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 cb4bd9ee0b..4020f3c50b 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
@@ -79,7 +79,6 @@ public class IntegrationTestSuite
// -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
// Tests that don't run stable and need to be fixed
// -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
- // suite.addTestSuite( MavenIT0109ReleaseUpdateTest.class );
// suite.addTestSuite( MavenIT0108SnapshotUpdateTest.class ); -- MNG-3137
suite.addTestSuite( MavenITmng4745PluginVersionUpdateTest.class );
diff --git a/its/core-it-suite/src/test/java/org/apache/maven/it/MavenIT0109ReleaseUpdateTest.java b/its/core-it-suite/src/test/java/org/apache/maven/it/MavenIT0109ReleaseUpdateTest.java
deleted file mode 100644
index dacec64289..0000000000
--- a/its/core-it-suite/src/test/java/org/apache/maven/it/MavenIT0109ReleaseUpdateTest.java
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,140 +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.FileUtils;
-import org.apache.maven.it.util.ResourceExtractor;
-
-import java.io.File;
-import java.io.IOException;
-import java.util.HashMap;
-import java.util.Map;
-
-/**
- * Test to verify that a release can be updated.
- */
-public class MavenIT0109ReleaseUpdateTest
- extends AbstractMavenIntegrationTestCase
-{
- public MavenIT0109ReleaseUpdateTest()
- {
- super( ALL_MAVEN_VERSIONS );
- }
-
- private static final String GROUPID = "org.apache.maven.it";
-
- private static final String ARTIFACTID = "maven-it-release-update";
-
- private static final String TYPE = "jar";
-
- private static final String POM_TYPE = "pom";
-
- private static final String OLD_VERSION = "1.0";
-
- private static final String NEW_VERSION = "1.1";
-
- public void testReleaseUpdated()
- throws Exception
- {
- File testDir = ResourceExtractor.simpleExtractResources( getClass(), "/it0109" );
- Verifier verifier = new Verifier( testDir.getAbsolutePath() );
- verifier.deleteArtifact( GROUPID, ARTIFACTID, OLD_VERSION, TYPE );
- verifier.deleteArtifact( GROUPID, ARTIFACTID, OLD_VERSION, POM_TYPE );
- verifier.deleteArtifact( GROUPID, ARTIFACTID, NEW_VERSION, TYPE );
- verifier.deleteArtifact( GROUPID, ARTIFACTID, NEW_VERSION, POM_TYPE );
-
- writeMetadata( new File( verifier.localRepo ), "maven-metadata-it.releases.xml", OLD_VERSION,
- "20051230031110" );
-
- // create a repository (TODO: into verifier)
- File repository = new File( testDir, "repo" );
- repository.mkdirs();
-
- // create artifact in repository (TODO: into verifier)
- writeArtifact( repository, OLD_VERSION );
- writeArtifact( repository, NEW_VERSION );
-
- writeMetadata( repository, "maven-metadata.xml", NEW_VERSION, "20061230031110" );
-
- verifier.assertArtifactNotPresent( GROUPID, ARTIFACTID, OLD_VERSION, TYPE );
- verifier.assertArtifactNotPresent( GROUPID, ARTIFACTID, NEW_VERSION, TYPE );
-
- Map m = new HashMap();
-/*
- m.put( "MAVEN_OPTS",
- "-Xdebug -Xnoagent -Djava.compiler=NONE -Xrunjdwp:transport=dt_socket,server=y,suspend=y,address=5005" );
-*/
- verifier.executeGoal( "package", m );
-
- verifier.assertArtifactNotPresent( GROUPID, ARTIFACTID, OLD_VERSION, TYPE );
- verifier.assertArtifactPresent( GROUPID, ARTIFACTID, NEW_VERSION, TYPE );
-
- verifier.verifyErrorFreeLog();
- verifier.resetStreams();
- }
-
- private static void writeMetadata( File repository, String fileName, String version, String timestamp )
- throws IOException
- {
- File metadata = new File( repository, GROUPID.replace( '.', '/' ) + "/" + ARTIFACTID + "/" + fileName );
- metadata.getParentFile().mkdirs();
-
- StringBuffer content = new StringBuffer();
- content.append( "\n" );
- content.append( " " + GROUPID + "\n" );
- content.append( " " + ARTIFACTID + "\n" );
- content.append( " \n" );
- content.append( " " + version + "\n" );
- content.append( " " + version + "\n" );
- content.append( " \n" );
- content.append( " " + OLD_VERSION + "\n" );
- content.append( " " + NEW_VERSION + "\n" );
- content.append( " \n" );
- content.append( " " + timestamp + "\n" );
- content.append( " \n" );
- content.append( "" );
-
- FileUtils.fileWrite( metadata.getAbsolutePath(), content.toString() );
- }
-
- private static void writeArtifact( File repository, String version )
- throws IOException
- {
-/*
- File artifact = new File( repository, GROUPID.replace( '.', '/' ) + "/" + ARTIFACTID + "/" + version + "/" +
- ARTIFACTID + "-" + version + "." + TYPE );
- artifact.getParentFile().mkdirs();
- FileUtils.fileWrite( artifact.getAbsolutePath(), version );
-
- StringBuffer content = new StringBuffer();
- content.append( "\n" );
- content.append( " 4.0.0\n" );
- content.append( " " + GROUPID + "\n" );
- content.append( " " + ARTIFACTID + "\n" );
- content.append( " " + version + "\n" );
- content.append( " maven-plugin\n" );
- content.append( "" );
-
- artifact = new File( artifact.getParentFile(), ARTIFACTID + "-" + version + "." + POM_TYPE );
- FileUtils.fileWrite( artifact.getAbsolutePath(), content.toString() );
-*/
- }
-}
diff --git a/its/core-it-suite/src/test/resources/it0109/pom.xml b/its/core-it-suite/src/test/resources/it0109/pom.xml
deleted file mode 100644
index c0b79545f4..0000000000
--- a/its/core-it-suite/src/test/resources/it0109/pom.xml
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,47 +0,0 @@
-
-
-
- 4.0.0
- Maven Integration Test :: releaseUpdate
- org.apache.maven.its.releaseUpdate
- maven-it-release-update
- 1.0
-
- Test to verify that a plugin can be successfully updated to the latest release. See MNG-1908.
-
-
-
-
- org.apache.maven.it
- maven-it-release-update
-
-
-
-
-
- it.releases
- file:///${basedir}/repo
-
- always
-
-
-
-
diff --git a/its/core-it-suite/src/test/resources/it0109/repo/org/apache/maven/it/maven-it-release-update/1.0/maven-it-release-update-1.0.jar b/its/core-it-suite/src/test/resources/it0109/repo/org/apache/maven/it/maven-it-release-update/1.0/maven-it-release-update-1.0.jar
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