diff --git a/tomcat8-maven-plugin/pom.xml b/tomcat8-maven-plugin/pom.xml
index 5e75b27..6bb6885 100644
--- a/tomcat8-maven-plugin/pom.xml
+++ b/tomcat8-maven-plugin/pom.xml
@@ -292,9 +292,10 @@
 
       <build>
         <plugins>
+          <!-- For integration tests the plugin needs to be installed before
+               the integration tests are executed -->
+          <!--
           <plugin>
-            <!-- For integration tests the plugin needs to be installed before
-                 the integration tests are executed -->
             <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
             <artifactId>maven-install-plugin</artifactId>
             <executions>
@@ -334,6 +335,7 @@
               </execution>
             </executions>
           </plugin>
+          -->
           <plugin>
             <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
             <artifactId>maven-failsafe-plugin</artifactId>
diff --git a/tomcat8-maven-plugin/src/it/simple-war-exec-project/pom.xml b/tomcat8-maven-plugin/src/it/simple-war-exec-project/pom.xml
index 3c644e1..89c0071 100644
--- a/tomcat8-maven-plugin/src/it/simple-war-exec-project/pom.xml
+++ b/tomcat8-maven-plugin/src/it/simple-war-exec-project/pom.xml
@@ -66,7 +66,7 @@
             <phase>package</phase>
             <configuration>
               <path>foo</path>
-              <serverXml>src/main/tomcatconf/server.xml</serverXml>
+              <serverXml>${basedir}/src/main/tomcatconf/server.xml</serverXml>
             </configuration>
           </execution>
         </executions>