diff --git a/eclipse/plugin.jelly b/eclipse/plugin.jelly
index e8578847..4240daa4 100644
--- a/eclipse/plugin.jelly
+++ b/eclipse/plugin.jelly
@@ -224,5 +224,19 @@
       <j:otherwise>The property $${maven.eclipse.workspace} was not set. MAVEN_REPO may not be set.</j:otherwise>
     </j:choose>
   </goal>
+  
+  <!--==================================================================-->
+  <!-- Clean up eclipse generated files                                 -->
+  <!--==================================================================-->
+  <goal name="eclipse:clean" 
+    description="Clean eclipse generated files">
+    <j:set var="projectFileName" value="${basedir}/.project"/>
+    <j:set var="classpathFileName" value="${basedir}/.classpath"/>
+
+    <ant:delete file="${projectFileName}"/>
+    <ant:delete file="${classpathFileName}"/>
+
+    <ant:echo>Cleaned up eclipse generated files</ant:echo>
+  </goal>  
 
 </project>
diff --git a/eclipse/src/plugin-test/maven.xml b/eclipse/src/plugin-test/maven.xml
index ba158fa9..de78125b 100644
--- a/eclipse/src/plugin-test/maven.xml
+++ b/eclipse/src/plugin-test/maven.xml
@@ -20,17 +20,17 @@
          xmlns:u="jelly:util"
          xmlns:x="jelly:xml">
 
-  <goal name="testPlugin" prereqs="test-init,test-eclipse,test-natures,test-builders,test-natures-and-builders,test-classpath-has-generated-source">
+  <goal name="testPlugin" prereqs="test-eclipse,test-natures,test-builders,test-natures-and-builders,test-classpath-has-generated-source">
   </goal>
   
   <goal name="test-init">
     <j:set var="dotProject" value="${basedir}/.project"/>
     <j:set var="dotClasspath" value="${basedir}/.classpath"/>
+    <attainGoal name="eclipse:clean"/>
   </goal>
   
-  <goal name="test-eclipse" prereqs="test-init">
-    <delete file="${dotProject}" failonerror="false"/>
-    <delete file="${dotClasspath}" failonerror="false"/>
+  <goal name="test-eclipse">
+	<attainGoal name="test-init"/>
     <attainGoal name="eclipse"/>
 
     <assert:assertFileExists file="${dotProject}" />
@@ -43,8 +43,8 @@
 
   </goal>
 
-  <goal name="test-natures" prereqs="test-init">
-    <delete file="${dotProject}" failonerror="false"/>
+  <goal name="test-natures">
+	<attainGoal name="test-init"/>  
     <j:set var="maven.eclipse.projectnatures" value="n1,a.b.c.n2"/>
     <attainGoal name="eclipse:generate-project"/>
 
@@ -57,9 +57,10 @@
     <assert:assertEquals expected="a.b.c.n2" value="${natures[2].text}" msg="a.b.c.n2 is not the third nature"/>
   </goal>
 
-  <goal name="test-builders" prereqs="test-init">
+  <goal name="test-builders">
+	<attainGoal name="test-init"/>  
     <j:set var="maven.eclipse.buildcommands" value="c1,c2,c3"/>
-    <delete file="${dotProject}" failonerror="false"/>
+    
     <attainGoal name="eclipse:generate-project"/>
  
     <assert:assertFileExists file="${dotProject}" />
@@ -73,8 +74,8 @@
   </goal>
 
 
-  <goal name="test-natures-and-builders" prereqs="test-init">
-    <delete file="${dotProject}" failonerror="false"/>
+  <goal name="test-natures-and-builders">
+	<attainGoal name="test-init"/>
     <j:set var="maven.eclipse.projectnatures" value="n7,n9,n11"/>
     <j:set var="maven.eclipse.buildcommands" value="c11,c21,c31"/>
     <attainGoal name="eclipse:generate-project"/>
@@ -96,9 +97,8 @@
     <assert:assertEquals expected="c31" value="${builders[3].text}" msg="c31 is not the second build command name"/>
   </goal>
 
-  <goal name="test-classpath-has-generated-source" prereqs="test-init">
-    <delete file="${dotProject}" failonerror="false"/>
-    <delete file="${dotClasspath}" failonerror="false"/>
+  <goal name="test-classpath-has-generated-source">
+	<attainGoal name="test-init"/>
     <mkdir dir="${maven.gen.src}/gensrc1"/>
     <mkdir dir="${maven.gen.src}/gensrc2"/>    
     <attainGoal name="eclipse"/>
@@ -108,7 +108,6 @@
 
     <u:file var="classpathFile" name="${dotClasspath}"/>
     <x:parse var="classpathDoc" xml="${classpathFile.toURL()}" />
-    <!-- FIXME.  This should filter where kind="src" -->
     <x:set var="count" select="count($classpathDoc/classpath/classpathentry[contains(@kind,'src')])"/>
     <assert:assertEquals expected="2" value="${count.intValue().toString()}"/>  
 
diff --git a/eclipse/xdocs/changes.xml b/eclipse/xdocs/changes.xml
index 3b74955f..e0778608 100644
--- a/eclipse/xdocs/changes.xml
+++ b/eclipse/xdocs/changes.xml
@@ -25,6 +25,7 @@
   </properties>
   <body>
     <release version="1.8" date="In CVS">
+      <action dev="epugh" type="add" issue="MPECLIPSE-27" due-to="Kristopher Brown">Add eclipse:clean goal.</action>        
       <action dev="epugh" type="fix" issue="MPECLIPSE-36" due-to="Felipe Leme">Fixed a 'race condition' where JUnit dependency is not added to .classpath.</action>
       <action dev="epugh" type="add">Add maven.gen.src property that points to a directory whose subdirectories are included as separate source directories.</action>    
       <action dev="epugh" type="add" issue="MPECLIPSE-10" due-to="Thierry Lack">Set eclipse.dependency=false to explicity ignore dependencies in classpath generation</action>    
diff --git a/eclipse/xdocs/goals.xml b/eclipse/xdocs/goals.xml
index 16daf7dc..dbe6d8f9 100644
--- a/eclipse/xdocs/goals.xml
+++ b/eclipse/xdocs/goals.xml
@@ -34,6 +34,13 @@
             <a href="#eclipse:generate-classpath">eclipse:generate-classpath</a> goals.
         </description>
       </goal>
+      
+      <goal>
+        <name>eclipse:clean</name>
+        <description>
+          Deletes the <code>.project</code> and <code>.classpath</code> files.
+        </description>
+      </goal>      
         
       <goal>
         <name>eclipse:generate-project</name>