diff --git a/maven-core/src/main/resources/org/apache/maven/project/pom-4.0.0.xml b/maven-core/src/main/resources/org/apache/maven/project/pom-4.0.0.xml
index dab5d72600..0a8062b855 100644
--- a/maven-core/src/main/resources/org/apache/maven/project/pom-4.0.0.xml
+++ b/maven-core/src/main/resources/org/apache/maven/project/pom-4.0.0.xml
@@ -6,16 +6,16 @@
     <repository>
       <id>central</id>
       <name>Maven Repository Switchboard</name>
-      <url>http://test.maven.codehaus.org/maven2</url>
+      <url>http://repo1.maven.org/maven2</url>
       <layout>default</layout>
     </repository>
   </repositories>
-  
+
   <pluginRepositories>
     <pluginRepository>
       <id>central</id>
       <name>Maven Plugin Repository</name>
-      <url>http://test.maven.codehaus.org/maven2</url>
+      <url>http://repo1.maven.org/maven2</url>
       <layout>default</layout>
     </pluginRepository>
   </pluginRepositories>
diff --git a/maven-mboot2/src/main/java/download/ArtifactDownloader.java b/maven-mboot2/src/main/java/download/ArtifactDownloader.java
index 4395235ee4..b616a4b429 100644
--- a/maven-mboot2/src/main/java/download/ArtifactDownloader.java
+++ b/maven-mboot2/src/main/java/download/ArtifactDownloader.java
@@ -6,11 +6,11 @@ import model.Repository;
 import java.io.File;
 import java.io.FileNotFoundException;
 import java.util.ArrayList;
+import java.util.Collection;
 import java.util.HashSet;
 import java.util.Iterator;
 import java.util.List;
 import java.util.Set;
-import java.util.Collection;
 
 public class ArtifactDownloader
 {
@@ -32,6 +32,8 @@ public class ArtifactDownloader
 
     private Repository localRepository;
 
+    private static final String REPO_URL = "http://repo1.maven.org/maven2";
+
     public ArtifactDownloader( Repository localRepository, List remoteRepositories )
         throws Exception
     {
@@ -117,8 +119,7 @@ public class ArtifactDownloader
         if ( repositories.isEmpty() )
         {
             // TODO: use super POM?
-            Repository repository = new Repository( "http://test.maven.codehaus.org/maven2", Repository.LAYOUT_DEFAULT );
-//            Repository repository = new Repository( "http://repo1.maven.org/maven2", Repository.LAYOUT_LEGACY );
+            Repository repository = new Repository( REPO_URL, Repository.LAYOUT_DEFAULT );
             remoteRepos.add( repository );
         }
     }