diff --git a/its/core-it-suite/src/test/java/org/apache/maven/it/MavenITmng3057VersionExprTransformationsTest.java b/its/core-it-suite/src/test/java/org/apache/maven/it/MavenITmng3057VersionExprTransformationsTest.java
index e3b65a644d..17f8557fb5 100644
--- a/its/core-it-suite/src/test/java/org/apache/maven/it/MavenITmng3057VersionExprTransformationsTest.java
+++ b/its/core-it-suite/src/test/java/org/apache/maven/it/MavenITmng3057VersionExprTransformationsTest.java
@@ -60,6 +60,10 @@ public class MavenITmng3057VersionExprTransformationsTest
         File remoteRepo = new File( testDir, "target/deployment" );
 
         Verifier verifier = new Verifier( testDir.getAbsolutePath() );
+        verifier.setAutoclean( false );
+        verifier.deleteDirectory( "target" );
+        verifier.deleteDirectory( "level2/target" );
+        verifier.deleteDirectory( "level2/level3/target" );
         verifier.deleteArtifacts( "org.apache.maven.its.mng3057" );
         
         Properties properties = verifier.newDefaultFilterProperties();
@@ -78,7 +82,7 @@ public class MavenITmng3057VersionExprTransformationsTest
 //        envars.put( "MAVEN_OPTS", "-Xdebug -Xnoagent -Xrunjdwp:transport=dt_socket,server=y,address=5005 -Djava.compiler=NONE" );
 //        verifier.executeGoal( "deploy", envars );
         
-        verifier.executeGoal( "deploy" );
+        verifier.executeGoal( "generate-sources" );
         verifier.verifyErrorFreeLog();
         verifier.resetStreams();
 
@@ -107,4 +111,5 @@ public class MavenITmng3057VersionExprTransformationsTest
             assertNull( parent );
         }
     }    
+
 }
diff --git a/its/core-it-suite/src/test/resources/mng-3057/level2/level3/artifact.jar b/its/core-it-suite/src/test/resources/mng-3057/level2/level3/artifact.jar
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..dca54c8665
Binary files /dev/null and b/its/core-it-suite/src/test/resources/mng-3057/level2/level3/artifact.jar differ
diff --git a/its/core-it-suite/src/test/resources/mng-3057/level2/level3/pom.xml b/its/core-it-suite/src/test/resources/mng-3057/level2/level3/pom.xml
index bb2a1d89b1..0051d3fd8e 100644
--- a/its/core-it-suite/src/test/resources/mng-3057/level2/level3/pom.xml
+++ b/its/core-it-suite/src/test/resources/mng-3057/level2/level3/pom.xml
@@ -1,21 +1,36 @@
 <?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
-<project xsi:schemaLocation="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0 http://maven.apache.org/xsd/maven-4.0.0.xsd" xmlns="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0"
-    xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance">
+<project xsi:schemaLocation="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0 http://maven.apache.org/xsd/maven-4.0.0.xsd" xmlns="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance">
   <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
+
   <parent>
-    <artifactId>level2</artifactId>
     <groupId>org.apache.maven.its.mng3057</groupId>
+    <artifactId>level2</artifactId>
     <version>${testVersion}</version>
   </parent>
+
   <artifactId>level3</artifactId>
   <version>${testVersion}</version>
 
-  <dependencies>
-    <dependency>
-      <groupId>junit</groupId>
-      <artifactId>junit</artifactId>
-      <version>3.8.1</version>
-      <scope>test</scope>
-    </dependency>
-  </dependencies>
+  <build>
+    <plugins>
+      <plugin>
+        <groupId>org.apache.maven.its.plugins</groupId>
+        <artifactId>maven-it-plugin-artifact</artifactId>
+        <version>2.1-SNAPSHOT</version>
+        <executions>
+          <execution>
+            <id>package</id>
+            <phase>initialize</phase>
+            <goals>
+              <goal>set</goal>
+              <goal>attach-pom</goal>
+            </goals>
+            <configuration>
+              <mainFile>artifact.jar</mainFile>
+            </configuration>
+          </execution>
+        </executions>
+      </plugin>
+    </plugins>
+  </build>
 </project>
diff --git a/its/core-it-suite/src/test/resources/mng-3057/level2/level3/src/main/java/org/apache/maven/its/mng3057/App.java b/its/core-it-suite/src/test/resources/mng-3057/level2/level3/src/main/java/org/apache/maven/its/mng3057/App.java
deleted file mode 100644
index c15e1965f4..0000000000
--- a/its/core-it-suite/src/test/resources/mng-3057/level2/level3/src/main/java/org/apache/maven/its/mng3057/App.java
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,13 +0,0 @@
-package org.apache.maven.its.mng3057;
-
-/**
- * Hello world!
- *
- */
-public class App 
-{
-    public static void main( String[] args )
-    {
-        System.out.println( "Hello World!" );
-    }
-}
diff --git a/its/core-it-suite/src/test/resources/mng-3057/level2/level3/src/test/java/org/apache/maven/its/mng3057/AppTest.java b/its/core-it-suite/src/test/resources/mng-3057/level2/level3/src/test/java/org/apache/maven/its/mng3057/AppTest.java
deleted file mode 100644
index d25449c99e..0000000000
--- a/its/core-it-suite/src/test/resources/mng-3057/level2/level3/src/test/java/org/apache/maven/its/mng3057/AppTest.java
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,38 +0,0 @@
-package org.apache.maven.its.mng3057;
-
-import junit.framework.Test;
-import junit.framework.TestCase;
-import junit.framework.TestSuite;
-
-/**
- * Unit test for simple App.
- */
-public class AppTest 
-    extends TestCase
-{
-    /**
-     * Create the test case
-     *
-     * @param testName name of the test case
-     */
-    public AppTest( String testName )
-    {
-        super( testName );
-    }
-
-    /**
-     * @return the suite of tests being tested
-     */
-    public static Test suite()
-    {
-        return new TestSuite( AppTest.class );
-    }
-
-    /**
-     * Rigourous Test :-)
-     */
-    public void testApp()
-    {
-        assertTrue( true );
-    }
-}
diff --git a/its/core-it-suite/src/test/resources/mng-3057/level2/pom.xml b/its/core-it-suite/src/test/resources/mng-3057/level2/pom.xml
index 8754764eba..e9eca2ebb7 100644
--- a/its/core-it-suite/src/test/resources/mng-3057/level2/pom.xml
+++ b/its/core-it-suite/src/test/resources/mng-3057/level2/pom.xml
@@ -1,15 +1,18 @@
 <?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
 <project xmlns="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance" xsi:schemaLocation="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0 http://maven.apache.org/maven-v4_0_0.xsd">
   <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
+
   <parent>
-        <artifactId>mng-3057</artifactId>
-        <groupId>org.apache.maven.its.mng3057</groupId>
-        <version>${testVersion}</version>
-    </parent>
+    <groupId>org.apache.maven.its.mng3057</groupId>
+    <artifactId>mng-3057</artifactId>
+    <version>${testVersion}</version>
+  </parent>
+
   <artifactId>level2</artifactId>
   <version>${testVersion}</version>
   <packaging>pom</packaging>
+
   <modules>
     <module>level3</module>
   </modules>
-</project>
\ No newline at end of file
+</project>
diff --git a/its/core-it-suite/src/test/resources/mng-3057/pom.xml b/its/core-it-suite/src/test/resources/mng-3057/pom.xml
index 9190cfe43c..47a813d1e0 100644
--- a/its/core-it-suite/src/test/resources/mng-3057/pom.xml
+++ b/its/core-it-suite/src/test/resources/mng-3057/pom.xml
@@ -1,15 +1,15 @@
 <?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
 <project xmlns="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance" xsi:schemaLocation="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0 http://maven.apache.org/maven-v4_0_0.xsd">
   <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
+
   <groupId>org.apache.maven.its.mng3057</groupId>
   <artifactId>mng-3057</artifactId>
   <version>${testVersion}</version>
-  
   <packaging>pom</packaging>
   
   <name>Integration Test Project for MNG-3057</name>
   <description>
-    This project verifies that MNG-3057 is fixed. It is controlled by a JUnit test called org.apache.maven.integrationtests.MNG3057Test
+    This project verifies that MNG-3057 is fixed.
   </description>
   
   <distributionManagement>
@@ -24,26 +24,46 @@
   <modules>
     <module>level2</module>
   </modules>
-  
-  <!-- This section is technically INCORRECT, but should have no effect on the result
-       of the build. It is described in MCOMPILER-94, and could interact with the 
-       handling of POMs for install and deploy, when packaging == pom. Adding here
-       to force the issue and make sure the POM transformation still happens correctly.
-  -->
+
   <build>
     <plugins>
       <plugin>
-        <artifactId>maven-compiler-plugin</artifactId>
-        <version>2.0.2</version>
+        <groupId>org.apache.maven.its.plugins</groupId>
+        <artifactId>maven-it-plugin-artifact</artifactId>
+        <version>2.1-SNAPSHOT</version>
         <executions>
           <execution>
+            <!--
+               This execution is technically INCORRECT, but should have no effect on the result
+               of the build. It is described in MCOMPILER-94, and could interact with the 
+               handling of POMs for install and deploy, when packaging == pom. Adding here
+               to force the issue and make sure the POM transformation still happens correctly.
+            -->
             <id>mcompiler-94</id>
+            <phase>validate</phase>
             <goals>
-              <goal>compile</goal>
+              <goal>set</goal>
+            </goals>
+            <configuration>
+              <mainFile>target/classes</mainFile>
+            </configuration>
+          </execution>
+          <execution>
+            <id>install</id>
+            <phase>generate-sources</phase>
+            <goals>
+              <goal>install</goal>
+            </goals>
+          </execution>
+          <execution>
+            <id>deploy</id>
+            <phase>generate-sources</phase>
+            <goals>
+              <goal>deploy</goal>
             </goals>
           </execution>
         </executions>
       </plugin>
     </plugins>
   </build>
-</project>
\ No newline at end of file
+</project>