diff --git a/its/core-it-suite/src/test/java/org/apache/maven/it/MavenITmng3906MergedPluginClassPathOrderingTest.java b/its/core-it-suite/src/test/java/org/apache/maven/it/MavenITmng3906MergedPluginClassPathOrderingTest.java
index 66509c81a3..99bbc9342e 100644
--- a/its/core-it-suite/src/test/java/org/apache/maven/it/MavenITmng3906MergedPluginClassPathOrderingTest.java
+++ b/its/core-it-suite/src/test/java/org/apache/maven/it/MavenITmng3906MergedPluginClassPathOrderingTest.java
@@ -52,6 +52,9 @@ public class MavenITmng3906MergedPluginClassPathOrderingTest
         verifier.setAutoclean( false );
         verifier.deleteDirectory( "target" );
         verifier.deleteArtifacts( "org.apache.maven.its.mng3906" );
+        verifier.filterFile( "settings-template.xml", "settings.xml", "UTF-8", verifier.newDefaultFilterProperties() );
+        verifier.getCliOptions().add( "--settings" );
+        verifier.getCliOptions().add( "settings.xml" );
         verifier.executeGoal( "validate" );
         verifier.verifyErrorFreeLog();
         verifier.resetStreams();
diff --git a/its/core-it-suite/src/test/resources/mng-3906/sub/pom.xml b/its/core-it-suite/src/test/resources/mng-3906/sub/pom.xml
index 10eeb1fe59..43de3987eb 100644
--- a/its/core-it-suite/src/test/resources/mng-3906/sub/pom.xml
+++ b/its/core-it-suite/src/test/resources/mng-3906/sub/pom.xml
@@ -35,31 +35,6 @@ under the License.
     Test that project-level plugin dependencies are properly merged during inheritance.
   </description>
 
-  <repositories>
-    <repository>
-      <id>maven-core-it</id>
-      <url>file:///${basedir}/repo</url>
-      <releases>
-        <checksumPolicy>ignore</checksumPolicy>
-      </releases>
-      <snapshots>
-        <checksumPolicy>ignore</checksumPolicy>
-      </snapshots>
-    </repository>
-  </repositories>
-  <pluginRepositories>
-    <pluginRepository>
-      <id>maven-core-it</id>
-      <url>file:///${basedir}/repo</url>
-      <releases>
-        <checksumPolicy>ignore</checksumPolicy>
-      </releases>
-      <snapshots>
-        <checksumPolicy>ignore</checksumPolicy>
-      </snapshots>
-    </pluginRepository>
-  </pluginRepositories>
-
   <build>
     <plugins>
       <plugin>
diff --git a/its/core-it-suite/src/test/resources/mng-3906/sub/settings-template.xml b/its/core-it-suite/src/test/resources/mng-3906/sub/settings-template.xml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..cde4215860
--- /dev/null
+++ b/its/core-it-suite/src/test/resources/mng-3906/sub/settings-template.xml
@@ -0,0 +1,55 @@
+<?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.
+-->
+
+<settings>
+  <profiles>
+    <profile>
+      <id>maven-core-it-repo</id>
+      <repositories>
+        <repository>
+          <id>maven-core-it</id>
+          <url>@baseurl@/repo</url>
+          <releases>
+            <checksumPolicy>ignore</checksumPolicy>
+          </releases>
+          <snapshots>
+            <enabled>false</enabled>
+          </snapshots>
+        </repository>
+      </repositories>
+      <pluginRepositories>
+        <pluginRepository>
+          <id>maven-core-it</id>
+          <url>@baseurl@/repo</url>
+          <releases>
+            <checksumPolicy>ignore</checksumPolicy>
+          </releases>
+          <snapshots>
+            <enabled>false</enabled>
+          </snapshots>
+        </pluginRepository>
+      </pluginRepositories>
+    </profile>
+  </profiles>
+  <activeProfiles>
+    <activeProfile>maven-core-it-repo</activeProfile>
+  </activeProfiles>
+</settings>