is functioning correctly).
-     */
-    public void testit0048()
-        throws Exception
-    {
-        File testDir = ResourceExtractor.simpleExtractResources( getClass(), "/it0048" );
-
-        Verifier verifier = new Verifier( testDir.getAbsolutePath() );
-        verifier.executeGoal( "org.apache.maven.its.plugins:maven-it-plugin-file:2.1-SNAPSHOT:file" );
-        verifier.assertFilePresent( "target/file.txt" );
-        verifier.verifyErrorFreeLog();
-        verifier.resetStreams();
-    }
-
-}
diff --git a/its/core-it-suite/src/test/resources/it0048/pom.xml b/its/core-it-suite/src/test/resources/it0048/pom.xml
deleted file mode 100644
index a9c6087242..0000000000
--- a/its/core-it-suite/src/test/resources/it0048/pom.xml
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,35 +0,0 @@
-<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
-
-<!--
-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.
--->
-
-<project>
-  <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
-
-  <groupId>org.apache.maven.its.it0048</groupId>
-  <artifactId>maven-it-it0048</artifactId>
-  <packaging>jar</packaging>
-  <version>1.0</version>
-
-  <name>Maven Integration Test :: it0048</name> 
-  <description>
-    Verify that default values for mojo parameters are working (indirectly, 
-    by verifying that the IT mojo is functioning correctly).
-  </description>
-</project>