diff --git a/packaging/tests/tas-restapi/pom.xml b/packaging/tests/tas-restapi/pom.xml
index bafa051eab..119fb6d8cc 100644
--- a/packaging/tests/tas-restapi/pom.xml
+++ b/packaging/tests/tas-restapi/pom.xml
@@ -38,7 +38,6 @@
         <maven-jar-plugin.version>3.1.1</maven-jar-plugin.version>
         <maven-release.version>2.5.3</maven-release.version>
         <org.glassfish.version>1.0.4</org.glassfish.version>
-        <maven-remote-resources.version>1.6.0</maven-remote-resources.version>
         <commons-lang3.version>3.8</commons-lang3.version>
         <scribejava-apis.version>6.5.1</scribejava-apis.version>
         <test.exclude />
@@ -107,27 +106,6 @@
                     </execution>
                 </executions>
             </plugin>
-            <plugin>
-                <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
-                <artifactId>maven-remote-resources-plugin</artifactId>
-                <version>${maven-remote-resources.version}</version>
-                <configuration>
-                    <includes>
-                        <include>shared-resources/**/*</include>
-                    </includes>
-                    <resourceBundles>
-                        <resourceBundle>org.alfresco.tas:utility:${tas.utility.version}</resourceBundle>
-                    </resourceBundles>
-                </configuration>
-                <executions>
-                    <execution>
-                        <goals>
-                            <goal>process</goal>
-                            <goal>bundle</goal>
-                        </goals>
-                    </execution>
-                </executions>
-            </plugin>
             <plugin>
                 <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
                 <artifactId>maven-javadoc-plugin</artifactId>
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--- a/packaging/tests/tas-restapi/src/main/resources/shared-resources/rest-runner-suite.xml
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@@ -1,63 +0,0 @@
-<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
-<!DOCTYPE suite SYSTEM "http://testng.org/testng-1.0.dtd">
-<suite name="REST API" parallel="false" preserve-order="true" thread-count="1">
-	<listeners>
-		<listener class-name="org.alfresco.utility.report.HtmlReportListener"></listener>
-		<listener class-name="org.alfresco.utility.testrail.TestRailExecutorListener"></listener>
-		<listener class-name="org.alfresco.utility.testng.OSTestMethodSelector"></listener>
-	</listeners>	
-	<test name="RestAPI">
-		<method-selectors>
-			<!-- -DincludeGroups=sanity,comments,people -DexcludeGroups=networks,othergroup -DrunBugs=true-->
-			<method-selector>
-				<script language="beanshell"><![CDATA[
-                includedGroups = System.getProperty("includeGroups");
-                excludedGroups = System.getProperty("excludeGroups");				
-				runBugs = System.getProperty("runBugs");
-
-			    if((runBugs != null))
-			    {
-			     bugAnnotated = method.getAnnotation(org.alfresco.utility.report.Bug.class);
-			
-			     if (bugAnnotated != null && runBugs.equals("false") )
-			     {
-			      return false;
-			     }
-			    }
-				
-                if ((includedGroups == null) || (includedGroups.isEmpty())) {
-                	return false;
-                } else
-                {
-                   StringTokenizer includedGroupsList = new StringTokenizer(includedGroups, ",");
-
-					if ((excludedGroups != null)) {
-						StringTokenizer excludedGroupsList = new StringTokenizer(excludedGroups, ",");
-						while (excludedGroupsList.hasMoreTokens()) {
-						exG = excludedGroupsList.nextToken();
-						if (groups.containsKey(exG))
-						{
-							return  false;
-						}
-						}
-					}
-
-                    while (includedGroupsList.hasMoreTokens()) {
-                      grp = includedGroupsList.nextToken();
-                      if ((groups.containsKey(grp)))
-                      {
-                      	 return true;
-                      }
-                    }
-                }
-                return false;
-                ]]>
-				</script>
-			</method-selector>
-		</method-selectors>
-		<packages>
-			<package name="org.alfresco.rest.*" />
-		</packages>
-
-	</test> <!-- Test -->
-</suite> <!-- Suite -->
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-<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
-<!DOCTYPE suite SYSTEM "http://testng.org/testng-1.0.dtd">
-<suite name="REST API">
-	<listeners>
-		<listener class-name="org.alfresco.utility.report.TestCountListener"></listener>
-	</listeners>
-	<test name="RestAPITests">
-		<groups>
-			<run>
-				<exclude name="demo" />
-				<exclude name="unit" />
-			</run>
-		</groups>
-		<packages>
-			<package name="org.alfresco.rest.*"></package>
-		</packages>
-	</test> <!-- Test -->
-</suite> <!-- Suite -->
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- ∮ E⋅da = Q
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-<html><head><title>aegif Mind Share Leader Generating New Paradigms by aegif corporation</title></head><body><p> Test html</p></body></html></body></html>
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-The quick brown fox jumps over the lazy dog
-
-Le renard brun rapide saute par-dessus le chien paresseux
-
-Der schnelle braune Fuchs springt über den faulen Hund
-
-براون وكس السريع يقفز فوق الكلب كسالي
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-Sample text.
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