diff --git a/its/core-it-suite/src/test/resources/it0023/pom.xml b/its/core-it-suite/src/test/resources/it0023/pom.xml
index f5af941e8f..67a4d8d8de 100644
--- a/its/core-it-suite/src/test/resources/it0023/pom.xml
+++ b/its/core-it-suite/src/test/resources/it0023/pom.xml
@@ -17,17 +17,4 @@
       </plugin>
     </plugins>
   </build>
-    <!--remove when the IT plugins are actually released-->
-    <pluginRepositories>
-        <pluginRepository>
-            <id>apache.snapshots</id>
-            <url>http://people.apache.org/repo/m2-snapshot-repository</url>
-            <snapshots>
-                <enabled>true</enabled>
-            </snapshots>
-            <releases>
-                <enabled>false</enabled>
-            </releases>
-        </pluginRepository>
-    </pluginRepositories>
 </project>
diff --git a/its/core-it-suite/src/test/resources/it0040/pom.xml b/its/core-it-suite/src/test/resources/it0040/pom.xml
index 76f4af4ce8..0b79e21ee3 100644
--- a/its/core-it-suite/src/test/resources/it0040/pom.xml
+++ b/its/core-it-suite/src/test/resources/it0040/pom.xml
@@ -7,23 +7,6 @@
   <packaging>it-packaging</packaging>
   <version>1.0</version>
   
-  <repositories>
-    <repository>
-      <id>test-plugins</id>
-      <url>http://people.apache.org/repo/m2-snapshot-repository/</url>
-      <releases><enabled>false</enabled></releases>
-      <snapshots><enabled>true</enabled></snapshots>
-    </repository>
-  </repositories>
-  <pluginRepositories>
-    <pluginRepository>
-      <id>test-plugins</id>
-      <url>http://people.apache.org/repo/m2-snapshot-repository/</url>
-      <releases><enabled>false</enabled></releases>
-      <snapshots><enabled>true</enabled></snapshots>
-    </pluginRepository>
-  </pluginRepositories>
-  
   <build>
     <plugins>
       <plugin>
diff --git a/its/core-it-suite/src/test/resources/it0041/pom.xml b/its/core-it-suite/src/test/resources/it0041/pom.xml
index 0c04d2d5a2..bf7b52fd2b 100644
--- a/its/core-it-suite/src/test/resources/it0041/pom.xml
+++ b/its/core-it-suite/src/test/resources/it0041/pom.xml
@@ -6,23 +6,6 @@
   <description>Test the use of a new type from a plugin</description>
   <version>1.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
   
-  <repositories>
-    <repository>
-      <id>test-plugins</id>
-      <url>http://people.apache.org/repo/m2-snapshot-repository/</url>
-      <releases><enabled>false</enabled></releases>
-      <snapshots><enabled>true</enabled></snapshots>
-    </repository>
-  </repositories>
-  <pluginRepositories>
-    <pluginRepository>
-      <id>test-plugins</id>
-      <url>http://people.apache.org/repo/m2-snapshot-repository/</url>
-      <releases><enabled>false</enabled></releases>
-      <snapshots><enabled>true</enabled></snapshots>
-    </pluginRepository>
-  </pluginRepositories>
-  
   <dependencies>
     <dependency>
       <groupId>org.apache.maven</groupId>
diff --git a/its/core-it-suite/src/test/resources/it0064/pom.xml b/its/core-it-suite/src/test/resources/it0064/pom.xml
index b9ce1a9cc8..57563777a2 100644
--- a/its/core-it-suite/src/test/resources/it0064/pom.xml
+++ b/its/core-it-suite/src/test/resources/it0064/pom.xml
@@ -7,24 +7,7 @@
         for the population of configuration values.</description>
   <packaging>jar</packaging>
   <version>1.0</version>
-  
-  <repositories>
-    <repository>
-      <id>test-plugins</id>
-      <url>http://people.apache.org/repo/m2-snapshot-repository/</url>
-      <releases><enabled>false</enabled></releases>
-      <snapshots><enabled>true</enabled></snapshots>
-    </repository>
-  </repositories>
-  <pluginRepositories>
-    <pluginRepository>
-      <id>test-plugins</id>
-      <url>http://people.apache.org/repo/m2-snapshot-repository/</url>
-      <releases><enabled>false</enabled></releases>
-      <snapshots><enabled>true</enabled></snapshots>
-    </pluginRepository>
-  </pluginRepositories>
-  
+
   <dependencies>
     <dependency>
       <groupId>junit</groupId>
diff --git a/its/core-it-suite/src/test/resources/it0073/pom.xml b/its/core-it-suite/src/test/resources/it0073/pom.xml
index 40226394b3..53568efc27 100644
--- a/its/core-it-suite/src/test/resources/it0073/pom.xml
+++ b/its/core-it-suite/src/test/resources/it0073/pom.xml
@@ -5,24 +5,7 @@
   <artifactId>maven-it-it0073</artifactId>
   <description>Tests context passing between mojos in the same plugin.</description>
   <version>1.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
-  
-  <repositories>
-    <repository>
-      <id>test-plugins</id>
-      <url>http://people.apache.org/repo/m2-snapshot-repository/</url>
-      <releases><enabled>false</enabled></releases>
-      <snapshots><enabled>true</enabled></snapshots>
-    </repository>
-  </repositories>
-  <pluginRepositories>
-    <pluginRepository>
-      <id>test-plugins</id>
-      <url>http://people.apache.org/repo/m2-snapshot-repository/</url>
-      <releases><enabled>false</enabled></releases>
-      <snapshots><enabled>true</enabled></snapshots>
-    </pluginRepository>
-  </pluginRepositories>
-  
+
   <build>
     <plugins>
       <plugin>
diff --git a/its/core-it-suite/src/test/resources/mng-0095/pom.xml b/its/core-it-suite/src/test/resources/mng-0095/pom.xml
index 3aff5891bc..6835586fb8 100644
--- a/its/core-it-suite/src/test/resources/mng-0095/pom.xml
+++ b/its/core-it-suite/src/test/resources/mng-0095/pom.xml
@@ -7,23 +7,7 @@
         the first module, but checks that the second modules is built.</description>
   <packaging>pom</packaging>
   <version>1.0</version>
-  
-  <repositories>
-    <repository>
-      <id>test-plugins</id>
-      <url>http://people.apache.org/repo/m2-snapshot-repository/</url>
-      <releases><enabled>false</enabled></releases>
-      <snapshots><enabled>true</enabled></snapshots>
-    </repository>
-  </repositories>
-  <pluginRepositories>
-    <pluginRepository>
-      <id>test-plugins</id>
-      <url>http://people.apache.org/repo/m2-snapshot-repository/</url>
-      <releases><enabled>false</enabled></releases>
-      <snapshots><enabled>true</enabled></snapshots>
-    </pluginRepository>
-  </pluginRepositories>
+
   <build>
     <pluginManagement>
       <plugins>
diff --git a/its/core-it-suite/src/test/resources/mng-0282/pom.xml b/its/core-it-suite/src/test/resources/mng-0282/pom.xml
index 1364e05c08..7cf6b0f99b 100644
--- a/its/core-it-suite/src/test/resources/mng-0282/pom.xml
+++ b/its/core-it-suite/src/test/resources/mng-0282/pom.xml
@@ -6,23 +6,7 @@
   <description>Test non-reactor behavior when plugin declares "@requiresProject false"</description>
   <packaging>pom</packaging>
   <version>1.0</version>
-  
-  <repositories>
-    <repository>
-      <id>test-plugins</id>
-      <url>http://people.apache.org/repo/m2-snapshot-repository/</url>
-      <releases><enabled>false</enabled></releases>
-      <snapshots><enabled>true</enabled></snapshots>
-    </repository>
-  </repositories>
-  <pluginRepositories>
-    <pluginRepository>
-      <id>test-plugins</id>
-      <url>http://people.apache.org/repo/m2-snapshot-repository/</url>
-      <releases><enabled>false</enabled></releases>
-      <snapshots><enabled>true</enabled></snapshots>
-    </pluginRepository>
-  </pluginRepositories>
+
   <build>
     <pluginManagement>
       <plugins>
diff --git a/its/core-it-suite/src/test/resources/mng-0294/pom.xml b/its/core-it-suite/src/test/resources/mng-0294/pom.xml
index ea5fe77a47..f9e00a714c 100644
--- a/its/core-it-suite/src/test/resources/mng-0294/pom.xml
+++ b/its/core-it-suite/src/test/resources/mng-0294/pom.xml
@@ -17,17 +17,4 @@
       </plugin>
     </plugins>
   </build>
-    <!--remove when the IT plugins are actually release-->
-    <pluginRepositories>
-        <pluginRepository>
-            <id>apache.snapshots</id>
-            <url>http://people.apache.org/repo/m2-snapshot-repository</url>
-            <snapshots>
-                <enabled>true</enabled>
-            </snapshots>
-            <releases>
-                <enabled>false</enabled>
-            </releases>
-        </pluginRepository>
-    </pluginRepositories>
 </project>
diff --git a/its/core-it-suite/src/test/resources/mng-0471/pom.xml b/its/core-it-suite/src/test/resources/mng-0471/pom.xml
index 42fe6598a7..6bbf50ace1 100644
--- a/its/core-it-suite/src/test/resources/mng-0471/pom.xml
+++ b/its/core-it-suite/src/test/resources/mng-0471/pom.xml
@@ -6,24 +6,7 @@
   <description>Test @execute with a custom lifecycle, including configuration</description>
   <packaging>jar</packaging>
   <version>1.0</version>
-  
-  <repositories>
-    <repository>
-      <id>test-plugins</id>
-      <url>http://people.apache.org/repo/m2-snapshot-repository/</url>
-      <releases><enabled>false</enabled></releases>
-      <snapshots><enabled>true</enabled></snapshots>
-    </repository>
-  </repositories>
-  <pluginRepositories>
-    <pluginRepository>
-      <id>test-plugins</id>
-      <url>http://people.apache.org/repo/m2-snapshot-repository/</url>
-      <releases><enabled>false</enabled></releases>
-      <snapshots><enabled>true</enabled></snapshots>
-    </pluginRepository>
-  </pluginRepositories>
-  
+
   <build>
     <plugins>
       <plugin>
diff --git a/its/core-it-suite/src/test/resources/mng-2234/pom.xml b/its/core-it-suite/src/test/resources/mng-2234/pom.xml
index 1eac3ec41c..99f6efcd0c 100644
--- a/its/core-it-suite/src/test/resources/mng-2234/pom.xml
+++ b/its/core-it-suite/src/test/resources/mng-2234/pom.xml
@@ -24,17 +24,4 @@
       </build>
     </profile>
   </profiles>
-  <!--remove when the IT plugins are actually release-->
-    <pluginRepositories>
-        <pluginRepository>
-            <id>apache.snapshots</id>
-            <url>http://people.apache.org/repo/m2-snapshot-repository</url>
-            <snapshots>
-                <enabled>true</enabled>
-            </snapshots>
-            <releases>
-                <enabled>false</enabled>
-            </releases>
-        </pluginRepository>
-    </pluginRepositories>
 </project>
diff --git a/its/core-it-suite/src/test/resources/mng-2277/pom.xml b/its/core-it-suite/src/test/resources/mng-2277/pom.xml
index 122047fb21..47d38e5061 100644
--- a/its/core-it-suite/src/test/resources/mng-2277/pom.xml
+++ b/its/core-it-suite/src/test/resources/mng-2277/pom.xml
@@ -5,24 +5,7 @@
   <packaging>pom</packaging>
   <version>1.0</version>
   <name>MNG-2277</name>
-  
-  <repositories>
-    <repository>
-      <id>test-plugins</id>
-      <url>http://people.apache.org/repo/m2-snapshot-repository/</url>
-      <releases><enabled>false</enabled></releases>
-      <snapshots><enabled>true</enabled></snapshots>
-    </repository>
-  </repositories>
-  <pluginRepositories>
-    <pluginRepository>
-      <id>test-plugins</id>
-      <url>http://people.apache.org/repo/m2-snapshot-repository/</url>
-      <releases><enabled>false</enabled></releases>
-      <snapshots><enabled>true</enabled></snapshots>
-    </pluginRepository>
-  </pluginRepositories>
-  
+
   <build>
     <pluginManagement>
       <plugins>
diff --git a/its/core-it-suite/src/test/resources/mng-2293/pom.xml b/its/core-it-suite/src/test/resources/mng-2293/pom.xml
index d8b4a032fe..884e834ef8 100644
--- a/its/core-it-suite/src/test/resources/mng-2293/pom.xml
+++ b/its/core-it-suite/src/test/resources/mng-2293/pom.xml
@@ -7,24 +7,7 @@
         expected [MNG-2293]</description>
   <packaging>pom</packaging>
   <version>3.8.1</version>
-  
-  <repositories>
-    <repository>
-      <id>test-plugins</id>
-      <url>http://people.apache.org/repo/m2-snapshot-repository/</url>
-      <releases><enabled>false</enabled></releases>
-      <snapshots><enabled>true</enabled></snapshots>
-    </repository>
-  </repositories>
-  <pluginRepositories>
-    <pluginRepository>
-      <id>test-plugins</id>
-      <url>http://people.apache.org/repo/m2-snapshot-repository/</url>
-      <releases><enabled>false</enabled></releases>
-      <snapshots><enabled>true</enabled></snapshots>
-    </pluginRepository>
-  </pluginRepositories>
-  
+
   <build>
     <plugins>
       <plugin>
diff --git a/its/core-it-suite/src/test/resources/mng-2339/a/pom.xml b/its/core-it-suite/src/test/resources/mng-2339/a/pom.xml
index 3cc02cbf71..66a575f7de 100644
--- a/its/core-it-suite/src/test/resources/mng-2339/a/pom.xml
+++ b/its/core-it-suite/src/test/resources/mng-2339/a/pom.xml
@@ -3,24 +3,7 @@
   <groupId>org.apache.maven.its.mng2339</groupId>
   <artifactId>bad-project-interpolation</artifactId>
   <version>1.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
-  
-  <repositories>
-    <repository>
-      <id>test-plugins</id>
-      <url>http://people.apache.org/repo/m2-snapshot-repository/</url>
-      <releases><enabled>false</enabled></releases>
-      <snapshots><enabled>true</enabled></snapshots>
-    </repository>
-  </repositories>
-  <pluginRepositories>
-    <pluginRepository>
-      <id>test-plugins</id>
-      <url>http://people.apache.org/repo/m2-snapshot-repository/</url>
-      <releases><enabled>false</enabled></releases>
-      <snapshots><enabled>true</enabled></snapshots>
-    </pluginRepository>
-  </pluginRepositories>
-  
+
   <!-- 
     NOTE: This actually tests that the ${project.version} expression 
     in the version of a DEPENDENCY in the project-interpolation plugin 
diff --git a/its/core-it-suite/src/test/resources/mng-2339/b/pom.xml b/its/core-it-suite/src/test/resources/mng-2339/b/pom.xml
index 501e5a035f..3a1116e023 100644
--- a/its/core-it-suite/src/test/resources/mng-2339/b/pom.xml
+++ b/its/core-it-suite/src/test/resources/mng-2339/b/pom.xml
@@ -4,24 +4,7 @@
   <groupId>tests</groupId>
   <artifactId>interpolation-of-cliProps</artifactId>
   <version>1</version>
-  
-  <repositories>
-    <repository>
-      <id>test-plugins</id>
-      <url>http://people.apache.org/repo/m2-snapshot-repository/</url>
-      <releases><enabled>false</enabled></releases>
-      <snapshots><enabled>true</enabled></snapshots>
-    </repository>
-  </repositories>
-  <pluginRepositories>
-    <pluginRepository>
-      <id>test-plugins</id>
-      <url>http://people.apache.org/repo/m2-snapshot-repository/</url>
-      <releases><enabled>false</enabled></releases>
-      <snapshots><enabled>true</enabled></snapshots>
-    </pluginRepository>
-  </pluginRepositories>
-  
+
   <build>
     <plugins>
       <plugin>
diff --git a/its/core-it-suite/src/test/resources/mng-2562/pom.xml b/its/core-it-suite/src/test/resources/mng-2562/pom.xml
index 83d982658d..81502a2cd9 100644
--- a/its/core-it-suite/src/test/resources/mng-2562/pom.xml
+++ b/its/core-it-suite/src/test/resources/mng-2562/pom.xml
@@ -25,24 +25,7 @@ under the License.
     <packaging>pom</packaging>
     <version>1.0</version>
     <name>Apache Maven: mng-2562-timestamp</name>
-    
-    <repositories>
-      <repository>
-        <id>test-plugins</id>
-        <url>http://people.apache.org/repo/m2-snapshot-repository/</url>
-        <releases><enabled>false</enabled></releases>
-        <snapshots><enabled>true</enabled></snapshots>
-      </repository>
-    </repositories>
-    <pluginRepositories>
-      <pluginRepository>
-        <id>test-plugins</id>
-        <url>http://people.apache.org/repo/m2-snapshot-repository/</url>
-        <releases><enabled>false</enabled></releases>
-        <snapshots><enabled>true</enabled></snapshots>
-      </pluginRepository>
-    </pluginRepositories>
-    
+
     <build>
         <sourceDirectory>${project.basedir}/src/main/java</sourceDirectory>
         <plugins>
diff --git a/its/core-it-suite/src/test/resources/mng-3106/pom.xml b/its/core-it-suite/src/test/resources/mng-3106/pom.xml
index 0fef84e86c..7fe9e5a1de 100644
--- a/its/core-it-suite/src/test/resources/mng-3106/pom.xml
+++ b/its/core-it-suite/src/test/resources/mng-3106/pom.xml
@@ -76,17 +76,4 @@
       </build>
     </profile>
   </profiles>
-  <!--remove when the IT plugins are actually release-->
-    <pluginRepositories>
-        <pluginRepository>
-            <id>apache.snapshots</id>
-            <url>http://people.apache.org/repo/m2-snapshot-repository</url>
-            <snapshots>
-                <enabled>true</enabled>
-            </snapshots>
-            <releases>
-                <enabled>false</enabled>
-            </releases>
-        </pluginRepository>
-    </pluginRepositories>
 </project>
diff --git a/its/core-it-suite/src/test/resources/mng-3268/pom.xml b/its/core-it-suite/src/test/resources/mng-3268/pom.xml
index 6eab51278c..d3ed904756 100644
--- a/its/core-it-suite/src/test/resources/mng-3268/pom.xml
+++ b/its/core-it-suite/src/test/resources/mng-3268/pom.xml
@@ -104,17 +104,4 @@
       </build>
     </profile>
   </profiles>
-  <!--remove when the IT plugins are actually release-->
-    <pluginRepositories>
-        <pluginRepository>
-            <id>apache.snapshots</id>
-            <url>http://people.apache.org/repo/m2-snapshot-repository</url>
-            <snapshots>
-                <enabled>true</enabled>
-            </snapshots>
-            <releases>
-                <enabled>false</enabled>
-            </releases>
-        </pluginRepository>
-    </pluginRepositories>
 </project>
diff --git a/its/core-it-suite/src/test/resources/mng-3535/failure/pom.xml b/its/core-it-suite/src/test/resources/mng-3535/failure/pom.xml
index af23f7f04b..c0ebfc872b 100644
--- a/its/core-it-suite/src/test/resources/mng-3535/failure/pom.xml
+++ b/its/core-it-suite/src/test/resources/mng-3535/failure/pom.xml
@@ -25,24 +25,7 @@ under the License.
     <packaging>pom</packaging>
     <version>1.0</version>
     <name>Apache Maven: mng3535-selfReferentialProperties</name>
-    
-    <repositories>
-      <repository>
-        <id>test-plugins</id>
-        <url>http://people.apache.org/repo/m2-snapshot-repository/</url>
-        <releases><enabled>false</enabled></releases>
-        <snapshots><enabled>true</enabled></snapshots>
-      </repository>
-    </repositories>
-    <pluginRepositories>
-      <pluginRepository>
-        <id>test-plugins</id>
-        <url>http://people.apache.org/repo/m2-snapshot-repository/</url>
-        <releases><enabled>false</enabled></releases>
-        <snapshots><enabled>true</enabled></snapshots>
-      </pluginRepository>
-    </pluginRepositories>
-    
+
     <build>
         <plugins>
             <plugin>
diff --git a/its/core-it-suite/src/test/resources/mng-3535/success/pom.xml b/its/core-it-suite/src/test/resources/mng-3535/success/pom.xml
index e26d3d5cf7..b21dd3e0f8 100644
--- a/its/core-it-suite/src/test/resources/mng-3535/success/pom.xml
+++ b/its/core-it-suite/src/test/resources/mng-3535/success/pom.xml
@@ -25,24 +25,7 @@ under the License.
     <packaging>pom</packaging>
     <version>1.0</version>
     <name>Apache Maven: mng3535-selfReferentialProperties</name>
-    
-    <repositories>
-      <repository>
-        <id>test-plugins</id>
-        <url>http://people.apache.org/repo/m2-snapshot-repository/</url>
-        <releases><enabled>false</enabled></releases>
-        <snapshots><enabled>true</enabled></snapshots>
-      </repository>
-    </repositories>
-    <pluginRepositories>
-      <pluginRepository>
-        <id>test-plugins</id>
-        <url>http://people.apache.org/repo/m2-snapshot-repository/</url>
-        <releases><enabled>false</enabled></releases>
-        <snapshots><enabled>true</enabled></snapshots>
-      </pluginRepository>
-    </pluginRepositories>
-    
+
     <build>
         <plugins>
             <plugin>
diff --git a/its/core-it-suite/src/test/resources/mng-3545/pom.xml b/its/core-it-suite/src/test/resources/mng-3545/pom.xml
index e96ac73c4d..b03cc67c3e 100644
--- a/its/core-it-suite/src/test/resources/mng-3545/pom.xml
+++ b/its/core-it-suite/src/test/resources/mng-3545/pom.xml
@@ -143,17 +143,4 @@
       </build>
     </profile>
   </profiles>
-  <!--remove when the IT plugins are actually release-->
-    <pluginRepositories>
-        <pluginRepository>
-            <id>apache.snapshots</id>
-            <url>http://people.apache.org/repo/m2-snapshot-repository</url>
-            <snapshots>
-                <enabled>true</enabled>
-            </snapshots>
-            <releases>
-                <enabled>false</enabled>
-            </releases>
-        </pluginRepository>
-    </pluginRepositories>
 </project>