diff --git a/maven-project/src/test/java/org/apache/maven/project/PomConstructionTest.java b/maven-project/src/test/java/org/apache/maven/project/PomConstructionTest.java
index da0de94f98..a50edbe651 100644
--- a/maven-project/src/test/java/org/apache/maven/project/PomConstructionTest.java
+++ b/maven-project/src/test/java/org/apache/maven/project/PomConstructionTest.java
@@ -1129,7 +1129,7 @@ public class PomConstructionTest
         assertEquals( "excluded-build-plugin-dep",
                       pom.getValue( "build/plugins[1]/dependencies[1]/exclusions[1]/artifactId" ) );
 
-        assertEquals( Boolean.FALSE, pom.getValue( "reporting/excludeDefaults" ) );
+        assertEquals( Boolean.TRUE, pom.getValue( "reporting/excludeDefaults" ) );
         assertPathSuffixEquals( "docs", pom.getValue( "reporting/outputDirectory" ) );
 
         assertEquals( 1, ( (List<?>) pom.getValue( "reporting/plugins" ) ).size() );
diff --git a/maven-project/src/test/resources-project-builder/complete-model/pom.xml b/maven-project/src/test/resources-project-builder/complete-model/pom.xml
index 4e92de8f8d..40cd574410 100644
--- a/maven-project/src/test/resources-project-builder/complete-model/pom.xml
+++ b/maven-project/src/test/resources-project-builder/complete-model/pom.xml
@@ -277,7 +277,7 @@ under the License.
   </build>
 
   <reporting>
-    <excludeDefaults>false</excludeDefaults>
+    <excludeDefaults>true</excludeDefaults>
     <outputDirectory>docs</outputDirectory>
 
     <plugins>