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 60dc4998e2..0bf985f7cd 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
@@ -297,7 +297,6 @@ public class IntegrationTestSuite
         suite.addTestSuite( MavenIT0064Test.class );
         suite.addTestSuite( MavenIT0063Test.class );
         suite.addTestSuite( MavenIT0056Test.class );
-        suite.addTestSuite( MavenIT0053Test.class );
         suite.addTestSuite( MavenIT0052Test.class );
         suite.addTestSuite( MavenIT0051Test.class );
         suite.addTestSuite( MavenIT0041Test.class );
diff --git a/its/core-it-suite/src/test/java/org/apache/maven/it/MavenIT0053Test.java b/its/core-it-suite/src/test/java/org/apache/maven/it/MavenIT0053Test.java
deleted file mode 100644
index edc0824f83..0000000000
--- a/its/core-it-suite/src/test/java/org/apache/maven/it/MavenIT0053Test.java
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,49 +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 org.apache.maven.it.Verifier;
-import org.apache.maven.it.util.ResourceExtractor;
-
-import java.io.File;
-
-public class MavenIT0053Test
-    extends AbstractMavenIntegrationTestCase
-{
-
-    /**
-     * Test that attached artifacts have the same buildnumber and timestamp
-     * as the main artifact. This will not correctly verify until we have
-     * some way to pattern-match the buildnumber/timestamp...
-     */
-    public void testit0053()
-        throws Exception
-    {
-        File testDir = ResourceExtractor.simpleExtractResources( getClass(), "/it0053" );
-        Verifier verifier = new Verifier( testDir.getAbsolutePath() );
-        verifier.executeGoal( "package" );
-        verifier.assertFilePresent( "target/maven-it-it0053-1.0-SNAPSHOT.jar" );
-        verifier.assertFileNotPresent( "target/maven-it-it0053-1.0-SNAPSHOT-sources.jar" );
-        verifier.verifyErrorFreeLog();
-        verifier.resetStreams();
-
-    }
-}
-
diff --git a/its/core-it-suite/src/test/resources/it0053/pom.xml b/its/core-it-suite/src/test/resources/it0053/pom.xml
deleted file mode 100644
index 6420e780ed..0000000000
--- a/its/core-it-suite/src/test/resources/it0053/pom.xml
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,27 +0,0 @@
-<project>
-  <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
-  <name>Maven Integration Test :: it0053</name> 
-  <groupId>org.apache.maven.its.it0053</groupId>
-  <artifactId>maven-it-it0053</artifactId>
-  <description>Test that attached artifacts have the same buildnumber and timestamp
-        as the main artifact. This will not correctly verify until we have
-        some way to pattern-match the buildnumber/timestamp...</description>
-  <packaging>jar</packaging>
-  <version>1.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
-  <dependencies>
-    <dependency>
-      <groupId>junit</groupId>
-      <artifactId>junit</artifactId>
-      <version>3.8.1</version>
-      <type>jar</type>
-      <scope>test</scope>
-    </dependency>
-  </dependencies>
-
-  <distributionManagement>
-    <snapshotRepository>
-      <id>test</id>
-      <url>file:target/test-repo</url>
-    </snapshotRepository>
-  </distributionManagement>
-</project>
diff --git a/its/core-it-suite/src/test/resources/it0053/src/main/java/org/apache/maven/it0053/Person.java b/its/core-it-suite/src/test/resources/it0053/src/main/java/org/apache/maven/it0053/Person.java
deleted file mode 100644
index bbf651b267..0000000000
--- a/its/core-it-suite/src/test/resources/it0053/src/main/java/org/apache/maven/it0053/Person.java
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,16 +0,0 @@
-package org.apache.maven.it0053;
-
-public class Person
-{
-    private String name;
-    
-    public void setName( String name )
-    {
-        this.name = name;
-    }
-    
-    public String getName()
-    {
-        return name;
-    }
-}
diff --git a/its/core-it-suite/src/test/resources/it0053/src/main/resources/it0053.properties b/its/core-it-suite/src/test/resources/it0053/src/main/resources/it0053.properties
deleted file mode 100644
index f54f8ab106..0000000000
--- a/its/core-it-suite/src/test/resources/it0053/src/main/resources/it0053.properties
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1 +0,0 @@
-name = jason
diff --git a/its/core-it-suite/src/test/resources/it0053/src/test/java/org/apache/maven/it0053/PersonTest.java b/its/core-it-suite/src/test/resources/it0053/src/test/java/org/apache/maven/it0053/PersonTest.java
deleted file mode 100644
index cafc42ecfe..0000000000
--- a/its/core-it-suite/src/test/resources/it0053/src/test/java/org/apache/maven/it0053/PersonTest.java
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,16 +0,0 @@
-package org.apache.maven.it0053;
-
-import junit.framework.TestCase;
-
-public class PersonTest
-    extends TestCase
-{
-    public void testPerson()
-    {
-        Person person = new Person();
-        
-        person.setName( "foo" );
-        
-        assertEquals( "foo", person.getName() );
-    }
-}