diff --git a/core-it-suite/src/test/java/org/apache/maven/it/MavenIT0138PluginLifecycleTest.java b/core-it-suite/src/test/java/org/apache/maven/it/MavenIT0138PluginLifecycleTest.java
index 395e137cb..ebe274f5b 100644
--- a/core-it-suite/src/test/java/org/apache/maven/it/MavenIT0138PluginLifecycleTest.java
+++ b/core-it-suite/src/test/java/org/apache/maven/it/MavenIT0138PluginLifecycleTest.java
@@ -56,11 +56,7 @@ public void testit0138() throws Exception {
         verifier.verifyFilePresent("target/compiler-test-compile.txt");
         verifier.verifyFilePresent("target/surefire-test.txt");
         verifier.verifyFilePresent("target/jar-jar.txt");
-        verifier.verifyFilePresent("target/plugin-add-plugin-artifact-metadata.txt");
         verifier.verifyFilePresent("target/install-install.txt");
-        if (matchesVersionRange("(,2.2.0)")) {
-            verifier.verifyFilePresent("target/plugin-update-registry.txt");
-        }
         verifier.verifyFilePresent("target/deploy-deploy.txt");
         verifier.verifyErrorFreeLog();
     }
diff --git a/core-it-support/core-it-plugins/maven-it-plugin-core-stubs/maven-plugin-plugin/src/main/java/org/apache/maven/plugin/coreit/UpdateRegistryMojo.java b/core-it-support/core-it-plugins/maven-it-plugin-core-stubs/maven-plugin-plugin/src/main/java/org/apache/maven/plugin/coreit/UpdateRegistryMojo.java
deleted file mode 100644
index 699d7440b..000000000
--- a/core-it-support/core-it-plugins/maven-it-plugin-core-stubs/maven-plugin-plugin/src/main/java/org/apache/maven/plugin/coreit/UpdateRegistryMojo.java
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,84 +0,0 @@
-/*
- * 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.
- */
-package org.apache.maven.plugin.coreit;
-
-import java.io.File;
-import java.io.IOException;
-
-import org.apache.maven.plugin.AbstractMojo;
-import org.apache.maven.plugin.MojoExecutionException;
-import org.apache.maven.plugin.MojoFailureException;
-import org.apache.maven.plugins.annotations.LifecyclePhase;
-import org.apache.maven.plugins.annotations.Mojo;
-import org.apache.maven.plugins.annotations.Parameter;
-import org.apache.maven.project.MavenProject;
-
-/**
- * Creates a text file in the project base directory.
- *
- *
- * @author Benjamin Bentmann
- *
- */
-@Mojo(name = "updateRegistry", defaultPhase = LifecyclePhase.INSTALL)
-public class UpdateRegistryMojo extends AbstractMojo {
-
-    /**
-     * The current Maven project.
-     */
-    @Parameter(defaultValue = "${project}", required = true, readonly = true)
-    private MavenProject project;
-
-    /**
-     * The path to the output file, relative to the project base directory.
-     *
-     */
-    @Parameter
-    private String pathname = "target/plugin-update-registry.txt";
-
-    /**
-     * Runs this mojo.
-     *
-     * @throws MojoExecutionException If the output file could not be created.
-     * @throws MojoFailureException If the output file has not been set.
-     */
-    public void execute() throws MojoExecutionException, MojoFailureException {
-        getLog().info("[MAVEN-CORE-IT-LOG] Using output file path: " + pathname);
-
-        if (pathname == null || pathname.length() <= 0) {
-            throw new MojoFailureException("Path name for output file has not been specified");
-        }
-
-        File outputFile = new File(pathname);
-        if (!outputFile.isAbsolute()) {
-            outputFile = new File(project.getBasedir(), pathname).getAbsoluteFile();
-        }
-
-        getLog().info("[MAVEN-CORE-IT-LOG] Creating output file: " + outputFile);
-
-        try {
-            outputFile.getParentFile().mkdirs();
-            outputFile.createNewFile();
-        } catch (IOException e) {
-            throw new MojoExecutionException("Output file could not be created: " + pathname, e);
-        }
-
-        getLog().info("[MAVEN-CORE-IT-LOG] Created output file: " + outputFile);
-    }
-}