diff --git a/Jenkinsfile b/Jenkinsfile
index b775de8588..93ba46ad6c 100644
--- a/Jenkinsfile
+++ b/Jenkinsfile
@@ -30,7 +30,8 @@ def tests
 
 try {
 
-node(jenkinsEnv.labelForOS(buildOs)) {
+def osNode = jenkinsEnv.labelForOS(buildOs) 
+node(jenkinsEnv.nodeSelection(osNode)) {
     dir('build') {
         stage('Checkout') {
             checkout scm
@@ -73,7 +74,7 @@ for (String os in runITsOses) {
         String stageId = "${os}-jdk${jdk}"
         String stageLabel = "Run ITs ${os.capitalize()} Java ${jdk}"
         runITsTasks[stageId] = {
-            node(osLabel) {
+            node(jenkinsEnv.nodeSelection(osLabel)) {
                 stage("${stageLabel}") {
                     // on Windows, need a short path or we hit 256 character limit for paths
                     // using EXECUTOR_NUMBER guarantees that concurrent builds on same agent
diff --git a/maven-builder-support/pom.xml b/maven-builder-support/pom.xml
index 9bcec7cc4a..2b46f7dba9 100644
--- a/maven-builder-support/pom.xml
+++ b/maven-builder-support/pom.xml
@@ -33,11 +33,4 @@ under the License.
   <name>Maven Builder Support</name>
   <description>Support for descriptor builders (model, setting, toolchains)</description>
 
-  <dependencies>
-    <dependency>
-      <groupId>org.apache.commons</groupId>
-      <artifactId>commons-lang3</artifactId>
-    </dependency>
-  </dependencies>
-
 </project>
diff --git a/maven-builder-support/src/main/java/org/apache/maven/building/FileSource.java b/maven-builder-support/src/main/java/org/apache/maven/building/FileSource.java
index afba119cf5..66e6441049 100644
--- a/maven-builder-support/src/main/java/org/apache/maven/building/FileSource.java
+++ b/maven-builder-support/src/main/java/org/apache/maven/building/FileSource.java
@@ -23,8 +23,7 @@
 import java.io.FileInputStream;
 import java.io.IOException;
 import java.io.InputStream;
-
-import org.apache.commons.lang3.Validate;
+import java.util.Objects;
 
 /**
  * Wraps an ordinary {@link File} as a source.
@@ -43,7 +42,7 @@ public class FileSource
      */
     public FileSource( File file )
     {
-        this.file = Validate.notNull( file, "file cannot be null" ).getAbsoluteFile();
+        this.file = Objects.requireNonNull( file, "file cannot be null" ).getAbsoluteFile();
     }
 
     @Override
diff --git a/maven-builder-support/src/main/java/org/apache/maven/building/UrlSource.java b/maven-builder-support/src/main/java/org/apache/maven/building/UrlSource.java
index beabece443..772091fcdc 100644
--- a/maven-builder-support/src/main/java/org/apache/maven/building/UrlSource.java
+++ b/maven-builder-support/src/main/java/org/apache/maven/building/UrlSource.java
@@ -22,8 +22,7 @@
 import java.io.IOException;
 import java.io.InputStream;
 import java.net.URL;
-
-import org.apache.commons.lang3.Validate;
+import java.util.Objects;
 
 /**
  * Wraps an ordinary {@link URL} as a source.
@@ -43,7 +42,7 @@ public class UrlSource
      */
     public UrlSource( URL url )
     {
-        this.url = Validate.notNull( url, "url cannot be null" );
+        this.url = Objects.requireNonNull( url, "url cannot be null" );
     }
 
     @Override
diff --git a/maven-core/src/main/java/org/apache/maven/artifact/repository/LegacyLocalRepositoryManager.java b/maven-core/src/main/java/org/apache/maven/artifact/repository/LegacyLocalRepositoryManager.java
index bc6336447c..634b63cefb 100644
--- a/maven-core/src/main/java/org/apache/maven/artifact/repository/LegacyLocalRepositoryManager.java
+++ b/maven-core/src/main/java/org/apache/maven/artifact/repository/LegacyLocalRepositoryManager.java
@@ -22,8 +22,8 @@
 import java.io.File;
 import java.util.Collections;
 import java.util.List;
+import java.util.Objects;
 
-import org.apache.commons.lang3.Validate;
 import org.apache.maven.RepositoryUtils;
 import org.apache.maven.artifact.metadata.ArtifactMetadata;
 import org.apache.maven.artifact.repository.layout.ArtifactRepositoryLayout;
@@ -89,7 +89,7 @@ public static RepositorySystemSession overlay( ArtifactRepository repository, Re
 
     private LegacyLocalRepositoryManager( ArtifactRepository delegate )
     {
-        this.delegate = Validate.notNull( delegate, "delegate cannot be null" );
+        this.delegate = Objects.requireNonNull( delegate, "delegate cannot be null" );
 
         ArtifactRepositoryLayout layout = delegate.getLayout();
         repo =
diff --git a/maven-core/src/main/java/org/apache/maven/artifact/repository/metadata/io/DefaultMetadataReader.java b/maven-core/src/main/java/org/apache/maven/artifact/repository/metadata/io/DefaultMetadataReader.java
index 51a2849b12..0139ab319d 100644
--- a/maven-core/src/main/java/org/apache/maven/artifact/repository/metadata/io/DefaultMetadataReader.java
+++ b/maven-core/src/main/java/org/apache/maven/artifact/repository/metadata/io/DefaultMetadataReader.java
@@ -24,8 +24,8 @@
 import java.io.InputStream;
 import java.io.Reader;
 import java.util.Map;
+import java.util.Objects;
 
-import org.apache.commons.lang3.Validate;
 import org.apache.maven.artifact.repository.metadata.Metadata;
 import org.apache.maven.artifact.repository.metadata.io.xpp3.MetadataXpp3Reader;
 import org.codehaus.plexus.component.annotations.Component;
@@ -45,7 +45,7 @@ public class DefaultMetadataReader
     public Metadata read( File input, Map<String, ?> options )
         throws IOException
     {
-        Validate.notNull( input, "input cannot be null" );
+        Objects.requireNonNull( input, "input cannot be null" );
 
         Metadata metadata = read( ReaderFactory.newXmlReader( input ), options );
 
@@ -55,7 +55,7 @@ public Metadata read( File input, Map<String, ?> options )
     public Metadata read( Reader input, Map<String, ?> options )
         throws IOException
     {
-        Validate.notNull( input, "input cannot be null" );
+        Objects.requireNonNull( input, "input cannot be null" );
 
         try ( final Reader in = input )
         {
@@ -70,7 +70,7 @@ public Metadata read( Reader input, Map<String, ?> options )
     public Metadata read( InputStream input, Map<String, ?> options )
         throws IOException
     {
-        Validate.notNull( input, "input cannot be null" );
+        Objects.requireNonNull( input, "input cannot be null" );
 
         try ( final InputStream in = input )
         {
diff --git a/maven-core/src/main/java/org/apache/maven/classrealm/DefaultClassRealmManager.java b/maven-core/src/main/java/org/apache/maven/classrealm/DefaultClassRealmManager.java
index 6ce192588b..a4835fdd47 100644
--- a/maven-core/src/main/java/org/apache/maven/classrealm/DefaultClassRealmManager.java
+++ b/maven-core/src/main/java/org/apache/maven/classrealm/DefaultClassRealmManager.java
@@ -26,6 +26,7 @@
 import java.util.LinkedHashSet;
 import java.util.List;
 import java.util.Map;
+import java.util.Objects;
 import java.util.Random;
 import java.util.Set;
 import java.util.TreeMap;
@@ -34,7 +35,6 @@
 import javax.inject.Named;
 import javax.inject.Singleton;
 
-import org.apache.commons.lang3.Validate;
 import org.apache.maven.artifact.ArtifactUtils;
 import org.apache.maven.classrealm.ClassRealmRequest.RealmType;
 import org.apache.maven.extension.internal.CoreExportsProvider;
@@ -227,7 +227,7 @@ public ClassRealm getCoreRealm()
 
     public ClassRealm createProjectRealm( Model model, List<Artifact> artifacts )
     {
-        Validate.notNull( model, "model cannot be null" );
+        Objects.requireNonNull( model, "model cannot be null" );
 
         ClassLoader parent = getMavenApiRealm();
 
@@ -241,7 +241,7 @@ private static String getKey( Model model )
 
     public ClassRealm createExtensionRealm( Plugin plugin, List<Artifact> artifacts )
     {
-        Validate.notNull( plugin, "plugin cannot be null" );
+        Objects.requireNonNull( plugin, "plugin cannot be null" );
 
         ClassLoader parent = PARENT_CLASSLOADER;
 
@@ -259,7 +259,7 @@ private boolean isProvidedArtifact( Artifact artifact )
     public ClassRealm createPluginRealm( Plugin plugin, ClassLoader parent, List<String> parentImports,
                                          Map<String, ClassLoader> foreignImports, List<Artifact> artifacts )
     {
-        Validate.notNull( plugin, "plugin cannot be null" );
+        Objects.requireNonNull( plugin, "plugin cannot be null" );
 
         if ( parent == null )
         {
diff --git a/maven-core/src/main/java/org/apache/maven/configuration/internal/DefaultBeanConfigurator.java b/maven-core/src/main/java/org/apache/maven/configuration/internal/DefaultBeanConfigurator.java
index 1b3c71a1da..00c79b794e 100644
--- a/maven-core/src/main/java/org/apache/maven/configuration/internal/DefaultBeanConfigurator.java
+++ b/maven-core/src/main/java/org/apache/maven/configuration/internal/DefaultBeanConfigurator.java
@@ -20,8 +20,8 @@
  */
 
 import java.io.File;
+import java.util.Objects;
 
-import org.apache.commons.lang3.Validate;
 import org.apache.maven.configuration.BeanConfigurationException;
 import org.apache.maven.configuration.BeanConfigurationPathTranslator;
 import org.apache.maven.configuration.BeanConfigurationRequest;
@@ -54,8 +54,8 @@ public class DefaultBeanConfigurator
     public void configureBean( BeanConfigurationRequest request )
         throws BeanConfigurationException
     {
-        Validate.notNull( request, "request cannot be null" );
-        Validate.notNull( request.getBean(), "request.bean cannot be null" );
+        Objects.requireNonNull( request, "request cannot be null" );
+        Objects.requireNonNull( request.getBean(), "request.bean cannot be null" );
 
         Object configuration = request.getConfiguration();
         if ( configuration == null )
diff --git a/maven-core/src/main/java/org/apache/maven/execution/BuildSummary.java b/maven-core/src/main/java/org/apache/maven/execution/BuildSummary.java
index 0825bf4ad5..79599b5db8 100644
--- a/maven-core/src/main/java/org/apache/maven/execution/BuildSummary.java
+++ b/maven-core/src/main/java/org/apache/maven/execution/BuildSummary.java
@@ -19,7 +19,8 @@
  * under the License.
  */
 
-import org.apache.commons.lang3.Validate;
+import java.util.Objects;
+
 import org.apache.maven.project.MavenProject;
 
 /**
@@ -48,7 +49,7 @@ public abstract class BuildSummary
      */
     protected BuildSummary( MavenProject project, long time )
     {
-        this.project = Validate.notNull( project, "project cannot be null" );
+        this.project = Objects.requireNonNull( project, "project cannot be null" );
         // TODO Validate for < 0?
         this.time = time;
     }
diff --git a/maven-core/src/main/java/org/apache/maven/execution/DefaultMavenExecutionRequest.java b/maven-core/src/main/java/org/apache/maven/execution/DefaultMavenExecutionRequest.java
index fe558cd338..4a039eb3e1 100644
--- a/maven-core/src/main/java/org/apache/maven/execution/DefaultMavenExecutionRequest.java
+++ b/maven-core/src/main/java/org/apache/maven/execution/DefaultMavenExecutionRequest.java
@@ -25,9 +25,9 @@
 import java.util.HashMap;
 import java.util.List;
 import java.util.Map;
+import java.util.Objects;
 import java.util.Properties;
 
-import org.apache.commons.lang3.Validate;
 import org.apache.maven.artifact.repository.ArtifactRepository;
 import org.apache.maven.eventspy.internal.EventSpyDispatcher;
 import org.apache.maven.model.Profile;
@@ -778,7 +778,7 @@ public MavenExecutionRequest setProxies( List<Proxy> proxies )
     @Override
     public MavenExecutionRequest addProxy( Proxy proxy )
     {
-        Validate.notNull( proxy, "proxy cannot be null" );
+        Objects.requireNonNull( proxy, "proxy cannot be null" );
 
         for ( Proxy p : getProxies() )
         {
@@ -821,7 +821,7 @@ public MavenExecutionRequest setServers( List<Server> servers )
     @Override
     public MavenExecutionRequest addServer( Server server )
     {
-        Validate.notNull( server, "server cannot be null" );
+        Objects.requireNonNull( server, "server cannot be null" );
 
         for ( Server p : getServers() )
         {
@@ -864,7 +864,7 @@ public MavenExecutionRequest setMirrors( List<Mirror> mirrors )
     @Override
     public MavenExecutionRequest addMirror( Mirror mirror )
     {
-        Validate.notNull( mirror, "mirror cannot be null" );
+        Objects.requireNonNull( mirror, "mirror cannot be null" );
 
         for ( Mirror p : getMirrors() )
         {
@@ -1111,7 +1111,7 @@ public ProjectBuildingRequest getProjectBuildingRequest()
     @Override
     public MavenExecutionRequest addProfile( Profile profile )
     {
-        Validate.notNull( profile, "profile cannot be null" );
+        Objects.requireNonNull( profile, "profile cannot be null" );
 
         for ( Profile p : getProfiles() )
         {
diff --git a/maven-core/src/main/java/org/apache/maven/graph/DefaultProjectDependencyGraph.java b/maven-core/src/main/java/org/apache/maven/graph/DefaultProjectDependencyGraph.java
index 73cadf63fa..e0067f1fe4 100644
--- a/maven-core/src/main/java/org/apache/maven/graph/DefaultProjectDependencyGraph.java
+++ b/maven-core/src/main/java/org/apache/maven/graph/DefaultProjectDependencyGraph.java
@@ -24,9 +24,9 @@
 import java.util.Collections;
 import java.util.HashSet;
 import java.util.List;
+import java.util.Objects;
 import java.util.Set;
 
-import org.apache.commons.lang3.Validate;
 import org.apache.maven.execution.ProjectDependencyGraph;
 import org.apache.maven.project.DuplicateProjectException;
 import org.apache.maven.project.MavenProject;
@@ -95,7 +95,7 @@ public List<MavenProject> getSortedProjects()
 
     public List<MavenProject> getDownstreamProjects( MavenProject project, boolean transitive )
     {
-        Validate.notNull( project, "project cannot be null" );
+        Objects.requireNonNull( project, "project cannot be null" );
 
         Set<String> projectIds = new HashSet<>();
 
@@ -117,7 +117,7 @@ private void getDownstreamProjects( String projectId, Set<String> projectIds, bo
 
     public List<MavenProject> getUpstreamProjects( MavenProject project, boolean transitive )
     {
-        Validate.notNull( project, "project cannot be null" );
+        Objects.requireNonNull( project, "project cannot be null" );
 
         Set<String> projectIds = new HashSet<>();
 
diff --git a/maven-core/src/main/java/org/apache/maven/graph/FilteredProjectDependencyGraph.java b/maven-core/src/main/java/org/apache/maven/graph/FilteredProjectDependencyGraph.java
index 795e666612..5097e4a39e 100644
--- a/maven-core/src/main/java/org/apache/maven/graph/FilteredProjectDependencyGraph.java
+++ b/maven-core/src/main/java/org/apache/maven/graph/FilteredProjectDependencyGraph.java
@@ -24,8 +24,8 @@
 import java.util.IdentityHashMap;
 import java.util.List;
 import java.util.Map;
+import java.util.Objects;
 
-import org.apache.commons.lang3.Validate;
 import org.apache.maven.execution.ProjectDependencyGraph;
 import org.apache.maven.project.MavenProject;
 
@@ -54,7 +54,7 @@ class FilteredProjectDependencyGraph
                                     Collection<? extends MavenProject> whiteList )
     {
         this.projectDependencyGraph =
-            Validate.notNull( projectDependencyGraph, "projectDependencyGraph cannot be null" );
+                Objects.requireNonNull( projectDependencyGraph, "projectDependencyGraph cannot be null" );
 
         this.whiteList = new IdentityHashMap<MavenProject, Object>();
 
diff --git a/maven-core/src/main/java/org/apache/maven/plugin/DefaultExtensionRealmCache.java b/maven-core/src/main/java/org/apache/maven/plugin/DefaultExtensionRealmCache.java
index 4391f87494..6ce63ebbf1 100644
--- a/maven-core/src/main/java/org/apache/maven/plugin/DefaultExtensionRealmCache.java
+++ b/maven-core/src/main/java/org/apache/maven/plugin/DefaultExtensionRealmCache.java
@@ -23,9 +23,9 @@
 import java.util.ArrayList;
 import java.util.List;
 import java.util.Map;
+import java.util.Objects;
 import java.util.concurrent.ConcurrentHashMap;
 
-import org.apache.commons.lang3.Validate;
 import org.apache.maven.artifact.Artifact;
 import org.apache.maven.project.ExtensionDescriptor;
 import org.apache.maven.project.MavenProject;
@@ -126,7 +126,7 @@ public CacheRecord get( Key key )
     public CacheRecord put( Key key, ClassRealm extensionRealm, ExtensionDescriptor extensionDescriptor,
                             List<Artifact> artifacts )
     {
-        Validate.notNull( extensionRealm, "extensionRealm cannot be null" );
+        Objects.requireNonNull( extensionRealm, "extensionRealm cannot be null" );
 
         if ( cache.containsKey( key ) )
         {
diff --git a/maven-core/src/main/java/org/apache/maven/plugin/DefaultPluginArtifactsCache.java b/maven-core/src/main/java/org/apache/maven/plugin/DefaultPluginArtifactsCache.java
index c625f37a69..ee11c4c898 100644
--- a/maven-core/src/main/java/org/apache/maven/plugin/DefaultPluginArtifactsCache.java
+++ b/maven-core/src/main/java/org/apache/maven/plugin/DefaultPluginArtifactsCache.java
@@ -26,7 +26,6 @@
 import java.util.Objects;
 import java.util.concurrent.ConcurrentHashMap;
 
-import org.apache.commons.lang3.Validate;
 import org.apache.maven.RepositoryUtils;
 import org.apache.maven.artifact.Artifact;
 import org.apache.maven.model.Plugin;
@@ -151,7 +150,7 @@ public CacheRecord get( Key key )
 
     public CacheRecord put( Key key, List<Artifact> pluginArtifacts )
     {
-        Validate.notNull( pluginArtifacts, "pluginArtifacts cannot be null" );
+        Objects.requireNonNull( pluginArtifacts, "pluginArtifacts cannot be null" );
 
         assertUniqueKey( key );
 
@@ -173,7 +172,7 @@ protected void assertUniqueKey( Key key )
 
     public CacheRecord put( Key key, PluginResolutionException exception )
     {
-        Validate.notNull( exception, "exception cannot be null" );
+        Objects.requireNonNull( exception, "exception cannot be null" );
 
         assertUniqueKey( key );
 
diff --git a/maven-core/src/main/java/org/apache/maven/plugin/DefaultPluginRealmCache.java b/maven-core/src/main/java/org/apache/maven/plugin/DefaultPluginRealmCache.java
index b82a2b5447..7862b40def 100644
--- a/maven-core/src/main/java/org/apache/maven/plugin/DefaultPluginRealmCache.java
+++ b/maven-core/src/main/java/org/apache/maven/plugin/DefaultPluginRealmCache.java
@@ -26,7 +26,6 @@
 import java.util.Objects;
 import java.util.concurrent.ConcurrentHashMap;
 
-import org.apache.commons.lang3.Validate;
 import org.apache.maven.RepositoryUtils;
 import org.apache.maven.artifact.Artifact;
 import org.apache.maven.model.Plugin;
@@ -159,8 +158,8 @@ public CacheRecord get( Key key )
 
     public CacheRecord put( Key key, ClassRealm pluginRealm, List<Artifact> pluginArtifacts )
     {
-        Validate.notNull( pluginRealm, "pluginRealm cannot be null" );
-        Validate.notNull( pluginArtifacts, "pluginArtifacts cannot be null" );
+        Objects.requireNonNull( pluginRealm, "pluginRealm cannot be null" );
+        Objects.requireNonNull( pluginArtifacts, "pluginArtifacts cannot be null" );
 
         if ( cache.containsKey( key ) )
         {
diff --git a/maven-core/src/main/java/org/apache/maven/plugin/internal/DefaultMavenPluginManager.java b/maven-core/src/main/java/org/apache/maven/plugin/internal/DefaultMavenPluginManager.java
index 34b3b17bf6..cec6f120db 100644
--- a/maven-core/src/main/java/org/apache/maven/plugin/internal/DefaultMavenPluginManager.java
+++ b/maven-core/src/main/java/org/apache/maven/plugin/internal/DefaultMavenPluginManager.java
@@ -19,7 +19,6 @@
  * under the License.
  */
 
-import org.apache.commons.lang3.Validate;
 import org.apache.maven.RepositoryUtils;
 import org.apache.maven.artifact.Artifact;
 import org.apache.maven.classrealm.ClassRealmManager;
@@ -104,6 +103,7 @@
 import java.util.Iterator;
 import java.util.List;
 import java.util.Map;
+import java.util.Objects;
 import java.util.jar.JarFile;
 import java.util.zip.ZipEntry;
 
@@ -385,10 +385,11 @@ private void createPluginRealm( PluginDescriptor pluginDescriptor, MavenSession
                                     Map<String, ClassLoader> foreignImports, DependencyFilter filter )
         throws PluginResolutionException, PluginContainerException
     {
-        Plugin plugin = Validate.notNull( pluginDescriptor.getPlugin(), "pluginDescriptor.plugin cannot be null" );
+        Plugin plugin =
+            Objects.requireNonNull( pluginDescriptor.getPlugin(), "pluginDescriptor.plugin cannot be null" );
 
-        Artifact pluginArtifact =
-            Validate.notNull( pluginDescriptor.getPluginArtifact(), "pluginDescriptor.pluginArtifact cannot be null" );
+        Artifact pluginArtifact = Objects.requireNonNull( pluginDescriptor.getPluginArtifact(),
+                                                          "pluginDescriptor.pluginArtifact cannot be null" );
 
         MavenProject project = session.getCurrentProject();
 
diff --git a/maven-core/src/main/java/org/apache/maven/project/DefaultModelBuildingListener.java b/maven-core/src/main/java/org/apache/maven/project/DefaultModelBuildingListener.java
index 91a875bcd6..95317b2f79 100644
--- a/maven-core/src/main/java/org/apache/maven/project/DefaultModelBuildingListener.java
+++ b/maven-core/src/main/java/org/apache/maven/project/DefaultModelBuildingListener.java
@@ -20,8 +20,8 @@
  */
 
 import java.util.List;
+import java.util.Objects;
 
-import org.apache.commons.lang3.Validate;
 import org.apache.maven.artifact.repository.ArtifactRepository;
 import org.apache.maven.model.Model;
 import org.apache.maven.model.building.AbstractModelBuildingListener;
@@ -55,10 +55,11 @@ public class DefaultModelBuildingListener
     public DefaultModelBuildingListener( MavenProject project, ProjectBuildingHelper projectBuildingHelper,
                                          ProjectBuildingRequest projectBuildingRequest )
     {
-        this.project = Validate.notNull( project, "project cannot be null" );
-        this.projectBuildingHelper = Validate.notNull( projectBuildingHelper, "projectBuildingHelper cannot be null" );
+        this.project = Objects.requireNonNull( project, "project cannot be null" );
+        this.projectBuildingHelper =
+            Objects.requireNonNull( projectBuildingHelper, "projectBuildingHelper cannot be null" );
         this.projectBuildingRequest =
-            Validate.notNull( projectBuildingRequest, "projectBuildingRequest cannot be null" );
+            Objects.requireNonNull( projectBuildingRequest, "projectBuildingRequest cannot be null" );
         this.remoteRepositories = projectBuildingRequest.getRemoteRepositories();
         this.pluginRepositories = projectBuildingRequest.getPluginArtifactRepositories();
     }
diff --git a/maven-core/src/main/java/org/apache/maven/project/DefaultProjectBuildingRequest.java b/maven-core/src/main/java/org/apache/maven/project/DefaultProjectBuildingRequest.java
index 0451a306fc..811f2b8352 100644
--- a/maven-core/src/main/java/org/apache/maven/project/DefaultProjectBuildingRequest.java
+++ b/maven-core/src/main/java/org/apache/maven/project/DefaultProjectBuildingRequest.java
@@ -22,9 +22,9 @@
 import java.util.ArrayList;
 import java.util.Date;
 import java.util.List;
+import java.util.Objects;
 import java.util.Properties;
 
-import org.apache.commons.lang3.Validate;
 import org.apache.maven.artifact.repository.ArtifactRepository;
 import org.apache.maven.model.Profile;
 import org.apache.maven.model.building.ModelBuildingRequest;
@@ -335,7 +335,7 @@ public DefaultProjectBuildingRequest setRepositorySession( RepositorySystemSessi
 
     public DefaultProjectBuildingRequest setRepositoryMerging( RepositoryMerging repositoryMerging )
     {
-        this.repositoryMerging = Validate.notNull( repositoryMerging, "repositoryMerging cannot be null" );
+        this.repositoryMerging = Objects.requireNonNull( repositoryMerging, "repositoryMerging cannot be null" );
         return this;
     }
 
diff --git a/maven-core/src/main/java/org/apache/maven/project/DefaultProjectRealmCache.java b/maven-core/src/main/java/org/apache/maven/project/DefaultProjectRealmCache.java
index a14e624af8..987f861a18 100644
--- a/maven-core/src/main/java/org/apache/maven/project/DefaultProjectRealmCache.java
+++ b/maven-core/src/main/java/org/apache/maven/project/DefaultProjectRealmCache.java
@@ -22,9 +22,9 @@
 import java.util.Collections;
 import java.util.List;
 import java.util.Map;
+import java.util.Objects;
 import java.util.concurrent.ConcurrentHashMap;
 
-import org.apache.commons.lang3.Validate;
 import org.codehaus.plexus.classworlds.realm.ClassRealm;
 import org.codehaus.plexus.classworlds.realm.NoSuchRealmException;
 import org.codehaus.plexus.component.annotations.Component;
@@ -102,7 +102,7 @@ public CacheRecord get( Key key )
 
     public CacheRecord put( Key key, ClassRealm projectRealm, DependencyFilter extensionArtifactFilter )
     {
-        Validate.notNull( projectRealm, "projectRealm cannot be null" );
+        Objects.requireNonNull( projectRealm, "projectRealm cannot be null" );
 
         if ( cache.containsKey( key ) )
         {
diff --git a/maven-core/src/main/java/org/apache/maven/project/artifact/DefaultProjectArtifactsCache.java b/maven-core/src/main/java/org/apache/maven/project/artifact/DefaultProjectArtifactsCache.java
index 3d9d32daa0..1f6ab2a72f 100644
--- a/maven-core/src/main/java/org/apache/maven/project/artifact/DefaultProjectArtifactsCache.java
+++ b/maven-core/src/main/java/org/apache/maven/project/artifact/DefaultProjectArtifactsCache.java
@@ -29,7 +29,6 @@
 import java.util.Set;
 import java.util.concurrent.ConcurrentHashMap;
 
-import org.apache.commons.lang3.Validate;
 import org.apache.maven.RepositoryUtils;
 import org.apache.maven.artifact.Artifact;
 import org.apache.maven.lifecycle.LifecycleExecutionException;
@@ -199,7 +198,7 @@ public CacheRecord get( Key key )
     @Override
     public CacheRecord put( Key key, Set<Artifact> projectArtifacts )
     {
-        Validate.notNull( projectArtifacts, "projectArtifacts cannot be null" );
+        Objects.requireNonNull( projectArtifacts, "projectArtifacts cannot be null" );
 
         assertUniqueKey( key );
 
@@ -222,7 +221,7 @@ protected void assertUniqueKey( Key key )
     @Override
     public CacheRecord put( Key key, LifecycleExecutionException exception )
     {
-        Validate.notNull( exception, "exception cannot be null" );
+        Objects.requireNonNull( exception, "exception cannot be null" );
 
         assertUniqueKey( key );
 
diff --git a/maven-core/src/main/java/org/apache/maven/toolchain/io/DefaultToolchainsReader.java b/maven-core/src/main/java/org/apache/maven/toolchain/io/DefaultToolchainsReader.java
index 86a178495d..93dcca5f94 100644
--- a/maven-core/src/main/java/org/apache/maven/toolchain/io/DefaultToolchainsReader.java
+++ b/maven-core/src/main/java/org/apache/maven/toolchain/io/DefaultToolchainsReader.java
@@ -24,11 +24,11 @@
 import java.io.InputStream;
 import java.io.Reader;
 import java.util.Map;
+import java.util.Objects;
 
 import javax.inject.Named;
 import javax.inject.Singleton;
 
-import org.apache.commons.lang3.Validate;
 import org.apache.maven.toolchain.model.PersistedToolchains;
 import org.apache.maven.toolchain.model.io.xpp3.MavenToolchainsXpp3Reader;
 import org.codehaus.plexus.util.ReaderFactory;
@@ -50,7 +50,7 @@ public class DefaultToolchainsReader
     public PersistedToolchains read( File input, Map<String, ?> options )
         throws IOException
     {
-        Validate.notNull( input, "input cannot be null" );
+        Objects.requireNonNull( input, "input cannot be null" );
 
         return read( ReaderFactory.newXmlReader( input ), options );
     }
@@ -59,7 +59,7 @@ public PersistedToolchains read( File input, Map<String, ?> options )
     public PersistedToolchains read( Reader input, Map<String, ?> options )
         throws IOException
     {
-        Validate.notNull( input, "input cannot be null" );
+        Objects.requireNonNull( input, "input cannot be null" );
 
         try ( final Reader in = input )
         {
@@ -75,7 +75,7 @@ public PersistedToolchains read( Reader input, Map<String, ?> options )
     public PersistedToolchains read( InputStream input, Map<String, ?> options )
         throws IOException
     {
-        Validate.notNull( input, "input cannot be null" );
+        Objects.requireNonNull( input, "input cannot be null" );
 
         try ( final InputStream in = input )
         {
diff --git a/maven-core/src/test/java/org/apache/maven/project/harness/PomTestWrapper.java b/maven-core/src/test/java/org/apache/maven/project/harness/PomTestWrapper.java
index f91b9831bb..f6275d8210 100644
--- a/maven-core/src/test/java/org/apache/maven/project/harness/PomTestWrapper.java
+++ b/maven-core/src/test/java/org/apache/maven/project/harness/PomTestWrapper.java
@@ -21,11 +21,11 @@
 
 import java.io.File;
 import java.util.Iterator;
+import java.util.Objects;
 
 import org.apache.commons.jxpath.JXPathContext;
 import org.apache.commons.jxpath.JXPathNotFoundException;
 import org.apache.commons.jxpath.ri.JXPathContextReferenceImpl;
-import org.apache.commons.lang3.Validate;
 import org.apache.maven.project.MavenProject;
 
 public class PomTestWrapper
@@ -44,14 +44,14 @@ public class PomTestWrapper
 
     public PomTestWrapper( File pomFile, MavenProject mavenProject )
     {
-        this.mavenProject = Validate.notNull( mavenProject, "mavenProject cannot be null" );
+        this.mavenProject = Objects.requireNonNull( mavenProject, "mavenProject cannot be null" );
         this.pomFile = pomFile;
         context = JXPathContext.newContext( mavenProject.getModel() );
     }
 
     public PomTestWrapper( MavenProject mavenProject )
     {
-        this.mavenProject = Validate.notNull( mavenProject, "mavenProject cannot be null" );
+        this.mavenProject = Objects.requireNonNull( mavenProject, "mavenProject cannot be null" );
         context = JXPathContext.newContext( mavenProject.getModel() );
     }
 
diff --git a/maven-embedder/src/main/java/org/apache/maven/cli/event/ExecutionEventLogger.java b/maven-embedder/src/main/java/org/apache/maven/cli/event/ExecutionEventLogger.java
index 51d00b7850..00c9164e33 100644
--- a/maven-embedder/src/main/java/org/apache/maven/cli/event/ExecutionEventLogger.java
+++ b/maven-embedder/src/main/java/org/apache/maven/cli/event/ExecutionEventLogger.java
@@ -24,8 +24,8 @@
 import static org.apache.maven.shared.utils.logging.MessageUtils.buffer;
 
 import java.util.List;
+import java.util.Objects;
 
-import org.apache.commons.lang3.Validate;
 import org.apache.maven.execution.AbstractExecutionListener;
 import org.apache.maven.execution.BuildFailure;
 import org.apache.maven.execution.BuildSuccess;
@@ -66,7 +66,7 @@ public ExecutionEventLogger()
     // TODO should we deprecate?
     public ExecutionEventLogger( Logger logger )
     {
-        this.logger = Validate.notNull( logger, "logger cannot be null" );
+        this.logger = Objects.requireNonNull( logger, "logger cannot be null" );
     }
 
     private static String chars( char c, int count )
diff --git a/maven-model-builder/pom.xml b/maven-model-builder/pom.xml
index 5b3c11d125..149f081511 100644
--- a/maven-model-builder/pom.xml
+++ b/maven-model-builder/pom.xml
@@ -62,10 +62,6 @@ under the License.
       <groupId>com.google.guava</groupId>
       <artifactId>guava</artifactId>
     </dependency>
-    <dependency>
-      <groupId>org.apache.commons</groupId>
-      <artifactId>commons-lang3</artifactId>
-    </dependency>
     <dependency>
       <groupId>org.eclipse.sisu</groupId>
       <artifactId>org.eclipse.sisu.plexus</artifactId>
diff --git a/maven-model-builder/src/main/java/org/apache/maven/model/building/DefaultModelBuilder.java b/maven-model-builder/src/main/java/org/apache/maven/model/building/DefaultModelBuilder.java
index 44ee334c30..e68ff3000e 100644
--- a/maven-model-builder/src/main/java/org/apache/maven/model/building/DefaultModelBuilder.java
+++ b/maven-model-builder/src/main/java/org/apache/maven/model/building/DefaultModelBuilder.java
@@ -20,7 +20,6 @@
  */
 
 
-import org.apache.commons.lang3.Validate;
 import org.apache.maven.artifact.versioning.DefaultArtifactVersion;
 import org.apache.maven.artifact.versioning.InvalidVersionSpecificationException;
 import org.apache.maven.artifact.versioning.VersionRange;
@@ -74,6 +73,7 @@
 import java.util.LinkedHashSet;
 import java.util.List;
 import java.util.Map;
+import java.util.Objects;
 import java.util.Properties;
 
 import static org.apache.maven.model.building.Result.error;
@@ -1042,9 +1042,10 @@ private ModelData readParentExternally( Model childModel, ModelBuildingRequest r
         String version = parent.getVersion();
 
         ModelResolver modelResolver = request.getModelResolver();
-
-        Validate.notNull( modelResolver, "request.modelResolver cannot be null (parent POM %s and POM %s)",
-            ModelProblemUtils.toId( groupId, artifactId, version ), ModelProblemUtils.toSourceHint( childModel ) );
+        Objects.requireNonNull( modelResolver,
+                                String.format( "request.modelResolver cannot be null (parent POM %s and POM %s)",
+                                               ModelProblemUtils.toId( groupId, artifactId, version ),
+                                               ModelProblemUtils.toSourceHint( childModel ) ) );
 
         ModelSource modelSource;
         try
diff --git a/maven-model-builder/src/main/java/org/apache/maven/model/building/DefaultModelBuildingResult.java b/maven-model-builder/src/main/java/org/apache/maven/model/building/DefaultModelBuildingResult.java
index 7c14063468..13b7714360 100644
--- a/maven-model-builder/src/main/java/org/apache/maven/model/building/DefaultModelBuildingResult.java
+++ b/maven-model-builder/src/main/java/org/apache/maven/model/building/DefaultModelBuildingResult.java
@@ -23,8 +23,8 @@
 import java.util.HashMap;
 import java.util.List;
 import java.util.Map;
+import java.util.Objects;
 
-import org.apache.commons.lang3.Validate;
 import org.apache.maven.model.Model;
 import org.apache.maven.model.Profile;
 
@@ -80,7 +80,7 @@ public List<String> getModelIds()
     public DefaultModelBuildingResult addModelId( String modelId )
     {
         // Intentionally notNull because Super POM may not contain a modelId
-        Validate.notNull( modelId, "modelId cannot null" );
+        Objects.requireNonNull( modelId, "modelId cannot null" );
 
         modelIds.add( modelId );
 
@@ -102,7 +102,7 @@ public Model getRawModel( String modelId )
     public DefaultModelBuildingResult setRawModel( String modelId, Model rawModel )
     {
         // Intentionally notNull because Super POM may not contain a modelId
-        Validate.notNull( modelId, "modelId cannot null" );
+        Objects.requireNonNull( modelId, "modelId cannot null" );
 
         rawModels.put( modelId, rawModel );
 
@@ -118,7 +118,7 @@ public List<Profile> getActivePomProfiles( String modelId )
     public DefaultModelBuildingResult setActivePomProfiles( String modelId, List<Profile> activeProfiles )
     {
         // Intentionally notNull because Super POM may not contain a modelId
-        Validate.notNull( modelId, "modelId cannot null" );
+        Objects.requireNonNull( modelId, "modelId cannot null" );
 
         if ( activeProfiles != null )
         {
diff --git a/maven-model-builder/src/main/java/org/apache/maven/model/building/ModelProblemCollectorRequest.java b/maven-model-builder/src/main/java/org/apache/maven/model/building/ModelProblemCollectorRequest.java
index a3cfd0de02..8edab3c01d 100644
--- a/maven-model-builder/src/main/java/org/apache/maven/model/building/ModelProblemCollectorRequest.java
+++ b/maven-model-builder/src/main/java/org/apache/maven/model/building/ModelProblemCollectorRequest.java
@@ -19,7 +19,8 @@
  * under the License.
  */
 
-import org.apache.commons.lang3.Validate;
+import java.util.Objects;
+
 import org.apache.maven.model.InputLocation;
 import org.apache.maven.model.building.ModelProblem.Severity;
 import org.apache.maven.model.building.ModelProblem.Version;
@@ -45,8 +46,8 @@ public final class ModelProblemCollectorRequest
      */
     public ModelProblemCollectorRequest( Severity severity, Version version )
     {
-        this.severity = Validate.notNull( severity, "severity cannot be null" );
-        this.version = Validate.notNull( version, "version cannot be null" );
+        this.severity = Objects.requireNonNull( severity, "severity cannot be null" );
+        this.version = Objects.requireNonNull( version, "version cannot be null" );
     }
 
     public Severity getSeverity()
diff --git a/maven-model-builder/src/main/java/org/apache/maven/model/io/DefaultModelReader.java b/maven-model-builder/src/main/java/org/apache/maven/model/io/DefaultModelReader.java
index e07ac3b98a..cc1e2fcbd9 100644
--- a/maven-model-builder/src/main/java/org/apache/maven/model/io/DefaultModelReader.java
+++ b/maven-model-builder/src/main/java/org/apache/maven/model/io/DefaultModelReader.java
@@ -25,8 +25,8 @@
 import java.io.InputStream;
 import java.io.Reader;
 import java.util.Map;
+import java.util.Objects;
 
-import org.apache.commons.lang3.Validate;
 import org.apache.maven.model.InputSource;
 import org.apache.maven.model.Model;
 import org.apache.maven.model.io.xpp3.MavenXpp3Reader;
@@ -50,7 +50,7 @@ public class DefaultModelReader
     public Model read( File input, Map<String, ?> options )
         throws IOException
     {
-        Validate.notNull( input, "input cannot be null" );
+        Objects.requireNonNull( input, "input cannot be null" );
 
         Model model = read( new FileInputStream( input ), options );
 
@@ -63,7 +63,7 @@ public Model read( File input, Map<String, ?> options )
     public Model read( Reader input, Map<String, ?> options )
         throws IOException
     {
-        Validate.notNull( input, "input cannot be null" );
+        Objects.requireNonNull( input, "input cannot be null" );
 
         try ( final Reader in = input )
         {
@@ -75,7 +75,7 @@ public Model read( Reader input, Map<String, ?> options )
     public Model read( InputStream input, Map<String, ?> options )
         throws IOException
     {
-        Validate.notNull( input, "input cannot be null" );
+        Objects.requireNonNull( input, "input cannot be null" );
 
         try ( final XmlStreamReader in = ReaderFactory.newXmlReader( input ) )
         {
diff --git a/maven-model-builder/src/main/java/org/apache/maven/model/io/DefaultModelWriter.java b/maven-model-builder/src/main/java/org/apache/maven/model/io/DefaultModelWriter.java
index c899efab0a..d0da9a3fa8 100644
--- a/maven-model-builder/src/main/java/org/apache/maven/model/io/DefaultModelWriter.java
+++ b/maven-model-builder/src/main/java/org/apache/maven/model/io/DefaultModelWriter.java
@@ -25,8 +25,8 @@
 import java.io.OutputStreamWriter;
 import java.io.Writer;
 import java.util.Map;
+import java.util.Objects;
 
-import org.apache.commons.lang3.Validate;
 import org.apache.maven.model.Model;
 import org.apache.maven.model.io.xpp3.MavenXpp3Writer;
 import org.codehaus.plexus.component.annotations.Component;
@@ -46,8 +46,8 @@ public class DefaultModelWriter
     public void write( File output, Map<String, Object> options, Model model )
         throws IOException
     {
-        Validate.notNull( output, "output cannot be null" );
-        Validate.notNull( model, "model cannot be null" );
+        Objects.requireNonNull( output, "output cannot be null" );
+        Objects.requireNonNull( model, "model cannot be null" );
 
         output.getParentFile().mkdirs();
 
@@ -58,8 +58,8 @@ public void write( File output, Map<String, Object> options, Model model )
     public void write( Writer output, Map<String, Object> options, Model model )
         throws IOException
     {
-        Validate.notNull( output, "output cannot be null" );
-        Validate.notNull( model, "model cannot be null" );
+        Objects.requireNonNull( output, "output cannot be null" );
+        Objects.requireNonNull( model, "model cannot be null" );
 
         try ( final Writer out = output )
         {
@@ -71,8 +71,8 @@ public void write( Writer output, Map<String, Object> options, Model model )
     public void write( OutputStream output, Map<String, Object> options, Model model )
         throws IOException
     {
-        Validate.notNull( output, "output cannot be null" );
-        Validate.notNull( model, "model cannot be null" );
+        Objects.requireNonNull( output, "output cannot be null" );
+        Objects.requireNonNull( model, "model cannot be null" );
 
         String encoding = model.getModelEncoding();
         // TODO Use StringUtils here
diff --git a/maven-model-builder/src/test/java/org/apache/maven/model/profile/activation/AbstractProfileActivatorTest.java b/maven-model-builder/src/test/java/org/apache/maven/model/profile/activation/AbstractProfileActivatorTest.java
index a77efdc979..edc8373416 100644
--- a/maven-model-builder/src/test/java/org/apache/maven/model/profile/activation/AbstractProfileActivatorTest.java
+++ b/maven-model-builder/src/test/java/org/apache/maven/model/profile/activation/AbstractProfileActivatorTest.java
@@ -1,5 +1,7 @@
 package org.apache.maven.model.profile.activation;
 
+import java.util.Objects;
+
 /*
  * Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one
  * or more contributor license agreements.  See the NOTICE file
@@ -21,7 +23,6 @@
 
 import java.util.Properties;
 
-import org.apache.commons.lang3.Validate;
 import org.apache.maven.model.Profile;
 import org.apache.maven.model.building.SimpleProblemCollector;
 import org.apache.maven.model.profile.DefaultProfileActivationContext;
@@ -46,7 +47,7 @@ public abstract class AbstractProfileActivatorTest<T extends ProfileActivator>
 
     public AbstractProfileActivatorTest( Class<T> activatorClass )
     {
-        this.activatorClass = Validate.notNull( activatorClass, "activatorClass cannot be null" );;
+        this.activatorClass = Objects.requireNonNull( activatorClass, "activatorClass cannot be null" );;
 
         roleHint = activatorClass.getAnnotation( Component.class ).hint();
     }
diff --git a/maven-model/pom.xml b/maven-model/pom.xml
index 7829c73fd1..757e2fb3c2 100644
--- a/maven-model/pom.xml
+++ b/maven-model/pom.xml
@@ -42,10 +42,6 @@ under the License.
       <groupId>org.codehaus.plexus</groupId>
       <artifactId>plexus-utils</artifactId>
     </dependency>
-    <dependency>
-      <groupId>org.apache.commons</groupId>
-      <artifactId>commons-lang3</artifactId>
-    </dependency>
   </dependencies>
 
   <build>
diff --git a/maven-model/src/main/java/org/apache/maven/model/merge/ModelMerger.java b/maven-model/src/main/java/org/apache/maven/model/merge/ModelMerger.java
index fbc056e929..e10ce0f2dd 100644
--- a/maven-model/src/main/java/org/apache/maven/model/merge/ModelMerger.java
+++ b/maven-model/src/main/java/org/apache/maven/model/merge/ModelMerger.java
@@ -24,9 +24,9 @@
 import java.util.LinkedHashMap;
 import java.util.List;
 import java.util.Map;
+import java.util.Objects;
 import java.util.Properties;
 
-import org.apache.commons.lang3.Validate;
 import org.apache.maven.model.Activation;
 import org.apache.maven.model.Build;
 import org.apache.maven.model.BuildBase;
@@ -105,7 +105,7 @@ public class ModelMerger
      */
     public void merge( Model target, Model source, boolean sourceDominant, Map<?, ?> hints )
     {
-        Validate.notNull( target, "target cannot be null" );
+        Objects.requireNonNull( target, "target cannot be null" );
 
         if ( source == null )
         {
diff --git a/maven-resolver-provider/pom.xml b/maven-resolver-provider/pom.xml
index 09db30d068..13868a2e10 100644
--- a/maven-resolver-provider/pom.xml
+++ b/maven-resolver-provider/pom.xml
@@ -82,10 +82,6 @@ under the License.
         </exclusion>
       </exclusions>
     </dependency>
-    <dependency>
-      <groupId>org.apache.commons</groupId>
-      <artifactId>commons-lang3</artifactId>
-    </dependency>
     <!-- Testing -->
     <dependency>
       <groupId>org.apache.maven.resolver</groupId>
diff --git a/maven-resolver-provider/src/main/java/org/apache/maven/repository/internal/DefaultArtifactDescriptorReader.java b/maven-resolver-provider/src/main/java/org/apache/maven/repository/internal/DefaultArtifactDescriptorReader.java
index 7ccdc056e3..748c7713bf 100644
--- a/maven-resolver-provider/src/main/java/org/apache/maven/repository/internal/DefaultArtifactDescriptorReader.java
+++ b/maven-resolver-provider/src/main/java/org/apache/maven/repository/internal/DefaultArtifactDescriptorReader.java
@@ -21,6 +21,7 @@
 
 import java.util.LinkedHashSet;
 import java.util.Map;
+import java.util.Objects;
 import java.util.Properties;
 import java.util.Set;
 
@@ -28,7 +29,6 @@
 import javax.inject.Named;
 import javax.inject.Singleton;
 
-import org.apache.commons.lang3.Validate;
 import org.apache.maven.model.DistributionManagement;
 import org.apache.maven.model.Model;
 import org.apache.maven.model.Relocation;
@@ -145,41 +145,42 @@ void setLogger( LoggerFactory loggerFactory )
 
     public DefaultArtifactDescriptorReader setRemoteRepositoryManager( RemoteRepositoryManager remoteRepositoryManager )
     {
-        this.remoteRepositoryManager = Validate.notNull( remoteRepositoryManager,
+        this.remoteRepositoryManager = Objects.requireNonNull( remoteRepositoryManager,
             "remoteRepositoryManager cannot be null" );
         return this;
     }
 
     public DefaultArtifactDescriptorReader setVersionResolver( VersionResolver versionResolver )
     {
-        this.versionResolver = Validate.notNull( versionResolver, "versionResolver cannot be null" );
+        this.versionResolver = Objects.requireNonNull( versionResolver, "versionResolver cannot be null" );
         return this;
     }
 
     /** @since 3.2.2 */
     public DefaultArtifactDescriptorReader setVersionRangeResolver( VersionRangeResolver versionRangeResolver )
     {
-        this.versionRangeResolver = Validate.notNull( versionRangeResolver, "versionRangeResolver cannot be null" );
+        this.versionRangeResolver =
+            Objects.requireNonNull( versionRangeResolver, "versionRangeResolver cannot be null" );
         return this;
     }
 
     public DefaultArtifactDescriptorReader setArtifactResolver( ArtifactResolver artifactResolver )
     {
-        this.artifactResolver = Validate.notNull( artifactResolver, "artifactResolver cannot be null" );
+        this.artifactResolver = Objects.requireNonNull( artifactResolver, "artifactResolver cannot be null" );
         return this;
     }
 
     public DefaultArtifactDescriptorReader setRepositoryEventDispatcher(
         RepositoryEventDispatcher repositoryEventDispatcher )
     {
-        this.repositoryEventDispatcher = Validate.notNull( repositoryEventDispatcher,
+        this.repositoryEventDispatcher = Objects.requireNonNull( repositoryEventDispatcher,
             "repositoryEventDispatcher cannot be null" );
         return this;
     }
 
     public DefaultArtifactDescriptorReader setModelBuilder( ModelBuilder modelBuilder )
     {
-        this.modelBuilder = Validate.notNull( modelBuilder, "modelBuilder cannot be null" );
+        this.modelBuilder = Objects.requireNonNull( modelBuilder, "modelBuilder cannot be null" );
         return this;
     }
 
diff --git a/maven-resolver-provider/src/main/java/org/apache/maven/repository/internal/DefaultVersionRangeResolver.java b/maven-resolver-provider/src/main/java/org/apache/maven/repository/internal/DefaultVersionRangeResolver.java
index 7a8ad9fb80..2f92e1609e 100644
--- a/maven-resolver-provider/src/main/java/org/apache/maven/repository/internal/DefaultVersionRangeResolver.java
+++ b/maven-resolver-provider/src/main/java/org/apache/maven/repository/internal/DefaultVersionRangeResolver.java
@@ -19,7 +19,6 @@
  * under the License.
  */
 
-import org.apache.commons.lang3.Validate;
 import org.apache.maven.artifact.repository.metadata.Versioning;
 import org.apache.maven.artifact.repository.metadata.io.xpp3.MetadataXpp3Reader;
 import org.eclipse.aether.RepositoryEvent;
@@ -63,6 +62,7 @@
 import java.util.HashMap;
 import java.util.List;
 import java.util.Map;
+import java.util.Objects;
 
 /**
  * @author Benjamin Bentmann
@@ -121,20 +121,20 @@ void setLogger( LoggerFactory loggerFactory )
 
     public DefaultVersionRangeResolver setMetadataResolver( MetadataResolver metadataResolver )
     {
-        this.metadataResolver = Validate.notNull( metadataResolver, "metadataResolver cannot be null" );
+        this.metadataResolver = Objects.requireNonNull( metadataResolver, "metadataResolver cannot be null" );
         return this;
     }
 
     public DefaultVersionRangeResolver setSyncContextFactory( SyncContextFactory syncContextFactory )
     {
-        this.syncContextFactory = Validate.notNull( syncContextFactory, "syncContextFactory cannot be null" );
+        this.syncContextFactory = Objects.requireNonNull( syncContextFactory, "syncContextFactory cannot be null" );
         return this;
     }
 
     public DefaultVersionRangeResolver setRepositoryEventDispatcher(
         RepositoryEventDispatcher repositoryEventDispatcher )
     {
-        this.repositoryEventDispatcher = Validate.notNull( repositoryEventDispatcher,
+        this.repositoryEventDispatcher = Objects.requireNonNull( repositoryEventDispatcher,
             "repositoryEventDispatcher cannot be null" );
         return this;
     }
diff --git a/maven-resolver-provider/src/main/java/org/apache/maven/repository/internal/DefaultVersionResolver.java b/maven-resolver-provider/src/main/java/org/apache/maven/repository/internal/DefaultVersionResolver.java
index ef7f0cfb07..1896005ed1 100644
--- a/maven-resolver-provider/src/main/java/org/apache/maven/repository/internal/DefaultVersionResolver.java
+++ b/maven-resolver-provider/src/main/java/org/apache/maven/repository/internal/DefaultVersionResolver.java
@@ -19,7 +19,6 @@
  * under the License.
  */
 
-import org.apache.commons.lang3.Validate;
 import org.apache.maven.artifact.repository.metadata.Snapshot;
 import org.apache.maven.artifact.repository.metadata.SnapshotVersion;
 import org.apache.maven.artifact.repository.metadata.Versioning;
@@ -69,6 +68,7 @@
 import java.util.HashMap;
 import java.util.List;
 import java.util.Map;
+import java.util.Objects;
 
 /**
  * @author Benjamin Bentmann
@@ -133,19 +133,19 @@ void setLogger( LoggerFactory loggerFactory )
 
     public DefaultVersionResolver setMetadataResolver( MetadataResolver metadataResolver )
     {
-        this.metadataResolver = Validate.notNull( metadataResolver, "metadataResolver cannot be null" );
+        this.metadataResolver = Objects.requireNonNull( metadataResolver, "metadataResolver cannot be null" );
         return this;
     }
 
     public DefaultVersionResolver setSyncContextFactory( SyncContextFactory syncContextFactory )
     {
-        this.syncContextFactory = Validate.notNull( syncContextFactory, "syncContextFactory cannot be null" );
+        this.syncContextFactory = Objects.requireNonNull( syncContextFactory, "syncContextFactory cannot be null" );
         return this;
     }
 
     public DefaultVersionResolver setRepositoryEventDispatcher( RepositoryEventDispatcher repositoryEventDispatcher )
     {
-        this.repositoryEventDispatcher = Validate.notNull( repositoryEventDispatcher,
+        this.repositoryEventDispatcher = Objects.requireNonNull( repositoryEventDispatcher,
             "repositoryEventDispatcher cannot be null" );
         return this;
     }
diff --git a/maven-resolver-provider/src/main/java/org/apache/maven/repository/internal/RelocatedArtifact.java b/maven-resolver-provider/src/main/java/org/apache/maven/repository/internal/RelocatedArtifact.java
index 7c2d0ce9ea..2e277f0e4c 100644
--- a/maven-resolver-provider/src/main/java/org/apache/maven/repository/internal/RelocatedArtifact.java
+++ b/maven-resolver-provider/src/main/java/org/apache/maven/repository/internal/RelocatedArtifact.java
@@ -21,8 +21,8 @@
 
 import java.io.File;
 import java.util.Map;
+import java.util.Objects;
 
-import org.apache.commons.lang3.Validate;
 import org.eclipse.aether.artifact.AbstractArtifact;
 import org.eclipse.aether.artifact.Artifact;
 
@@ -43,7 +43,7 @@ final class RelocatedArtifact
 
     RelocatedArtifact( Artifact artifact, String groupId, String artifactId, String version )
     {
-        this.artifact = Validate.notNull( artifact, "artifact cannot be null" );
+        this.artifact = Objects.requireNonNull( artifact, "artifact cannot be null" );
         // TODO Use StringUtils here
         this.groupId = ( groupId != null && groupId.length() > 0 ) ? groupId : null;
         this.artifactId = ( artifactId != null && artifactId.length() > 0 ) ? artifactId : null;
diff --git a/maven-settings-builder/pom.xml b/maven-settings-builder/pom.xml
index 3d8bdcaebb..5f08129a72 100644
--- a/maven-settings-builder/pom.xml
+++ b/maven-settings-builder/pom.xml
@@ -65,10 +65,6 @@ under the License.
       <groupId>org.sonatype.plexus</groupId>
       <artifactId>plexus-sec-dispatcher</artifactId>
     </dependency>
-    <dependency>
-      <groupId>org.apache.commons</groupId>
-      <artifactId>commons-lang3</artifactId>
-    </dependency>
   </dependencies>
 
   <build>
diff --git a/maven-settings-builder/src/main/java/org/apache/maven/settings/io/DefaultSettingsReader.java b/maven-settings-builder/src/main/java/org/apache/maven/settings/io/DefaultSettingsReader.java
index 897f7424c3..fa9561371d 100644
--- a/maven-settings-builder/src/main/java/org/apache/maven/settings/io/DefaultSettingsReader.java
+++ b/maven-settings-builder/src/main/java/org/apache/maven/settings/io/DefaultSettingsReader.java
@@ -24,8 +24,8 @@
 import java.io.InputStream;
 import java.io.Reader;
 import java.util.Map;
+import java.util.Objects;
 
-import org.apache.commons.lang3.Validate;
 import org.apache.maven.settings.Settings;
 import org.apache.maven.settings.io.xpp3.SettingsXpp3Reader;
 import org.codehaus.plexus.component.annotations.Component;
@@ -46,7 +46,7 @@ public class DefaultSettingsReader
     public Settings read( File input, Map<String, ?> options )
         throws IOException
     {
-        Validate.notNull( input, "input cannot be null" );
+        Objects.requireNonNull( input, "input cannot be null" );
 
         Settings settings = read( ReaderFactory.newXmlReader( input ), options );
 
@@ -57,7 +57,7 @@ public Settings read( File input, Map<String, ?> options )
     public Settings read( Reader input, Map<String, ?> options )
         throws IOException
     {
-        Validate.notNull( input, "input cannot be null" );
+        Objects.requireNonNull( input, "input cannot be null" );
 
         try ( final Reader in = input )
         {
@@ -73,7 +73,7 @@ public Settings read( Reader input, Map<String, ?> options )
     public Settings read( InputStream input, Map<String, ?> options )
         throws IOException
     {
-        Validate.notNull( input, "input cannot be null" );
+        Objects.requireNonNull( input, "input cannot be null" );
 
         try ( final InputStream in = input )
         {
diff --git a/maven-settings-builder/src/main/java/org/apache/maven/settings/io/DefaultSettingsWriter.java b/maven-settings-builder/src/main/java/org/apache/maven/settings/io/DefaultSettingsWriter.java
index 19d8b9ba1a..96af1a340a 100644
--- a/maven-settings-builder/src/main/java/org/apache/maven/settings/io/DefaultSettingsWriter.java
+++ b/maven-settings-builder/src/main/java/org/apache/maven/settings/io/DefaultSettingsWriter.java
@@ -25,8 +25,8 @@
 import java.io.OutputStreamWriter;
 import java.io.Writer;
 import java.util.Map;
+import java.util.Objects;
 
-import org.apache.commons.lang3.Validate;
 import org.apache.maven.settings.Settings;
 import org.apache.maven.settings.io.xpp3.SettingsXpp3Writer;
 import org.codehaus.plexus.component.annotations.Component;
@@ -46,8 +46,8 @@ public class DefaultSettingsWriter
     public void write( File output, Map<String, Object> options, Settings settings )
         throws IOException
     {
-        Validate.notNull( output, "output cannot be null" );
-        Validate.notNull( settings, "settings cannot be null" );
+        Objects.requireNonNull( output, "output cannot be null" );
+        Objects.requireNonNull( settings, "settings cannot be null" );
 
         output.getParentFile().mkdirs();
 
@@ -58,8 +58,8 @@ public void write( File output, Map<String, Object> options, Settings settings )
     public void write( Writer output, Map<String, Object> options, Settings settings )
         throws IOException
     {
-        Validate.notNull( output, "output cannot be null" );
-        Validate.notNull( settings, "settings cannot be null" );
+        Objects.requireNonNull( output, "output cannot be null" );
+        Objects.requireNonNull( settings, "settings cannot be null" );
 
         try ( final Writer out = output )
         {
@@ -71,8 +71,8 @@ public void write( Writer output, Map<String, Object> options, Settings settings
     public void write( OutputStream output, Map<String, Object> options, Settings settings )
         throws IOException
     {
-        Validate.notNull( output, "output cannot be null" );
-        Validate.notNull( settings, "settings cannot be null" );
+        Objects.requireNonNull( output, "output cannot be null" );
+        Objects.requireNonNull( settings, "settings cannot be null" );
 
         String encoding = settings.getModelEncoding();
         // TODO Use StringUtils here