diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 03b797c2..3ae0baa0 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -375,8 +375,6 @@ under the License.
src/it/settings.xml
-Djava.io.tmpdir=${project.build.directory}
-
- ${https.protocols}
${maven.compiler.source}
${maven.compiler.target}
diff --git a/src/it/MINVOKER-191/pom.xml b/src/it/MINVOKER-191/pom.xml
index c16c506a..6448c7cb 100644
--- a/src/it/MINVOKER-191/pom.xml
+++ b/src/it/MINVOKER-191/pom.xml
@@ -67,10 +67,6 @@ under the License.
@project.version@
true
-
-
- ${https.protocols}
-
diff --git a/src/it/MINVOKER-243_install-reactor/pom.xml b/src/it/MINVOKER-243_install-reactor/pom.xml
index 21881e33..125f22dc 100644
--- a/src/it/MINVOKER-243_install-reactor/pom.xml
+++ b/src/it/MINVOKER-243_install-reactor/pom.xml
@@ -61,12 +61,6 @@ under the License.
org.apache.maven.plugins
maven-invoker-plugin
@project.version@
-
-
-
- ${https.protocols}
-
-
diff --git a/src/it/exec-timeout-invoker-level/pom.xml b/src/it/exec-timeout-invoker-level/pom.xml
index 3bcb75c7..441d9aac 100644
--- a/src/it/exec-timeout-invoker-level/pom.xml
+++ b/src/it/exec-timeout-invoker-level/pom.xml
@@ -45,10 +45,6 @@ under the License.
true
${project.build.directory}/it
${project.build.directory}/local-repo
-
-
- ${https.protocols}
-
diff --git a/src/it/exec-timeout-invoker-level/src/it/basic/pom.xml b/src/it/exec-timeout-invoker-level/src/it/basic/pom.xml
index eba22ebb..9bebf8ba 100644
--- a/src/it/exec-timeout-invoker-level/src/it/basic/pom.xml
+++ b/src/it/exec-timeout-invoker-level/src/it/basic/pom.xml
@@ -33,12 +33,6 @@ under the License.
org.apache.maven.plugins.invoker
exec-timeout-invoker-level
1.0-SNAPSHOT
-
-
-
- ${https.protocols}
-
-
touch
diff --git a/src/it/exec-timeout-mojo-level/pom.xml b/src/it/exec-timeout-mojo-level/pom.xml
index 3f02a9a7..e9a1f5e5 100644
--- a/src/it/exec-timeout-mojo-level/pom.xml
+++ b/src/it/exec-timeout-mojo-level/pom.xml
@@ -46,10 +46,6 @@ under the License.
2
${project.build.directory}/it
${project.build.directory}/local-repo
-
-
- ${https.protocols}
-
diff --git a/src/it/exec-timeout-mojo-level/src/it/basic/pom.xml b/src/it/exec-timeout-mojo-level/src/it/basic/pom.xml
index eba22ebb..9bebf8ba 100644
--- a/src/it/exec-timeout-mojo-level/src/it/basic/pom.xml
+++ b/src/it/exec-timeout-mojo-level/src/it/basic/pom.xml
@@ -33,12 +33,6 @@ under the License.
org.apache.maven.plugins.invoker
exec-timeout-invoker-level
1.0-SNAPSHOT
-
-
-
- ${https.protocols}
-
-
touch
diff --git a/src/it/filtering-extensions/pom.xml b/src/it/filtering-extensions/pom.xml
index 2d72f148..814bdd3d 100644
--- a/src/it/filtering-extensions/pom.xml
+++ b/src/it/filtering-extensions/pom.xml
@@ -49,10 +49,6 @@ under the License.
process-resources
-
-
- ${https.protocols}
-
diff --git a/src/it/invocation-debug/pom.xml b/src/it/invocation-debug/pom.xml
index 1af96da3..6ced9064 100644
--- a/src/it/invocation-debug/pom.xml
+++ b/src/it/invocation-debug/pom.xml
@@ -47,10 +47,6 @@ under the License.
false
verify
-
-
- ${https.protocols}
-
diff --git a/src/it/invocation-debug/src/it/minvoker-142/pom.xml b/src/it/invocation-debug/src/it/minvoker-142/pom.xml
index 2cf36a45..38521aab 100644
--- a/src/it/invocation-debug/src/it/minvoker-142/pom.xml
+++ b/src/it/invocation-debug/src/it/minvoker-142/pom.xml
@@ -42,10 +42,6 @@ under the License.
enforce
-
-
- ${https.protocols}
-
diff --git a/src/it/invocation-emptyproperty/pom.xml b/src/it/invocation-emptyproperty/pom.xml
index 3b876efe..23bee19b 100644
--- a/src/it/invocation-emptyproperty/pom.xml
+++ b/src/it/invocation-emptyproperty/pom.xml
@@ -48,8 +48,6 @@ under the License.
value
${example.property}
-
- ${https.protocols}
diff --git a/src/it/invocation-emptyproperty/src/it/minvoker-118/pom.xml b/src/it/invocation-emptyproperty/src/it/minvoker-118/pom.xml
index 17fc2413..55a84532 100644
--- a/src/it/invocation-emptyproperty/src/it/minvoker-118/pom.xml
+++ b/src/it/invocation-emptyproperty/src/it/minvoker-118/pom.xml
@@ -42,10 +42,6 @@ under the License.
enforce
-
-
- ${https.protocols}
-
diff --git a/src/it/invocation-multiple/pom.xml b/src/it/invocation-multiple/pom.xml
index 67d1caa2..0ce8813a 100644
--- a/src/it/invocation-multiple/pom.xml
+++ b/src/it/invocation-multiple/pom.xml
@@ -55,8 +55,6 @@ under the License.
${maven.compiler.source}
${maven.compiler.target}
-
- ${https.protocols}
diff --git a/src/it/invocation-offline/pom.xml b/src/it/invocation-offline/pom.xml
index bb9efaf5..eeb61d7e 100644
--- a/src/it/invocation-offline/pom.xml
+++ b/src/it/invocation-offline/pom.xml
@@ -50,10 +50,6 @@ under the License.
validate
-
-
- ${https.protocols}
-
diff --git a/src/it/invocation-reactor-indirect/pom.xml b/src/it/invocation-reactor-indirect/pom.xml
index a7c0f1ab..2c511796 100644
--- a/src/it/invocation-reactor-indirect/pom.xml
+++ b/src/it/invocation-reactor-indirect/pom.xml
@@ -64,12 +64,6 @@ under the License.
org.apache.maven.plugins
maven-invoker-plugin
@project.version@
-
-
-
- ${https.protocols}
-
-
diff --git a/src/it/invocation-spaces/pom.xml b/src/it/invocation-spaces/pom.xml
index 7bfede6b..85dd7f1e 100644
--- a/src/it/invocation-spaces/pom.xml
+++ b/src/it/invocation-spaces/pom.xml
@@ -52,8 +52,6 @@ under the License.
install
-
- ${https.protocols}
value with spaces from cli
diff --git a/src/it/local-repo-default/pom.xml b/src/it/local-repo-default/pom.xml
index ce1c1cff..b601efb2 100644
--- a/src/it/local-repo-default/pom.xml
+++ b/src/it/local-repo-default/pom.xml
@@ -51,10 +51,6 @@ under the License.
install
-
-
- ${https.protocols}
-
diff --git a/src/it/local-repo-isolated/pom.xml b/src/it/local-repo-isolated/pom.xml
index 06a16ef8..a2e2f8e7 100644
--- a/src/it/local-repo-isolated/pom.xml
+++ b/src/it/local-repo-isolated/pom.xml
@@ -50,10 +50,6 @@ under the License.
install
-
-
- ${https.protocols}
-
diff --git a/src/it/local-repo-path/pom.xml b/src/it/local-repo-path/pom.xml
index 85a77390..b2bab596 100644
--- a/src/it/local-repo-path/pom.xml
+++ b/src/it/local-repo-path/pom.xml
@@ -56,10 +56,6 @@ under the License.
org.apache.maven.plugins:maven-clean-plugin:2.2:clean
-
-
- ${https.protocols}
-
diff --git a/src/it/pom-filtering-encoding/pom.xml b/src/it/pom-filtering-encoding/pom.xml
index 72331d4e..a769935f 100644
--- a/src/it/pom-filtering-encoding/pom.xml
+++ b/src/it/pom-filtering-encoding/pom.xml
@@ -47,10 +47,6 @@ under the License.
©®ÄÖÜäöüß
-
-
- ${https.protocols}
-
diff --git a/src/it/pom-filtering/pom.xml b/src/it/pom-filtering/pom.xml
index b43fd1d4..c0d5dc21 100644
--- a/src/it/pom-filtering/pom.xml
+++ b/src/it/pom-filtering/pom.xml
@@ -60,10 +60,6 @@ under the License.
FAILED
FAILED
-
-
- ${https.protocols}
-
diff --git a/src/it/postbuild-executed-only-once/pom.xml b/src/it/postbuild-executed-only-once/pom.xml
index 0a9faa98..7372b833 100644
--- a/src/it/postbuild-executed-only-once/pom.xml
+++ b/src/it/postbuild-executed-only-once/pom.xml
@@ -51,8 +51,6 @@ under the License.
${maven.compiler.source}
${maven.compiler.target}
-
- ${https.protocols}
diff --git a/src/it/settings-inherit/pom.xml b/src/it/settings-inherit/pom.xml
index 068063d1..d7173221 100644
--- a/src/it/settings-inherit/pom.xml
+++ b/src/it/settings-inherit/pom.xml
@@ -43,10 +43,6 @@ under the License.
${project.build.directory}/it
true
true
-
-
- ${https.protocols}
-
diff --git a/src/it/settings-inherit/src/it/project/pom.xml b/src/it/settings-inherit/src/it/project/pom.xml
index a367a642..4d50191f 100644
--- a/src/it/settings-inherit/src/it/project/pom.xml
+++ b/src/it/settings-inherit/src/it/project/pom.xml
@@ -51,10 +51,6 @@ under the License.
true
-
-
- ${https.protocols}
-
diff --git a/src/it/settings-merge-multiexecutions/pom.xml b/src/it/settings-merge-multiexecutions/pom.xml
index fe7c2aec..ff6535cf 100644
--- a/src/it/settings-merge-multiexecutions/pom.xml
+++ b/src/it/settings-merge-multiexecutions/pom.xml
@@ -37,10 +37,6 @@ under the License.
${project.build.directory}/it
src/it/settings.xml
true
-
-
- ${https.protocols}
-
diff --git a/src/it/settings-merge/pom.xml b/src/it/settings-merge/pom.xml
index c7b89c6a..7c518059 100644
--- a/src/it/settings-merge/pom.xml
+++ b/src/it/settings-merge/pom.xml
@@ -45,10 +45,6 @@ under the License.
true
src/it/settings.xml
true
-
-
- ${https.protocols}
-
diff --git a/src/it/settings-merge_jdk9+/pom.xml b/src/it/settings-merge_jdk9+/pom.xml
index c7b89c6a..7c518059 100644
--- a/src/it/settings-merge_jdk9+/pom.xml
+++ b/src/it/settings-merge_jdk9+/pom.xml
@@ -45,10 +45,6 @@ under the License.
true
src/it/settings.xml
true
-
-
- ${https.protocols}
-
diff --git a/src/it/settings-override/pom.xml b/src/it/settings-override/pom.xml
index c8ec0145..79650f8e 100644
--- a/src/it/settings-override/pom.xml
+++ b/src/it/settings-override/pom.xml
@@ -43,10 +43,6 @@ under the License.
src/it/settings.xml
true
-
-
- ${https.protocols}
-
diff --git a/src/it/spaces-should-work_non-windows/pom.xml b/src/it/spaces-should-work_non-windows/pom.xml
index 766fe3dc..75a31c36 100644
--- a/src/it/spaces-should-work_non-windows/pom.xml
+++ b/src/it/spaces-should-work_non-windows/pom.xml
@@ -47,10 +47,6 @@ under the License.
validate
verify
-
-
- ${https.protocols}
-
diff --git a/src/it/special-characters-should-work/pom.xml b/src/it/special-characters-should-work/pom.xml
index 5df94f8f..9b498a38 100644
--- a/src/it/special-characters-should-work/pom.xml
+++ b/src/it/special-characters-should-work/pom.xml
@@ -47,10 +47,6 @@ under the License.
false
verify
-
-
- ${https.protocols}
-
diff --git a/src/it/wrongPropertyInterpolation/pom.xml b/src/it/wrongPropertyInterpolation/pom.xml
index 9450abd0..03eab80e 100644
--- a/src/it/wrongPropertyInterpolation/pom.xml
+++ b/src/it/wrongPropertyInterpolation/pom.xml
@@ -44,10 +44,6 @@ under the License.
${project.build.directory}/it
verify
-
-
- ${https.protocols}
-