diff --git a/its/core-it-suite/src/test/java/org/apache/maven/it/IntegrationTestSuite.java b/its/core-it-suite/src/test/java/org/apache/maven/it/IntegrationTestSuite.java
index 7ede448ba0..024fa9bfa6 100644
--- a/its/core-it-suite/src/test/java/org/apache/maven/it/IntegrationTestSuite.java
+++ b/its/core-it-suite/src/test/java/org/apache/maven/it/IntegrationTestSuite.java
@@ -173,7 +173,6 @@ MavenITmng3645POMSyntaxErrorTest
suite.addTestSuite( MavenIT0131SiteLifecycleTest.class );
suite.addTestSuite( MavenIT0130CleanLifecycleTest.class );
suite.addTestSuite( MavenIT0129ResourceProvidedToAPluginAsAPluginDependencyTest.class );
- suite.addTestSuite( MavenIT0118AttachedArtifactsInReactorTest.class );
suite.addTestSuite( MavenIT0115CustomArtifactHandlerAndCustomLifecycleTest.class );
suite.addTestSuite( MavenIT0113ServerAuthzAvailableToWagonMgrInPluginTest.class );
suite.addTestSuite( MavenIT0110PluginDependenciesComeFromPluginReposTest.class );
diff --git a/its/core-it-suite/src/test/java/org/apache/maven/it/MavenIT0118AttachedArtifactsInReactorTest.java b/its/core-it-suite/src/test/java/org/apache/maven/it/MavenIT0118AttachedArtifactsInReactorTest.java
deleted file mode 100644
index e408d9c7e2..0000000000
--- a/its/core-it-suite/src/test/java/org/apache/maven/it/MavenIT0118AttachedArtifactsInReactorTest.java
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,50 +0,0 @@
-package org.apache.maven.it;
-
-/*
- * 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.
- */
-
-import java.io.File;
-import java.util.List;
-import java.util.ArrayList;
-
-import org.apache.maven.it.Verifier;
-import org.apache.maven.it.util.ResourceExtractor;
-
-public class MavenIT0118AttachedArtifactsInReactorTest
- extends AbstractMavenIntegrationTestCase
-{
- public void testit0118()
- throws Exception
- {
- File testDir =
- ResourceExtractor.simpleExtractResources( getClass(), "/it0118-attachedartifactinreactor" );
-
- Verifier verifier;
-
- // Install the parent POM
- verifier = new Verifier( testDir.getAbsolutePath() );
- verifier.deleteArtifact( "org.apache.maven.its.it0118", "parent", "1.0", "pom" );
- verifier.deleteArtifact( "org.apache.maven.its.it0118", "one", "1.0", "jar" );
- verifier.deleteArtifact( "org.apache.maven.its.it0118", "two", "1.0", "pom" );
- List cliOptions = new ArrayList();
- verifier.executeGoal( "package" );
- verifier.verifyErrorFreeLog();
- verifier.resetStreams();
- }
-}
diff --git a/its/core-it-suite/src/test/java/org/apache/maven/it/MavenITmng2921ActiveAttachedArtifactsTest.java b/its/core-it-suite/src/test/java/org/apache/maven/it/MavenITmng2921ActiveAttachedArtifactsTest.java
index 272f27af92..761e839e27 100644
--- a/its/core-it-suite/src/test/java/org/apache/maven/it/MavenITmng2921ActiveAttachedArtifactsTest.java
+++ b/its/core-it-suite/src/test/java/org/apache/maven/it/MavenITmng2921ActiveAttachedArtifactsTest.java
@@ -26,7 +26,9 @@ import java.io.File;
import java.util.Collection;
/**
- * This is a test set for MNG-2921.
+ * This is a test set for MNG-2921. It naturally includes the
+ * test for the related issue MNG-2877 whose original test was
+ * too weak to prevent this issue.
*
* @author Benjamin Bentmann
* @version $Id$
@@ -45,7 +47,8 @@ public class MavenITmng2921ActiveAttachedArtifactsTest
* consumption on other module's class paths. Note the subtle difference of this test compared to the closely
* related issue MNG-2871: This test is about *attached* artifacts, i.e. dependencies that have already been
* packaged. MNG-2871 on the other hand is about dependencies that haven't been packaged yet but merely exist
- * as loose class files in a module's output directory.
+ * as loose class files in a module's output directory. In other words, this test is concerned with the situation
+ * during the lifecycle phase "package" while MNG-2871 is concerned with earlier phases like "test".
*/
public void testitMNG2921()
throws Exception
diff --git a/its/core-it-suite/src/test/resources/it0118-attachedartifactinreactor/one/pom.xml b/its/core-it-suite/src/test/resources/it0118-attachedartifactinreactor/one/pom.xml
deleted file mode 100644
index 981a883fa4..0000000000
--- a/its/core-it-suite/src/test/resources/it0118-attachedartifactinreactor/one/pom.xml
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,27 +0,0 @@
-
-
- 4.0.0
- org.apache.maven.its.it0118
- one
- 1.0
-
-
-
- maven-assembly-plugin
-
-
- package
-
- single
-
-
-
- src
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
diff --git a/its/core-it-suite/src/test/resources/it0118-attachedartifactinreactor/pom.xml b/its/core-it-suite/src/test/resources/it0118-attachedartifactinreactor/pom.xml
deleted file mode 100644
index 8167b2dc1c..0000000000
--- a/its/core-it-suite/src/test/resources/it0118-attachedartifactinreactor/pom.xml
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,12 +0,0 @@
-
-
- 4.0.0
- org.apache.maven.its.it0118
- parent
- 1.0
- pom
-
- one
- two
-
-
diff --git a/its/core-it-suite/src/test/resources/it0118-attachedartifactinreactor/two/pom.xml b/its/core-it-suite/src/test/resources/it0118-attachedartifactinreactor/two/pom.xml
deleted file mode 100644
index a9d17d33c3..0000000000
--- a/its/core-it-suite/src/test/resources/it0118-attachedartifactinreactor/two/pom.xml
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,38 +0,0 @@
-
-
- 4.0.0
- org.apache.maven.its.it0118
- two
- 1.0
- pom
-
-
- org.apache.maven.its.it0118
- one
- 1.0
- src
- zip
-
-
-
-
-
- maven-dependency-plugin
- 2.0-alpha-4
-
-
- unpack
- generate-sources
-
- unpack-dependencies
-
-
- ${project.build.directory}/extracted
- zip
-
-
-
-
-
-
-