diff --git a/maven-embedder/src/test/java/org/apache/maven/embedder/MavenEmbedderAligningBasedirTest.java b/maven-embedder/src/test/java/org/apache/maven/embedder/MavenEmbedderAligningBasedirTest.java
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-package org.apache.maven.embedder;
-
-/*
- * 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 java.io.File;
-import java.util.List;
-
-import org.apache.maven.execution.MavenExecutionRequest;
-import org.apache.maven.execution.MavenExecutionResult;
-import org.apache.maven.project.MavenProject;
-import org.codehaus.plexus.util.FileUtils;
-
-public class MavenEmbedderAligningBasedirTest
-    extends AbstractCoreMavenComponentTestCase
-{
-    protected String basedir;
-
-    protected MavenEmbedder mavenEmbedder;
-
-
-    protected void setUp()
-        throws Exception
-    {
-        super.setUp();
-
-        basedir = System.getProperty( "basedir" );
-
-        if ( basedir == null )
-        {
-            basedir = new File( "." ).getCanonicalPath();
-        }
-
-        Configuration configuration = new SimpleConfiguration();
-
-        mavenEmbedder = new MavenEmbedder( configuration );
-    }
-
-    protected void tearDown()
-        throws Exception
-    {
-        mavenEmbedder.stop();
-    }
-
-    protected void assertNoExceptions( MavenExecutionResult result )
-    {
-        List<Exception> exceptions = result.getExceptions();
-        if ( ( exceptions == null ) || exceptions.isEmpty() )
-        {
-            // everything is a-ok.
-            return;
-        }
-
-        System.err.println( "Encountered " + exceptions.size() + " exception(s)." );
-        for ( Exception exception : exceptions )
-        {
-            exception.printStackTrace( System.err );
-        }
-
-        fail( "Encountered Exceptions in MavenExecutionResult during " + getName() );
-    }
-
-    // ----------------------------------------------------------------------
-    // Goal/Phase execution tests
-    // ----------------------------------------------------------------------
-
-    public void testExecutionUsingABaseDirectory()
-        throws Exception
-    {
-        File testDirectory = new File( basedir, "src/test/embedder-test-project" );
-
-        File targetDirectory = new File( basedir, "target/embedder-test-project0" );
-
-        FileUtils.copyDirectoryStructure( testDirectory, targetDirectory );
-
-        MavenExecutionRequest request = createMavenExecutionRequest( new File( targetDirectory, "pom.xml" ) );        
-
-        MavenExecutionResult result = mavenEmbedder.execute( request );
-
-        assertNoExceptions( result );
-
-        MavenProject project = result.getProject();
-
-        assertEquals( "embedder-test-project", project.getArtifactId() );
-
-        File jar = new File( targetDirectory, "target/embedder-test-project-1.0-SNAPSHOT.jar" );
-
-        assertTrue( jar.exists() );
-    }
-
-    @Override
-    protected String getProjectsDirectory()
-    {
-        // TODO Auto-generated method stub
-        return null;
-    }
-}