diff --git a/maven-core/src/main/java/org/apache/maven/MavenConstants.java b/maven-core/src/main/java/org/apache/maven/MavenConstants.java
deleted file mode 100644
index 374a7f03f0..0000000000
--- a/maven-core/src/main/java/org/apache/maven/MavenConstants.java
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,31 +0,0 @@
-package org.apache.maven;
-
-/* ====================================================================
- *   Copyright 2001-2004 The Apache Software Foundation.
- *
- *   Licensed 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.
- * ====================================================================
- */
-
-public class MavenConstants
-{
-    public static final String MAVEN_MODEL_VERSION = "4.0.0";
-
-    // ----------------------------------------------------------------------
-    // Maven cli
-    // ----------------------------------------------------------------------
-
-    public static final String MAVEN_USER_CONFIGURATION_DIRECTORY = ".m2";
-
-    public static final String MAVEN_REPOSITORY = "repository";
-}
diff --git a/maven-core/src/main/java/org/apache/maven/project/DefaultMavenProjectBuilder.java b/maven-core/src/main/java/org/apache/maven/project/DefaultMavenProjectBuilder.java
index 5045b212cb..6699601183 100644
--- a/maven-core/src/main/java/org/apache/maven/project/DefaultMavenProjectBuilder.java
+++ b/maven-core/src/main/java/org/apache/maven/project/DefaultMavenProjectBuilder.java
@@ -16,10 +16,8 @@ package org.apache.maven.project;
  * limitations under the License.
  */
 
-import org.apache.maven.MavenConstants;
 import org.apache.maven.artifact.Artifact;
 import org.apache.maven.artifact.MavenMetadataSource;
-import org.apache.maven.artifact.metadata.ArtifactMetadataRetrievalException;
 import org.apache.maven.artifact.factory.ArtifactFactory;
 import org.apache.maven.artifact.repository.ArtifactRepository;
 import org.apache.maven.artifact.repository.ArtifactRepositoryFactory;
@@ -99,6 +97,8 @@ public class DefaultMavenProjectBuilder
 
     private final Map modelCache = new HashMap();
 
+    public static final String MAVEN_MODEL_VERSION = "4.0.0";
+
     public void initialize()
     {
         modelReader = new MavenXpp3Reader();
@@ -554,7 +554,7 @@ public class DefaultMavenProjectBuilder
     private Model getSuperModel()
         throws ProjectBuildingException
     {
-        URL url = DefaultMavenProjectBuilder.class.getResource( "pom-" + MavenConstants.MAVEN_MODEL_VERSION + ".xml" );
+        URL url = DefaultMavenProjectBuilder.class.getResource( "pom-" + MAVEN_MODEL_VERSION + ".xml" );
 
         return readModel( url );
     }
diff --git a/maven-core/src/main/java/org/apache/maven/settings/DefaultMavenSettingsBuilder.java b/maven-core/src/main/java/org/apache/maven/settings/DefaultMavenSettingsBuilder.java
index 33b5f37179..5aeb711f41 100644
--- a/maven-core/src/main/java/org/apache/maven/settings/DefaultMavenSettingsBuilder.java
+++ b/maven-core/src/main/java/org/apache/maven/settings/DefaultMavenSettingsBuilder.java
@@ -16,7 +16,6 @@ package org.apache.maven.settings;
  * limitations under the License.
  */
 
-import org.apache.maven.MavenConstants;
 import org.apache.maven.settings.io.xpp3.SettingsXpp3Reader;
 import org.codehaus.plexus.logging.AbstractLogEnabled;
 import org.codehaus.plexus.personality.plexus.lifecycle.phase.Initializable;
@@ -96,8 +95,7 @@ public class DefaultMavenSettingsBuilder
 
         if ( settings.getActiveProfile() == null )
         {
-            File mavenUserConfigurationDirectory = new File( userHome,
-                                                             MavenConstants.MAVEN_USER_CONFIGURATION_DIRECTORY );
+            File mavenUserConfigurationDirectory = new File( userHome, ".m2" );
             if ( !mavenUserConfigurationDirectory.exists() )
             {
                 if ( !mavenUserConfigurationDirectory.mkdirs() )
@@ -106,7 +104,7 @@ public class DefaultMavenSettingsBuilder
                 }
             }
 
-            String localRepository = new File( mavenUserConfigurationDirectory, MavenConstants.MAVEN_REPOSITORY ).getAbsolutePath();
+            String localRepository = new File( mavenUserConfigurationDirectory, "repository" ).getAbsolutePath();
 
             settings.initializeActiveProfile( localRepository );
         }