diff --git a/its/core-integration-tests/src/test/java/org/apache/maven/integrationtests/MavenIT0024Test.java b/its/core-integration-tests/src/test/java/org/apache/maven/integrationtests/MavenIT0024Test.java
index 453492253b..82444cc66e 100644
--- a/its/core-integration-tests/src/test/java/org/apache/maven/integrationtests/MavenIT0024Test.java
+++ b/its/core-integration-tests/src/test/java/org/apache/maven/integrationtests/MavenIT0024Test.java
@@ -11,18 +11,18 @@ public class MavenIT0024Test
 
     /**
      * Test usage of <executions/> inside a plugin rather than <goals/>
-     * that are directly inside th plugin.
+     * that are directly inside the plugin.
      */
     public void testit0024()
         throws Exception
     {
         File testDir = ResourceExtractor.simpleExtractResources( getClass(), "/it0024" );
+
         Verifier verifier = new Verifier( testDir.getAbsolutePath() );
-        verifier.executeGoal( "generate-sources" );
-        verifier.assertFilePresent( "target/classes/org/apache/maven/it0024/Person.class" );
+        verifier.executeGoal( "initialize" );
+        verifier.assertFilePresent( "plugin-exec-configuration.txt" );
         verifier.verifyErrorFreeLog();
         verifier.resetStreams();
-
     }
-}
 
+}
diff --git a/its/core-integration-tests/src/test/resources/it0024/pom.xml b/its/core-integration-tests/src/test/resources/it0024/pom.xml
index 0987f94130..fe0f268ac4 100644
--- a/its/core-integration-tests/src/test/resources/it0024/pom.xml
+++ b/its/core-integration-tests/src/test/resources/it0024/pom.xml
@@ -1,36 +1,52 @@
+<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
+
+<!--
+Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one
+or more contributor license agreements.  See the NOTICE file
+distributed with this work for additional information
+regarding copyright ownership.  The ASF licenses this file
+to you 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.
+-->
+
 <project>
   <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
-  <name>Maven Integration Test :: it0024</name> 
+
   <groupId>org.apache.maven.its.it0024</groupId>
   <artifactId>maven-it-it0024</artifactId>
-  <description>Test usage of &lt;executions/&gt; inside a plugin rather than &lt;goals/&gt;
-        that are directly inside th plugin.</description>
-  <packaging>jar</packaging>
   <version>1.0</version>
-  <dependencies>
-    <dependency>
-      <groupId>junit</groupId>
-      <artifactId>junit</artifactId>
-      <version>3.8.1</version>
-      <type>jar</type>
-      <scope>test</scope>
-    </dependency>
-  </dependencies>
+  <packaging>jar</packaging>
+
+  <name>Maven Integration Test :: it0024</name> 
+  <description>
+    Test usage of &lt;executions/&gt; inside a plugin rather than &lt;goals/&gt;
+    that are directly inside the plugin.
+   </description>
+
   <build>
     <plugins>
       <plugin>
-        <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
-        <artifactId>maven-compiler-plugin</artifactId>
+        <groupId>org.apache.maven.its.plugins</groupId>
+        <artifactId>maven-it-plugin-file</artifactId>
         <executions>
           <execution>
             <id>test</id>
-            <phase>generate-sources</phase>
+            <phase>initialize</phase>
             <configuration>
-              <source>1.4</source>
-              <target>1.4</target>
+              <pathname>plugin-exec-configuration.txt</pathname>
             </configuration>
             <goals>
-              <goal>compile</goal>
+              <goal>file</goal>
             </goals>
           </execution>
         </executions>
diff --git a/its/core-integration-tests/src/test/resources/it0024/src/main/java/org/apache/maven/it0024/Person.java b/its/core-integration-tests/src/test/resources/it0024/src/main/java/org/apache/maven/it0024/Person.java
deleted file mode 100644
index 8b27d410f2..0000000000
--- a/its/core-integration-tests/src/test/resources/it0024/src/main/java/org/apache/maven/it0024/Person.java
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,18 +0,0 @@
-package org.apache.maven.it0024;
-
-public class Person
-{
-    private String name;
-    
-    public void setName( String name )
-    {
-        this.name = name;
-
-        assert true;
-    }
-    
-    public String getName()
-    {
-        return name;
-    }
-}
diff --git a/its/core-integration-tests/src/test/resources/it0024/src/test/java/org/apache/maven/it0024/PersonTest.java b/its/core-integration-tests/src/test/resources/it0024/src/test/java/org/apache/maven/it0024/PersonTest.java
deleted file mode 100644
index 9d4a4b4080..0000000000
--- a/its/core-integration-tests/src/test/resources/it0024/src/test/java/org/apache/maven/it0024/PersonTest.java
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,16 +0,0 @@
-package org.apache.maven.it0024;
-
-import junit.framework.TestCase;
-
-public class PersonTest
-    extends TestCase
-{
-    public void testPerson()
-    {
-        Person person = new Person();
-        
-        person.setName( "foo" );
-        
-        assertEquals( "foo", person.getName() );
-    }
-}