diff --git a/maven-artifact-ant/src/main/java/org/apache/maven/artifact/ant/Pom.java b/maven-artifact-ant/src/main/java/org/apache/maven/artifact/ant/Pom.java
index 1e638c1654..379e15cbb5 100755
--- a/maven-artifact-ant/src/main/java/org/apache/maven/artifact/ant/Pom.java
+++ b/maven-artifact-ant/src/main/java/org/apache/maven/artifact/ant/Pom.java
@@ -34,7 +34,6 @@ import org.apache.tools.ant.PropertyHelper;
 import org.codehaus.plexus.util.introspection.ReflectionValueExtractor;
 
 import java.io.File;
-import java.util.Collections;
 
 /**
  * A POM typedef.
@@ -114,7 +113,7 @@ public class Pom
             try
             {
                 // TODO: should the profiles be constructed and passed in here? From Ant, or perhaps settings?
-                mavenProject = builder.build( file, localRepository, Collections.EMPTY_LIST );
+                mavenProject = builder.build( file, localRepository, null );
             }
             catch ( ProjectBuildingException e )
             {
diff --git a/maven-project/src/main/java/org/apache/maven/project/DefaultMavenProjectBuilder.java b/maven-project/src/main/java/org/apache/maven/project/DefaultMavenProjectBuilder.java
index f5decadc32..3fb6f6e49d 100644
--- a/maven-project/src/main/java/org/apache/maven/project/DefaultMavenProjectBuilder.java
+++ b/maven-project/src/main/java/org/apache/maven/project/DefaultMavenProjectBuilder.java
@@ -259,30 +259,6 @@ public class DefaultMavenProjectBuilder
         return map;
     }
 
-    /**
-     * @deprecated Use build( File, ArtifactRepository, ProfileManager)
-     */
-    public MavenProject build( File projectDescriptor, ArtifactRepository localRepository, List activeExternalProfiles )
-        throws ProjectBuildingException
-    {
-        ProfileManager profileManager = new DefaultProfileManager( container );
-
-        if ( activeExternalProfiles != null )
-        {
-            for ( Iterator it = activeExternalProfiles.iterator(); it.hasNext(); )
-            {
-                Profile profile = (Profile) it.next();
-
-                // since it's already determined to be active, we'll explicitly set it as activated in the mgr.
-                profileManager.explicitlyActivate( profile.getId() );
-
-                profileManager.addProfile( profile );
-            }
-        }
-
-        return buildFromSourceFile( projectDescriptor, localRepository, profileManager );
-    }
-
     public MavenProject build( File projectDescriptor, ArtifactRepository localRepository,
                                ProfileManager profileManager )
         throws ProjectBuildingException
diff --git a/maven-project/src/main/java/org/apache/maven/project/MavenProjectBuilder.java b/maven-project/src/main/java/org/apache/maven/project/MavenProjectBuilder.java
index 4d1e0bf0fd..db324c8307 100644
--- a/maven-project/src/main/java/org/apache/maven/project/MavenProjectBuilder.java
+++ b/maven-project/src/main/java/org/apache/maven/project/MavenProjectBuilder.java
@@ -35,12 +35,6 @@ public interface MavenProjectBuilder
 
     String STANDALONE_SUPERPOM_VERSION = "2.0";
 
-    /**
-     * @deprecated Use build( File, ArtifactRepository, ProfileManager)
-     */
-    public MavenProject build( File projectDescriptor, ArtifactRepository localRepository, List activeExternalProfiles )
-        throws ProjectBuildingException;
-    
     MavenProject build( File project, ArtifactRepository localRepository, ProfileManager globalProfileManager )
         throws ProjectBuildingException;
 
@@ -48,14 +42,11 @@ public interface MavenProjectBuilder
     // These methods are used by the MavenEmbedder
     // ----------------------------------------------------------------------
 
-    MavenProject buildWithDependencies( File project,
-                                        ArtifactRepository localRepository,
-                                        ProfileManager globalProfileManager,
-                                        TransferListener transferListener )
+    MavenProject buildWithDependencies( File project, ArtifactRepository localRepository,
+                                        ProfileManager globalProfileManager, TransferListener transferListener )
         throws ProjectBuildingException, ArtifactResolutionException;
 
-    MavenProject buildWithDependencies( File project,
-                                        ArtifactRepository localRepository,
+    MavenProject buildWithDependencies( File project, ArtifactRepository localRepository,
                                         ProfileManager globalProfileManager )
         throws ProjectBuildingException, ArtifactResolutionException;