diff --git a/components/dotnet-assembler/src/main/java/npanday/assembler/AssemblerContext.java b/components/dotnet-assembler/src/main/java/npanday/assembler/AssemblerContext.java
index caba84c..df1a3ba 100644
--- a/components/dotnet-assembler/src/main/java/npanday/assembler/AssemblerContext.java
+++ b/components/dotnet-assembler/src/main/java/npanday/assembler/AssemblerContext.java
@@ -19,7 +19,6 @@
  * under the License.
  */
 
-import npanday.InitializationException;
 import npanday.PlatformUnsupportedException;
 import org.apache.maven.project.MavenProject;
 
@@ -41,7 +40,7 @@
      *
      * @return the assembly info associated with this context.
      */
-    AssemblyInfo getAssemblyInfo();
+    AssemblyInfo getAssemblyInfo( MavenProject mavenProject );
 
     /**
      * Returns the marshaller for the given language
@@ -60,13 +59,4 @@
      * @throws PlatformUnsupportedException the language is not supported
      */
     String getClassExtensionFor( String language ) throws PlatformUnsupportedException;
-
-    /**
-     * Initializes the context
-     *
-     * @param mavenProject the maven project
-     * @throws InitializationException if the context cannot be initialized
-     */
-    void init( MavenProject mavenProject ) throws InitializationException;
-
 }
diff --git a/components/dotnet-assembler/src/main/java/npanday/assembler/impl/AssemblerContextImpl.java b/components/dotnet-assembler/src/main/java/npanday/assembler/impl/AssemblerContextImpl.java
index ccff69d..ba55b38 100644
--- a/components/dotnet-assembler/src/main/java/npanday/assembler/impl/AssemblerContextImpl.java
+++ b/components/dotnet-assembler/src/main/java/npanday/assembler/impl/AssemblerContextImpl.java
@@ -23,12 +23,13 @@
 import npanday.assembler.AssemblyInfo;
 import npanday.assembler.AssemblyInfoMarshaller;
 import npanday.assembler.AssemblyInfoException;
-import npanday.InitializationException;
 import npanday.PlatformUnsupportedException;
 import npanday.model.assembly.plugins.AssemblyPlugin;
 import org.apache.maven.project.MavenProject;
 import org.apache.maven.model.Organization;
 
+import org.codehaus.plexus.personality.plexus.lifecycle.phase.Initializable;
+import org.codehaus.plexus.personality.plexus.lifecycle.phase.InitializationException;
 import org.codehaus.plexus.util.IOUtil;
 import org.codehaus.plexus.logging.LogEnabled;
 import org.codehaus.plexus.logging.Logger;
@@ -45,7 +46,7 @@
  *   role="npanday.assembler.AssemblerContext"
  */
 public final class AssemblerContextImpl
-    implements AssemblerContext, LogEnabled
+    implements AssemblerContext, LogEnabled, Initializable
 {
 
     private static final String SNAPSHOT_SUFFIX = "SNAPSHOT";
@@ -58,11 +59,6 @@
     private RepositoryRegistry repositoryRegistry;
 
     /**
-     * The maven project
-     */
-    private MavenProject mavenProject;
-
-    /**
      * A logger for writing log messages
      */
     private Logger logger;
@@ -88,10 +84,7 @@
         this.logger = logger;
     }
 
-    /**
-     * @see npanday.assembler.AssemblerContext#getAssemblyInfo()
-     */
-    public AssemblyInfo getAssemblyInfo()
+    public AssemblyInfo getAssemblyInfo( MavenProject mavenProject )
     {
         String basedir = mavenProject.getBasedir().toString();
         AssemblyInfo assemblyInfo = new AssemblyInfo();
@@ -196,13 +189,7 @@
         }
     }
 
-    /**
-     * @see AssemblerContext#init(org.apache.maven.project.MavenProject)
-     */
-    public void init( MavenProject mavenProject )
-        throws InitializationException
-    {
-        this.mavenProject = mavenProject;
+    public void initialize() throws InitializationException {
         repository = (AssemblyPluginsRepository) repositoryRegistry.find( "assembly-plugins" );
         if ( repository == null )
         {
diff --git a/plugins/maven-compile-plugin/src/main/java/npanday/plugin/compile/AssemblyInfoGeneratorMojo.java b/plugins/maven-compile-plugin/src/main/java/npanday/plugin/compile/AssemblyInfoGeneratorMojo.java
index bb6087c..12c7049 100644
--- a/plugins/maven-compile-plugin/src/main/java/npanday/plugin/compile/AssemblyInfoGeneratorMojo.java
+++ b/plugins/maven-compile-plugin/src/main/java/npanday/plugin/compile/AssemblyInfoGeneratorMojo.java
@@ -180,7 +180,7 @@
         //managed by the framework. I intended to keep vendor info and state machine processor out of the
         // Mojos. Unable to do so for this case. Look at new API.
         VendorRequirement vendorRequirement = new VendorRequirement(vendor, vendorVersion,  frameworkVersion);
-        AssemblyInfo assemblyInfo = assemblerContext.getAssemblyInfo();
+        AssemblyInfo assemblyInfo = assemblerContext.getAssemblyInfo( project );
         assemblyInfo.setCustomStringAttributes(this.assemblyInfo);
 
         VendorInfo vendorInfo;
diff --git a/plugins/maven-compile-plugin/src/main/java/npanday/plugin/compile/ComponentInitializerMojo.java b/plugins/maven-compile-plugin/src/main/java/npanday/plugin/compile/ComponentInitializerMojo.java
index 7d01e9e..db24369 100644
--- a/plugins/maven-compile-plugin/src/main/java/npanday/plugin/compile/ComponentInitializerMojo.java
+++ b/plugins/maven-compile-plugin/src/main/java/npanday/plugin/compile/ComponentInitializerMojo.java
@@ -19,13 +19,9 @@
  * under the License.
  */
 
-import npanday.InitializationException;
 import npanday.LocalRepositoryUtil;
-import npanday.assembler.AssemblerContext;
 import npanday.resolver.NPandayDependencyResolution;
-import npanday.resolver.filter.DotnetAssemblyArtifactFilter;
 import npanday.resolver.filter.DotnetSymbolsArtifactFilter;
-import npanday.resolver.filter.OrArtifactFilter;
 import org.apache.maven.artifact.resolver.ArtifactResolutionException;
 import org.apache.maven.artifact.resolver.filter.AndArtifactFilter;
 import org.apache.maven.artifact.resolver.filter.InversionArtifactFilter;
@@ -68,11 +64,6 @@
     /**
      * @component
      */
-    private AssemblerContext assemblerContext;
-
-    /**
-     * @component
-     */
     private NPandayDependencyResolution dependencyResolution;
 
     public void execute()
@@ -94,16 +85,5 @@
                 "NPANDAY-901-003: Could not satisfy required dependencies for scope " + "test", e
             );
         }
-
-        try
-        {
-            assemblerContext.init( project );
-        }
-        catch ( InitializationException e )
-        {
-            throw new MojoExecutionException( "NPANDAY-901-002: Failed to initialize the assembler context", e );
-        }
-
-        long endTime = System.currentTimeMillis();
     }
 }