diff --git a/eclipse/src/plugin-test/duplicatebuilderstest/maven.xml b/eclipse/src/plugin-test/duplicatebuilderstest/maven.xml
index 0ad37f57..e0fecb70 100644
--- a/eclipse/src/plugin-test/duplicatebuilderstest/maven.xml
+++ b/eclipse/src/plugin-test/duplicatebuilderstest/maven.xml
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@
   <goal name="testPlugin" prereqs="test-duplicatednatures,test-duplicatedbuilders">
   </goal>
 
-  <goal name="test-init">
+  <goal name="test-init" prereqs="clean">
     <j:set var="dotProject" value="${basedir}/.project"/>
     <j:set var="dotClasspath" value="${basedir}/.classpath"/>
     <attainGoal name="eclipse:clean"/>
diff --git a/eclipse/src/plugin-test/justresourcestest/maven.xml b/eclipse/src/plugin-test/justresourcestest/maven.xml
index 82f3420b..fe506efc 100644
--- a/eclipse/src/plugin-test/justresourcestest/maven.xml
+++ b/eclipse/src/plugin-test/justresourcestest/maven.xml
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@
   <goal name="testPlugin" prereqs="test-default, test-classpath, test-project">
   </goal>
 
-   <goal name="test-init">
+   <goal name="test-init" prereqs="clean">
     <j:set var="dotProject" value="${basedir}/.project"/>
     <j:set var="dotClasspath" value="${basedir}/.classpath"/>
     <attainGoal name="eclipse:clean"/>
diff --git a/eclipse/src/plugin-test/maintest/maven.xml b/eclipse/src/plugin-test/maintest/maven.xml
index 03697522..24b7679d 100644
--- a/eclipse/src/plugin-test/maintest/maven.xml
+++ b/eclipse/src/plugin-test/maintest/maven.xml
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@
   <goal name="testPlugin" prereqs="test-eclipse,test-natures,test-builders,test-natures-and-builders,test-classpath-has-generated-source,test-classpath-has-overridden-jar,test-noduplicates,test-classpath-con-entry,test-classpath-no-resources,MPECLIPSE-96,MPECLIPSE-92">
   </goal>
 
-  <goal name="test-init">
+  <goal name="test-init" prereqs="clean">
     <j:set var="dotProject" value="${basedir}/.project"/>
     <j:set var="dotClasspath" value="${basedir}/.classpath"/>
     <attainGoal name="eclipse:clean"/>
diff --git a/eclipse/src/plugin-test/nosourcetest/maven.xml b/eclipse/src/plugin-test/nosourcetest/maven.xml
index ae768501..dd91a8ce 100644
--- a/eclipse/src/plugin-test/nosourcetest/maven.xml
+++ b/eclipse/src/plugin-test/nosourcetest/maven.xml
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@
   <goal name="testPlugin" prereqs="test-classpath, test-project">
   </goal>
 
-   <goal name="test-init">
+   <goal name="test-init" prereqs="clean">
     <j:set var="dotProject" value="${basedir}/.project"/>
     <j:set var="dotClasspath" value="${basedir}/.classpath"/>
     <attainGoal name="eclipse:clean"/>
diff --git a/eclipse/src/plugin-test/wtptest/maven.xml b/eclipse/src/plugin-test/wtptest/maven.xml
index 0f6c9c8f..effd63f9 100644
--- a/eclipse/src/plugin-test/wtptest/maven.xml
+++ b/eclipse/src/plugin-test/wtptest/maven.xml
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@
   <goal name="testPlugin" prereqs="test-defaultgoal,test-wtpmodules,test-nowtpmodules">
   </goal>
 
-  <goal name="test-init">
+  <goal name="test-init" prereqs="clean">
     <j:set var="dotWtpmodules" value="${basedir}/.wtpmodules"/>
     <attainGoal name="eclipse:clean"/>
   </goal>