diff --git a/war/plugin.jelly b/war/plugin.jelly
index 9f03c3d2..d8976cd9 100644
--- a/war/plugin.jelly
+++ b/war/plugin.jelly
@@ -39,8 +39,6 @@
     <ant:available property="webSourcesPresent" type="dir"
       file="${maven.war.src}"/>
 
-    <attainGoal name="test:test"/>
-
     <ant:property name="maven.war.final.name" 
       value="${pom.artifactId}.war"/>
  
@@ -107,7 +105,7 @@
   <!--==================================================================-->
   <!-- Builds an expanded webapp                                        -->
   <!--==================================================================-->    
-  <goal name="war:webapp" prereqs="war:init" 
+  <goal name="war:webapp" prereqs="war:init,test:test" 
     description="Build a webapp directory">
 
     <ant:echo>Assembling webapp ${pom.artifactId}</ant:echo>