diff --git a/javadoc/plugin.jelly b/javadoc/plugin.jelly
index 95954ee8..04748912 100644
--- a/javadoc/plugin.jelly
+++ b/javadoc/plugin.jelly
@@ -73,21 +73,7 @@
         
         <j:otherwise>
 
-          <maven:get 
-            var="maven.compile.src.set" 
-            plugin="maven-java-plugin" 
-            property="maven.compile.src.set"
-            />
-  
-          <!-- Retreive the value of the property ${maven.compile.src.set} -->
-          <j:if test="${maven.compile.src.set != null}">
-            <j:set scope="parent" var="maven.compile.src.set" value="${maven.compile.src.set}"/>
-          </j:if>
-  
-          <!-- If the property ${maven.compile.src.set} isn't defined we use ${pom.build.sourceDirectory} -->
-          <j:if test="${maven.compile.src.set == null}">
-            <j:set scope="parent" var="maven.compile.src.set" value="${pom.build.sourceDirectory}"/>
-          </j:if>
+					<ant:property name="maven.javadoc.compile.src.set" refid="maven.compile.src.set"/>
 
           <!-- Create a patternset for source modifications -->
           <patternset id="source.modifications">
@@ -107,7 +93,7 @@
           </patternset>
 
           <!-- Tokenize the set of directories -->
-          <util:tokenize var="sources.dirs" delim="${path.separator}">${maven.compile.src.set}</util:tokenize>
+          <util:tokenize var="sources.dirs" delim="${path.separator}">${maven.javadoc.compile.src.set}</util:tokenize>
           
           <!-- Counter used to name filesets -->
           <j:set var="src.set.counter" value="0"/>
@@ -130,7 +116,7 @@
   
               <j:set var="src.set.counter" value="${src.set.counter + 1}"/>
             </j:if>
-          </j:forEach> <!-- dir in maven.compile.src.set -->
+          </j:forEach> <!-- dir in maven.javadoc.compile.src.set -->
 
         </j:otherwise>
       </j:choose>
@@ -217,8 +203,10 @@
         useexternalfile="${maven.javadoc.useexternalfile}"
         >
 
+        <ant:property name="maven.javadoc.compile.src.set" refid="maven.compile.src.set"/>
+
         <!-- Tokenize the set of directories -->
-        <util:tokenize var="sources.dirs" delim="${path.separator}">${maven.compile.src.set}</util:tokenize>
+        <util:tokenize var="sources.dirs" delim="${path.separator}">${maven.javadoc.compile.src.set}</util:tokenize>
     
         <j:forEach var="dir" items="${sources.dirs}">
         
@@ -227,7 +215,7 @@
             <patternset refid="source.modifications"/>
           </ant:fileset> 
 
-        </j:forEach>--> <!-- dir in maven.compile.src.set -->        
+        </j:forEach>--> <!-- dir in maven.javadoc.compile.src.set -->        
 
         <j:if test="${context.getVariable('maven.javadoc.source') != null}">
           <ant:setProperty name="source" value="${maven.javadoc.source}" />
@@ -361,7 +349,7 @@
       <ant:copy todir="${maven.javadoc.destdir}">
         
         <util:tokenize var="sources.dirs" delim="${path.separator}">
-          ${maven.compile.src.set}
+          ${maven.javadoc.compile.src.set}
         </util:tokenize>
         
         <j:forEach var="dir" items="${sources.dirs}">