diff --git a/maven-artifact/src/main/java/org/apache/maven/artifact/manager/DefaultWagonManager.java b/maven-artifact/src/main/java/org/apache/maven/artifact/manager/DefaultWagonManager.java
index 7f9c7231d4..8435c40ca6 100644
--- a/maven-artifact/src/main/java/org/apache/maven/artifact/manager/DefaultWagonManager.java
+++ b/maven-artifact/src/main/java/org/apache/maven/artifact/manager/DefaultWagonManager.java
@@ -19,16 +19,15 @@ package org.apache.maven.artifact.manager;
 
 import org.apache.maven.artifact.AbstractArtifactComponent;
 import org.apache.maven.artifact.Artifact;
-import org.apache.maven.artifact.DefaultArtifact;
 import org.apache.maven.artifact.repository.ArtifactRepository;
 import org.apache.maven.wagon.ConnectionException;
 import org.apache.maven.wagon.ResourceDoesNotExistException;
 import org.apache.maven.wagon.TransferFailedException;
 import org.apache.maven.wagon.UnsupportedProtocolException;
 import org.apache.maven.wagon.Wagon;
-import org.apache.maven.wagon.events.TransferListener;
 import org.apache.maven.wagon.authentication.AuthenticationException;
 import org.apache.maven.wagon.authorization.AuthorizationException;
+import org.apache.maven.wagon.events.TransferListener;
 import org.apache.maven.wagon.proxy.ProxyInfo;
 import org.codehaus.plexus.PlexusConstants;
 import org.codehaus.plexus.PlexusContainer;
@@ -55,13 +54,6 @@ public class DefaultWagonManager
 
     private TransferListener downloadMonitor;
 
-    public Artifact createArtifact( String groupId, String artifactId, String version, String type )
-    {
-        Artifact artifact = new DefaultArtifact( groupId, artifactId, version, type );
-
-        return artifact;
-    }
-
     public Wagon getWagon( String protocol )
         throws UnsupportedProtocolException
     {
diff --git a/maven-artifact/src/main/java/org/apache/maven/artifact/manager/WagonManager.java b/maven-artifact/src/main/java/org/apache/maven/artifact/manager/WagonManager.java
index 8784b6e062..4b46d6ddc0 100644
--- a/maven-artifact/src/main/java/org/apache/maven/artifact/manager/WagonManager.java
+++ b/maven-artifact/src/main/java/org/apache/maven/artifact/manager/WagonManager.java
@@ -51,6 +51,4 @@ public interface WagonManager
     void setProxy( String protocol, String host, int port, String username, String password, String nonProxyHosts );
 
     void setDownloadMonitor( TransferListener downloadMonitor );
-
-    Artifact createArtifact( String groupId, String artifactId, String version, String type );
 }
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/maven-core/src/main/java/org/apache/maven/artifact/JarOverrideRequestTransformation.java b/maven-core/src/main/java/org/apache/maven/artifact/JarOverrideRequestTransformation.java
deleted file mode 100644
index 742b167ef3..0000000000
--- a/maven-core/src/main/java/org/apache/maven/artifact/JarOverrideRequestTransformation.java
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,53 +0,0 @@
-package org.apache.maven.artifact;
-
-/* ====================================================================
- *   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.
- * ====================================================================
- */
-
-import org.apache.maven.artifact.repository.ArtifactRepository;
-import org.apache.maven.artifact.request.ArtifactRequestTransformation;
-
-import java.util.Map;
-import java.util.Set;
-
-public class JarOverrideRequestTransformation
-    implements ArtifactRequestTransformation
-{
-    public Artifact transform( Artifact artifact,
-                               ArtifactRepository localRepository,
-                               Set remoteRepositories,
-                               Map parameters )
-        throws Exception
-    {
-/* TODO: need an override in the POM
-        MavenProject project = (MavenProject) parameters.get( "project" );
-
-        boolean mavenJarOverride = project.getBooleanProperty( "maven.jar.override" );
-
-        String mavenJarProperty = project.getProperty( "maven.jar." + project.getArtifactId() );
-
-        if ( mavenJarOverride && StringUtils.isNotEmpty( mavenJarProperty ) )
-        {
-            Artifact transformedArtifact = new DefaultArtifact( artifact.getGroupId(),
-                                                                artifact.getArtifactId(),
-                                                                mavenJarProperty,
-                                                                artifact.getType() );
-            return transformedArtifact;
-        }
-*/
-        return artifact;
-    }
-}
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 d8a7e52c1b..f039d52da3 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
@@ -113,6 +113,7 @@ public class MavenMetadataSource
 
     public Artifact createArtifact( Dependency dependency, ArtifactRepository localRepository )
     {
+        // TODO: duplicated with the ArtifactFactory, localRepository not used (should be used here to resolve path?
         Artifact artifact = new DefaultArtifact( dependency.getGroupId(),
                                                  dependency.getArtifactId(),
                                                  dependency.getVersion(),