diff --git a/dashboard/plugin.jelly b/dashboard/plugin.jelly
index f50ee319..dd1c671b 100644
--- a/dashboard/plugin.jelly
+++ b/dashboard/plugin.jelly
@@ -156,6 +156,20 @@
   -->
   <goal name="dashboard:run-goals">
 
+    <!-- Make sure that the Clover plugin generates only the XML report (as 
+         this is report used by the Clover aggregators to extract information 
+         from). The reason we disable the other reports is to win some response 
+         time. -->
+    <j:set var="cloverReportXml"
+        value="${pom.getVariable('maven.clover.report.xml')}"/>
+    <j:set var="maven.clover.report.xml" value="true" scope="parent"/>
+    <j:set var="cloverReportHtml"
+        value="${pom.getVariable('maven.clover.report.html')}"/>
+    <j:set var="maven.clover.report.html" value="false" scope="parent"/>
+    <j:set var="cloverReportSwing"
+        value="${pom.getVariable('maven.clover.report.swing')}"/>
+    <j:set var="maven.clover.report.swing" value="false" scope="parent"/>
+
     <u:tokenize var="aggregatorNames" delim=",">${maven.dashboard.aggregators}</u:tokenize>
 
     <!-- Property used to remember what goals have already been called -->
@@ -200,6 +214,14 @@
       </j:forEach>
     </j:if>
 
+    <!-- Restore Clover plugin properties -->
+    <j:set var="maven.clover.report.xml" value="${cloverReportXml}" 
+        scope="parent"/>
+    <j:set var="maven.clover.report.html" value="${cloverReportHtml}" 
+        scope="parent"/>
+    <j:set var="maven.clover.report.swing" value="${cloverReportSwing}" 
+        scope="parent"/>
+    
   </goal>
 
   <!--
diff --git a/dashboard/sample/project.properties b/dashboard/sample/project.properties
index e3c0bce4..9820ec25 100644
--- a/dashboard/sample/project.properties
+++ b/dashboard/sample/project.properties
@@ -5,7 +5,4 @@ maven.xdoc.date=left
 maven.xdoc.version=${pom.currentVersion}
 maven.checkstyle.header.file = ${basedir}/../../LICENSE.txt
 
-# Required to generate XML clover report
-maven.clover.report.xml = true
-
 maven.dashboard.aggregators = csall,cserrors,cswarnings,clovertpc,cloverloc,cloverncloc
diff --git a/dashboard/xdocs/changes.xml b/dashboard/xdocs/changes.xml
index b27b9fe1..85cd0cbe 100644
--- a/dashboard/xdocs/changes.xml
+++ b/dashboard/xdocs/changes.xml
@@ -8,6 +8,12 @@
   <body>
 
     <release version="1.1" date="in CVS">
+      <action dev="vmassol" type="update">
+      	Ensure that the Clover plugin will generate the XML report (and only 
+      	the XML report) when the Dashboard plugin is run. The Clover XML 
+      	report is required by the Clover aggregators as they extract 
+      	information from it.
+      </action>
       <action dev="vmassol" type="fix">
         Do not exclude <code>project.xml</code> in the default 
         <code>maven.dashboard.excludes</code> list as it is already excluded
