diff --git a/maven-core/src/main/java/org/apache/maven/lifecycle/goal/MavenGoalExecutionContext.java b/maven-core/src/main/java/org/apache/maven/lifecycle/goal/MavenGoalExecutionContext.java
index fabe74b742..4cb0e4d002 100644
--- a/maven-core/src/main/java/org/apache/maven/lifecycle/goal/MavenGoalExecutionContext.java
+++ b/maven-core/src/main/java/org/apache/maven/lifecycle/goal/MavenGoalExecutionContext.java
@@ -23,19 +23,17 @@ public class MavenGoalExecutionContext
 
     private FailureResponse failureResponse;
 
-    private MojoDescriptor mojoDescriptor;
-
     private List resolvedGoals;
 
     //    private GoalDecoratorBindings goalDecoratorBindings;
 
     private String goalName;
 
-    public MavenGoalExecutionContext( MavenSession session, MojoDescriptor goal )
+    public MavenGoalExecutionContext( MavenSession session, String goalName )
     {
         this.session = session;
 
-        this.mojoDescriptor = goal;
+        this.goalName = goalName;
     }
 
     public MavenSession getSession()
@@ -79,21 +77,6 @@ public class MavenGoalExecutionContext
 
     // ----------------------------------------------------------------------
 
-    public boolean requiresDependencyResolution()
-    {
-        return mojoDescriptor.requiresDependencyResolution();
-    }
-
-    public MojoDescriptor getMojoDescriptor()
-    {
-        return mojoDescriptor;
-    }
-
-    public void setMojoDescriptor( MojoDescriptor mojoDescriptor )
-    {
-        this.mojoDescriptor = mojoDescriptor;
-    }
-
     public List getResolvedGoals()
     {
         return resolvedGoals;
diff --git a/maven-core/src/main/java/org/apache/maven/lifecycle/session/phase/GoalExecutionPhase.java b/maven-core/src/main/java/org/apache/maven/lifecycle/session/phase/GoalExecutionPhase.java
index 132d48454e..c041567d56 100644
--- a/maven-core/src/main/java/org/apache/maven/lifecycle/session/phase/GoalExecutionPhase.java
+++ b/maven-core/src/main/java/org/apache/maven/lifecycle/session/phase/GoalExecutionPhase.java
@@ -43,7 +43,7 @@ public class GoalExecutionPhase
 
             MavenGoalExecutionContext context;
 
-            context = new MavenGoalExecutionContext( session, session.getPluginManager().getMojoDescriptor( goal ) );
+            context = new MavenGoalExecutionContext( session, goal );
 
             context.setGoalName( goal );
 
@@ -51,7 +51,7 @@ public class GoalExecutionPhase
 
             if ( context.isExecutionFailure() )
             {
-                response.setExecutionFailure( context.getMojoDescriptor().getId(), context.getFailureResponse() );
+                response.setExecutionFailure( context.getGoalName(), context.getFailureResponse() );
 
                 break;
             }
diff --git a/maven-core/src/test/java/org/apache/maven/MavenTestCase.java b/maven-core/src/test/java/org/apache/maven/MavenTestCase.java
index 156236847a..eba2d1af51 100644
--- a/maven-core/src/test/java/org/apache/maven/MavenTestCase.java
+++ b/maven-core/src/test/java/org/apache/maven/MavenTestCase.java
@@ -126,18 +126,7 @@ public class MavenTestCase
 
         pluginManager.setLocalRepository( localRepository );
 
-        MojoDescriptor descriptor;
-
-        if ( goal != null )
-        {
-            descriptor = pluginManager.getMojoDescriptor( goal );
-        }
-        else
-        {
-            descriptor = new MojoDescriptor();
-        }
-
-        MavenGoalExecutionContext context = new MavenGoalExecutionContext( session, descriptor );
+        MavenGoalExecutionContext context = new MavenGoalExecutionContext( session, goal );
 
         return context;
     }