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 308097d3dc..fa3b3e4fc4 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
@@ -705,16 +705,6 @@ public class DefaultProjectBuilder
             project.setInjectedProfileIds( modelId, getProfileIds( result.getActivePomProfiles( modelId ) ) );
         }
 
-        String modelId = findProfilesXml( result, profilesXmls );
-        if ( modelId != null )
-        {
-            ModelProblem problem =
-                new DefaultModelProblem( "Detected profiles.xml alongside " + modelId
-                    + ", this file is no longer supported and was ignored" + ", please use the settings.xml instead",
-                                         ModelProblem.Severity.WARNING, ModelProblem.Version.V30, model, -1, -1, null );
-            result.getProblems().add( problem );
-        }
-
         //
         // All the parts that were taken out of MavenProject for Maven 4.0.0
         //
@@ -1019,33 +1009,6 @@ public class DefaultProjectBuilder
         return version;
     }
 
-    private String findProfilesXml( ModelBuildingResult result, Map<File, Boolean> profilesXmls )
-    {
-        for ( String modelId : result.getModelIds() )
-        {
-            Model model = result.getRawModel( modelId );
-
-            File basedir = model.getProjectDirectory();
-            if ( basedir == null )
-            {
-                break;
-            }
-
-            Boolean profilesXml = profilesXmls.get( basedir );
-            if ( profilesXml == null )
-            {
-                profilesXml = new File( basedir, "profiles.xml" ).exists();
-                profilesXmls.put( basedir, profilesXml );
-            }
-            if ( profilesXml )
-            {
-                return modelId;
-            }
-        }
-
-        return null;
-    }
-
     /**
      * InternalConfig
      */
diff --git a/maven-core/src/test/resources-settings/test-pom-and-settings-interpolation/pom.xml b/maven-core/src/test/resources-settings/test-pom-and-settings-interpolation/pom.xml
index 245349a60b..0214eb6442 100644
--- a/maven-core/src/test/resources-settings/test-pom-and-settings-interpolation/pom.xml
+++ b/maven-core/src/test/resources-settings/test-pom-and-settings-interpolation/pom.xml
@@ -29,8 +29,8 @@ under the License.
 
   <name>Maven Integration Test :: MNG-4107</name>
   <description>
-    Test that POM interpolation uses the property values from the dominant profile source (POM vs. profiles.xml
-    vs. settings.xml). This boils down to the proper order of profile injection and interpolation, i.e.
+    Test that POM interpolation uses the property values from the dominant profile source (POM vs. settings.xml).
+    This boils down to the proper order of profile injection and interpolation, i.e.
     interpolate after profiles from all sources are injected.
   </description>