diff --git a/its/core-it-suite/src/test/java/org/apache/maven/it/MavenIT0104Test.java b/its/core-it-suite/src/test/java/org/apache/maven/it/MavenIT0104Test.java
index 0597e0c936..589dea7de7 100644
--- a/its/core-it-suite/src/test/java/org/apache/maven/it/MavenIT0104Test.java
+++ b/its/core-it-suite/src/test/java/org/apache/maven/it/MavenIT0104Test.java
@@ -23,6 +23,7 @@ import org.apache.maven.it.Verifier;
 import org.apache.maven.it.util.ResourceExtractor;
 
 import java.io.File;
+import java.util.Properties;
 
 public class MavenIT0104Test
     extends AbstractMavenIntegrationTestCase
@@ -36,10 +37,22 @@ public class MavenIT0104Test
     {
         File testDir = ResourceExtractor.simpleExtractResources( getClass(), "/it0104" );
         Verifier verifier = new Verifier( testDir.getAbsolutePath() );
-        verifier.executeGoal( "test" );
+        verifier.setAutoclean( false );
+        verifier.deleteDirectory( "target" );
+        verifier.executeGoal( "validate" );
         verifier.verifyErrorFreeLog();
         verifier.resetStreams();
 
+        Properties props = verifier.loadProperties( "target/config.properties" );
+        assertEquals( new File( testDir, "target" ), new File( props.getProperty( "stringParam" ) ) );
+        assertEquals( "4.0.0", props.getProperty( "domParam.children.modelVersion.0.value" ) );
+        assertEquals( "org.apache.maven.its.it0104", props.getProperty( "domParam.children.groupId.0.value" ) );
+        assertEquals( "1.0-SNAPSHOT", props.getProperty( "domParam.children.version.0.value" ) );
+        assertEquals( "jar", props.getProperty( "domParam.children.packaging.0.value" ) );
+        assertEquals( "http://maven.apache.org", props.getProperty( "domParam.children.url.0.value" ) );
+        assertEquals( "Apache", props.getProperty( "domParam.children.organization.0.children.name.0.value" ) );
+        assertEquals( new File( testDir, "target" ), new File( props.getProperty( "domParam.children.build.0.children.directory.0.value" ) ) );
+        assertEquals( new File( testDir, "target/classes" ), new File( props.getProperty( "domParam.children.build.0.children.outputDirectory.0.value" ) ) );
     }
-}
 
+}
diff --git a/its/core-it-suite/src/test/resources/it0104/pom.xml b/its/core-it-suite/src/test/resources/it0104/pom.xml
index 13605c0c43..55abdc917e 100644
--- a/its/core-it-suite/src/test/resources/it0104/pom.xml
+++ b/its/core-it-suite/src/test/resources/it0104/pom.xml
@@ -1,44 +1,41 @@
-<project xmlns="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance"
-  xsi:schemaLocation="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0 http://maven.apache.org/maven-v4_0_0.xsd">
+<?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 xmlns="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance" xsi:schemaLocation="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0 http://maven.apache.org/maven-v4_0_0.xsd">
   <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
-  <name>Maven Integration Test :: it0104</name> 
+
   <groupId>org.apache.maven.its.it0104</groupId>
-  <artifactId>maven-it-it0104</artifactId>
+  <artifactId>test</artifactId>
+  <version>1.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+  <packaging>jar</packaging>
+
+  <name>Maven Integration Test :: it0104</name>
   <description>
     Verify that plugin configurations are interpolated correctly.
   </description>
+
   <organization>
     <name>Apache</name>
   </organization>
-  <packaging>jar</packaging>
-  <version>1.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
   <url>http://maven.apache.org</url>
-  
-  <repositories>
-    <repository>
-      <id>test-plugins</id>
-      <url>http://people.apache.org/repo/m2-snapshot-repository/</url>
-      <releases><enabled>false</enabled></releases>
-      <snapshots><enabled>true</enabled></snapshots>
-    </repository>
-  </repositories>
-  <pluginRepositories>
-    <pluginRepository>
-      <id>test-plugins</id>
-      <url>http://people.apache.org/repo/m2-snapshot-repository/</url>
-      <releases><enabled>false</enabled></releases>
-      <snapshots><enabled>true</enabled></snapshots>
-    </pluginRepository>
-  </pluginRepositories>
-  
-  <dependencies>
-    <dependency>
-      <groupId>junit</groupId>
-      <artifactId>junit</artifactId>
-      <version>3.8.1</version>
-      <scope>test</scope>
-    </dependency>
-  </dependencies>
 
   <build>
     <pluginManagement>
@@ -48,8 +45,9 @@
           <artifactId>maven-it-plugin-configuration</artifactId>
           <version>2.1-SNAPSHOT</version>
           <configuration>
-            <directory>${project.build.directory}</directory>
-            <dom>
+            <propertiesFile>${project.build.directory}/config.properties</propertiesFile>
+            <stringParam>${project.build.directory}</stringParam>
+            <domParam>
               <basedir>${basedir}</basedir>
               <modelVersion>${project.modelVersion}</modelVersion>
               <name>${project.name}</name>
@@ -65,7 +63,7 @@
                 <directory>${project.build.directory}</directory>
                 <outputDirectory>${project.build.outputDirectory}</outputDirectory>
               </build>
-            </dom>
+            </domParam>
           </configuration>
           <executions>
             <execution>
@@ -81,7 +79,7 @@
       <plugin>
         <groupId>org.apache.maven.its.plugins</groupId>
         <artifactId>maven-it-plugin-configuration</artifactId>
-      </plugin>      
+      </plugin>
     </plugins>
   </build>
 </project>
diff --git a/its/core-it-suite/src/test/resources/it0104/src/main/java/org/apache/maven/it/App.java b/its/core-it-suite/src/test/resources/it0104/src/main/java/org/apache/maven/it/App.java
deleted file mode 100644
index 2659fcfc52..0000000000
--- a/its/core-it-suite/src/test/resources/it0104/src/main/java/org/apache/maven/it/App.java
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,13 +0,0 @@
-package org.apache.maven.it;
-
-/**
- * Hello world!
- *
- */
-public class App 
-{
-    public static void main( String[] args )
-    {
-        System.out.println( "Hello World!" );
-    }
-}