diff --git a/jetty-home/pom.xml b/jetty-home/pom.xml
index a820bd8c691..225f6a19511 100644
--- a/jetty-home/pom.xml
+++ b/jetty-home/pom.xml
@@ -532,14 +532,6 @@
           </execution>
         </executions>
       </plugin>
-      <!-- No point performing PMD in assembly project -->
-      <plugin>
-        <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
-        <artifactId>maven-pmd-plugin</artifactId>
-        <configuration>
-          <skip>true</skip>
-        </configuration>
-      </plugin>
     </plugins>
   </build>
   <dependencies>
diff --git a/jetty-start/src/main/java/org/eclipse/jetty/start/fileinits/MavenLocalRepoFileInitializer.java b/jetty-start/src/main/java/org/eclipse/jetty/start/fileinits/MavenLocalRepoFileInitializer.java
index e1efb2c0bd0..7501fc21105 100644
--- a/jetty-start/src/main/java/org/eclipse/jetty/start/fileinits/MavenLocalRepoFileInitializer.java
+++ b/jetty-start/src/main/java/org/eclipse/jetty/start/fileinits/MavenLocalRepoFileInitializer.java
@@ -51,7 +51,7 @@ public class MavenLocalRepoFileInitializer extends FileInitializer
         public String version;
         public String type;
         public String classifier;
-        private String mavenRepoUri = "https://repo1.maven.org/maven2/";
+        private String mavenRepoUri = DEFAULT_REMOTE_REPO;
 
         public String toPath()
         {
@@ -102,6 +102,9 @@ public class MavenLocalRepoFileInitializer extends FileInitializer
     }
 
     private final Path localRepositoryDir;
+
+    private static final String DEFAULT_REMOTE_REPO = "https://repo1.maven.org/maven2/";
+
     private final boolean readonly;
     private String mavenRepoUri;
 
@@ -223,6 +226,18 @@ public class MavenLocalRepoFileInitializer extends FileInitializer
         return null;
     }
 
+    public String getRemoteUri()
+    {
+        if (this.mavenRepoUri != null)
+        {
+            return this.mavenRepoUri;
+        }
+        else
+        {
+            return System.getProperty("maven.repo.uri", DEFAULT_REMOTE_REPO);
+        }
+    }
+
     public Coordinates getCoordinates(URI uri)
     {
         if (!"maven".equalsIgnoreCase(uri.getScheme()))
@@ -260,14 +275,7 @@ public class MavenLocalRepoFileInitializer extends FileInitializer
         coords.version = parts[2];
         coords.type = "jar";
         coords.classifier = null;
-        if (this.mavenRepoUri != null)
-        {
-            coords.mavenRepoUri = this.mavenRepoUri;
-        }
-        else
-        {
-            coords.mavenRepoUri = System.getProperty("maven.repo.uri", coords.mavenRepoUri);
-        }
+        coords.mavenRepoUri = getRemoteUri();
 
         if (parts.length >= 4)
         {
diff --git a/jetty-start/src/test/java/org/eclipse/jetty/start/fileinits/MavenLocalRepoFileInitializerTest.java b/jetty-start/src/test/java/org/eclipse/jetty/start/fileinits/MavenLocalRepoFileInitializerTest.java
index 4030f5976ab..ce66e7d88ce 100644
--- a/jetty-start/src/test/java/org/eclipse/jetty/start/fileinits/MavenLocalRepoFileInitializerTest.java
+++ b/jetty-start/src/test/java/org/eclipse/jetty/start/fileinits/MavenLocalRepoFileInitializerTest.java
@@ -94,7 +94,7 @@ public class MavenLocalRepoFileInitializerTest
         assertThat("coords.classifier", coords.classifier, nullValue());
 
         assertThat("coords.toCentralURI", coords.toCentralURI().toASCIIString(),
-            is("https://repo1.maven.org/maven2/org/eclipse/jetty/jetty-start/9.3.x/jetty-start-9.3.x.jar"));
+            is(repo.getRemoteUri() + "org/eclipse/jetty/jetty-start/9.3.x/jetty-start-9.3.x.jar"));
     }
 
     @Test
@@ -112,7 +112,7 @@ public class MavenLocalRepoFileInitializerTest
         assertThat("coords.classifier", coords.classifier, nullValue());
 
         assertThat("coords.toCentralURI", coords.toCentralURI().toASCIIString(),
-            is("https://repo1.maven.org/maven2/org/eclipse/jetty/jetty-home/10.0.0/jetty-home-10.0.0.zip"));
+                   is(repo.getRemoteUri() + "org/eclipse/jetty/jetty-home/10.0.0/jetty-home-10.0.0.zip"));
     }
 
     @Test
@@ -130,7 +130,7 @@ public class MavenLocalRepoFileInitializerTest
         assertThat("coords.classifier", coords.classifier, is("tests"));
 
         assertThat("coords.toCentralURI", coords.toCentralURI().toASCIIString(),
-            is("https://repo1.maven.org/maven2/org/eclipse/jetty/jetty-http/9.3.x/jetty-http-9.3.x-tests.jar"));
+            is(repo.getRemoteUri() + "org/eclipse/jetty/jetty-http/9.3.x/jetty-http-9.3.x-tests.jar"));
     }
 
     @Test
@@ -148,7 +148,7 @@ public class MavenLocalRepoFileInitializerTest
         assertThat("coords.classifier", coords.classifier, is("tests"));
 
         assertThat("coords.toCentralURI", coords.toCentralURI().toASCIIString(),
-            is("https://repo1.maven.org/maven2/org/eclipse/jetty/jetty-http/9.3.x/jetty-http-9.3.x-tests.jar"));
+            is(repo.getRemoteUri() + "org/eclipse/jetty/jetty-http/9.3.x/jetty-http-9.3.x-tests.jar"));
     }
 
     @Test
@@ -168,7 +168,7 @@ public class MavenLocalRepoFileInitializerTest
         assertThat("coords.classifier", coords.classifier, is("tests"));
 
         assertThat("coords.toCentralURI", coords.toCentralURI().toASCIIString(),
-            is("https://repo1.maven.org/maven2/org/eclipse/jetty/jetty-http/9.3.x/jetty-http-9.3.x-tests.jar"));
+            is(repo.getRemoteUri() + "org/eclipse/jetty/jetty-http/9.3.x/jetty-http-9.3.x-tests.jar"));
     }
 
     @Test
@@ -188,7 +188,7 @@ public class MavenLocalRepoFileInitializerTest
         assertThat("coords.classifier", coords.classifier, is("tests"));
 
         assertThat("coords.toCentralURI", coords.toCentralURI().toASCIIString(),
-            is("https://repo1.maven.org/maven2/org/eclipse/jetty/jetty-http/9.4.31.v20200723/jetty-http-9.4.31.v20200723-tests.jar"));
+                   is(repo.getRemoteUri() + "org/eclipse/jetty/jetty-http/9.4.31.v20200723/jetty-http-9.4.31.v20200723-tests.jar"));
 
         Path destination = testdir.getEmptyPathDir().resolve("jetty-http-9.4.31.v20200723-tests.jar");
         Files.deleteIfExists(destination);
diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 17dcebfc24c..f75372de16f 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -59,9 +59,6 @@
     <maven.install.plugin.version>3.0.0-M1</maven.install.plugin.version>
     <maven.deploy.plugin.version>3.0.0-M1</maven.deploy.plugin.version>
 
-    <pmd.verbose>true</pmd.verbose>
-    <pmd.skip>false</pmd.skip>
-
     <!-- testing -->
     <it.debug>false</it.debug>
     <jetty.test.version>5.5</jetty.test.version>
@@ -271,39 +268,6 @@
           </execution>
         </executions>
       </plugin>
-      <plugin>
-        <artifactId>maven-pmd-plugin</artifactId>
-        <executions>
-          <execution>
-            <id>named-logging-enforcement</id>
-            <phase>compile</phase>
-            <goals>
-              <goal>check</goal>
-            </goals>
-            <configuration>
-              <skip>${pmd.skip}</skip>
-              <verbose>${pmd.verbose}</verbose>
-              <printFailingErrors>${pmd.verbose}</printFailingErrors>
-            </configuration>
-          </execution>
-        </executions>
-        <configuration>
-          <linkXRef>false</linkXRef>
-          <targetJdk>11</targetJdk>
-          <rulesets>
-            <ruleset>jetty/pmd_logging_ruleset.xml</ruleset>
-          </rulesets>
-          <analysisCache>true</analysisCache>
-          <showPmdLog>false</showPmdLog>
-        </configuration>
-        <dependencies>
-          <dependency>
-            <groupId>org.eclipse.jetty.toolchain</groupId>
-            <artifactId>jetty-build-support</artifactId>
-            <version>${build-support.version}</version>
-          </dependency>
-        </dependencies>
-      </plugin>
       <plugin>
         <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
         <artifactId>maven-release-plugin</artifactId>
@@ -633,11 +597,6 @@
           <artifactId>maven-plugin-plugin</artifactId>
           <version>3.6.0</version>
         </plugin>
-        <plugin>
-          <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
-          <artifactId>maven-pmd-plugin</artifactId>
-          <version>3.14.0</version>
-        </plugin>
         <plugin>
           <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
           <artifactId>maven-project-info-reports-plugin</artifactId>
@@ -962,19 +921,6 @@
                     <ignore />
                   </action>
                 </pluginExecution>
-                <pluginExecution>
-                  <pluginExecutionFilter>
-                    <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
-                    <artifactId>maven-pmd-plugin</artifactId>
-                    <versionRange>[2.5,)</versionRange>
-                    <goals>
-                      <goal>check</goal>
-                    </goals>
-                  </pluginExecutionFilter>
-                  <action>
-                    <ignore />
-                  </action>
-                </pluginExecution>
                 <pluginExecution>
                   <pluginExecutionFilter>
                     <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
@@ -1447,7 +1393,6 @@
         <spotbugs.effort>Default</spotbugs.effort>
         <spotbugs.skip>false</spotbugs.skip>
         <spotbugs.onlyAnalyze>org.eclipse.jetty.*</spotbugs.onlyAnalyze>
-        <pmd.verbose>false</pmd.verbose>
       </properties>
       <modules>
         <module>javadoc</module>
@@ -1637,7 +1582,6 @@
       <id>fast</id>
       <properties>
         <skipTests>true</skipTests>
-        <pmd.skip>true</pmd.skip>
         <checkstyle.skip>true</checkstyle.skip>
         <enforcer.skip>true</enforcer.skip>
         <license.skip>true</license.skip>
diff --git a/tests/test-distribution/src/main/java/org/eclipse/jetty/tests/distribution/JettyHomeTester.java b/tests/test-distribution/src/main/java/org/eclipse/jetty/tests/distribution/JettyHomeTester.java
index 417ac7fe4b4..2a255f942ad 100644
--- a/tests/test-distribution/src/main/java/org/eclipse/jetty/tests/distribution/JettyHomeTester.java
+++ b/tests/test-distribution/src/main/java/org/eclipse/jetty/tests/distribution/JettyHomeTester.java
@@ -152,9 +152,21 @@ public class JettyHomeTester
         commands.add("-Djava.io.tmpdir=" + workDir.toAbsolutePath().toString());
         commands.add("-jar");
         commands.add(config.jettyHome.toAbsolutePath() + "/start.jar");
-        // we get artifacts from local repo first
+
         args = new ArrayList<>(args);
+
         args.add("maven.local.repo=" + config.mavenLocalRepository);
+
+        // we get artifacts from local repo first
+        args.add("maven.local.repo=" + System.getProperty("mavenRepoPath"));
+
+        // if this JVM has `maven.repo.uri` defined, make sure to propagate it to child
+        String remoteRepoUri = System.getProperty("maven.repo.uri");
+        if (remoteRepoUri != null)
+        {
+            args.add("maven.repo.uri=" + remoteRepoUri);
+        }
+        
         commands.addAll(args);
 
         LOGGER.info("Executing: {}", commands);