diff --git a/maven-plugin-tools/pom.xml b/maven-plugin-tools/pom.xml
index 589363c10c..61c3b378ab 100644
--- a/maven-plugin-tools/pom.xml
+++ b/maven-plugin-tools/pom.xml
@@ -22,11 +22,6 @@
       <artifactId>qdox</artifactId>
       <version>1.2</version>
     </dependency>
-    <dependency>
-      <groupId>xstream</groupId>
-      <artifactId>xstream</artifactId>
-      <version>1.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
-    </dependency>    
     <dependency>
       <groupId>modello</groupId>
       <artifactId>modello</artifactId>
diff --git a/maven-plugin-tools/src/main/java/org/apache/maven/plugin/generator/AbstractGenerator.java b/maven-plugin-tools/src/main/java/org/apache/maven/plugin/generator/AbstractGenerator.java
index 7b9b021ee9..822648ec8e 100644
--- a/maven-plugin-tools/src/main/java/org/apache/maven/plugin/generator/AbstractGenerator.java
+++ b/maven-plugin-tools/src/main/java/org/apache/maven/plugin/generator/AbstractGenerator.java
@@ -20,10 +20,10 @@ import com.thoughtworks.qdox.JavaDocBuilder;
 import com.thoughtworks.qdox.model.DocletTag;
 import com.thoughtworks.qdox.model.JavaClass;
 import com.thoughtworks.qdox.model.JavaSource;
-import com.thoughtworks.xstream.xml.xpp3.Xpp3Dom;
-import com.thoughtworks.xstream.xml.xpp3.Xpp3DomBuilder;
 import org.apache.maven.plugin.descriptor.MojoDescriptor;
 import org.apache.maven.plugin.descriptor.Parameter;
+import org.codehaus.plexus.util.xml.Xpp3Dom;
+import org.codehaus.plexus.util.xml.Xpp3DomBuilder;
 
 import java.io.File;
 import java.io.FileReader;
diff --git a/maven-plugin-tools/src/main/java/org/apache/maven/plugin/generator/BeanGenerator.java b/maven-plugin-tools/src/main/java/org/apache/maven/plugin/generator/BeanGenerator.java
index f06e2beda5..323d090196 100644
--- a/maven-plugin-tools/src/main/java/org/apache/maven/plugin/generator/BeanGenerator.java
+++ b/maven-plugin-tools/src/main/java/org/apache/maven/plugin/generator/BeanGenerator.java
@@ -16,15 +16,15 @@ package org.apache.maven.plugin.generator;
  * limitations under the License.
  */
 
-import com.thoughtworks.xstream.xml.xpp3.Xpp3Dom;
-import org.apache.maven.plugin.descriptor.Parameter;
 import org.apache.maven.plugin.descriptor.MojoDescriptor;
+import org.apache.maven.plugin.descriptor.Parameter;
 import org.codehaus.modello.generator.java.javasource.JClass;
 import org.codehaus.modello.generator.java.javasource.JConstructor;
 import org.codehaus.modello.generator.java.javasource.JMethod;
 import org.codehaus.modello.generator.java.javasource.JParameter;
 import org.codehaus.modello.generator.java.javasource.JSourceWriter;
 import org.codehaus.modello.generator.java.javasource.JType;
+import org.codehaus.plexus.util.xml.Xpp3Dom;
 
 import java.io.File;
 import java.io.FileWriter;
diff --git a/maven-plugin-tools/src/main/java/org/apache/maven/plugin/generator/PluginDescriptorGenerator.java b/maven-plugin-tools/src/main/java/org/apache/maven/plugin/generator/PluginDescriptorGenerator.java
index 64cca843aa..f112e87394 100644
--- a/maven-plugin-tools/src/main/java/org/apache/maven/plugin/generator/PluginDescriptorGenerator.java
+++ b/maven-plugin-tools/src/main/java/org/apache/maven/plugin/generator/PluginDescriptorGenerator.java
@@ -16,11 +16,11 @@ package org.apache.maven.plugin.generator;
  * limitations under the License.
  */
 
-import com.thoughtworks.xstream.xml.XMLWriter;
-import com.thoughtworks.xstream.xml.text.PrettyPrintXMLWriter;
-import com.thoughtworks.xstream.xml.xpp3.Xpp3Dom;
 import org.apache.maven.plugin.descriptor.Parameter;
 import org.apache.maven.plugin.descriptor.MojoDescriptor;
+import org.codehaus.plexus.util.xml.Xpp3Dom;
+import org.codehaus.plexus.util.xml.XMLWriter;
+import org.codehaus.plexus.util.xml.PrettyPrintXMLWriter;
 
 import java.io.File;
 import java.io.FileWriter;
diff --git a/maven-plugin-tools/src/main/java/org/apache/maven/plugin/generator/PluginXdocGenerator.java b/maven-plugin-tools/src/main/java/org/apache/maven/plugin/generator/PluginXdocGenerator.java
index e97cd245db..c33d2bbd2d 100644
--- a/maven-plugin-tools/src/main/java/org/apache/maven/plugin/generator/PluginXdocGenerator.java
+++ b/maven-plugin-tools/src/main/java/org/apache/maven/plugin/generator/PluginXdocGenerator.java
@@ -16,11 +16,11 @@ package org.apache.maven.plugin.generator;
  * limitations under the License.
  */
 
-import com.thoughtworks.xstream.xml.XMLWriter;
-import com.thoughtworks.xstream.xml.xpp3.Xpp3Dom;
-import com.thoughtworks.xstream.xml.text.PrettyPrintXMLWriter;
 import org.apache.maven.plugin.descriptor.Parameter;
 import org.apache.maven.plugin.descriptor.MojoDescriptor;
+import org.codehaus.plexus.util.xml.Xpp3Dom;
+import org.codehaus.plexus.util.xml.XMLWriter;
+import org.codehaus.plexus.util.xml.PrettyPrintXMLWriter;
 
 import java.io.File;
 import java.io.FileWriter;
diff --git a/maven-plugin-tools/src/main/java/org/apache/maven/plugin/generator/jelly/JellyHarnessGenerator.java b/maven-plugin-tools/src/main/java/org/apache/maven/plugin/generator/jelly/JellyHarnessGenerator.java
index 9524fdcaf1..dd1874be15 100644
--- a/maven-plugin-tools/src/main/java/org/apache/maven/plugin/generator/jelly/JellyHarnessGenerator.java
+++ b/maven-plugin-tools/src/main/java/org/apache/maven/plugin/generator/jelly/JellyHarnessGenerator.java
@@ -16,12 +16,12 @@ package org.apache.maven.plugin.generator.jelly;
  * limitations under the License.
  */
 
-import com.thoughtworks.xstream.xml.text.PrettyPrintXMLWriter;
-import com.thoughtworks.xstream.xml.XMLWriter;
-import com.thoughtworks.xstream.xml.xpp3.Xpp3Dom;
 import org.apache.maven.plugin.descriptor.Parameter;
 import org.apache.maven.plugin.descriptor.MojoDescriptor;
 import org.apache.maven.plugin.generator.AbstractGenerator;
+import org.codehaus.plexus.util.xml.Xpp3Dom;
+import org.codehaus.plexus.util.xml.PrettyPrintXMLWriter;
+import org.codehaus.plexus.util.xml.XMLWriter;
 
 import java.io.File;
 import java.io.FileWriter;
diff --git a/maven-plugins/pom.xml b/maven-plugins/pom.xml
index 5c73c32b21..53f0edbeaf 100644
--- a/maven-plugins/pom.xml
+++ b/maven-plugins/pom.xml
@@ -51,12 +51,10 @@
       <artifactId>maven-plugin</artifactId>
       <version>2.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
     </dependency>
-    <!-- Replace plexus dependency by plexus-util when Plexus will be split -->
     <dependency>
       <groupId>plexus</groupId>
-      <artifactId>plexus</artifactId>
-      <version>0.17-SNAPSHOT</version>
-    </dependency>
+      <artifactId>plexus-utils</artifactId>
+      <version>1.0-alpha-1-SNAPSHOT</version>
+    </dependency>    
   </dependencies>
-
 </project>