diff --git a/src/it/projects/MJAVADOC-611_dependencyLinks/invoker.properties b/src/it/projects/MJAVADOC-611_dependencyLinks/invoker.properties
deleted file mode 100644
index 7a948bb3e..000000000
--- a/src/it/projects/MJAVADOC-611_dependencyLinks/invoker.properties
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,17 +0,0 @@
-# Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one
-# or more contributor license agreements.  See the NOTICE file
-# distributed with this work for additional information
-# regarding copyright ownership.  The ASF licenses this file
-# to you under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the
-# "License"); you may not use this file except in compliance
-# with the License.  You may obtain a copy of the License at
-# 
-#   http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
-# 
-# Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing,
-# software distributed under the License is distributed on an
-# "AS IS" BASIS, WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY
-# KIND, either express or implied.  See the License for the
-# specific language governing permissions and limitations
-# under the License.
-invoker.goals = compile javadoc:javadoc
diff --git a/src/it/projects/MJAVADOC-611_dependencyLinks/pom.xml b/src/it/projects/MJAVADOC-611_dependencyLinks/pom.xml
deleted file mode 100644
index f6b4acdb4..000000000
--- a/src/it/projects/MJAVADOC-611_dependencyLinks/pom.xml
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,62 +0,0 @@
-<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
-<!--
-  ~ Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one
-  ~ or more contributor license agreements.  See the NOTICE file
-  ~ distributed with this work for additional information
-  ~ regarding copyright ownership.  The ASF licenses this file
-  ~ to you under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the
-  ~ "License"); you may not use this file except in compliance
-  ~ with the License.  You may obtain a copy of the License at
-  ~
-  ~   http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
-  ~
-  ~ Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing,
-  ~ software distributed under the License is distributed on an
-  ~ "AS IS" BASIS, WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY
-  ~ KIND, either express or implied.  See the License for the
-  ~ specific language governing permissions and limitations
-  ~ under the License.
-  -->
-<project xmlns="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0"
-  xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance"
-  xsi:schemaLocation="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0 https://maven.apache.org/xsd/maven-4.0.0.xsd">
-  <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
-
-  <groupId>foo</groupId>
-  <artifactId>bar</artifactId>
-  <version>0.1.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
-
-  <properties>
-    <project.build.sourceEncoding>UTF-8</project.build.sourceEncoding>
-    <maven.compiler.source>@maven.compiler.source@</maven.compiler.source>
-    <maven.compiler.target>@maven.compiler.target@</maven.compiler.target>
-  </properties>
-
-  <build>
-    <plugins>
-      <plugin>
-        <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
-        <artifactId>maven-javadoc-plugin</artifactId>
-        <version>@project.version@</version>
-        <configuration>
-          <detectLinks>true</detectLinks>
-          <dependencyLinks>
-            <link>
-              <groupId>org.ow2.asm</groupId>
-              <artifactId>asm</artifactId>
-              <url>https://asm.ow2.io/javadoc</url>
-            </link>
-          </dependencyLinks>
-        </configuration>
-      </plugin>
-    </plugins>
-  </build>
-  
-  <dependencies>
-    <dependency>
-      <groupId>org.ow2.asm</groupId>
-      <artifactId>asm</artifactId>
-      <version>7.1</version>
-    </dependency>
-  </dependencies>
-</project>
diff --git a/src/it/projects/MJAVADOC-611_dependencyLinks/src/main/java/foo/Bar.java b/src/it/projects/MJAVADOC-611_dependencyLinks/src/main/java/foo/Bar.java
deleted file mode 100644
index 7ef64220c..000000000
--- a/src/it/projects/MJAVADOC-611_dependencyLinks/src/main/java/foo/Bar.java
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,34 +0,0 @@
-package foo;
-
-/*
- * Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one
- * or more contributor license agreements.  See the NOTICE file
- * distributed with this work for additional information
- * regarding copyright ownership.  The ASF licenses this file
- * to you under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the
- * "License"); you may not use this file except in compliance
- * with the License.  You may obtain a copy of the License at
- *
- *   http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
- *
- * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing,
- * software distributed under the License is distributed on an
- * "AS IS" BASIS, WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY
- * KIND, either express or implied.  See the License for the
- * specific language governing permissions and limitations
- * under the License.
- */
-
-import org.objectweb.asm.Opcodes;
-
-/**
- * Bar.
- */
-public class Bar implements Opcodes
-{
-    public void run()
-    {
-        System.out.println( "Bar" );
-    }
-
-}
diff --git a/src/it/projects/MJAVADOC-611_dependencyLinks/verify.groovy b/src/it/projects/MJAVADOC-611_dependencyLinks/verify.groovy
deleted file mode 100644
index 0ddf0cf8d..000000000
--- a/src/it/projects/MJAVADOC-611_dependencyLinks/verify.groovy
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,25 +0,0 @@
-/*
- * Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one
- * or more contributor license agreements.  See the NOTICE file
- * distributed with this work for additional information
- * regarding copyright ownership.  The ASF licenses this file
- * to you under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the
- * "License"); you may not use this file except in compliance
- * with the License.  You may obtain a copy of the License at
- *
- *   http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
- *
- * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing,
- * software distributed under the License is distributed on an
- * "AS IS" BASIS, WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY
- * KIND, either express or implied.  See the License for the
- * specific language governing permissions and limitations
- * under the License.
- */
-
-def options = new File( basedir, 'target/reports/apidocs/options' );
-assert options.exists() : options + " not found"
-
-def linkLines = options.readLines().dropWhile{it != '-link'}.drop(1).takeWhile{!it.startsWith('-')}
-assert linkLines.size() == 1
-assert linkLines[0] == "'https://asm.ow2.io/javadoc'"