diff --git a/api/pom.xml b/api/pom.xml
index bb197162f471..96fdadb65e20 100644
--- a/api/pom.xml
+++ b/api/pom.xml
@@ -31,7 +31,6 @@
pom
- modello-plugin-velocity
maven-api-meta
maven-api-xml
maven-api-model
diff --git a/api/modello-plugin-velocity/pom.xml b/modello-plugin-velocity/pom.xml
similarity index 98%
rename from api/modello-plugin-velocity/pom.xml
rename to modello-plugin-velocity/pom.xml
index b27baeccacba..1e4171427a34 100644
--- a/api/modello-plugin-velocity/pom.xml
+++ b/modello-plugin-velocity/pom.xml
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@
org.apache.maven
- maven-api
+ maven
4.0.0-alpha-3-SNAPSHOT
diff --git a/api/modello-plugin-velocity/src/main/java/org/codehaus/modello/plugin/velocity/Helper.java b/modello-plugin-velocity/src/main/java/org/codehaus/modello/plugin/velocity/Helper.java
similarity index 100%
rename from api/modello-plugin-velocity/src/main/java/org/codehaus/modello/plugin/velocity/Helper.java
rename to modello-plugin-velocity/src/main/java/org/codehaus/modello/plugin/velocity/Helper.java
diff --git a/api/modello-plugin-velocity/src/main/java/org/codehaus/modello/plugin/velocity/ModelloVelocityMojo.java b/modello-plugin-velocity/src/main/java/org/codehaus/modello/plugin/velocity/ModelloVelocityMojo.java
similarity index 100%
rename from api/modello-plugin-velocity/src/main/java/org/codehaus/modello/plugin/velocity/ModelloVelocityMojo.java
rename to modello-plugin-velocity/src/main/java/org/codehaus/modello/plugin/velocity/ModelloVelocityMojo.java
diff --git a/api/modello-plugin-velocity/src/main/java/org/codehaus/modello/plugin/velocity/VelocityGenerator.java b/modello-plugin-velocity/src/main/java/org/codehaus/modello/plugin/velocity/VelocityGenerator.java
similarity index 100%
rename from api/modello-plugin-velocity/src/main/java/org/codehaus/modello/plugin/velocity/VelocityGenerator.java
rename to modello-plugin-velocity/src/main/java/org/codehaus/modello/plugin/velocity/VelocityGenerator.java
diff --git a/api/modello-plugin-velocity/src/main/resources/META-INF/plexus/components.xml b/modello-plugin-velocity/src/main/resources/META-INF/plexus/components.xml
similarity index 100%
rename from api/modello-plugin-velocity/src/main/resources/META-INF/plexus/components.xml
rename to modello-plugin-velocity/src/main/resources/META-INF/plexus/components.xml
diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 2ccd6b9c6551..4b4801724e4c 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -78,12 +78,13 @@ under the License.
maven-bom
+ modello-plugin-velocity
+ api
maven-plugin-api
maven-builder-support
maven-model
maven-model-builder
maven-model-transform
- api
maven-xml-impl
plexus-utils
maven-core