diff --git a/developer-activity/plugin.jelly b/developer-activity/plugin.jelly
index 31d2a776..b6d3a370 100644
--- a/developer-activity/plugin.jelly
+++ b/developer-activity/plugin.jelly
@@ -17,6 +17,9 @@
       <j:set var="maven.mode.online" value="true" />
     </j:if>
 
+    <j:set var="factory"
+      value="${pom.getPluginContext('maven-changelog-plugin').getVariable('maven.changelog.factory')}"/>
+
     <j:choose>
       <j:when test="${maven.mode.online}">
         <j:set var="_connection">${pom.repository.connection}</j:set>
@@ -38,7 +41,7 @@
             <changelog:changelog
               basedir="${basedir}"
               developers="${pom.developers}"
-              factory="${maven.changelog.factory}"
+              factory="${factory}"
               output="${maven.build.dir}/changelog.xml"
               outputEncoding="${maven.docs.outputencoding}"
               range="${maven.activitylog.range}"
diff --git a/developer-activity/plugin.properties b/developer-activity/plugin.properties
index 03ede927..25b03fbe 100644
--- a/developer-activity/plugin.properties
+++ b/developer-activity/plugin.properties
@@ -4,11 +4,8 @@
 # Activity log plugin.
 # -------------------------------------------------------------------
 
-maven.src.dir = ${basedir}/src
 maven.build.dir = ${basedir}/target
 
-maven.docs.dest = ${maven.build.dir}/docs
 maven.docs.outputencoding = ISO-8859-1
 
 maven.activitylog.range = 30
-maven.changelog.factory = org.apache.maven.cvslib.CvsChangeLogFactory