diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 57202ed94..24a9709c2 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -484,6 +484,7 @@ under the License.
               <pomIncludes>
                 <pomInclude>*/pom.xml</pomInclude>
                 <pomInclude>add-dependency/*/pom.xml</pomInclude>
+                <pomInclude>remove-dependency/*/pom.xml</pomInclude>
                 <pomInclude>purge-local-repository-without-pom</pomInclude>
               </pomIncludes>
               <!-- for mrm -->
diff --git a/src/it/projects/remove-dependency/basic/invoker.properties b/src/it/projects/remove-dependency/basic/invoker.properties
index 1ab3d2ee1..2eeb9e081 100644
--- a/src/it/projects/remove-dependency/basic/invoker.properties
+++ b/src/it/projects/remove-dependency/basic/invoker.properties
@@ -15,4 +15,4 @@
 # specific language governing permissions and limitations
 # under the License.
 
-invoker.goals = ${project.groupId}:${project.artifactId}:${project.version}:remove -Dgav=org.apache.commons:commons-lang3
+invoker.goals = ${project.groupId}:${project.artifactId}:${project.version}:remove -Dgav=org.apache.maven.its.dependency:a1
diff --git a/src/it/projects/remove-dependency/basic/pom.xml b/src/it/projects/remove-dependency/basic/pom.xml
index 54a314be7..19fbe58e3 100644
--- a/src/it/projects/remove-dependency/basic/pom.xml
+++ b/src/it/projects/remove-dependency/basic/pom.xml
@@ -28,9 +28,14 @@
     <version>1.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
     <dependencies>
         <dependency>
-            <groupId>org.apache.commons</groupId>
-            <artifactId>commons-lang3</artifactId>
-            <version>3.18.0</version>
+            <groupId>org.apache.maven.its.dependency</groupId>
+            <artifactId>a1</artifactId>
+            <version>1.0.0</version>
         </dependency>
+      <dependency>
+        <groupId>org.apache.maven.its.dependency</groupId>
+        <artifactId>a2</artifactId>
+        <version>1.0.0</version>
+      </dependency>
     </dependencies>
 </project>
diff --git a/src/it/projects/remove-dependency/basic/verify.groovy b/src/it/projects/remove-dependency/basic/verify.groovy
index 385591aa4..2df316d73 100644
--- a/src/it/projects/remove-dependency/basic/verify.groovy
+++ b/src/it/projects/remove-dependency/basic/verify.groovy
@@ -21,5 +21,7 @@ File pom = new File(basedir, "pom.xml")
 assert pom.exists()
 def xml = new groovy.xml.XmlSlurper().parseText(pom.text)
 def deps = xml.dependencies.dependency
-def dep = deps.find { it.artifactId.text() == 'commons-lang3' }
-assert dep == null : "commons-lang3 should have been removed from dependencies"
+assert deps.size() == 1 : "there should be only one dependency left"
+
+def dep = deps.find { it.artifactId.text() == 'a1' }
+assert dep.isEmpty() : "a1 should have been removed from dependencies"
diff --git a/src/it/projects/remove-dependency/not-found/verify.groovy b/src/it/projects/remove-dependency/not-found/verify.groovy
index 320bd9b08..eb1583271 100644
--- a/src/it/projects/remove-dependency/not-found/verify.groovy
+++ b/src/it/projects/remove-dependency/not-found/verify.groovy
@@ -18,4 +18,5 @@
  */
 
 def log = new File(basedir, "build.log")
-assert log.text.contains('not found')
+assert log.text.contains('Dependency nonexistent:lib not found in <dependencies>') :
+        "Expected error message about nonexistent dependency should be in build log"