diff --git a/maven-embedder/src/main/resources/META-INF/maven/org.apache.maven/maven-core/pom.properties b/maven-embedder/src/main/resources/META-INF/maven/org.apache.maven/maven-core/pom.properties
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--- a/maven-embedder/src/main/resources/META-INF/maven/org.apache.maven/maven-core/pom.properties
+++ /dev/null
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-#Generated by Maven
-#Wed Sep 28 15:16:52 GMT-05:00 2005
-version=2.0-beta-3-SNAPSHOT
-groupId=org.apache.maven
-artifactId=maven-core
diff --git a/maven-embedder/src/main/resources/META-INF/maven/org.apache.maven/maven-core/pom.xml b/maven-embedder/src/main/resources/META-INF/maven/org.apache.maven/maven-core/pom.xml
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index ec1865ca99..0000000000
--- a/maven-embedder/src/main/resources/META-INF/maven/org.apache.maven/maven-core/pom.xml
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-  <parent>
-    <artifactId>maven</artifactId>
-    <groupId>org.apache.maven</groupId>
-    <version>2.0-beta-3-SNAPSHOT</version>
-  </parent>
-  <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
-  <groupId>org.apache.maven</groupId>
-  <artifactId>maven-core</artifactId>
-  <name>Maven</name>
-  <version>2.0-beta-3-SNAPSHOT</version>
-  <build>
-    <plugins>
-      <plugin>
-        <artifactId>maven-assembly-plugin</artifactId>
-        <configuration>
-          <descriptor>src/assemble/bin.xml</descriptor>
-          <finalName>maven-${version}</finalName>
-        </configuration>
-      </plugin>
-    </plugins>
-  </build>
-  <dependencies>
-    <dependency>
-      <groupId>org.apache.maven</groupId>
-      <artifactId>maven-settings</artifactId>
-      <version>2.0-beta-3-SNAPSHOT</version>
-    </dependency>
-    <dependency>
-      <groupId>org.apache.maven.wagon</groupId>
-      <artifactId>wagon-file</artifactId>
-      <version>1.0-alpha-4</version>
-      <scope>runtime</scope>
-    </dependency>
-    <dependency>
-      <groupId>org.apache.maven.wagon</groupId>
-      <artifactId>wagon-http-lightweight</artifactId>
-      <version>1.0-alpha-4</version>
-      <scope>runtime</scope>
-    </dependency>
-    <dependency>
-      <groupId>org.apache.maven.reporting</groupId>
-      <artifactId>maven-reporting-api</artifactId>
-      <version>2.0-beta-3-SNAPSHOT</version>
-    </dependency>
-    <dependency>
-      <groupId>org.apache.maven</groupId>
-      <artifactId>maven-profile</artifactId>
-      <version>2.0-beta-3-SNAPSHOT</version>
-    </dependency>
-    <dependency>
-      <groupId>org.apache.maven</groupId>
-      <artifactId>maven-model</artifactId>
-      <version>2.0-beta-3-SNAPSHOT</version>
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-    <dependency>
-      <groupId>org.apache.maven</groupId>
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-    <dependency>
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-      <version>2.0-beta-3-SNAPSHOT</version>
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-      <groupId>org.apache.maven</groupId>
-      <artifactId>maven-project</artifactId>
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-    <dependency>
-      <groupId>org.apache.maven</groupId>
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-      <version>2.0-beta-3-SNAPSHOT</version>
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-    <dependency>
-      <groupId>org.apache.maven</groupId>
-      <artifactId>maven-plugin-api</artifactId>
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-    <dependency>
-      <groupId>commons-cli</groupId>
-      <artifactId>commons-cli</artifactId>
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-          <artifactId>commons-lang</artifactId>
-          <groupId>commons-lang</groupId>
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-        <exclusion>
-          <artifactId>commons-logging</artifactId>
-          <groupId>commons-logging</groupId>
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-    <dependency>
-      <groupId>plexus</groupId>
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-      <artifactId>maven-plugin-descriptor</artifactId>
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-      <groupId>plexus</groupId>
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