diff --git a/its/core-it-suite/src/test/java/org/apache/maven/it/IntegrationTestSuite.java b/its/core-it-suite/src/test/java/org/apache/maven/it/IntegrationTestSuite.java
index ab52a6577c..4be9c770f7 100644
--- a/its/core-it-suite/src/test/java/org/apache/maven/it/IntegrationTestSuite.java
+++ b/its/core-it-suite/src/test/java/org/apache/maven/it/IntegrationTestSuite.java
@@ -206,7 +206,6 @@ MavenITmng3645POMSyntaxErrorTest
         suite.addTestSuite( MavenIT0058Test.class );
         suite.addTestSuite( MavenIT0057Test.class );
         suite.addTestSuite( MavenIT0056Test.class );
-        suite.addTestSuite( MavenIT0055Test.class );
         suite.addTestSuite( MavenIT0053Test.class );
         suite.addTestSuite( MavenIT0052Test.class );
         suite.addTestSuite( MavenIT0051Test.class );
diff --git a/its/core-it-suite/src/test/java/org/apache/maven/it/MavenIT0055Test.java b/its/core-it-suite/src/test/java/org/apache/maven/it/MavenIT0055Test.java
deleted file mode 100644
index 81ee59cab0..0000000000
--- a/its/core-it-suite/src/test/java/org/apache/maven/it/MavenIT0055Test.java
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,50 +0,0 @@
-package org.apache.maven.it;
-
-/*
- * 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.
- */
-
-import org.apache.maven.it.Verifier;
-import org.apache.maven.it.util.ResourceExtractor;
-
-import java.io.File;
-
-public class MavenIT0055Test
-    extends AbstractMavenIntegrationTestCase
-{
-
-    /**
-     * Test that source includes/excludes with in the compiler plugin config.
-     * This will test excludes and testExcludes...
-     */
-    public void testit0055()
-        throws Exception
-    {
-        File testDir = ResourceExtractor.simpleExtractResources( getClass(), "/it0055" );
-        Verifier verifier = new Verifier( testDir.getAbsolutePath() );
-        verifier.executeGoal( "test-compile" );
-        verifier.assertFilePresent( "target/classes/org/apache/maven/it0055/Person.class" );
-        verifier.assertFilePresent( "target/test-classes/org/apache/maven/it0055/PersonTest.class" );
-        verifier.assertFileNotPresent( "target/classes/org/apache/maven/it0055/PersonTwo.class" );
-        verifier.assertFileNotPresent( "target/test-classes/org/apache/maven/it0055/PersonTwoTest.class" );
-        verifier.verifyErrorFreeLog();
-        verifier.resetStreams();
-
-    }
-}
-
diff --git a/its/core-it-suite/src/test/resources/it0055/pom.xml b/its/core-it-suite/src/test/resources/it0055/pom.xml
deleted file mode 100644
index 96b72908c0..0000000000
--- a/its/core-it-suite/src/test/resources/it0055/pom.xml
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,36 +0,0 @@
-<project>
-  <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
-  <name>Maven Integration Test :: it0055</name> 
-  <groupId>org.apache.maven.its.it0055</groupId>
-  <artifactId>maven-it-it0055</artifactId>
-  <description>Test that source includes/excludes with in the compiler plugin config.
-        This will test excludes and testExcludes...</description>
-  <packaging>jar</packaging>
-  <version>1.0</version>
-  <dependencies>
-    <dependency>
-      <groupId>junit</groupId>
-      <artifactId>junit</artifactId>
-      <version>3.8.1</version>
-      <type>jar</type>
-      <scope>test</scope>
-    </dependency>
-  </dependencies>
-
-  <build>
-    <plugins>
-      <plugin>
-        <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
-        <artifactId>maven-compiler-plugin</artifactId>
-        <configuration>
-          <excludes>
-            <exclude implementation="java.lang.String">**/PersonTwo.java</exclude>
-          </excludes>
-          <testExcludes>
-            <testExclude implementation="java.lang.String">**/PersonTwoTest.java</testExclude>
-          </testExcludes>
-        </configuration>
-      </plugin>
-    </plugins>
-  </build>
-</project>
diff --git a/its/core-it-suite/src/test/resources/it0055/src/main/java/org/apache/maven/it0055/Person.java b/its/core-it-suite/src/test/resources/it0055/src/main/java/org/apache/maven/it0055/Person.java
deleted file mode 100644
index 9107bee73a..0000000000
--- a/its/core-it-suite/src/test/resources/it0055/src/main/java/org/apache/maven/it0055/Person.java
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,16 +0,0 @@
-package org.apache.maven.it0055;
-
-public class Person
-{
-    private String name;
-    
-    public void setName( String name )
-    {
-        this.name = name;
-    }
-    
-    public String getName()
-    {
-        return name;
-    }
-}
diff --git a/its/core-it-suite/src/test/resources/it0055/src/main/java/org/apache/maven/it0055/PersonTwo.java b/its/core-it-suite/src/test/resources/it0055/src/main/java/org/apache/maven/it0055/PersonTwo.java
deleted file mode 100644
index c93882fa88..0000000000
--- a/its/core-it-suite/src/test/resources/it0055/src/main/java/org/apache/maven/it0055/PersonTwo.java
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,16 +0,0 @@
-package org.apache.maven.it0055;
-
-public class PersonTwo
-{
-    private String name;
-    
-    public void setName( String name )
-    {
-        this.name = name;
-    }
-    
-    public String getName()
-    {
-        return name;
-    }
-}
diff --git a/its/core-it-suite/src/test/resources/it0055/src/main/resources/it0055.properties b/its/core-it-suite/src/test/resources/it0055/src/main/resources/it0055.properties
deleted file mode 100644
index f54f8ab106..0000000000
--- a/its/core-it-suite/src/test/resources/it0055/src/main/resources/it0055.properties
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1 +0,0 @@
-name = jason
diff --git a/its/core-it-suite/src/test/resources/it0055/src/test/java/org/apache/maven/it0055/PersonTest.java b/its/core-it-suite/src/test/resources/it0055/src/test/java/org/apache/maven/it0055/PersonTest.java
deleted file mode 100644
index acf784e387..0000000000
--- a/its/core-it-suite/src/test/resources/it0055/src/test/java/org/apache/maven/it0055/PersonTest.java
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,16 +0,0 @@
-package org.apache.maven.it0055;
-
-import junit.framework.TestCase;
-
-public class PersonTest
-    extends TestCase
-{
-    public void testPerson()
-    {
-        Person person = new Person();
-        
-        person.setName( "foo" );
-        
-        assertEquals( "foo", person.getName() );
-    }
-}
diff --git a/its/core-it-suite/src/test/resources/it0055/src/test/java/org/apache/maven/it0055/PersonTwoTest.java b/its/core-it-suite/src/test/resources/it0055/src/test/java/org/apache/maven/it0055/PersonTwoTest.java
deleted file mode 100644
index ccec93c557..0000000000
--- a/its/core-it-suite/src/test/resources/it0055/src/test/java/org/apache/maven/it0055/PersonTwoTest.java
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,16 +0,0 @@
-package org.apache.maven.it0001;
-
-import junit.framework.TestCase;
-
-public class PersonTwoTest
-    extends TestCase
-{
-    public void testPerson()
-    {
-        Person person = new Person();
-        
-        person.setName( "foo" );
-        
-        assertEquals( "foo", person.getName() );
-    }
-}