diff --git a/its/core-it-suite/src/test/java/org/apache/maven/it/IntegrationTestSuite.java b/its/core-it-suite/src/test/java/org/apache/maven/it/IntegrationTestSuite.java
index bad86b7beb..534f2f33e1 100644
--- a/its/core-it-suite/src/test/java/org/apache/maven/it/IntegrationTestSuite.java
+++ b/its/core-it-suite/src/test/java/org/apache/maven/it/IntegrationTestSuite.java
@@ -166,7 +166,6 @@ MavenITmng3645POMSyntaxErrorTest
         suite.addTestSuite( MavenIT0114ExtensionThatProvidesResources.class );
         suite.addTestSuite( MavenIT0113ServerAuthzAvailableToWagonMgrInPlugin.class );
         suite.addTestSuite( MavenIT0112ExtensionsThatDragDependencies.class );
-        suite.addTestSuite( MavenIT0111PluginsThatRequireAResourceFromAnExtensionTest.class );
         suite.addTestSuite( MavenIT0110PluginDependenciesComeFromPluginReposTest.class );
         suite.addTestSuite( MavenIT0107Test.class );
         suite.addTestSuite( MavenIT0106Test.class );
diff --git a/its/core-it-suite/src/test/java/org/apache/maven/it/MavenIT0111PluginsThatRequireAResourceFromAnExtensionTest.java b/its/core-it-suite/src/test/java/org/apache/maven/it/MavenIT0111PluginsThatRequireAResourceFromAnExtensionTest.java
deleted file mode 100644
index 128287b6c6..0000000000
--- a/its/core-it-suite/src/test/java/org/apache/maven/it/MavenIT0111PluginsThatRequireAResourceFromAnExtensionTest.java
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,68 +0,0 @@
-package org.apache.maven.it;
-
-/*
- * 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 java.util.ArrayList;
-
-import org.apache.maven.it.Verifier;
-import org.apache.maven.it.util.ResourceExtractor;
-
-public class MavenIT0111PluginsThatRequireAResourceFromAnExtensionTest
-    extends AbstractMavenIntegrationTestCase
-{
-    public MavenIT0111PluginsThatRequireAResourceFromAnExtensionTest()
-    {
-        super( "(,2.99.99)" );
-    }
-
-    public void testit0111()
-        throws Exception
-    {
-        File testDir =
-            ResourceExtractor.simpleExtractResources( getClass(), "/it0111-pluginThatRequiresResourceFromAnExtension" );
-
-        Verifier verifier;
-
-        // Install the parent POM
-        verifier = new Verifier( testDir.getAbsolutePath() );
-        verifier.deleteArtifact( "org.apache.maven.its.it0111", "parent", "1.0", "pom" );                
-        verifier.deleteArtifact( "org.apache.maven.its.it0111", "checkstyle-test", "1.0", "jar" );
-        verifier.deleteArtifact( "org.apache.maven.its.it0111", "checkstyle-assembly", "1.0", "jar" );
-        List cliOptions = new ArrayList();
-        cliOptions.add( "-N" );
-        verifier.executeGoal( "install" );
-        verifier.verifyErrorFreeLog();
-        verifier.resetStreams();
-
-        // Install the extension with the resources required for the test
-        verifier = new Verifier( new File( testDir.getAbsolutePath(), "checkstyle-assembly" ).getAbsolutePath() );
-        verifier.executeGoal( "install" );
-        verifier.verifyErrorFreeLog();
-        verifier.resetStreams();
-
-        // Run the whole test
-        verifier = new Verifier( new File( testDir.getAbsolutePath(), "checkstyle-test" ).getAbsolutePath() );
-        verifier.executeGoal( "install" );
-        verifier.verifyErrorFreeLog();
-        verifier.resetStreams();
-    }
-}
diff --git a/its/core-it-suite/src/test/resources/it0111-pluginThatRequiresResourceFromAnExtension/checkstyle-assembly/pom.xml b/its/core-it-suite/src/test/resources/it0111-pluginThatRequiresResourceFromAnExtension/checkstyle-assembly/pom.xml
deleted file mode 100644
index 2cd7dd06de..0000000000
--- a/its/core-it-suite/src/test/resources/it0111-pluginThatRequiresResourceFromAnExtension/checkstyle-assembly/pom.xml
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,12 +0,0 @@
-<project xmlns="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance"
-  xsi:schemaLocation="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0 http://maven.apache.org/maven-v4_0_0.xsd">
-  <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
-  <parent>
-    <groupId>org.apache.maven.its.it0111</groupId>
-    <artifactId>parent</artifactId>
-    <version>1</version>
-  </parent>
-  <name>STC Checkstyle</name>
-  <artifactId>checkstyle-assembly</artifactId>
-  <version>1.0</version>
-</project>
diff --git a/its/core-it-suite/src/test/resources/it0111-pluginThatRequiresResourceFromAnExtension/checkstyle-assembly/src/main/resources/LICENSE.txt b/its/core-it-suite/src/test/resources/it0111-pluginThatRequiresResourceFromAnExtension/checkstyle-assembly/src/main/resources/LICENSE.txt
deleted file mode 100644
index 872d99cbd5..0000000000
--- a/its/core-it-suite/src/test/resources/it0111-pluginThatRequiresResourceFromAnExtension/checkstyle-assembly/src/main/resources/LICENSE.txt
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1 +0,0 @@
-This is the license
diff --git a/its/core-it-suite/src/test/resources/it0111-pluginThatRequiresResourceFromAnExtension/checkstyle-assembly/src/main/resources/rule_set.xml b/its/core-it-suite/src/test/resources/it0111-pluginThatRequiresResourceFromAnExtension/checkstyle-assembly/src/main/resources/rule_set.xml
deleted file mode 100644
index fc5f45486e..0000000000
--- a/its/core-it-suite/src/test/resources/it0111-pluginThatRequiresResourceFromAnExtension/checkstyle-assembly/src/main/resources/rule_set.xml
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,112 +0,0 @@
-<?xml version="1.0"?>
-<ruleset name="EPHS Custom ruleset"
-    xmlns="http://pmd.sf.net/ruleset/1.0.0"
-    xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance"
-    xsi:schemaLocation="http://pmd.sf.net/ruleset/1.0.0 http://pmd.sf.net/ruleset_xml_schema.xsd"
-    xsi:noNamespaceSchemaLocation="http://pmd.sf.net/ruleset_xml_schema.xsd">
-
-  <description>
-  This ruleset checks EPHS code
-  </description>
-
-  <rule ref="rulesets/finalizers.xml"/>  
-
-  
-  <rule ref="rulesets/controversial.xml/UnnecessaryParentheses"/>
-
-  <rule ref="rulesets/optimizations.xml/UseArrayListInsteadOfVector"/>
-  <rule ref="rulesets/optimizations.xml/SimplifyStartsWith"/>
-  <rule ref="rulesets/optimizations.xml/UseArraysAsList"/>
-  <rule ref="rulesets/optimizations.xml/AvoidArrayLoops"/>
-  <!--<rule ref="rulesets/optimizations.xml/UnnecessaryWrapperObjectCreation"/> -->
-
-  <rule ref="rulesets/j2ee.xml/UseProperClassLoader"/>
-
-
-  <rule ref="rulesets/basic.xml/EmptyCatchBlock"/>
-  <rule ref="rulesets/basic.xml/EmptyIfStmt"/>
-  <rule ref="rulesets/basic.xml/EmptyWhileStmt"/>
-  <rule ref="rulesets/basic.xml/EmptyTryBlock"/>
-  <rule ref="rulesets/basic.xml/EmptyFinallyBlock"/>
-  <rule ref="rulesets/basic.xml/EmptySwitchStatements"/>
-  <rule ref="rulesets/basic.xml/JumbledIncrementer"/>
-  <rule ref="rulesets/basic.xml/UnnecessaryConversionTemporary"/>
-  <rule ref="rulesets/basic.xml/DoubleCheckedLocking"/>
-  <rule ref="rulesets/basic.xml/OverrideBothEqualsAndHashcode"/>
-  <rule ref="rulesets/basic.xml/ReturnFromFinallyBlock"/>
-  <rule ref="rulesets/basic.xml/EmptySynchronizedBlock"/>
-  <rule ref="rulesets/basic.xml/UnnecessaryReturn"/>
-  <rule ref="rulesets/basic.xml/UnconditionalIfStatement"/>
-  <rule ref="rulesets/basic.xml/EmptyStatementNotInLoop"/>
-  <rule ref="rulesets/basic.xml/BooleanInstantiation"/>
-  <rule ref="rulesets/basic.xml/CollapsibleIfStatements"/>
-  <rule ref="rulesets/basic.xml/ClassCastExceptionWithToArray"/>
-  <rule ref="rulesets/basic.xml/UselessOperationOnImmutable"/>
- <!-- <rule ref="rulesets/basic.xml/NullPointerException"/> -->
-  <rule ref="rulesets/basic.xml/AvoidThreadGroup"/>
- <!-- <rule ref="rulesets/basic.xml/BrokenNullCheck"/> -->
- 
-  <rule ref="rulesets/sunsecure.xml"/>
-  <rule ref="rulesets/strictexception.xml"/>
-  
-  <rule ref="rulesets/codesize.xml/ExcessiveMethodLength"/>
-  <rule ref="rulesets/codesize.xml/ExcessiveParameterList"/>
-
-  <rule ref="rulesets/design.xml/SimplifyBooleanReturns"/>  
-  
-  
-  <rule ref="rulesets/design.xml/AvoidDeeplyNestedIfStmts"/>
-  <rule ref="rulesets/design.xml/ConstructorCallsOverridableMethod"/>
-  <rule ref="rulesets/design.xml/CloseResource"/>
-  <rule ref="rulesets/design.xml/NonStaticInitializer"/>
-  <rule ref="rulesets/design.xml/DefaultLabelNotLastInSwitchStmt"/>
-  <rule ref="rulesets/design.xml/NonCaseLabelInSwitchStatement"/>
-  <rule ref="rulesets/design.xml/OptimizableToArrayCall"/>
-  <rule ref="rulesets/design.xml/BadComparison"/>
-  <rule ref="rulesets/design.xml/EqualsNull"/>
-  <rule ref="rulesets/design.xml/InstantiationToGetClass"/>
-  <rule ref="rulesets/design.xml/IdempotentOperations"/>
-  <rule ref="rulesets/design.xml/AssignmentToNonFinalStatic"/>
-  <rule ref="rulesets/design.xml/MissingStaticMethodInNonInstantiatableClass"/>
-  <rule ref="rulesets/design.xml/MissingBreakInSwitch"/>
-  <rule ref="rulesets/design.xml/UseNotifyAllInsteadOfNotify"/>
-  <rule ref="rulesets/design.xml/SimplifyConditional"/>
-  <rule ref="rulesets/design.xml/CompareObjectsWithEquals"/>
-  <rule ref="rulesets/design.xml/UnnecessaryLocalBeforeReturn"/>
-  <rule ref="rulesets/design.xml/UnsynchronizedStaticDateFormatter"/>
-  <rule ref="rulesets/design.xml/PreserveStackTrace"/>
-
-  <rule ref="rulesets/strings.xml/StringInstantiation"/>
-  <rule ref="rulesets/strings.xml/StringToString"/>
-  <rule ref="rulesets/strings.xml/UnnecessaryCaseChange"/>
-  <rule ref="rulesets/strings.xml/UseStringBufferLength"/>
-  <rule ref="rulesets/strings.xml/InsufficientStringBufferDeclaration"/>
-  <!--<rule ref="rulesets/strings.xml/UselessStringValueOf"/>  -->
-
-
-  <rule ref="rulesets/imports.xml"/>
-
-  <rule ref="rulesets/naming.xml/VariableNamingConventions"/>
-
-  <!--<rule ref="rulesets/naming.xml/AvoidDollarSign"/> -->
-  <rule ref="rulesets/naming.xml/SuspiciousHashcodeMethodName"/>
-  <rule ref="rulesets/naming.xml/SuspiciousConstantFieldName"/>
-  <rule ref="rulesets/naming.xml/SuspiciousEqualsMethodName"/>
-  <rule ref="rulesets/naming.xml/AvoidFieldNameMatchingTypeName"/>
-  <rule ref="rulesets/naming.xml/AvoidFieldNameMatchingMethodName"/>
-  <rule ref="rulesets/naming.xml/AvoidNonConstructorMethodsWithClassName"/>
-  
-  <rule ref="rulesets/naming.xml/NoPackage"/>
-  <rule ref="rulesets/naming.xml/PackageCase"/>  
-  <rule ref="rulesets/naming.xml/MisleadingVariableName"/>
-
-
-  <rule ref="rulesets/logging-java.xml/SystemPrintln"/>
-  <rule ref="rulesets/logging-java.xml/AvoidPrintStackTrace"/>
-  
-  <rule ref="rulesets/logging-jakarta-commons.xml/UseCorrectExceptionLogging"/>
-  
-
-  <rule ref="rulesets/braces.xml"/>
-
-</ruleset>
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/its/core-it-suite/src/test/resources/it0111-pluginThatRequiresResourceFromAnExtension/checkstyle-assembly/src/main/resources/stc_checks.xml b/its/core-it-suite/src/test/resources/it0111-pluginThatRequiresResourceFromAnExtension/checkstyle-assembly/src/main/resources/stc_checks.xml
deleted file mode 100644
index 02aa309a5c..0000000000
--- a/its/core-it-suite/src/test/resources/it0111-pluginThatRequiresResourceFromAnExtension/checkstyle-assembly/src/main/resources/stc_checks.xml
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,121 +0,0 @@
-<?xml version="1.0"?>
-<!DOCTYPE module PUBLIC
-    "-//Puppy Crawl//DTD Check Configuration 1.2//EN"
-    "http://www.puppycrawl.com/dtds/configuration_1_2.dtd">
-
-<!--
-
-  Checkstyle configuration that checks the sun coding conventions from:
-
-    - the Java Language Specification at
-      http://java.sun.com/docs/books/jls/second_edition/html/index.html
-
-    - the Sun Code Conventions at http://java.sun.com/docs/codeconv/
-
-    - the Javadoc guidelines at
-      http://java.sun.com/j2se/javadoc/writingdoccomments/index.html
-
-    - the JDK Api documentation http://java.sun.com/j2se/docs/api/index.html
-
-    - some best practices
-
-  Checkstyle is very configurable. Be sure to read the documentation at
-  http://checkstyle.sf.net (or in your downloaded distribution).
-
-  Most Checks are configurable, be sure to consult the documentation.
-
-  To completely disable a check, just comment it out or delete it from the file.
-
-  Finally, it is worth reading the documentation.
-
--->
-
-<module name="Checker">
-  <module name="TreeWalker">
-
-    <!-- Checks for imports                              -->
-    <!-- See http://checkstyle.sf.net/config_import.html -->
-    <module name="AvoidStarImport"/>
-    <module name="IllegalImport"/> <!-- defaults to sun.* packages -->
-    <module name="RedundantImport"/>
-    <module name="UnusedImports"/>
-
-
-    <!-- Checks for Size Violations.                    -->
-    <!-- See http://checkstyle.sf.net/config_sizes.html -->
-
-
-
-    <!-- Modifier Checks                                    -->
-    <!-- See http://checkstyle.sf.net/config_modifiers.html -->
-
-    <!-- Checks for blocks. You know, those {}'s         -->
-    <!-- See http://checkstyle.sf.net/config_blocks.html -->
-    <module name="LeftCurly">
-      <property name="option" value="nl"/>
-    </module>
-    <module name="RightCurly">
-      <property name="option" value="alone"/>
-    </module>
-
-    <module name="TabCharacter"/>
-    <module name="WhitespaceAfter"/>
-
-    <module name="ParenPad"/>
-    <module name="TypecastParenPad"/>
-    <module name="NoWhitespaceBefore"/>
-    <module name="PackageName"/>
-
-
-    <!-- Checks for class design                         -->
-    <!-- See http://checkstyle.sf.net/config_design.html -->
-
-
-    <!-- Miscellaneous other checks.                   -->
-    <!-- See http://checkstyle.sf.net/config_misc.html -->
-    <module name="DoubleCheckedLocking"/>    <!-- MY FAVOURITE -->
-    <module name="EmptyStatement"/>
-
-
-    <module name="GenericIllegalRegexp"> 
-      <!-- \s matches whitespace character, $ matches end of line. --> 
-      <property name="format" value="(?:\x66\x75\x63\x6B)|(?:\x73\x68\x69\x74)|(?:\x63\x75\x6E\x74)"/>
-      <property name="ignoreCase" value="true" />
-      <property name="message" value="Code contains inappropriate language"/>
-
-    </module>
-
-    <!--http://checkstyle.sourceforge.net/config_sizes.html-->
-    <!-- eclipse formatting does not shorten lines -->
-   <!-- <module name="LineLength">
-      <property name="severity" value="warning"/>
-      <property name="max" value="132"/>
-    </module> -->
-
-    <!-- the following exist in sufficent abundance that enforcing and even warning on these is impractical -->
-    <!--
-    <module name="ParameterName">
-      <property name="format" value="^[a-z][a-zA-Z0-9]*" />
-    </module> -->
-
-
-    <!-- http://checkstyle.sourceforge.net/config_coding.html#IllegalCatch-->
-   <!-- <module name="IllegalCatch">
-      <property name="severity" value="warning"/>
-    </module>   
-
-    <module name="IllegalThrows">
-      <property name="severity" value="warning"/>
-    </module>  
-
-    <module name="DefaultComesLast"/>
-
-    <module name="FallThrough">
-      <property name="severity" value="warning"/>
-    </module>  --> 
-
-
-
-
-  </module>
-</module>
diff --git a/its/core-it-suite/src/test/resources/it0111-pluginThatRequiresResourceFromAnExtension/checkstyle-test/pom.xml b/its/core-it-suite/src/test/resources/it0111-pluginThatRequiresResourceFromAnExtension/checkstyle-test/pom.xml
deleted file mode 100644
index 4cad7a859d..0000000000
--- a/its/core-it-suite/src/test/resources/it0111-pluginThatRequiresResourceFromAnExtension/checkstyle-test/pom.xml
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,46 +0,0 @@
-<project xmlns="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance" xsi:schemaLocation="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0 http://maven.apache.org/maven-v4_0_0.xsd">
-  <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
-  <parent>
-    <groupId>org.apache.maven.its.it0111</groupId>
-    <artifactId>parent</artifactId>
-    <version>1</version>
-  </parent>
-  <artifactId>checkstyle-test</artifactId>
-  <name>Checkstyle Test</name>
-  <build>
-
-    <extensions>
-      <extension>
-        <groupId>org.apache.maven.its.it0111</groupId>
-        <artifactId>checkstyle-assembly</artifactId>
-        <version>1.0</version>
-      </extension>
-    </extensions>
-
-
-    <plugins>
-      <plugin>
-        <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
-        <artifactId>maven-checkstyle-plugin</artifactId>
-        <version>2.1</version>
-        <inherited>true</inherited>
-        <executions>
-          <execution>
-            <id>STC Checks</id>
-            <phase>verify</phase>
-            <goals>
-              <goal>checkstyle</goal>
-            </goals>
-            <configuration>
-              <configLocation>stc_checks.xml</configLocation>
-              <failsOnError>true</failsOnError>
-              <cacheFile>${project.build.directory}/checkstyle-cachefile</cacheFile>
-              <consoleOutput>true</consoleOutput>
-            </configuration>
-          </execution>
-        </executions>
-      </plugin>
-
-    </plugins>
-  </build>
-</project>
diff --git a/its/core-it-suite/src/test/resources/it0111-pluginThatRequiresResourceFromAnExtension/checkstyle-test/src/main/java/Class.java b/its/core-it-suite/src/test/resources/it0111-pluginThatRequiresResourceFromAnExtension/checkstyle-test/src/main/java/Class.java
deleted file mode 100644
index 244f1e5605..0000000000
--- a/its/core-it-suite/src/test/resources/it0111-pluginThatRequiresResourceFromAnExtension/checkstyle-test/src/main/java/Class.java
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,9 +0,0 @@
-public class Class
-{
-
-public static void main(String[] args)
-{
-  System.out.println("hello");
-  }
-  
-}
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/its/core-it-suite/src/test/resources/it0111-pluginThatRequiresResourceFromAnExtension/pom.xml b/its/core-it-suite/src/test/resources/it0111-pluginThatRequiresResourceFromAnExtension/pom.xml
deleted file mode 100644
index 353b74339c..0000000000
--- a/its/core-it-suite/src/test/resources/it0111-pluginThatRequiresResourceFromAnExtension/pom.xml
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,14 +0,0 @@
-<project xmlns="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance" xsi:schemaLocation="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0 http://maven.apache.org/maven-v4_0_0.xsd">
-  <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
-  <groupId>org.apache.maven.its.it0111</groupId>
-  <artifactId>parent</artifactId>
-  <packaging>pom</packaging>
-  <version>1</version>
-  <name>Checkstyle</name>
-  <!--
-  <modules>
-    <module>checkstyle-assembly</module>
-    <module>checkstyle-test</module>
-  </modules>
-  -->
-</project>
diff --git a/its/core-it-suite/src/test/resources/it0111-pluginThatRequiresResourceFromAnExtension/readme.txt b/its/core-it-suite/src/test/resources/it0111-pluginThatRequiresResourceFromAnExtension/readme.txt
deleted file mode 100644
index 91e732c336..0000000000
--- a/its/core-it-suite/src/test/resources/it0111-pluginThatRequiresResourceFromAnExtension/readme.txt
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1 +0,0 @@
-This test is disabled and replaced with it0114. This test uses checkstyle directly and doesn't completely reproduce all issues with extensions.