diff --git a/maven-compat/src/main/java/org/apache/maven/artifact/deployer/DefaultArtifactDeployer.java b/maven-compat/src/main/java/org/apache/maven/artifact/deployer/DefaultArtifactDeployer.java
index 18a80cab84..923f403967 100644
--- a/maven-compat/src/main/java/org/apache/maven/artifact/deployer/DefaultArtifactDeployer.java
+++ b/maven-compat/src/main/java/org/apache/maven/artifact/deployer/DefaultArtifactDeployer.java
@@ -17,14 +17,19 @@ package org.apache.maven.artifact.deployer;
 
 import java.io.File;
 import java.io.IOException;
+import java.util.Arrays;
+import java.util.List;
 
 import org.apache.maven.artifact.Artifact;
 import org.apache.maven.artifact.metadata.ArtifactMetadata;
 import org.apache.maven.artifact.repository.ArtifactRepository;
+import org.apache.maven.artifact.repository.DefaultArtifactRepository;
 import org.apache.maven.artifact.repository.metadata.RepositoryMetadataDeploymentException;
 import org.apache.maven.artifact.repository.metadata.RepositoryMetadataManager;
+import org.apache.maven.execution.MavenExecutionRequest;
 import org.apache.maven.execution.MavenSession;
 import org.apache.maven.plugin.LegacySupport;
+import org.apache.maven.repository.RepositorySystem;
 import org.apache.maven.repository.legacy.TransferListenerAdapter;
 import org.apache.maven.repository.legacy.WagonManager;
 import org.apache.maven.repository.legacy.resolver.transform.ArtifactTransformationManager;
@@ -49,6 +54,9 @@ public class DefaultArtifactDeployer
     @Requirement
     private RepositoryMetadataManager repositoryMetadataManager;
 
+    @Requirement
+    private RepositorySystem repositorySystem;
+
     @Requirement
     private LegacySupport legacySupport;
 
@@ -68,6 +76,8 @@ public class DefaultArtifactDeployer
     public void deploy( File source, Artifact artifact, ArtifactRepository deploymentRepository, ArtifactRepository localRepository )
         throws ArtifactDeploymentException
     {
+        deploymentRepository = injectSession( deploymentRepository );
+
         try
         {
             transformationManager.transformForDeployment( artifact, deploymentRepository, localRepository );
@@ -113,4 +123,32 @@ public class DefaultArtifactDeployer
         return TransferListenerAdapter.newAdapter( session.getRequest().getTransferListener() );
     }
 
+    private ArtifactRepository injectSession( ArtifactRepository repository )
+    {
+        /*
+         * NOTE: This provides backward-compat with maven-deploy-plugin:2.4 which bypasses the repository factory when
+         * using an alternative deployment location.
+         */
+        if ( repository instanceof DefaultArtifactRepository && repository.getAuthentication() == null )
+        {
+            MavenSession session = legacySupport.getSession();
+
+            if ( session != null )
+            {
+                MavenExecutionRequest request = session.getRequest();
+
+                if ( request != null )
+                {
+                    List<ArtifactRepository> repositories = Arrays.asList( repository );
+
+                    repositorySystem.injectProxy( repositories, request.getProxies() );
+
+                    repositorySystem.injectAuthentication( repositories, request.getServers() );
+                }
+            }
+        }
+
+        return repository;
+    }
+
 }
diff --git a/maven-compat/src/main/java/org/apache/maven/artifact/repository/DefaultArtifactRepository.java b/maven-compat/src/main/java/org/apache/maven/artifact/repository/DefaultArtifactRepository.java
index 31b5aed2cb..b55281c338 100644
--- a/maven-compat/src/main/java/org/apache/maven/artifact/repository/DefaultArtifactRepository.java
+++ b/maven-compat/src/main/java/org/apache/maven/artifact/repository/DefaultArtifactRepository.java
@@ -48,6 +48,10 @@ public class DefaultArtifactRepository
     private ArtifactRepositoryPolicy releases;
 
     private boolean blacklisted;
+
+    private Authentication authentication;
+
+    private Proxy proxy;
     
     /**
      * Create a local repository or a test repository.
@@ -212,30 +216,24 @@ public class DefaultArtifactRepository
         return Collections.emptyList();
     }
 
-    //
-    // This implementation does not support authentication
-    //
     public Authentication getAuthentication()
     {
-        return null;
+        return authentication;
     }
 
     public void setAuthentication( Authentication authentication )
     {
-        // do nothing
+        this.authentication = authentication;
     }
-    
-    //
-    // This implementation does not support proxies
-    //
+
     public Proxy getProxy()
     {
-        return null;
+        return proxy;
     }
 
     public void setProxy( Proxy proxy )
     {
-        // do nothing
+        this.proxy = proxy;
     }
 
     public boolean isUniqueVersion()
diff --git a/maven-compat/src/test/resources/org/apache/maven/artifact/deployer/ArtifactDeployerTest.xml b/maven-compat/src/test/resources/org/apache/maven/artifact/deployer/ArtifactDeployerTest.xml
index be6d326234..f7c381fe2c 100644
--- a/maven-compat/src/test/resources/org/apache/maven/artifact/deployer/ArtifactDeployerTest.xml
+++ b/maven-compat/src/test/resources/org/apache/maven/artifact/deployer/ArtifactDeployerTest.xml
@@ -19,9 +19,5 @@ under the License.
 
 <plexus>
   <components>
-    <component>
-      <role>org.apache.maven.artifact.metadata.ArtifactMetadataSource</role>
-      <implementation>org.apache.maven.artifact.deployer.SimpleArtifactMetadataSource</implementation>      
-    </component>
   </components>
 </plexus>