diff --git a/src/it-harness-poms/mdep-66/pom.xml b/src/it-harness-poms/mdep-66/pom.xml
index d1fecc628..62e1c19a4 100644
--- a/src/it-harness-poms/mdep-66/pom.xml
+++ b/src/it-harness-poms/mdep-66/pom.xml
@@ -50,7 +50,7 @@ under the License.
 		                        <id>compile-sources</id>
 								<phase>generate-sources</phase>
 		                        <goals>
-		                            <goal>sources</goal>
+		                            <goal>resolve-sources</goal>
 		                        </goals>
 		                        <configuration>
 									<includeScope>compile</includeScope>
@@ -60,7 +60,7 @@ under the License.
 		                        <id>test-sources</id>
 								<phase>generate-sources</phase>
 		                        <goals>
-		                            <goal>sources</goal>
+		                            <goal>resolve-sources</goal>
 		                        </goals>
 		                        <configuration>
 									<includeScope>test</includeScope>
diff --git a/src/main/java/org/apache/maven/plugins/dependency/resolvers/OldResolveDependencySourcesMojo.java b/src/main/java/org/apache/maven/plugins/dependency/resolvers/OldResolveDependencySourcesMojo.java
deleted file mode 100644
index 866c1b84e..000000000
--- a/src/main/java/org/apache/maven/plugins/dependency/resolvers/OldResolveDependencySourcesMojo.java
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,60 +0,0 @@
-/*
- * Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one
- * or more contributor license agreements.  See the NOTICE file
- * distributed with this work for additional information
- * regarding copyright ownership.  The ASF licenses this file
- * to you under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the
- * "License"); you may not use this file except in compliance
- * with the License.  You may obtain a copy of the License at
- *
- *   http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
- *
- * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing,
- * software distributed under the License is distributed on an
- * "AS IS" BASIS, WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY
- * KIND, either express or implied.  See the License for the
- * specific language governing permissions and limitations
- * under the License.
- */
-package org.apache.maven.plugins.dependency.resolvers;
-
-import javax.inject.Inject;
-
-import org.apache.maven.artifact.handler.manager.ArtifactHandlerManager;
-import org.apache.maven.execution.MavenSession;
-import org.apache.maven.plugins.annotations.LifecyclePhase;
-import org.apache.maven.plugins.annotations.Mojo;
-import org.apache.maven.plugins.annotations.ResolutionScope;
-import org.apache.maven.plugins.dependency.utils.ResolverUtil;
-import org.apache.maven.project.MavenProject;
-import org.apache.maven.project.ProjectBuilder;
-import org.sonatype.plexus.build.incremental.BuildContext;
-
-/**
- * Goal that resolves the project source dependencies from the repository.
- *
- * @author <a href="mailto:brianf@apache.org">Brian Fox</a>
- * @since 2.0-alpha2
- * @deprecated in favor of {@code resolve-sources} goal and will be removed in a future version
- */
-@Mojo(
-        name = "sources",
-        defaultPhase = LifecyclePhase.GENERATE_SOURCES,
-        requiresDependencyResolution = ResolutionScope.TEST,
-        threadSafe = true)
-@Deprecated
-public class OldResolveDependencySourcesMojo extends ResolveDependencySourcesMojo {
-
-    @Inject
-    // CHECKSTYLE_OFF: ParameterNumber
-    public OldResolveDependencySourcesMojo(
-            MavenSession session,
-            BuildContext buildContext,
-            MavenProject project,
-            ResolverUtil resolverUtil,
-            ProjectBuilder projectBuilder,
-            ArtifactHandlerManager artifactHandlerManager) {
-        super(session, buildContext, project, resolverUtil, projectBuilder, artifactHandlerManager);
-    }
-    // CHECKSTYLE_ON: ParameterNumber
-}
diff --git a/src/site/markdown/index.md b/src/site/markdown/index.md
index ca058aeff..88b783f12 100644
--- a/src/site/markdown/index.md
+++ b/src/site/markdown/index.md
@@ -55,7 +55,6 @@ The Dependency plugin has several goals:
 - [dependency:resolve](./resolve-mojo.html) tells Maven to resolve all dependencies and displays the version. **JAVA 9 NOTE:** _will display the module name when running with Java 9._
 - [dependency:resolve-plugins](./resolve-plugins-mojo.html) tells Maven to resolve plugins and their dependencies.
 - [dependency:resolve-sources](./resolve-sources-mojo.html) tells Maven to resolve all dependencies and their source attachments, and displays the version.
-- [dependency:sources](./sources-mojo.html) has been deprecated for removal in favor of [dependency:resolve-sources](./resolve-sources-mojo.html).
 - [dependency:tree](./tree-mojo.html) displays the dependency tree for this project.
 - [dependency:unpack](./unpack-mojo.html) like copy but unpacks.
 - [dependency:unpack-dependencies](./unpack-dependencies-mojo.html) like copy-dependencies but unpacks.
diff --git a/src/test/java/org/apache/maven/plugins/dependency/TestSkip.java b/src/test/java/org/apache/maven/plugins/dependency/TestSkip.java
index 582b56879..b7f24d7a2 100644
--- a/src/test/java/org/apache/maven/plugins/dependency/TestSkip.java
+++ b/src/test/java/org/apache/maven/plugins/dependency/TestSkip.java
@@ -39,8 +39,8 @@
 import org.apache.maven.plugins.dependency.fromDependencies.UnpackDependenciesMojo;
 import org.apache.maven.plugins.dependency.resolvers.GoOfflineMojo;
 import org.apache.maven.plugins.dependency.resolvers.ListMojo;
-import org.apache.maven.plugins.dependency.resolvers.OldResolveDependencySourcesMojo;
 import org.apache.maven.plugins.dependency.resolvers.ResolveDependenciesMojo;
+import org.apache.maven.plugins.dependency.resolvers.ResolveDependencySourcesMojo;
 import org.apache.maven.plugins.dependency.resolvers.ResolvePluginsMojo;
 import org.apache.maven.plugins.dependency.tree.TreeMojo;
 import org.junit.jupiter.api.Test;
@@ -173,9 +173,9 @@ void testSkipResolvePlugins(ResolvePluginsMojo mojo) throws Exception {
     }
 
     @Test
-    @InjectMojo(goal = "sources")
+    @InjectMojo(goal = "resolve-sources")
     @MojoParameter(name = "skip", value = "true")
-    void testSkipSources(OldResolveDependencySourcesMojo mojo) throws Exception {
+    void testSkipResolveSources(ResolveDependencySourcesMojo mojo) throws Exception {
         doTest(mojo);
     }