diff --git a/its/core-integration-tests/src/test/java/org/apache/maven/integrationtests/MavenITmng3599useHttpProxyForWebDAV.java b/its/core-integration-tests/src/test/java/org/apache/maven/integrationtests/MavenITmng3599useHttpProxyForWebDAV.java
index 04252f07a2..243d046a52 100644
--- a/its/core-integration-tests/src/test/java/org/apache/maven/integrationtests/MavenITmng3599useHttpProxyForWebDAV.java
+++ b/its/core-integration-tests/src/test/java/org/apache/maven/integrationtests/MavenITmng3599useHttpProxyForWebDAV.java
@@ -68,19 +68,24 @@ public class MavenITmng3599useHttpProxyForWebDAV
         throws Exception
     {
         File testDir = ResourceExtractor.simpleExtractResources( getClass(), "/mng-3599-useHttpProxyForWebDAV" );
+
         String settings = FileUtils.fileRead( new File( testDir, "settings.xml.template" ) );
         settings = StringUtils.replace( settings, "@port@", Integer.toString( port ) );
         String newSettings = StringUtils.replace( settings, "@protocol@", "http" );
+        
         FileUtils.fileWrite( new File( testDir, "settings.xml" ).getAbsolutePath(), newSettings );
-
+        
         Verifier verifier = new Verifier( testDir.getAbsolutePath() );
 
         List cliOptions = new ArrayList();
         cliOptions.add( "--settings" );
         cliOptions.add( "settings.xml" );
+        
         verifier.setCliOptions( cliOptions );
 
         verifier.deleteArtifact( "org.apache.maven.its.mng3599", "test-dependency", "1.0", "jar" );
+        verifier.deleteArtifact( "org.apache.maven.its.mng3599", "test-dependency", "1.0", "pom" );
+        
         verifier.executeGoal( "compile" );
         verifier.verifyErrorFreeLog();
         verifier.resetStreams();
@@ -101,9 +106,12 @@ public class MavenITmng3599useHttpProxyForWebDAV
         if ( matchesVersionRange( "(2.0.10,2.0.99)" ) )
         {
             File testDir = ResourceExtractor.simpleExtractResources( getClass(), "/mng-3599-useHttpProxyForWebDAV" );
-            
+
             String settings = FileUtils.fileRead( new File( testDir, "settings.xml.template" ) );
             settings = StringUtils.replace( settings, "@port@", Integer.toString( port ) );
+            String newSettings = StringUtils.replace( settings, "@protocol@", "dav" );
+            
+            FileUtils.fileWrite( new File( testDir, "settings.xml" ).getAbsolutePath(), newSettings );
 
             Verifier verifier = new Verifier( testDir.getAbsolutePath() );
 
@@ -113,10 +121,9 @@ public class MavenITmng3599useHttpProxyForWebDAV
             
             verifier.setCliOptions( cliOptions );
 
-            String newSettings = StringUtils.replace( settings, "@protocol@", "dav" );
-            FileUtils.fileWrite( new File( testDir, "settings.xml" ).getAbsolutePath(), newSettings );
-
             verifier.deleteArtifact( "org.apache.maven.its.mng3599", "test-dependency", "1.0", "jar" );
+            verifier.deleteArtifact( "org.apache.maven.its.mng3599", "test-dependency", "1.0", "pom" );
+            
             verifier.executeGoal( "compile" );
             verifier.verifyErrorFreeLog();
             verifier.resetStreams();
diff --git a/its/core-integration-tests/src/test/resources/mng-3599-useHttpProxyForWebDAV/settings.xml.template b/its/core-integration-tests/src/test/resources/mng-3599-useHttpProxyForWebDAV/settings.xml.template
index 0652b2ca91..809db8f9a0 100644
--- a/its/core-integration-tests/src/test/resources/mng-3599-useHttpProxyForWebDAV/settings.xml.template
+++ b/its/core-integration-tests/src/test/resources/mng-3599-useHttpProxyForWebDAV/settings.xml.template
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@
     <proxy>
       <id>http-proxy</id>
       <protocol>http</protocol>
-      <host>localhost</host>
+      <host>127.0.0.1</host>
       <port>@port@</port>
     </proxy>
   </proxies>