diff --git a/maven-core/src/test/java/org/apache/maven/project/AbstractMavenProjectTestCase.java b/maven-core/src/test/java/org/apache/maven/project/AbstractMavenProjectTestCase.java
index 9f836c28e6..ac3954dfc0 100644
--- a/maven-core/src/test/java/org/apache/maven/project/AbstractMavenProjectTestCase.java
+++ b/maven-core/src/test/java/org/apache/maven/project/AbstractMavenProjectTestCase.java
@@ -23,7 +23,6 @@ import java.net.URL;
 import java.util.Arrays;
 
 import org.apache.maven.artifact.repository.ArtifactRepository;
-import org.apache.maven.artifact.repository.layout.ArtifactRepositoryLayout;
 import org.apache.maven.model.building.ModelBuildingException;
 import org.apache.maven.model.building.ModelProblem;
 import org.apache.maven.repository.RepositorySystem;
@@ -119,11 +118,7 @@ public abstract class AbstractMavenProjectTestCase
     protected ArtifactRepository getLocalRepository()
         throws Exception
     {
-        ArtifactRepositoryLayout repoLayout = lookup( ArtifactRepositoryLayout.class, "legacy" );
-
-        ArtifactRepository r = repositorySystem.createArtifactRepository( "local", "file://" + getLocalRepositoryPath().getAbsolutePath(), repoLayout, null, null );
-
-        return r;
+        return repositorySystem.createLocalRepository( getLocalRepositoryPath() );
     }
 
     // ----------------------------------------------------------------------
diff --git a/maven-core/src/test/java/org/apache/maven/project/DefaultMavenProjectBuilderTest.java b/maven-core/src/test/java/org/apache/maven/project/DefaultMavenProjectBuilderTest.java
index 008c6d3bdc..b2e314f524 100644
--- a/maven-core/src/test/java/org/apache/maven/project/DefaultMavenProjectBuilderTest.java
+++ b/maven-core/src/test/java/org/apache/maven/project/DefaultMavenProjectBuilderTest.java
@@ -198,11 +198,7 @@ public class DefaultMavenProjectBuilderTest
     protected ArtifactRepository getLocalRepository()
         throws Exception
     {
-        ArtifactRepositoryLayout repoLayout = lookup( ArtifactRepositoryLayout.class, "default" );
-        ArtifactRepository r =
-            repositorySystem.createArtifactRepository( "local", "file://" + localRepoDir.getAbsolutePath(), repoLayout,
-                                                       null, null );
-        return r;
+        return repositorySystem.createLocalRepository( getLocalRepositoryPath() );
     }
 
     public void xtestLoop()