diff --git a/maven-artifact-manager/src/main/java/org/apache/maven/artifact/metadata/LatestArtifactMetadata.java b/maven-artifact-manager/src/main/java/org/apache/maven/artifact/metadata/LatestArtifactMetadata.java
index 8321bb13be..22f0634a7b 100644
--- a/maven-artifact-manager/src/main/java/org/apache/maven/artifact/metadata/LatestArtifactMetadata.java
+++ b/maven-artifact-manager/src/main/java/org/apache/maven/artifact/metadata/LatestArtifactMetadata.java
@@ -96,11 +96,6 @@ public class LatestArtifactMetadata
         this.version = content.trim();
     }
 
-    public void setVersion( String version )
-    {
-        this.version = version;
-    }
-
     public String getBaseVersion()
     {
         return Artifact.LATEST_VERSION;
@@ -110,10 +105,4 @@ public class LatestArtifactMetadata
     {
         return false;
     }
-
-    public boolean isSnapshot()
-    {
-        return false;
-    }
-
 }
diff --git a/maven-artifact-manager/src/main/java/org/apache/maven/artifact/metadata/LegacyArtifactMetadata.java b/maven-artifact-manager/src/main/java/org/apache/maven/artifact/metadata/LegacyArtifactMetadata.java
index 440d1c86d7..059f435d96 100644
--- a/maven-artifact-manager/src/main/java/org/apache/maven/artifact/metadata/LegacyArtifactMetadata.java
+++ b/maven-artifact-manager/src/main/java/org/apache/maven/artifact/metadata/LegacyArtifactMetadata.java
@@ -1,13 +1,5 @@
 package org.apache.maven.artifact.metadata;
 
-import org.apache.maven.artifact.manager.WagonManager;
-import org.apache.maven.artifact.repository.ArtifactRepository;
-import org.apache.maven.wagon.ResourceDoesNotExistException;
-
-import java.io.File;
-import java.io.IOException;
-import java.util.Date;
-
 /*
  * Copyright 2001-2005 The Apache Software Foundation.
  *
@@ -24,6 +16,14 @@ import java.util.Date;
  * limitations under the License.
  */
 
+import org.apache.maven.artifact.manager.WagonManager;
+import org.apache.maven.artifact.repository.ArtifactRepository;
+import org.apache.maven.wagon.ResourceDoesNotExistException;
+
+import java.io.File;
+import java.io.IOException;
+import java.util.Date;
+
 /**
  * Methods used by the old artifact metadata. To be removed in beta-2.
  *
diff --git a/maven-artifact-manager/src/main/java/org/apache/maven/artifact/metadata/ReleaseArtifactMetadata.java b/maven-artifact-manager/src/main/java/org/apache/maven/artifact/metadata/ReleaseArtifactMetadata.java
index 749e0aeccd..20467c4738 100644
--- a/maven-artifact-manager/src/main/java/org/apache/maven/artifact/metadata/ReleaseArtifactMetadata.java
+++ b/maven-artifact-manager/src/main/java/org/apache/maven/artifact/metadata/ReleaseArtifactMetadata.java
@@ -103,11 +103,6 @@ public class ReleaseArtifactMetadata
         this.version = content.trim();
     }
 
-    public void setVersion( String version )
-    {
-        this.version = version;
-    }
-
     public String getBaseVersion()
     {
         return ReleaseArtifactTransformation.RELEASE_VERSION;
@@ -117,10 +112,4 @@ public class ReleaseArtifactMetadata
     {
         return false;
     }
-
-    public boolean isSnapshot()
-    {
-        return false;
-    }
-
 }
diff --git a/maven-artifact-manager/src/main/java/org/apache/maven/artifact/metadata/SnapshotArtifactMetadata.java b/maven-artifact-manager/src/main/java/org/apache/maven/artifact/metadata/SnapshotArtifactMetadata.java
index ef6fb0330a..151e1a36e6 100644
--- a/maven-artifact-manager/src/main/java/org/apache/maven/artifact/metadata/SnapshotArtifactMetadata.java
+++ b/maven-artifact-manager/src/main/java/org/apache/maven/artifact/metadata/SnapshotArtifactMetadata.java
@@ -165,18 +165,8 @@ public class SnapshotArtifactMetadata
         return true;
     }
 
-    public boolean isSnapshot()
-    {
-        return true;
-    }
-
     public String getBaseVersion()
     {
         return artifact.getBaseVersion();
     }
-
-    public void setRepository( ArtifactRepository remoteRepository )
-    {
-        artifact.setRepository( remoteRepository );
-    }
 }
diff --git a/maven-artifact-manager/src/main/java/org/apache/maven/artifact/repository/metadata/RepositoryMetadata.java b/maven-artifact-manager/src/main/java/org/apache/maven/artifact/repository/metadata/RepositoryMetadata.java
index 8a84c21805..580f807255 100644
--- a/maven-artifact-manager/src/main/java/org/apache/maven/artifact/repository/metadata/RepositoryMetadata.java
+++ b/maven-artifact-manager/src/main/java/org/apache/maven/artifact/repository/metadata/RepositoryMetadata.java
@@ -49,4 +49,11 @@ public interface RepositoryMetadata
      * @param metadata the metadata
      */
     void setMetadata( Metadata metadata );
+
+    /**
+     * Whether this represents a snapshot.
+     *
+     * @return if it is a snapshot
+     */
+    boolean isSnapshot();
 }
diff --git a/maven-artifact/src/main/java/org/apache/maven/artifact/metadata/AbstractArtifactMetadata.java b/maven-artifact/src/main/java/org/apache/maven/artifact/metadata/AbstractArtifactMetadata.java
index eae953b802..cefc52dcae 100644
--- a/maven-artifact/src/main/java/org/apache/maven/artifact/metadata/AbstractArtifactMetadata.java
+++ b/maven-artifact/src/main/java/org/apache/maven/artifact/metadata/AbstractArtifactMetadata.java
@@ -48,9 +48,4 @@ public abstract class AbstractArtifactMetadata
     {
         return artifact.getArtifactId();
     }
-
-    public String getVersion()
-    {
-        return artifact.getVersion();
-    }
 }
diff --git a/maven-artifact/src/main/java/org/apache/maven/artifact/metadata/ArtifactMetadata.java b/maven-artifact/src/main/java/org/apache/maven/artifact/metadata/ArtifactMetadata.java
index d801aca5c3..2b5d488875 100644
--- a/maven-artifact/src/main/java/org/apache/maven/artifact/metadata/ArtifactMetadata.java
+++ b/maven-artifact/src/main/java/org/apache/maven/artifact/metadata/ArtifactMetadata.java
@@ -46,8 +46,6 @@ public interface ArtifactMetadata
 
     Object getKey();
 
-    boolean isSnapshot();
-
     /**
      * Get the filename of this metadata on the local repository.
      *
diff --git a/maven-project/src/main/java/org/apache/maven/project/artifact/ProjectArtifactMetadata.java b/maven-project/src/main/java/org/apache/maven/project/artifact/ProjectArtifactMetadata.java
index 6d83f7e3ed..0c6c6f2c39 100644
--- a/maven-project/src/main/java/org/apache/maven/project/artifact/ProjectArtifactMetadata.java
+++ b/maven-project/src/main/java/org/apache/maven/project/artifact/ProjectArtifactMetadata.java
@@ -34,7 +34,6 @@ import java.io.FileNotFoundException;
 import java.io.FileReader;
 import java.io.FileWriter;
 import java.io.IOException;
-import java.util.Date;
 
 /**
  * Attach a POM to an artifact.
@@ -132,21 +131,6 @@ public class ProjectArtifactMetadata
         return artifact.getBaseVersion();
     }
 
-    public boolean newerThanFile( File file )
-    {
-        return this.file.lastModified() > file.lastModified();
-    }
-
-    public Date getLastModified()
-    {
-        return new Date( file.lastModified() );
-    }
-
-    public boolean isSnapshot()
-    {
-        return artifact.isSnapshot();
-    }
-
     public Object getKey()
     {
         return "project " + artifact.getGroupId() + ":" + artifact.getArtifactId();