diff --git a/core-it-suite/src/test/java/org/apache/maven/it/MavenITmng6759TransitiveDependencyRepositoriesTest.java b/core-it-suite/src/test/java/org/apache/maven/it/MavenITmng6759TransitiveDependencyRepositoriesTest.java
index 45a6665..17e1607 100644
--- a/core-it-suite/src/test/java/org/apache/maven/it/MavenITmng6759TransitiveDependencyRepositoriesTest.java
+++ b/core-it-suite/src/test/java/org/apache/maven/it/MavenITmng6759TransitiveDependencyRepositoriesTest.java
@@ -39,17 +39,16 @@
      * where C is in a non-Central repository should use B's {@literal <repositories>} to resolve C.
      */
     public void testTransitiveDependenciesAccountForRepositoriesListedByDependencyTrailPredecessor() throws Exception {
-        URI customRepoUri = installDependencyCInCustomRepo();
+        installDependencyCInCustomRepo();
         File testDir = ResourceExtractor.simpleExtractResources( getClass(), projectBaseDir );
 
         Verifier verifier = newVerifier( testDir.getAbsolutePath() );
 
-        verifier.addCliOption( "-Dcustom.repo.uri=" + customRepoUri );
         verifier.executeGoal( "package"  );
         verifier.verifyErrorFreeLog();
     }
 
-    private URI installDependencyCInCustomRepo() throws Exception {
+    private void installDependencyCInCustomRepo() throws Exception {
         File dependencyCProjectDir = ResourceExtractor.simpleExtractResources( getClass(), projectBaseDir + "/dependency-in-custom-repo" );
         URI customRepoUri = new File(new File(dependencyCProjectDir, "target" ), "repo" ).toURI();
         Verifier verifier = newVerifier( dependencyCProjectDir.getAbsolutePath() );
@@ -65,7 +64,6 @@
         }
         verifier.executeGoal( "deploy" );
         verifier.verifyErrorFreeLog();
-        return customRepoUri;
     }
 
 }
diff --git a/core-it-suite/src/test/resources/mng-6759-transitive-dependency-repositories/module2/pom.xml b/core-it-suite/src/test/resources/mng-6759-transitive-dependency-repositories/module2/pom.xml
index c0c3041..d2bf124 100644
--- a/core-it-suite/src/test/resources/mng-6759-transitive-dependency-repositories/module2/pom.xml
+++ b/core-it-suite/src/test/resources/mng-6759-transitive-dependency-repositories/module2/pom.xml
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@
     <repositories>
         <repository>
             <id>customRepo</id>
-            <url>${custom.repo.uri}</url>
+            <url>file:///${basedir}/../dependency-in-custom-repo/target/repo</url>
         </repository>
     </repositories>