diff --git a/hibernate-orm-modules/hibernate-orm-modules.gradle b/hibernate-orm-modules/hibernate-orm-modules.gradle
index 066c8544d6..d0a2732c97 100644
--- a/hibernate-orm-modules/hibernate-orm-modules.gradle
+++ b/hibernate-orm-modules/hibernate-orm-modules.gradle
@@ -7,6 +7,10 @@ import org.apache.tools.ant.filters.ReplaceTokens
  * See the lgpl.txt file in the root directory or <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/lgpl-2.1.html>.
  */
 
+plugins {
+  id "org.wildfly.build.provision" version "0.0.2"
+}
+
 apply from: rootProject.file( 'gradle/base-information.gradle' )
 apply plugin: 'java'
 apply from: rootProject.file( 'gradle/libraries.gradle' )
@@ -60,14 +64,16 @@ configurations {
         transitive = false
     }
 
-    wildflyDist
     wildflyJPA22Patch
     byteBuddy
 }
 
+provision {
+       destinationDir = file("$project.wildFlyInstallDir")
+}
+
 dependencies {
     jipijapa "org.wildfly:jipijapa-hibernate5:${wildflyVersion}"
-    wildflyDist "org.wildfly:wildfly-dist:${wildflyVersion}@zip"
     byteBuddy libraries.byteBuddy
     wildflyJPA22Patch "org.hibernate.javax.persistence:hibernate-jpa-api-2.2-wildflymodules:${wildFlyJPA22PatchVersion}:wildfly-${wildflyVersion}-patch@zip"
 
@@ -158,21 +164,13 @@ task release( dependsOn: createModulesZip )
 // ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
 // tasks related to in-container (Arquillian + WF) testing
 
-task installWildFly(type: Copy, dependsOn: createModulesZip) {
-    description = 'Downloads the WildFly distribution, installs it into a local directory and prepares it for use (in testing)'
-
-    from configurations.wildflyDist.collect { zipTree(it) }
-    into wildFlyInstallDirBase
+task installWildFly( dependsOn: [createModulesZip, provision] ) {
+    description = 'Downloads the WildFly distribution, installs it into a local directory, includes present version of Hibernate ORM, JPA 2.2 : ready for integration tests'
 
     final File patchFile = configurations.wildflyJPA22Patch.resolvedConfiguration.resolvedArtifacts[0].file
     inputs.file( patchFile )
 
-    doFirst {
-        cleanInstallWildFly
-    }
-
     doLast {
-
         // until we have a version of WF supporting EE 8 (JPA 2.2),  we need to patch
         // the install to support JPA 2.2
 
@@ -182,10 +180,10 @@ task installWildFly(type: Copy, dependsOn: createModulesZip) {
             ignoreExitValue = true
 
             executable "$project.wildFlyInstallDir/bin/jboss-cli." + executableExtension
-            args "patch apply $patchFile.absolutePath"
+            args "patch apply $patchFile.absolutePath --override-all"
         }
 
-        // and then install the Hibernate
+        // and then install the Hibernate ORM modules from the current build
         copy {
             duplicatesStrategy DuplicatesStrategy.EXCLUDE
             from zipTree( createModulesZip.archivePath )
@@ -194,11 +192,9 @@ task installWildFly(type: Copy, dependsOn: createModulesZip) {
     }
 }
 
-clean.dependsOn cleanInstallWildFly
-
 task installHibernateModule( dependsOn: [createModulesZip, installWildFly])
 
-task prepareWildFlyForTests( dependsOn: [installWildFly, installHibernateModule] )
+task prepareWildFlyForTests( dependsOn: [installHibernateModule] )
 
 test.dependsOn prepareWildFlyForTests