diff --git a/jetty-client/pom.xml b/jetty-client/pom.xml
index 54f3fb71d5f..7f9be068e1c 100644
--- a/jetty-client/pom.xml
+++ b/jetty-client/pom.xml
@@ -117,10 +117,5 @@
             <artifactId>jetty-test-helper</artifactId>
             <scope>test</scope>
         </dependency>
-        <dependency>
-            <groupId>junit</groupId>
-            <artifactId>junit</artifactId>
-            <scope>test</scope>
-        </dependency>
     </dependencies>
 </project>
diff --git a/jetty-deploy/pom.xml b/jetty-deploy/pom.xml
index 38230742dad..1078a77b52e 100644
--- a/jetty-deploy/pom.xml
+++ b/jetty-deploy/pom.xml
@@ -72,7 +72,6 @@
     <dependency>
       <groupId>org.eclipse.jetty.toolchain</groupId>
       <artifactId>jetty-test-helper</artifactId>
-      <version>1.5-SNAPSHOT</version>
       <scope>test</scope>
     </dependency>
     <dependency>
diff --git a/jetty-io/pom.xml b/jetty-io/pom.xml
index 70313e585d5..f866b3532c9 100644
--- a/jetty-io/pom.xml
+++ b/jetty-io/pom.xml
@@ -22,11 +22,6 @@
       <artifactId>jetty-test-helper</artifactId>
       <scope>test</scope>
     </dependency>
-    <dependency>
-      <groupId>junit</groupId>
-      <artifactId>junit</artifactId>
-      <scope>test</scope>
-    </dependency>
   </dependencies>
   <build>
     <plugins>
diff --git a/jetty-policy/pom.xml b/jetty-policy/pom.xml
index c271fd21116..632f5cfeab7 100644
--- a/jetty-policy/pom.xml
+++ b/jetty-policy/pom.xml
@@ -135,11 +135,5 @@
       <artifactId>jetty-test-helper</artifactId>
       <scope>test</scope>
     </dependency>
-    <dependency>
-      <groupId>junit</groupId>
-      <artifactId>junit</artifactId>
-      <version>${junit4-version}</version>
-      <scope>test</scope>
-    </dependency>   
   </dependencies>
 </project>
diff --git a/jetty-server/pom.xml b/jetty-server/pom.xml
index 862acf6a5db..5caa047c402 100644
--- a/jetty-server/pom.xml
+++ b/jetty-server/pom.xml
@@ -87,11 +87,6 @@
       <artifactId>jetty-test-helper</artifactId>
       <scope>test</scope>
     </dependency>
-    <dependency>
-      <groupId>junit</groupId>
-      <artifactId>junit</artifactId>
-      <scope>test</scope>
-    </dependency>
     <dependency>
       <groupId>javax.servlet</groupId>
       <artifactId>servlet-api</artifactId>
diff --git a/jetty-servlet/pom.xml b/jetty-servlet/pom.xml
index 1c52352d601..cbb4ed18de1 100644
--- a/jetty-servlet/pom.xml
+++ b/jetty-servlet/pom.xml
@@ -77,10 +77,5 @@
       <artifactId>jetty-test-helper</artifactId>
       <scope>test</scope>
     </dependency>
-    <dependency>
-      <groupId>junit</groupId>
-      <artifactId>junit</artifactId>
-      <scope>test</scope>
-    </dependency>
   </dependencies>
 </project>
diff --git a/jetty-util/pom.xml b/jetty-util/pom.xml
index 077b343a425..75e654c276c 100644
--- a/jetty-util/pom.xml
+++ b/jetty-util/pom.xml
@@ -74,11 +74,6 @@
         <artifactId>jetty-test-helper</artifactId>
         <scope>test</scope>
     </dependency>
-    <dependency>
-      <groupId>junit</groupId>
-      <artifactId>junit</artifactId>
-      <scope>test</scope>
-    </dependency>
     <dependency>
       <groupId>org.slf4j</groupId>
       <artifactId>slf4j-api</artifactId>
diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 257d3e553ed..8ea0e1044a6 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -17,11 +17,11 @@
     <javax-servlet-jsp-version>2.1.v20100127</javax-servlet-jsp-version>
     <javax-transaction-version>1.1.1</javax-transaction-version>
     <jetty.url>http://www.eclipse.org/jetty</jetty.url>
-    <junit4-version>4.8.1</junit4-version>
+    <junit-version>4.8.1</junit-version>
     <project.build.sourceEncoding>UTF-8</project.build.sourceEncoding>
     <slf4j-version>1.5.11</slf4j-version>
     <build-support-version>1.0</build-support-version>
-    <jetty.test.helper>1.3</jetty.test.helper>
+    <jetty.test.helper>1.5-SNAPSHOT</jetty.test.helper>
     <jetty.test.policy>1.2</jetty.test.policy>
   </properties>
   <scm>
@@ -229,19 +229,19 @@
           <artifactId>maven-dependency-plugin</artifactId>
         </plugin>
         <plugin>
-        	<groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
-        	<artifactId>maven-jxr-plugin</artifactId>
-        	<version>2.2</version>
+          <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
+          <artifactId>maven-jxr-plugin</artifactId>
+          <version>2.2</version>
         </plugin>
         <plugin>
-        	<groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
-        	<artifactId>maven-javadoc-plugin</artifactId>
-        	<version>2.8</version>
+          <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
+          <artifactId>maven-javadoc-plugin</artifactId>
+          <version>2.8</version>
         </plugin>
         <plugin>
-        	<groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
-        	<artifactId>maven-pmd-plugin</artifactId>
-        	<version>2.5</version>
+          <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
+          <artifactId>maven-pmd-plugin</artifactId>
+          <version>2.5</version>
         </plugin>
       </plugins>
     </pluginManagement>
@@ -377,8 +377,7 @@
       <dependency>
         <groupId>junit</groupId>
         <artifactId>junit</artifactId>
-        <version>${junit4-version}</version>
-        <scope>test</scope>
+        <version>${junit-version}</version>
       </dependency>
     </dependencies>
   </dependencyManagement>
diff --git a/test-continuation-jetty6/pom.xml b/test-continuation-jetty6/pom.xml
index ba98c5032e8..d1b98da956c 100644
--- a/test-continuation-jetty6/pom.xml
+++ b/test-continuation-jetty6/pom.xml
@@ -46,10 +46,10 @@
         <type>jar</type>
         <scope>test</scope>
         <exclusions>
-        	<exclusion>
-        		<artifactId>servlet-api-2.5</artifactId>
-        		<groupId>org.mortbay.jetty</groupId>
-        	</exclusion>
+          <exclusion>
+            <artifactId>servlet-api-2.5</artifactId>
+            <groupId>org.mortbay.jetty</groupId>
+          </exclusion>
         </exclusions>
     </dependency>
     <dependency>
diff --git a/tests/test-integration/pom.xml b/tests/test-integration/pom.xml
index ac9f9f01882..dcc6e8ec689 100644
--- a/tests/test-integration/pom.xml
+++ b/tests/test-integration/pom.xml
@@ -78,11 +78,6 @@
       <artifactId>jetty-test-helper</artifactId>
       <scope>test</scope>
     </dependency>
-    <dependency>
-      <groupId>junit</groupId>
-      <artifactId>junit</artifactId>
-      <scope>test</scope>
-    </dependency>
     <dependency>
       <groupId>org.eclipse.jetty.tests</groupId>
       <artifactId>test-webapp-rfc2616</artifactId>
diff --git a/tests/test-sessions/test-sessions-common/pom.xml b/tests/test-sessions/test-sessions-common/pom.xml
index ea622e038b6..9d7ac0f31a0 100644
--- a/tests/test-sessions/test-sessions-common/pom.xml
+++ b/tests/test-sessions/test-sessions-common/pom.xml
@@ -48,10 +48,5 @@
       <artifactId>jetty-test-helper</artifactId>
       <scope>compile</scope>
     </dependency>
-    <dependency>
-      <groupId>junit</groupId>
-      <artifactId>junit</artifactId>
-      <scope>compile</scope>
-    </dependency>
   </dependencies>
 </project>