diff --git a/dist/plugin.jelly b/dist/plugin.jelly
index d1f9121e..99bc2309 100644
--- a/dist/plugin.jelly
+++ b/dist/plugin.jelly
@@ -26,11 +26,6 @@
   xmlns:assert="assert"
   xmlns:util="jelly:util">
 
-  <j:if test="${bootstrapping == null}">
-    <!-- fake test because the assert:assertPluginAvailable tag is avalaible in the maven-plugin-plugin 1.7 and newer. Thus maven will break if it's not present. -->  
-    <assert:assertPluginAvailable groupId="maven" artifactId="maven-plugin-plugin" minRelease="1.7" neededBy="${plugin.artifactId}"/>
-    <assert:assertPluginAvailable groupId="maven" artifactId="maven-artifact-plugin" minRelease="1.3" neededBy="${plugin.artifactId}"/>
-  </j:if>
 
   <j:new var="distTypeHandler" className="org.apache.maven.dist.DistributionArtifactTypeHandler" />
 
diff --git a/dist/xdocs/changes.xml b/dist/xdocs/changes.xml
index e553d901..370dee5d 100644
--- a/dist/xdocs/changes.xml
+++ b/dist/xdocs/changes.xml
@@ -34,7 +34,6 @@
           <li>maven-model v3.0.0 -> v3.0.1</li>
         </ul>
       </action>
-      <action dev="aheritier" type="update">It requires at least maven-plugin-plugin v1.7.</action>
       <action dev="aheritier" type="update">It requires at least maven-artifact-plugin v1.3.</action>
       <action dev="akarasulu" type="add">Added multiproject analogs mirroring single project goals.  Also added the abiltiy to generate combined javadocs for multiproject distribution.  However multiproject consolidation might be best put into the site plugin.  These fixes are associated with the following <a href="http://jira.codehaus.org/browse/MPDIST-20">JIRA enhancement issue</a>.</action>
       <action dev="vmassol" type="remove" issue="MPDIST-18">Removed unused properties: <code>maven.dist.tar.executable</code> and <code>maven.dist.gunzip.executable</code>.</action>
diff --git a/dist/xdocs/index.xml b/dist/xdocs/index.xml
index d3b8c80a..427d6e42 100644
--- a/dist/xdocs/index.xml
+++ b/dist/xdocs/index.xml
@@ -34,7 +34,6 @@
     <section name="Requirements">
       <p>Be careful, the following plugins must be installed to use the distribution plugin :</p>
       <ul>
-        <li>maven-plugin-plugin 1.7 (at least)</li>
         <li>maven-artifact-plugin 1.3 (at least)</li>
       </ul>
     </section>