diff --git a/maven-plugin-tools-annotations/pom.xml b/maven-plugin-tools-annotations/pom.xml
index 9346d17..fe9d085 100644
--- a/maven-plugin-tools-annotations/pom.xml
+++ b/maven-plugin-tools-annotations/pom.xml
@@ -70,10 +70,6 @@
       </exclusions>
     </dependency>
 
-    <dependency>
-      <groupId>org.codehaus.plexus</groupId>
-      <artifactId>plexus-container-default</artifactId>
-    </dependency>
     <dependency>
       <groupId>org.ow2.asm</groupId>
       <artifactId>asm</artifactId>
diff --git a/maven-plugin-tools-ant/pom.xml b/maven-plugin-tools-ant/pom.xml
index 2c996b8..b34b916 100644
--- a/maven-plugin-tools-ant/pom.xml
+++ b/maven-plugin-tools-ant/pom.xml
@@ -57,10 +57,6 @@
       <groupId>org.codehaus.plexus</groupId>
       <artifactId>plexus-utils</artifactId>
     </dependency>
-    <dependency>
-      <groupId>org.codehaus.plexus</groupId>
-      <artifactId>plexus-container-default</artifactId>
-    </dependency>
     <dependency>
       <groupId>org.codehaus.plexus</groupId>
       <artifactId>plexus-component-annotations</artifactId>
diff --git a/maven-plugin-tools-api/pom.xml b/maven-plugin-tools-api/pom.xml
index 65de5bc..7197aa0 100644
--- a/maven-plugin-tools-api/pom.xml
+++ b/maven-plugin-tools-api/pom.xml
@@ -61,10 +61,6 @@
       <groupId>org.codehaus.plexus</groupId>
       <artifactId>plexus-utils</artifactId>
     </dependency>
-    <dependency>
-      <groupId>org.codehaus.plexus</groupId>
-      <artifactId>plexus-container-default</artifactId>
-    </dependency>
 
     <!-- test -->
     <dependency>
diff --git a/maven-plugin-tools-generators/pom.xml b/maven-plugin-tools-generators/pom.xml
index 1820d1f..d9e6b85 100644
--- a/maven-plugin-tools-generators/pom.xml
+++ b/maven-plugin-tools-generators/pom.xml
@@ -67,10 +67,6 @@
       <groupId>org.codehaus.plexus</groupId>
       <artifactId>plexus-utils</artifactId>
     </dependency>
-    <dependency>
-      <groupId>org.codehaus.plexus</groupId>
-      <artifactId>plexus-container-default</artifactId>
-    </dependency>
     <dependency>
       <groupId>org.codehaus.plexus</groupId>
       <artifactId>plexus-velocity</artifactId>
diff --git a/maven-plugin-tools-java/pom.xml b/maven-plugin-tools-java/pom.xml
index 50e7f57..5e298d8 100644
--- a/maven-plugin-tools-java/pom.xml
+++ b/maven-plugin-tools-java/pom.xml
@@ -63,10 +63,6 @@
       <groupId>org.codehaus.plexus</groupId>
       <artifactId>plexus-utils</artifactId>
     </dependency>
-    <dependency>
-      <groupId>org.codehaus.plexus</groupId>
-      <artifactId>plexus-container-default</artifactId>
-    </dependency>
     <dependency>
       <groupId>org.codehaus.plexus</groupId>
       <artifactId>plexus-component-annotations</artifactId>
diff --git a/maven-plugin-tools-model/pom.xml b/maven-plugin-tools-model/pom.xml
index c9a4f75..c547752 100644
--- a/maven-plugin-tools-model/pom.xml
+++ b/maven-plugin-tools-model/pom.xml
@@ -45,10 +45,6 @@
       <groupId>org.codehaus.plexus</groupId>
       <artifactId>plexus-utils</artifactId>
     </dependency>
-    <dependency>
-      <groupId>org.codehaus.plexus</groupId>
-      <artifactId>plexus-container-default</artifactId>
-    </dependency>
   </dependencies>
 
   <build>
diff --git a/maven-script/maven-script-ant/pom.xml b/maven-script/maven-script-ant/pom.xml
index e23456c..db4c447 100644
--- a/maven-script/maven-script-ant/pom.xml
+++ b/maven-script/maven-script-ant/pom.xml
@@ -51,10 +51,6 @@ under the License.
       <artifactId>plexus-ant-factory</artifactId>
       <version>1.0-alpha-2.1</version>
     </dependency>
-    <dependency>
-      <groupId>org.codehaus.plexus</groupId>
-      <artifactId>plexus-container-default</artifactId>
-    </dependency>
     <dependency>
       <groupId>org.apache.maven</groupId>
       <artifactId>maven-project</artifactId>
diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index b7c95f7..3355564 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -190,11 +190,6 @@
           </exclusion>
         </exclusions>
       </dependency>
-      <dependency>
-        <groupId>org.codehaus.plexus</groupId>
-        <artifactId>plexus-container-default</artifactId>
-        <version>1.0-alpha-9-stable-1</version>
-      </dependency>
       <dependency>
         <groupId>org.codehaus.plexus</groupId>
         <artifactId>plexus-archiver</artifactId>