diff --git a/src/it/reactor/invoker.properties b/src/it/reactor/invoker.properties
index d5d6ca5..9f5c9c1 100644
--- a/src/it/reactor/invoker.properties
+++ b/src/it/reactor/invoker.properties
@@ -15,4 +15,5 @@
 # specific language governing permissions and limitations
 # under the License.
 
-invoker.goals = install
+# notice the artifacts are never installed to local repo, even not packaged but only compiled for o.a.m.ReactorReader to find them
+invoker.goals = compile
diff --git a/src/it/reactor/setup.bsh b/src/it/reactor/setup.bsh
index b69ce1d..9c7f0c9 100644
--- a/src/it/reactor/setup.bsh
+++ b/src/it/reactor/setup.bsh
@@ -30,7 +30,7 @@
   file.delete();
 }
 
-// delete modules from local repository
+// delete modules from local repository: not really necessary since invoker.properties only compiles, but sanity check
 files = FileUtils.getDirectoryNames( new File( basedir, "../.." ), "local-repo/org/apache/maven/its/dependency-tree/module*", "", true ).iterator();
 
 while ( files.hasNext() )