diff --git a/maven-plugin-plugin/src/main/java/org/apache/maven/plugin/plugin/AbstractGeneratorMojo.java b/maven-plugin-plugin/src/main/java/org/apache/maven/plugin/plugin/AbstractGeneratorMojo.java
index 59f6036..7d0b8fd 100644
--- a/maven-plugin-plugin/src/main/java/org/apache/maven/plugin/plugin/AbstractGeneratorMojo.java
+++ b/maven-plugin-plugin/src/main/java/org/apache/maven/plugin/plugin/AbstractGeneratorMojo.java
@@ -166,7 +166,8 @@ public abstract class AbstractGeneratorMojo
         {
             pluginDescriptor.setDependencies( PluginUtils.toComponentDependencies( project.getRuntimeDependencies() ) );
             
-            PluginToolsRequest request = new DefaultPluginToolsRequest( project, pluginDescriptor ).setEncoding( encoding );
+            PluginToolsRequest request = new DefaultPluginToolsRequest( project, pluginDescriptor );
+            request.setEncoding( encoding );
 
             mojoScanner.populatePluginDescriptor( request );