diff --git a/its/core-it-suite/src/test/java/org/apache/maven/it/MavenIT0023Test.java b/its/core-it-suite/src/test/java/org/apache/maven/it/MavenIT0023Test.java
index a03ddfd800..d1d3688848 100644
--- a/its/core-it-suite/src/test/java/org/apache/maven/it/MavenIT0023Test.java
+++ b/its/core-it-suite/src/test/java/org/apache/maven/it/MavenIT0023Test.java
@@ -23,8 +23,6 @@ import org.apache.maven.it.Verifier;
 import org.apache.maven.it.util.ResourceExtractor;
 
 import java.io.File;
-import java.util.List;
-import java.util.ArrayList;
 
 public class MavenIT0023Test
     extends AbstractMavenIntegrationTestCase
@@ -37,15 +35,17 @@ public class MavenIT0023Test
         throws Exception
     {
         File testDir = ResourceExtractor.simpleExtractResources( getClass(), "/it0023" );
+
         Verifier verifier = new Verifier( testDir.getAbsolutePath() );
-        List cliOptions = new ArrayList();
-        cliOptions.add( "--settings settings.xml" );
-        verifier.setCliOptions( cliOptions );
+        verifier.setAutoclean( false );
+        verifier.deleteDirectory( "target" );
+        verifier.getCliOptions().add( "--settings" );
+        verifier.getCliOptions().add( "settings.xml" );
         verifier.executeGoal( "org.apache.maven.its.plugins:maven-it-plugin-touch:touch" );
-        verifier.assertFilePresent( "target/test.txt" );
         verifier.verifyErrorFreeLog();
         verifier.resetStreams();
 
+        verifier.assertFilePresent( "target/test.txt" );
     }
-}
 
+}
diff --git a/its/core-it-suite/src/test/resources/it0023/pom.xml b/its/core-it-suite/src/test/resources/it0023/pom.xml
index 67a4d8d8de..db7988b09e 100644
--- a/its/core-it-suite/src/test/resources/it0023/pom.xml
+++ b/its/core-it-suite/src/test/resources/it0023/pom.xml
@@ -1,10 +1,34 @@
+<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
+
+<!--
+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.
+-->
+
 <project>
   <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
-  <name>Maven Integration Test :: it0023</name> 
+
   <groupId>org.apache.maven.its.it0023</groupId>
   <artifactId>maven-it-it0023</artifactId>
-  <description>Test profile inclusion from settings.xml (this one is activated by an id in the activeProfiles section).</description>
   <version>1.0-SNAPSHOT</version>  
+
+  <name>Maven Integration Test :: it0023</name> 
+  <description>Test profile inclusion from settings.xml (this one is activated by an id in the activeProfiles section).</description>
+
   <build>
     <plugins>
       <plugin>
diff --git a/its/core-it-suite/src/test/resources/it0023/settings.xml b/its/core-it-suite/src/test/resources/it0023/settings.xml
index 7ba36a4d49..363bde0538 100644
--- a/its/core-it-suite/src/test/resources/it0023/settings.xml
+++ b/its/core-it-suite/src/test/resources/it0023/settings.xml
@@ -1,3 +1,24 @@
+<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
+
+<!--
+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.
+-->
+
 <settings>
   <activeProfiles>
     <activeProfile>test-profile</activeProfile>
@@ -6,16 +27,9 @@
   <profiles>
     <profile>
       <id>test-profile</id>
-      
-      <activation>
-        <property>
-          <name>includeProfile</name>
-        </property>
-      </activation>
-      
       <properties>
         <test>test.txt</test>
       </properties>
     </profile>
   </profiles>
-</settings>
\ No newline at end of file
+</settings>
diff --git a/its/core-it-suite/src/test/resources/it0023/src/main/java/org/apache/maven/it0023/Person.java b/its/core-it-suite/src/test/resources/it0023/src/main/java/org/apache/maven/it0023/Person.java
deleted file mode 100644
index b57f4308e2..0000000000
--- a/its/core-it-suite/src/test/resources/it0023/src/main/java/org/apache/maven/it0023/Person.java
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,16 +0,0 @@
-package org.apache.maven.it0023;
-
-public class Person
-{
-    private String name;
-    
-    public void setName( String name )
-    {
-        this.name = name;
-    }
-    
-    public String getName()
-    {
-        return name;
-    }
-}