diff --git a/maven-core/src/main/java/org/apache/maven/artifact/MavenMetadataSource.java b/maven-core/src/main/java/org/apache/maven/artifact/MavenMetadataSource.java
index 7708540f77..636a972735 100644
--- a/maven-core/src/main/java/org/apache/maven/artifact/MavenMetadataSource.java
+++ b/maven-core/src/main/java/org/apache/maven/artifact/MavenMetadataSource.java
@@ -23,11 +23,13 @@ import org.apache.maven.artifact.repository.ArtifactRepository;
 import org.apache.maven.artifact.resolver.ArtifactResolutionException;
 import org.apache.maven.artifact.resolver.ArtifactResolver;
 import org.apache.maven.model.Dependency;
-import org.apache.maven.model.Model;
-import org.apache.maven.model.Parent;
-import org.apache.maven.model.io.xpp3.MavenXpp3Reader;
+//import org.apache.maven.model.Model;
+//import org.apache.maven.model.Parent;
+//import org.apache.maven.model.io.xpp3.MavenXpp3Reader;
+import org.apache.maven.project.MavenProject;
+import org.apache.maven.project.MavenProjectBuilder;
 
-import java.io.FileReader;
+//import java.io.FileReader;
 import java.util.HashSet;
 import java.util.Iterator;
 import java.util.List;
@@ -40,7 +42,10 @@ import java.util.Set;
 public class MavenMetadataSource
     implements ArtifactMetadataSource
 {
-    private MavenXpp3Reader reader = new MavenXpp3Reader();
+    
+    private MavenProjectBuilder mavenProjectBuilder;
+    
+//    private MavenXpp3Reader reader = new MavenXpp3Reader();
 
     private ArtifactRepository localRepository;
 
@@ -50,11 +55,14 @@ public class MavenMetadataSource
 
     public MavenMetadataSource( Set remoteRepositories,
                                 ArtifactRepository localRepository,
-                                ArtifactResolver artifactResolver )
+                                ArtifactResolver artifactResolver,
+                                MavenProjectBuilder projectBuilder )
     {
         this.localRepository = localRepository;
 
         this.artifactResolver = artifactResolver;
+        
+        this.mavenProjectBuilder = projectBuilder;
 
         this.remoteRepositories = remoteRepositories;
     }
@@ -73,9 +81,13 @@ public class MavenMetadataSource
         {
             artifactResolver.resolve( metadataArtifact, remoteRepositories, localRepository );
 
-            Model model = reader.read( new FileReader( metadataArtifact.getFile() ) );
+            // [jdcasey/03-Feb-2005]: Replacing with ProjectBuilder, to enable
+            // post-processing and inheritance calculation before retrieving the 
+            // associated artifacts. This should improve consistency.
+            MavenProject project = mavenProjectBuilder.build( metadataArtifact.getFile(), localRepository );
+//            Model model = reader.read( new FileReader( metadataArtifact.getFile() ) );
 
-            artifacts = createArtifacts( model, localRepository );
+            artifacts = createArtifacts( project.getDependencies(), localRepository );
         }
         catch ( ArtifactResolutionException e )
         {
@@ -89,20 +101,10 @@ public class MavenMetadataSource
         return artifacts;
     }
 
-    public Set createArtifacts( Model model, ArtifactRepository localRepository )
+    public Set createArtifacts( List dependencies, ArtifactRepository localRepository )
     {
         Set projectArtifacts = new HashSet();
         
-        Parent parent = model.getParent();
-        if(parent != null)
-        {
-            projectArtifacts.add( new DefaultArtifact( parent.getGroupId(), 
-                                                       parent.getArtifactId(), 
-                                                       parent.getVersion(), 
-                                                       "pom" ) );
-        }
-
-        List dependencies = model.getDependencies();
         for ( Iterator i = dependencies.iterator(); i.hasNext(); )
         {
             Dependency d = (Dependency) i.next();
diff --git a/maven-core/src/main/java/org/apache/maven/lifecycle/goal/phase/DependencyResolutionPhase.java b/maven-core/src/main/java/org/apache/maven/lifecycle/goal/phase/DependencyResolutionPhase.java
index 6c0f439126..431374603e 100644
--- a/maven-core/src/main/java/org/apache/maven/lifecycle/goal/phase/DependencyResolutionPhase.java
+++ b/maven-core/src/main/java/org/apache/maven/lifecycle/goal/phase/DependencyResolutionPhase.java
@@ -25,6 +25,7 @@ import org.apache.maven.lifecycle.goal.GoalExecutionException;
 import org.apache.maven.lifecycle.goal.MavenGoalExecutionContext;
 import org.apache.maven.plugin.descriptor.MojoDescriptor;
 import org.apache.maven.project.MavenProject;
+import org.apache.maven.project.MavenProjectBuilder;
 
 import java.util.Iterator;
 
@@ -70,16 +71,21 @@ public class DependencyResolutionPhase
         throws Exception
     {
         ArtifactResolver artifactResolver = null;
+        
+        MavenProjectBuilder projectBuilder = null;
 
         try
         {
             MavenProject project = context.getProject();
 
             artifactResolver = (ArtifactResolver) context.lookup( ArtifactResolver.ROLE );
+            
+            projectBuilder = (MavenProjectBuilder) context.lookup( MavenProjectBuilder.ROLE );
 
             MavenMetadataSource sourceReader = new MavenMetadataSource( context.getRemoteRepositories(),
                                                                         context.getLocalRepository(),
-                                                                        artifactResolver );
+                                                                        artifactResolver,
+                                                                        projectBuilder );
 
             ArtifactResolutionResult result = artifactResolver.resolveTransitively( project.getArtifacts(),
                                                                                     context.getRemoteRepositories(),
@@ -91,6 +97,8 @@ public class DependencyResolutionPhase
         finally
         {
             context.release( artifactResolver );
+            
+            context.release( projectBuilder );
         }
     }
 }
diff --git a/maven-core/src/main/java/org/apache/maven/plugin/DefaultPluginManager.java b/maven-core/src/main/java/org/apache/maven/plugin/DefaultPluginManager.java
index aaea291bc0..d5b1d4a8a8 100644
--- a/maven-core/src/main/java/org/apache/maven/plugin/DefaultPluginManager.java
+++ b/maven-core/src/main/java/org/apache/maven/plugin/DefaultPluginManager.java
@@ -29,6 +29,7 @@ import org.apache.maven.lifecycle.session.MavenSession;
 import org.apache.maven.plugin.descriptor.MojoDescriptor;
 import org.apache.maven.plugin.descriptor.PluginDescriptor;
 import org.apache.maven.plugin.descriptor.PluginDescriptorBuilder;
+import org.apache.maven.project.MavenProjectBuilder;
 import org.codehaus.plexus.ArtifactEnabledContainer;
 import org.codehaus.plexus.PlexusConstants;
 import org.codehaus.plexus.PlexusContainer;
@@ -70,6 +71,8 @@ public class DefaultPluginManager
     protected Set remotePluginRepositories;
 
     protected ArtifactFilter artifactFilter;
+    
+    protected MavenProjectBuilder mavenProjectBuilder;
 
     public DefaultPluginManager()
     {
@@ -208,10 +211,13 @@ public class DefaultPluginManager
         throws Exception
     {
         artifactResolver = (ArtifactResolver) container.lookup( ArtifactResolver.ROLE );
+        
+        mavenProjectBuilder = (MavenProjectBuilder) container.lookup( MavenProjectBuilder.ROLE );
 
         MavenMetadataSource metadataSource = new MavenMetadataSource( remotePluginRepositories,
                                                                       session.getLocalRepository(),
-                                                                      artifactResolver );
+                                                                      artifactResolver,
+                                                                      mavenProjectBuilder );
 
         ( (ArtifactEnabledContainer) container ).addComponent( pluginArtifact,
                                                                artifactResolver,
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 c902f25258..4d8fe6b842 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
@@ -143,7 +143,7 @@ public class DefaultMavenProjectBuilder
                 Set repos = RepositoryUtils.mavenToWagon( project.getRepositories() );
 
                 MavenMetadataSource sourceReader = new MavenMetadataSource( repos, localRepository,
-                    artifactResolver );
+                    artifactResolver, this );
 
                 ArtifactResolutionResult result = artifactResolver.resolveTransitively( project
                     .getArtifacts(), repos, localRepository, sourceReader );