diff --git a/src/test/java/org/apache/maven/plugins/dependency/AbstractDependencyMojoTestCase.java b/src/test/java/org/apache/maven/plugins/dependency/AbstractDependencyMojoTestCase.java
index fc8eacc05..6ac6ff227 100644
--- a/src/test/java/org/apache/maven/plugins/dependency/AbstractDependencyMojoTestCase.java
+++ b/src/test/java/org/apache/maven/plugins/dependency/AbstractDependencyMojoTestCase.java
@@ -51,9 +51,6 @@ protected void setUp(String testDirStr, boolean createFiles, boolean flattenedPa
         // required for mojo lookups to work
         super.setUp();
 
-        testDir = new File(
-                getBasedir(),
-                "target" + File.separatorChar + "unit-tests" + File.separatorChar + testDirStr + File.separatorChar);
         testDir = Files.createTempDirectory("testDirStr").toFile();
         testDir.deleteOnExit();