diff --git a/plexus-component-metadata/pom.xml b/plexus-component-metadata/pom.xml
index cbb036ff9..bece9f215 100644
--- a/plexus-component-metadata/pom.xml
+++ b/plexus-component-metadata/pom.xml
@@ -48,16 +48,6 @@
       <groupId>org.apache.maven</groupId>
       <artifactId>maven-project</artifactId>
     </dependency>
-    <dependency>
-      <groupId>org.codehaus.plexus</groupId>
-      <artifactId>plexus-cli</artifactId>
-      <version>1.6</version>
-    </dependency>
-    <dependency>
-      <groupId>commons-cli</groupId>
-      <artifactId>commons-cli</artifactId>
-      <version>1.2</version>
-    </dependency>
     <dependency>
       <groupId>org.ow2.asm</groupId>
       <artifactId>asm</artifactId>
diff --git a/plexus-component-metadata/src/main/java/org/codehaus/plexus/metadata/PlexusMetadataGeneratorCli.java b/plexus-component-metadata/src/main/java/org/codehaus/plexus/metadata/PlexusMetadataGeneratorCli.java
deleted file mode 100644
index 505c57d98..000000000
--- a/plexus-component-metadata/src/main/java/org/codehaus/plexus/metadata/PlexusMetadataGeneratorCli.java
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,62 +0,0 @@
-package org.codehaus.plexus.metadata;
-
-import java.io.File;
-import java.util.Arrays;
-import java.util.Collections;
-
-import org.apache.commons.cli.CommandLine;
-import org.apache.commons.cli.OptionBuilder;
-import org.apache.commons.cli.Options;
-import org.codehaus.plexus.PlexusContainer;
-import org.codehaus.plexus.tools.cli.AbstractCli;
-
-public class PlexusMetadataGeneratorCli
-    extends AbstractCli
-{
-    public static final char SOURCE_DIRECTORY = 's';
-    public static final char SOURCE_ENCODING = 'e';
-    public static final char CLASSES_DIRECTORY = 'c';
-    public static final char OUTPUT_FILE = 'o';
-    public static final char DESCRIPTORS_DIRECTORY = 'm';
-
-    public static void main( String[] args )
-        throws Exception
-    {
-        new PlexusMetadataGeneratorCli().execute( args );
-    }
-
-    @Override
-    public String getPomPropertiesPath()
-    {
-        return "META-INF/maven/org.codehaus.plexus/plexus-metadata-generator/pom.properties";
-    }
-
-    @Override
-    @SuppressWarnings("static-access")
-    public Options buildCliOptions( Options options )
-    {
-        options.addOption( OptionBuilder.withLongOpt( "source" ).hasArg().withDescription( "Source directory." ).create( SOURCE_DIRECTORY ) );
-        options.addOption( OptionBuilder.withLongOpt( "encoding" ).hasArg().withDescription( "Source file encoding." ).create( SOURCE_ENCODING ) );
-        options.addOption( OptionBuilder.withLongOpt( "classes" ).hasArg().withDescription( "Classes directory." ).create( CLASSES_DIRECTORY ) );
-        options.addOption( OptionBuilder.withLongOpt( "output" ).hasArg().withDescription( "Output directory." ).create( OUTPUT_FILE ) );
-        options.addOption( OptionBuilder.withLongOpt( "descriptors" ).hasArg().withDescription( "Descriptors directory." ).create( DESCRIPTORS_DIRECTORY ) );
-        return options;
-    }    
-
-    public void invokePlexusComponent( CommandLine cli, PlexusContainer plexus )
-        throws Exception
-    {
-        MetadataGenerator metadataGenerator = plexus.lookup( MetadataGenerator.class );
-        
-        MetadataGenerationRequest request = new MetadataGenerationRequest();        
-        request.classesDirectory = new File( cli.getOptionValue( CLASSES_DIRECTORY ) );
-        request.classpath = Collections.emptyList();
-        request.sourceDirectories = Arrays.asList( new String[]{ new File( cli.getOptionValue( SOURCE_DIRECTORY ) ).getAbsolutePath() } );
-        request.sourceEncoding = cli.getOptionValue( SOURCE_ENCODING );
-        request.useContextClassLoader = true;
-        request.outputFile = new File( cli.getOptionValue( OUTPUT_FILE ) );
-        request.componentDescriptorDirectory = new File( cli.getOptionValue( DESCRIPTORS_DIRECTORY ) );
-        
-        metadataGenerator.generateDescriptor( request );
-    }
-}