diff --git a/plexus-component-metadata/pom.xml b/plexus-component-metadata/pom.xml
index 49e24c80..a0ae9f89 100644
--- a/plexus-component-metadata/pom.xml
+++ b/plexus-component-metadata/pom.xml
@@ -15,6 +15,51 @@
   <name>Plexus :: Component Metadata (Maven Plugin) (deprecated)</name>
   <description>A Maven plugin to generate Plexus Components descriptors from source javadoc tags and Java class annotations.</description>
 
+  <dependencyManagement>
+    <dependencies>
+      <dependency>
+        <groupId>org.codehaus.plexus</groupId>
+        <artifactId>plexus-component-annotations</artifactId>
+        <version>${project.version}</version>
+      </dependency>
+      <dependency>
+        <groupId>org.codehaus.plexus</groupId>
+        <artifactId>plexus-utils</artifactId>
+        <version>${plexusUtilsVersion}</version>
+      </dependency>
+      <dependency>
+        <groupId>com.thoughtworks.qdox</groupId>
+        <artifactId>qdox</artifactId>
+        <version>2.0.3</version>
+      </dependency>
+      <dependency>
+        <groupId>org.jdom</groupId>
+        <artifactId>jdom2</artifactId>
+        <version>2.0.6.1</version>
+      </dependency>
+      <dependency>
+        <groupId>org.apache.maven</groupId>
+        <artifactId>maven-plugin-api</artifactId>
+        <version>${mavenVersion}</version>
+      </dependency>
+      <dependency>
+        <groupId>org.apache.maven</groupId>
+        <artifactId>maven-model</artifactId>
+        <version>${mavenVersion}</version>
+      </dependency>
+      <dependency>
+        <groupId>org.apache.maven</groupId>
+        <artifactId>maven-core</artifactId>
+        <version>${mavenVersion}</version>
+      </dependency>
+      <dependency>
+        <groupId>junit</groupId>
+        <artifactId>junit</artifactId>
+        <version>4.13.2</version>
+      </dependency>
+    </dependencies>
+  </dependencyManagement>
+
   <dependencies>
     <dependency>
       <groupId>org.codehaus.plexus</groupId>
@@ -32,11 +77,6 @@
       <groupId>org.jdom</groupId>
       <artifactId>jdom2</artifactId>
     </dependency>
-    <dependency>
-      <groupId>org.eclipse.sisu</groupId>
-      <artifactId>org.eclipse.sisu.plexus</artifactId>
-      <scope>provided</scope>
-    </dependency>
     <dependency>
       <groupId>org.apache.maven</groupId>
       <artifactId>maven-plugin-api</artifactId>
diff --git a/plexus-container-default/pom.xml b/plexus-container-default/pom.xml
index 56f7d781..66f5ead5 100644
--- a/plexus-container-default/pom.xml
+++ b/plexus-container-default/pom.xml
@@ -13,6 +13,36 @@
   <name>Plexus :: Default Container (deprecated)</name>
   <description>The Plexus IoC container API and its default implementation.</description>
 
+  <properties>
+    <classWorldsVersion>2.7.0</classWorldsVersion>
+    <xbeanReflectVersion>4.23</xbeanReflectVersion>
+  </properties>
+
+  <dependencyManagement>
+    <dependencies>
+      <dependency>
+        <groupId>org.codehaus.plexus</groupId>
+        <artifactId>plexus-classworlds</artifactId>
+        <version>${classWorldsVersion}</version>
+      </dependency>
+      <dependency>
+        <groupId>org.codehaus.plexus</groupId>
+        <artifactId>plexus-utils</artifactId>
+        <version>${plexusUtilsVersion}</version>
+      </dependency>
+      <dependency>
+        <groupId>org.apache.xbean</groupId>
+        <artifactId>xbean-reflect</artifactId>
+        <version>${xbeanReflectVersion}</version>
+      </dependency>
+      <dependency>
+        <groupId>junit</groupId>
+        <artifactId>junit</artifactId>
+        <version>4.13.2</version>
+      </dependency>
+    </dependencies>
+  </dependencyManagement>
+
   <dependencies>
     <dependency>
       <groupId>org.codehaus.plexus</groupId>
diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 738979dd..a69a4262 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -41,82 +41,10 @@
 
   <properties>
     <scm.url>scm:git:git@github.com:codehaus-plexus/plexus-containers.git</scm.url>
-    <classWorldsVersion>2.7.0</classWorldsVersion>
     <plexusUtilsVersion>3.5.1</plexusUtilsVersion>
-    <xbeanReflectVersion>4.23</xbeanReflectVersion>
     <mavenVersion>3.2.5</mavenVersion>
   </properties>
 
-  <dependencyManagement>
-    <dependencies>
-      <dependency>
-        <groupId>org.codehaus.plexus</groupId>
-        <artifactId>plexus-container-default</artifactId>
-        <version>${project.version}</version>
-      </dependency>
-      <dependency>
-        <groupId>org.eclipse.sisu</groupId>
-        <artifactId>org.eclipse.sisu.plexus</artifactId>
-        <version>0.9.0.M2</version>
-      </dependency>
-      <dependency>
-        <groupId>org.codehaus.plexus</groupId>
-        <artifactId>plexus-component-annotations</artifactId>
-        <version>${project.version}</version>
-      </dependency>
-      <dependency>
-        <groupId>org.codehaus.plexus</groupId>
-        <artifactId>plexus-component-metadata</artifactId>
-        <version>${project.version}</version>
-      </dependency>
-      <dependency>
-        <groupId>org.codehaus.plexus</groupId>
-        <artifactId>plexus-classworlds</artifactId>
-        <version>${classWorldsVersion}</version>
-      </dependency>
-      <dependency>
-        <groupId>org.codehaus.plexus</groupId>
-        <artifactId>plexus-utils</artifactId>
-        <version>${plexusUtilsVersion}</version>
-      </dependency>
-      <dependency>
-        <groupId>org.apache.xbean</groupId>
-        <artifactId>xbean-reflect</artifactId>
-        <version>${xbeanReflectVersion}</version>
-      </dependency>
-      <dependency>
-        <groupId>com.thoughtworks.qdox</groupId>
-        <artifactId>qdox</artifactId>
-        <version>2.0.3</version>
-      </dependency>
-      <dependency>
-        <groupId>org.jdom</groupId>
-        <artifactId>jdom2</artifactId>
-        <version>2.0.6.1</version>
-      </dependency>
-      <dependency>
-        <groupId>org.apache.maven</groupId>
-        <artifactId>maven-plugin-api</artifactId>
-        <version>${mavenVersion}</version>
-      </dependency>
-      <dependency>
-        <groupId>org.apache.maven</groupId>
-        <artifactId>maven-model</artifactId>
-        <version>${mavenVersion}</version>
-      </dependency>
-      <dependency>
-        <groupId>org.apache.maven</groupId>
-        <artifactId>maven-core</artifactId>
-        <version>${mavenVersion}</version>
-      </dependency>
-      <dependency>
-        <groupId>junit</groupId>
-        <artifactId>junit</artifactId>
-        <version>4.13.2</version>
-      </dependency>
-    </dependencies>
-  </dependencyManagement>
-
   <build>
     <pluginManagement>
       <plugins>