diff --git a/maven-artifact/src/main/java/org/apache/maven/artifact/repository/ArtifactRepositoryPolicy.java b/maven-artifact/src/main/java/org/apache/maven/artifact/repository/ArtifactRepositoryPolicy.java
index 5a795e9205..5ce317f205 100644
--- a/maven-artifact/src/main/java/org/apache/maven/artifact/repository/ArtifactRepositoryPolicy.java
+++ b/maven-artifact/src/main/java/org/apache/maven/artifact/repository/ArtifactRepositoryPolicy.java
@@ -138,7 +138,7 @@ public class ArtifactRepositoryPolicy
         else if ( updatePolicy.startsWith( UPDATE_POLICY_INTERVAL ) )
         {
             String s = updatePolicy.substring( UPDATE_POLICY_INTERVAL.length() + 1 );
-            int minutes = Integer.valueOf( s );
+            int minutes = Integer.parseInt( s );
             Calendar cal = Calendar.getInstance();
             cal.add( Calendar.MINUTE, -minutes );
             if ( cal.getTime().after( lastModified ) )
@@ -212,7 +212,7 @@ public class ArtifactRepositoryPolicy
         else if ( policy != null && policy.startsWith( ArtifactRepositoryPolicy.UPDATE_POLICY_INTERVAL ) )
         {
             String s = policy.substring( UPDATE_POLICY_INTERVAL.length() + 1 );
-            return Integer.valueOf( s );
+            return Integer.parseInt( s );
         }
         else
         {
diff --git a/maven-compat/src/main/java/org/apache/maven/project/ModelUtils.java b/maven-compat/src/main/java/org/apache/maven/project/ModelUtils.java
index 9bcc384234..a428da03f9 100644
--- a/maven-compat/src/main/java/org/apache/maven/project/ModelUtils.java
+++ b/maven-compat/src/main/java/org/apache/maven/project/ModelUtils.java
@@ -76,7 +76,7 @@ public final class ModelUtils
 
                     String inherited = plugin.getInherited();
 
-                    if ( ( inherited != null ) && !Boolean.valueOf( inherited ) )
+                    if ( ( inherited != null ) && !Boolean.parseBoolean( inherited ) )
                     {
                         it.remove();
                     }
@@ -97,7 +97,7 @@ public final class ModelUtils
                 // 2. the parent's <inherited/> flag is not set
                 // 3. the parent's <inherited/> flag is set to true
                 if ( !handleAsInheritance || ( parentInherited == null )
-                    || Boolean.valueOf( parentInherited ) )
+                    || Boolean.parseBoolean( parentInherited ) )
                 {
                     Plugin childPlugin = childPlugins.get( parentPlugin.getKey() );
 
@@ -217,7 +217,7 @@ public final class ModelUtils
         // from here to the end of the method is dealing with merging of the <executions/> section.
         String parentInherited = parent.getInherited();
 
-        boolean parentIsInherited = ( parentInherited == null ) || Boolean.valueOf( parentInherited );
+        boolean parentIsInherited = ( parentInherited == null ) || Boolean.parseBoolean( parentInherited );
 
         List<PluginExecution> parentExecutions = parent.getExecutions();
 
@@ -234,7 +234,7 @@ public final class ModelUtils
                 String inherited = parentExecution.getInherited();
 
                 boolean parentExecInherited =
-                    parentIsInherited && ( ( inherited == null ) || Boolean.valueOf( inherited ) );
+                    parentIsInherited && ( ( inherited == null ) || Boolean.parseBoolean( inherited ) );
 
                 if ( !handleAsInheritance || parentExecInherited )
                 {
diff --git a/maven-compat/src/main/java/org/apache/maven/project/inheritance/DefaultModelInheritanceAssembler.java b/maven-compat/src/main/java/org/apache/maven/project/inheritance/DefaultModelInheritanceAssembler.java
index f21b99bb2f..0113562cff 100644
--- a/maven-compat/src/main/java/org/apache/maven/project/inheritance/DefaultModelInheritanceAssembler.java
+++ b/maven-compat/src/main/java/org/apache/maven/project/inheritance/DefaultModelInheritanceAssembler.java
@@ -382,7 +382,7 @@ public class DefaultModelInheritanceAssembler
             {
                 String parentInherited = parentPlugin.getInherited();
 
-                if ( !handleAsInheritance || ( parentInherited == null ) || Boolean.valueOf( parentInherited ) )
+                if ( !handleAsInheritance || ( parentInherited == null ) || Boolean.parseBoolean( parentInherited ) )
                 {
 
                     ReportPlugin assembledPlugin = parentPlugin;
@@ -470,7 +470,7 @@ public class DefaultModelInheritanceAssembler
         // from here to the end of the method is dealing with merging of the <executions/> section.
         String parentInherited = parent.getInherited();
 
-        boolean parentIsInherited = ( parentInherited == null ) || Boolean.valueOf( parentInherited );
+        boolean parentIsInherited = ( parentInherited == null ) || Boolean.parseBoolean( parentInherited );
 
         List<ReportSet> parentReportSets = parent.getReportSets();
 
diff --git a/maven-embedder/src/main/java/org/apache/maven/cli/CLIReportingUtils.java b/maven-embedder/src/main/java/org/apache/maven/cli/CLIReportingUtils.java
index d562c88221..97a2db65bd 100644
--- a/maven-embedder/src/main/java/org/apache/maven/cli/CLIReportingUtils.java
+++ b/maven-embedder/src/main/java/org/apache/maven/cli/CLIReportingUtils.java
@@ -96,7 +96,7 @@ public final class CLIReportingUtils
             msg += ( rev != null ? rev : "" );
             if ( StringUtils.isNotBlank( timestamp ) )
             {
-                String ts = formatTimestamp( Long.valueOf( timestamp ) );
+                String ts = formatTimestamp( Long.parseLong( timestamp ) );
                 msg += ( rev != null ? "; " : "" ) + ts;
             }
             msg += ")";
diff --git a/maven-embedder/src/main/java/org/apache/maven/cli/MavenCli.java b/maven-embedder/src/main/java/org/apache/maven/cli/MavenCli.java
index 7af20bef3e..5ca060206c 100644
--- a/maven-embedder/src/main/java/org/apache/maven/cli/MavenCli.java
+++ b/maven-embedder/src/main/java/org/apache/maven/cli/MavenCli.java
@@ -1613,7 +1613,7 @@ public class MavenCli
             }
             else
             {
-                request.setDegreeOfConcurrency( Integer.valueOf( threadConfiguration ) );
+                request.setDegreeOfConcurrency( Integer.parseInt( threadConfiguration ) );
             }
         }
 
@@ -1631,7 +1631,7 @@ public class MavenCli
     int calculateDegreeOfConcurrencyWithCoreMultiplier( String threadConfiguration )
     {
         int procs = Runtime.getRuntime().availableProcessors();
-        return (int) ( Float.valueOf( threadConfiguration.replace( "C", "" ) ) * procs );
+        return (int) ( Float.parseFloat( threadConfiguration.replace( "C", "" ) ) * procs );
     }
 
     // ----------------------------------------------------------------------