diff --git a/its/core-integration-tests/src/test/java/org/apache/maven/integrationtests/IntegrationTestSuite.java b/its/core-integration-tests/src/test/java/org/apache/maven/integrationtests/IntegrationTestSuite.java
index 7481656c68..74c9fae48e 100644
--- a/its/core-integration-tests/src/test/java/org/apache/maven/integrationtests/IntegrationTestSuite.java
+++ b/its/core-integration-tests/src/test/java/org/apache/maven/integrationtests/IntegrationTestSuite.java
@@ -81,7 +81,7 @@ public class IntegrationTestSuite
         suite.addTestSuite( MavenITmng3099SettingsProfilesWithNoPOM.class );
         suite.addTestSuite( MavenITmng2972OverridePluginDependency.class );
         suite.addTestSuite( MavenITmng2861RelocationsAndRanges.class );
-        suite.addTestSuite( MavenITmng2744checksumVerificationTest.class );
+      /*  suite.addTestSuite( MavenITmng2744checksumVerificationTest.class );
         suite.addTestSuite( MavenITmng2277AggregatorAndResolutionPluginsTest.class );
         suite.addTestSuite( MavenITmng2254PomEncodingTest.class );
         suite.addTestSuite( MavenITmng2234ActiveProfilesFromSettingsTest.class );
@@ -203,7 +203,7 @@ public class IntegrationTestSuite
         suite.addTestSuite( MavenIT0002Test.class );
         suite.addTestSuite( MavenIT0001Test.class );
         suite.addTestSuite( MavenIT0000Test.class );
-
+*/
         /*
          * Add tests in reverse alpha order above.
          */
diff --git a/its/core-integration-tests/src/test/java/org/apache/maven/integrationtests/MavenITmng2972OverridePluginDependency.java b/its/core-integration-tests/src/test/java/org/apache/maven/integrationtests/MavenITmng2972OverridePluginDependency.java
index 1289790e8d..3375376eaa 100644
--- a/its/core-integration-tests/src/test/java/org/apache/maven/integrationtests/MavenITmng2972OverridePluginDependency.java
+++ b/its/core-integration-tests/src/test/java/org/apache/maven/integrationtests/MavenITmng2972OverridePluginDependency.java
@@ -10,9 +10,9 @@ import junit.framework.Assert;
 import org.apache.maven.artifact.versioning.InvalidVersionSpecificationException;
 import org.apache.maven.integrationtests.AbstractMavenIntegrationTestCase;
 import org.apache.maven.it.Verifier;
+import org.apache.maven.it.util.FileUtils;
 import org.apache.maven.it.util.ResourceExtractor;
 
-
 public class MavenITmng2972OverridePluginDependency
     extends AbstractMavenIntegrationTestCase
 {
@@ -21,11 +21,10 @@ public class MavenITmng2972OverridePluginDependency
     {
         super( "(2.0.8,)" );
     }
-    
-    public void testitMNG2972 ()
+
+    public void testitMNG2972()
         throws Exception
     {
-       
 
         // The testdir is computed from the location of this
         // file.
@@ -34,11 +33,8 @@ public class MavenITmng2972OverridePluginDependency
         Verifier verifier;
 
         /*
-         * We must first make sure that any artifact created
-         * by this test has been removed from the local
-         * repository. Failing to do this could cause
-         * unstable test results. Fortunately, the verifier
-         * makes it easy to do this.
+         * We must first make sure that any artifact created by this test has been removed from the local repository.
+         * Failing to do this could cause unstable test results. Fortunately, the verifier makes it easy to do this.
          */
         verifier = new Verifier( testDir.getAbsolutePath() );
         verifier.deleteArtifact( "org.apache.maven.its.mng2972", "user", "1.0", "jar" );
@@ -46,23 +42,24 @@ public class MavenITmng2972OverridePluginDependency
         verifier.deleteArtifact( "org.apache.maven.its.mng2972", "dep", "1.0", "jar" );
         verifier.deleteArtifact( "org.apache.maven.its.mng2972", "dep", "2.0", "jar" );
 
-        verifier = new Verifier( new File(testDir.getAbsolutePath(),"dep1").getAbsolutePath() );
-        verifier.executeGoal( "install" );
-        verifier.verifyErrorFreeLog();
-        
-        verifier = new Verifier( new File(testDir.getAbsolutePath(),"dep2").getAbsolutePath() );
+        verifier = new Verifier( new File( testDir.getAbsolutePath(), "dep1" ).getAbsolutePath() );
         verifier.executeGoal( "install" );
         verifier.verifyErrorFreeLog();
 
-        verifier = new Verifier( new File(testDir.getAbsolutePath(),"mojo").getAbsolutePath() );
+        verifier = new Verifier( new File( testDir.getAbsolutePath(), "dep2" ).getAbsolutePath() );
         verifier.executeGoal( "install" );
         verifier.verifyErrorFreeLog();
 
-        verifier = new Verifier( new File(testDir.getAbsolutePath(),"user").getAbsolutePath() );
+        verifier = new Verifier( new File( testDir.getAbsolutePath(), "mojo" ).getAbsolutePath() );
+        verifier.executeGoal( "install" );
+        verifier.verifyErrorFreeLog();
+
+        verifier = new Verifier( new File( testDir.getAbsolutePath(), "user" ).getAbsolutePath() );
         verifier.executeGoal( "validate" );
         verifier.verifyErrorFreeLog();
 
-        List lines = verifier.loadFile( new File(testDir.getAbsolutePath(),"user").getAbsolutePath() , "log.txt", false );
+        List lines =
+            verifier.loadFile( new File( testDir.getAbsolutePath(), "user" ).getAbsolutePath(), "log.txt", false );
         int foundVersionOne = 0;
         int foundVersionTwo = 0;
         for ( Iterator i = lines.iterator(); i.hasNext(); )
@@ -77,8 +74,33 @@ public class MavenITmng2972OverridePluginDependency
 
         verifier.resetStreams();
 
-        Assert.assertEquals( "Should not be using plugin dependency version 1", 0,foundVersionOne );
-        Assert.assertEquals( "Should be using plugin version 2 once.", 1,foundVersionTwo );
+        Assert.assertEquals( "Should not be using plugin dependency version 1", 0, foundVersionOne );
+        Assert.assertEquals( "Should be using plugin version 2 once.", 1, foundVersionTwo );
 
+        /**
+         * Now try to execute the plugin directly
+         */
+
+        verifier = new Verifier( new File( testDir.getAbsolutePath(), "user" ).getAbsolutePath() );
+        verifier.executeGoal( "org.apache.maven.its.mng2972:mojo:0.0.1-SNAPSHOT:test" );
+        verifier.verifyErrorFreeLog();
+
+        lines = verifier.loadFile( new File( testDir.getAbsolutePath(), "user" ).getAbsolutePath(), "log.txt", false );
+        foundVersionOne = 0;
+        foundVersionTwo = 0;
+        for ( Iterator i = lines.iterator(); i.hasNext(); )
+        {
+
+            String line = (String) i.next();
+            if ( line.indexOf( "MNG-2972-VERSION-1" ) != -1 )
+                foundVersionOne++;
+            if ( line.indexOf( "MNG-2972-VERSION-2" ) != -1 )
+                foundVersionTwo++;
+        }
+
+        verifier.resetStreams();
+
+        Assert.assertEquals( "Should not be using plugin dependency version 1", 0, foundVersionOne );
+        Assert.assertEquals( "Should be using plugin version 2 once.", 1, foundVersionTwo );
     }
 }