diff --git a/apache-maven/src/main/assembly/bin.xml b/apache-maven/src/main/assembly/bin.xml
index c89331a41f..dd106a8433 100644
--- a/apache-maven/src/main/assembly/bin.xml
+++ b/apache-maven/src/main/assembly/bin.xml
@@ -20,8 +20,6 @@ under the License.
 <assembly>
   <id>bin</id>
   <formats>
-    <format>tar.gz</format>
-    <format>tar.bz2</format>
     <format>zip</format>
   </formats>
   <dependencySets>
diff --git a/maven-core/src/main/java/org/apache/maven/project/DefaultProjectBuilder.java b/maven-core/src/main/java/org/apache/maven/project/DefaultProjectBuilder.java
index f5dee0a39a..5b7fad3a69 100644
--- a/maven-core/src/main/java/org/apache/maven/project/DefaultProjectBuilder.java
+++ b/maven-core/src/main/java/org/apache/maven/project/DefaultProjectBuilder.java
@@ -37,8 +37,8 @@ import org.apache.maven.model.building.ModelBuildingException;
 import org.apache.maven.model.building.ModelBuildingRequest;
 import org.apache.maven.model.building.ModelBuildingResult;
 import org.apache.maven.model.building.ModelProblem;
+import org.apache.maven.model.building.ModelProcessor;
 import org.apache.maven.model.building.UrlModelSource;
-import org.apache.maven.model.locator.ModelLocator;
 import org.apache.maven.model.resolution.ModelResolver;
 import org.apache.maven.project.artifact.ProjectArtifact;
 import org.apache.maven.repository.RepositorySystem;
@@ -59,7 +59,7 @@ public class DefaultProjectBuilder
     private ModelBuilder modelBuilder;
 
     @Requirement
-    private ModelLocator modelLocator;
+    private ModelProcessor modelProcessor;
 
     @Requirement
     private ProjectBuildingHelper projectBuildingHelper;
@@ -344,7 +344,7 @@ public class DefaultProjectBuilder
 
                         if ( moduleFile.isDirectory() )
                         {
-                            moduleFile = modelLocator.locatePom( moduleFile );
+                            moduleFile = modelProcessor.locatePom( moduleFile );
                         }
 
                         if ( !moduleFile.isFile() )
diff --git a/maven-embedder/src/main/java/org/apache/maven/cli/MavenCli.java b/maven-embedder/src/main/java/org/apache/maven/cli/MavenCli.java
index b5dafdb6e5..2869f1a0dc 100644
--- a/maven-embedder/src/main/java/org/apache/maven/cli/MavenCli.java
+++ b/maven-embedder/src/main/java/org/apache/maven/cli/MavenCli.java
@@ -36,6 +36,7 @@ import org.apache.maven.execution.MavenExecutionRequestPopulationException;
 import org.apache.maven.execution.MavenExecutionRequest;
 import org.apache.maven.execution.MavenExecutionRequestPopulator;
 import org.apache.maven.execution.MavenExecutionResult;
+import org.apache.maven.model.building.ModelProcessor;
 import org.apache.maven.model.locator.ModelLocator;
 import org.apache.maven.repository.ArtifactTransferListener;
 import org.apache.maven.settings.Settings;
@@ -48,6 +49,7 @@ import org.apache.maven.settings.building.SettingsProblem;
 import org.codehaus.plexus.ContainerConfiguration;
 import org.codehaus.plexus.DefaultContainerConfiguration;
 import org.codehaus.plexus.DefaultPlexusContainer;
+import org.codehaus.plexus.PlexusContainer;
 import org.codehaus.plexus.PlexusContainerException;
 import org.codehaus.plexus.classworlds.ClassWorld;
 import org.codehaus.plexus.component.repository.exception.ComponentLifecycleException;
@@ -83,7 +85,7 @@ public class MavenCli
 
     private PrintStreamLogger logger;
 
-    private ModelLocator modelLocator;
+    private ModelProcessor modelProcessor;
     
     public static void main( String[] args )
     {
@@ -127,8 +129,14 @@ public class MavenCli
         logger = new PrintStreamLogger( System.out );
 
         container.setLoggerManager( new MavenLoggerManager( logger ) );
+        
+        customizeContainer( container );
     }
 
+    protected void customizeContainer( PlexusContainer container )
+    {        
+    }
+    
     public int doMain( String[] args, String workingDirectory, PrintStream stdout, PrintStream stderr )
     {
         if ( stdout == null )
@@ -225,7 +233,7 @@ public class MavenCli
         {
             maven = container.lookup( Maven.class );
             
-            modelLocator = container.lookup( ModelLocator.class );
+            modelProcessor = createModelProcessor( container );
         }
         catch ( ComponentLookupException e )
         {
@@ -490,6 +498,12 @@ public class MavenCli
         }
     }
 
+    protected ModelProcessor createModelProcessor( PlexusContainer container ) 
+        throws ComponentLookupException
+    {
+        return container.lookup( ModelProcessor.class );        
+    }
+
     private Configuration buildEmbedderConfiguration( CommandLine commandLine, String workingDirectory )
     {
         File userSettingsFile;
@@ -741,7 +755,7 @@ public class MavenCli
         }
         else if ( ( request.getPom() == null ) && ( request.getBaseDirectory() != null ) )
         {
-            File pom = modelLocator.locatePom( new File( request.getBaseDirectory() ) );
+            File pom = modelProcessor.locatePom( new File( request.getBaseDirectory() ) );
 
             request.setPom( pom );
         }
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 b0b99f1892..9c151f789b 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
@@ -39,8 +39,6 @@ import org.apache.maven.model.composition.DependencyManagementImporter;
 import org.apache.maven.model.inheritance.InheritanceAssembler;
 import org.apache.maven.model.interpolation.ModelInterpolator;
 import org.apache.maven.model.io.ModelParseException;
-import org.apache.maven.model.io.ModelReader;
-import org.apache.maven.model.locator.ModelLocator;
 import org.apache.maven.model.management.DependencyManagementInjector;
 import org.apache.maven.model.management.PluginManagementInjector;
 import org.apache.maven.model.normalization.ModelNormalizer;
@@ -67,12 +65,8 @@ import org.codehaus.plexus.component.annotations.Requirement;
 public class DefaultModelBuilder
     implements ModelBuilder
 {
-
     @Requirement
-    private ModelLocator modelLocator;
-
-    @Requirement
-    private ModelReader modelReader;
+    private ModelProcessor modelProcessor;
 
     @Requirement
     private ModelValidator modelValidator;
@@ -304,9 +298,9 @@ public class DefaultModelBuilder
         {
             boolean strict = request.getValidationLevel() >= ModelBuildingRequest.VALIDATION_LEVEL_MAVEN_2_0;
 
-            Map<String, ?> options = Collections.singletonMap( ModelReader.IS_STRICT, Boolean.valueOf( strict ) );
+            Map<String, ?> options = Collections.singletonMap( ModelProcessor.IS_STRICT, Boolean.valueOf( strict ) );
 
-            model = modelReader.read( modelSource.getInputStream(), options );
+            model = modelProcessor.read( modelSource.getInputStream(), options );
         }
         catch ( ModelParseException e )
         {
@@ -523,7 +517,7 @@ public class DefaultModelBuilder
 
         if ( pomFile.isDirectory() )
         {
-            pomFile = modelLocator.locatePom( pomFile );
+            pomFile = modelProcessor.locatePom( pomFile );
         }
 
         return pomFile;
diff --git a/maven-model-builder/src/main/java/org/apache/maven/model/superpom/DefaultSuperPomProvider.java b/maven-model-builder/src/main/java/org/apache/maven/model/superpom/DefaultSuperPomProvider.java
index 5dcd53558c..ddd63d77a0 100644
--- a/maven-model-builder/src/main/java/org/apache/maven/model/superpom/DefaultSuperPomProvider.java
+++ b/maven-model-builder/src/main/java/org/apache/maven/model/superpom/DefaultSuperPomProvider.java
@@ -21,8 +21,11 @@ package org.apache.maven.model.superpom;
 
 import java.io.IOException;
 import java.io.InputStream;
+import java.util.HashMap;
+import java.util.Map;
 
 import org.apache.maven.model.Model;
+import org.apache.maven.model.building.ModelProcessor;
 import org.apache.maven.model.io.ModelReader;
 import org.codehaus.plexus.component.annotations.Component;
 import org.codehaus.plexus.component.annotations.Requirement;
@@ -43,7 +46,7 @@ public class DefaultSuperPomProvider
     private Model superModel;
 
     @Requirement
-    private ModelReader modelReader;
+    private ModelProcessor modelProcessor;
 
     public Model getSuperModel( String version )
     {
@@ -61,7 +64,9 @@ public class DefaultSuperPomProvider
 
             try
             {
-                superModel = modelReader.read( is, null );
+                Map<String,String> options = new HashMap<String,String>();
+                options.put( "xml:4.0.0", "xml:4.0.0" );
+                superModel = modelProcessor.read( is, options );
             }
             catch ( IOException e )
             {