diff -ru maven-plugin-api-bootstrap.orig/src/main/java/org/apache/maven/plugin/descriptor/PluginDescriptor.java maven-plugin-api-bootstrap/src/main/java/org/apache/maven/plugin/descriptor/PluginDescriptor.java
--- maven-plugin-api-bootstrap.orig/src/main/java/org/apache/maven/plugin/descriptor/PluginDescriptor.java	2014-02-14 12:34:53.000000000 -0500
+++ maven-plugin-api-bootstrap/src/main/java/org/apache/maven/plugin/descriptor/PluginDescriptor.java	2014-05-30 17:11:56.686594113 -0400
@@ -34,10 +34,6 @@
 
 import org.apache.maven.artifact.Artifact;
 import org.apache.maven.artifact.ArtifactUtils;
-import org.apache.maven.model.Plugin;
-import org.apache.maven.plugin.lifecycle.Lifecycle;
-import org.apache.maven.plugin.lifecycle.LifecycleConfiguration;
-import org.apache.maven.plugin.lifecycle.io.xpp3.LifecycleMappingsXpp3Reader;
 import org.codehaus.plexus.classworlds.realm.ClassRealm;
 import org.codehaus.plexus.component.repository.ComponentSetDescriptor;
 import org.codehaus.plexus.util.IOUtil;
@@ -81,12 +77,8 @@
 
     private String requiredMavenVersion;
 
-    private Plugin plugin;
-
     private Artifact pluginArtifact;
 
-    private Map<String, Lifecycle> lifecycleMappings;
-
     // ----------------------------------------------------------------------
     //
     // ----------------------------------------------------------------------
@@ -350,16 +342,6 @@
         return requiredMavenVersion;
     }
 
-    public void setPlugin( Plugin plugin )
-    {
-        this.plugin = plugin;
-    }
-
-    public Plugin getPlugin()
-    {
-        return plugin;
-    }
-
     public Artifact getPluginArtifact()
     {
         return pluginArtifact;
@@ -370,36 +352,6 @@
         this.pluginArtifact = pluginArtifact;
     }
 
-    public Lifecycle getLifecycleMapping( String lifecycleId )
-        throws IOException, XmlPullParserException
-    {
-        if ( lifecycleMappings == null )
-        {
-            LifecycleConfiguration lifecycleConfiguration;
-
-            Reader reader = null;
-            try
-            {
-                reader = ReaderFactory.newXmlReader( getDescriptorStream( LIFECYCLE_DESCRIPTOR ) );
-
-                lifecycleConfiguration = new LifecycleMappingsXpp3Reader().read( reader );
-            }
-            finally
-            {
-                IOUtil.close( reader );
-            }
-
-            lifecycleMappings = new HashMap<String, Lifecycle>();
-
-            for ( Lifecycle lifecycle : lifecycleConfiguration.getLifecycles() )
-            {
-                lifecycleMappings.put( lifecycle.getId(), lifecycle );
-            }
-        }
-
-        return lifecycleMappings.get( lifecycleId );
-    }
-
     private InputStream getDescriptorStream( String descriptor )
         throws IOException
     {