diff --git a/src/main/java/org/apache/maven/plugins/dependency/fromDependencies/AbstractFromDependenciesMojo.java b/src/main/java/org/apache/maven/plugins/dependency/fromDependencies/AbstractFromDependenciesMojo.java
index a92e8298d..1d03fde69 100644
--- a/src/main/java/org/apache/maven/plugins/dependency/fromDependencies/AbstractFromDependenciesMojo.java
+++ b/src/main/java/org/apache/maven/plugins/dependency/fromDependencies/AbstractFromDependenciesMojo.java
@@ -104,7 +104,7 @@ public abstract class AbstractFromDependenciesMojo extends AbstractDependencyFil
      * @since 2.0-alpha-2
      */
     @Parameter(property = "mdep.failOnMissingClassifierArtifact", defaultValue = "false")
-    protected boolean failOnMissingClassifierArtifact = true;
+    protected boolean failOnMissingClassifierArtifact;
 
     /**
      * @return Returns the outputDirectory.
diff --git a/src/main/java/org/apache/maven/plugins/dependency/fromDependencies/CopyDependenciesMojo.java b/src/main/java/org/apache/maven/plugins/dependency/fromDependencies/CopyDependenciesMojo.java
index 8b2d8c07d..dcf2e9141 100644
--- a/src/main/java/org/apache/maven/plugins/dependency/fromDependencies/CopyDependenciesMojo.java
+++ b/src/main/java/org/apache/maven/plugins/dependency/fromDependencies/CopyDependenciesMojo.java
@@ -64,7 +64,7 @@ public class CopyDependenciesMojo extends AbstractFromDependenciesMojo {
      * @since 2.0
      */
     @Parameter(property = "mdep.copyPom", defaultValue = "false")
-    protected boolean copyPom = true;
+    protected boolean copyPom;
 
     @Component
     private CopyUtil copyUtil;
diff --git a/src/test/java/org/apache/maven/plugins/dependency/fromDependencies/TestCopyDependenciesMojo.java b/src/test/java/org/apache/maven/plugins/dependency/fromDependencies/TestCopyDependenciesMojo.java
index 2a2cdfc3b..e1ec92823 100644
--- a/src/test/java/org/apache/maven/plugins/dependency/fromDependencies/TestCopyDependenciesMojo.java
+++ b/src/test/java/org/apache/maven/plugins/dependency/fromDependencies/TestCopyDependenciesMojo.java
@@ -429,6 +429,7 @@ public void testArtifactResolutionException() throws MojoFailureException {
 
     public void dotestArtifactExceptions() throws MojoFailureException {
         mojo.classifier = "jdk";
+        mojo.failOnMissingClassifierArtifact = true;
         mojo.type = "java-sources";
 
         try {
diff --git a/src/test/java/org/apache/maven/plugins/dependency/fromDependencies/TestUnpackDependenciesMojo.java b/src/test/java/org/apache/maven/plugins/dependency/fromDependencies/TestUnpackDependenciesMojo.java
index 6ff789178..463f8f9b6 100644
--- a/src/test/java/org/apache/maven/plugins/dependency/fromDependencies/TestUnpackDependenciesMojo.java
+++ b/src/test/java/org/apache/maven/plugins/dependency/fromDependencies/TestUnpackDependenciesMojo.java
@@ -491,16 +491,13 @@ public void dotestClassifierType(String testClassifier, String testType) throws
         }
     }
 
-    public void testArtifactNotFound() throws Exception {
-        dotestArtifactExceptions(false, true);
+    public void testArtifactResolutionException() throws MojoFailureException {
+        dotestArtifactExceptions();
     }
 
-    public void testArtifactResolutionException() throws Exception {
-        dotestArtifactExceptions(true, false);
-    }
-
-    public void dotestArtifactExceptions(boolean are, boolean anfe) throws Exception {
+    public void dotestArtifactExceptions() throws MojoFailureException {
         mojo.classifier = "jdk";
+        mojo.failOnMissingClassifierArtifact = true;
         mojo.type = "java-sources";
 
         try {