diff --git a/src/main/java/org/apache/maven/plugins/checkstyle/AbstractCheckstyleReport.java b/src/main/java/org/apache/maven/plugins/checkstyle/AbstractCheckstyleReport.java
index 4ab9e052..0c1c8bbc 100644
--- a/src/main/java/org/apache/maven/plugins/checkstyle/AbstractCheckstyleReport.java
+++ b/src/main/java/org/apache/maven/plugins/checkstyle/AbstractCheckstyleReport.java
@@ -44,7 +44,6 @@
 import org.apache.maven.model.PluginManagement;
 import org.apache.maven.model.Resource;
 import org.apache.maven.plugin.descriptor.PluginDescriptor;
-import org.apache.maven.plugins.annotations.Component;
 import org.apache.maven.plugins.annotations.Parameter;
 import org.apache.maven.plugins.checkstyle.exec.CheckstyleExecutor;
 import org.apache.maven.plugins.checkstyle.exec.CheckstyleExecutorException;
@@ -62,8 +61,6 @@
 
 /**
  * Base abstract class for Checkstyle reports.
- *
- *
  */
 public abstract class AbstractCheckstyleReport extends AbstractMavenReport {
     protected static final String JAVA_FILES = "**\\/*.java";
@@ -441,31 +438,34 @@ public abstract class AbstractCheckstyleReport extends AbstractMavenReport {
     @Parameter(property = "checkstyle.excludeGeneratedSources", defaultValue = "false")
     private boolean excludeGeneratedSources;
 
-    /**
-     */
-    @Component
     protected ResourceManager locator;
 
     /**
      * @since 2.5
      */
-    @Component(role = CheckstyleExecutor.class, hint = "default")
     protected CheckstyleExecutor checkstyleExecutor;
 
     /**
      * Internationalization component
      */
-    @Component
     private I18N i18n;
 
     protected ByteArrayOutputStream stringOutputStream;
 
+    public AbstractCheckstyleReport(ResourceManager locator, CheckstyleExecutor checkstyleExecutor, I18N i18n) {
+        this.locator = locator;
+        this.checkstyleExecutor = checkstyleExecutor;
+        this.i18n = i18n;
+    }
+
     /** {@inheritDoc} */
+    @Override
     public String getName(Locale locale) {
         return getI18nString(locale, "name");
     }
 
     /** {@inheritDoc} */
+    @Override
     public String getDescription(Locale locale) {
         return getI18nString(locale, "description");
     }
@@ -479,6 +479,7 @@ protected String getI18nString(Locale locale, String key) {
         return i18n.getString("checkstyle-report", locale, "report.checkstyle." + key);
     }
 
+    @Override
     protected MavenProject getProject() {
         return project;
     }
@@ -488,6 +489,7 @@ protected List<MavenProject> getReactorProjects() {
     }
 
     /** {@inheritDoc} */
+    @Override
     public void executeReport(Locale locale) throws MavenReportException {
         checkDeprecatedParameterUsage(sourceDirectory, "sourceDirectory", "sourceDirectories");
         checkDeprecatedParameterUsage(testSourceDirectory, "testSourceDirectory", "testSourceDirectories");
diff --git a/src/main/java/org/apache/maven/plugins/checkstyle/CheckstyleAggregateReport.java b/src/main/java/org/apache/maven/plugins/checkstyle/CheckstyleAggregateReport.java
index d9144157..d2130d83 100644
--- a/src/main/java/org/apache/maven/plugins/checkstyle/CheckstyleAggregateReport.java
+++ b/src/main/java/org/apache/maven/plugins/checkstyle/CheckstyleAggregateReport.java
@@ -18,10 +18,15 @@
  */
 package org.apache.maven.plugins.checkstyle;
 
+import javax.inject.Inject;
+
 import org.apache.maven.plugins.annotations.Mojo;
 import org.apache.maven.plugins.annotations.ResolutionScope;
+import org.apache.maven.plugins.checkstyle.exec.CheckstyleExecutor;
 import org.apache.maven.plugins.checkstyle.exec.CheckstyleExecutorRequest;
 import org.apache.maven.reporting.MavenReportException;
+import org.codehaus.plexus.i18n.I18N;
+import org.codehaus.plexus.resource.ResourceManager;
 
 /**
  * A reporting task that performs Checkstyle analysis and generates an aggregate
@@ -36,9 +41,16 @@
         requiresDependencyResolution = ResolutionScope.COMPILE,
         threadSafe = true)
 public class CheckstyleAggregateReport extends AbstractCheckstyleReport {
+
+    @Inject
+    public CheckstyleAggregateReport(ResourceManager locator, CheckstyleExecutor checkstyleExecutor, I18N i18n) {
+        super(locator, checkstyleExecutor, i18n);
+    }
+
     /**
      * {@inheritDoc}
      */
+    @Override
     protected CheckstyleExecutorRequest createRequest() throws MavenReportException {
         CheckstyleExecutorRequest request = new CheckstyleExecutorRequest();
         request.setAggregate(true)
@@ -70,11 +82,13 @@ protected CheckstyleExecutorRequest createRequest() throws MavenReportException
     }
 
     /** {@inheritDoc} */
+    @Override
     public String getOutputName() {
         return "checkstyle-aggregate";
     }
 
     /** {@inheritDoc} */
+    @Override
     public boolean canGenerateReport() {
         // TODO: would be good to scan the files here
         return !skip && project.isExecutionRoot() && reactorProjects.size() > 1;
diff --git a/src/main/java/org/apache/maven/plugins/checkstyle/CheckstyleReport.java b/src/main/java/org/apache/maven/plugins/checkstyle/CheckstyleReport.java
index b99abf2f..9c68322c 100644
--- a/src/main/java/org/apache/maven/plugins/checkstyle/CheckstyleReport.java
+++ b/src/main/java/org/apache/maven/plugins/checkstyle/CheckstyleReport.java
@@ -18,14 +18,19 @@
  */
 package org.apache.maven.plugins.checkstyle;
 
+import javax.inject.Inject;
+
 import java.io.File;
 import java.util.List;
 
 import org.apache.maven.model.Resource;
 import org.apache.maven.plugins.annotations.Mojo;
 import org.apache.maven.plugins.annotations.ResolutionScope;
+import org.apache.maven.plugins.checkstyle.exec.CheckstyleExecutor;
 import org.apache.maven.plugins.checkstyle.exec.CheckstyleExecutorRequest;
 import org.apache.maven.reporting.MavenReportException;
+import org.codehaus.plexus.i18n.I18N;
+import org.codehaus.plexus.resource.ResourceManager;
 
 /**
  * A reporting task that performs Checkstyle analysis and generates an HTML
@@ -38,9 +43,16 @@
  */
 @Mojo(name = "checkstyle", requiresDependencyResolution = ResolutionScope.COMPILE, threadSafe = true)
 public class CheckstyleReport extends AbstractCheckstyleReport {
+
+    @Inject
+    public CheckstyleReport(ResourceManager locator, CheckstyleExecutor checkstyleExecutor, I18N i18n) {
+        super(locator, checkstyleExecutor, i18n);
+    }
+
     /**
      * {@inheritDoc}
      */
+    @Override
     protected CheckstyleExecutorRequest createRequest() throws MavenReportException {
         CheckstyleExecutorRequest request = new CheckstyleExecutorRequest();
         request.setConsoleListener(getConsoleListener())
@@ -70,11 +82,13 @@ protected CheckstyleExecutorRequest createRequest() throws MavenReportException
     }
 
     /** {@inheritDoc} */
+    @Override
     public String getOutputName() {
         return "checkstyle";
     }
 
     /** {@inheritDoc} */
+    @Override
     public boolean canGenerateReport() {
         if (skip) {
             return false;
diff --git a/src/main/java/org/apache/maven/plugins/checkstyle/CheckstyleViolationCheckMojo.java b/src/main/java/org/apache/maven/plugins/checkstyle/CheckstyleViolationCheckMojo.java
index 21a9802d..5c5fcf23 100644
--- a/src/main/java/org/apache/maven/plugins/checkstyle/CheckstyleViolationCheckMojo.java
+++ b/src/main/java/org/apache/maven/plugins/checkstyle/CheckstyleViolationCheckMojo.java
@@ -18,6 +18,9 @@
  */
 package org.apache.maven.plugins.checkstyle;
 
+import javax.inject.Inject;
+import javax.inject.Named;
+
 import java.io.BufferedReader;
 import java.io.File;
 import java.io.FileNotFoundException;
@@ -47,7 +50,6 @@
 import org.apache.maven.plugin.MojoExecutionException;
 import org.apache.maven.plugin.MojoFailureException;
 import org.apache.maven.plugin.descriptor.PluginDescriptor;
-import org.apache.maven.plugins.annotations.Component;
 import org.apache.maven.plugins.annotations.LifecyclePhase;
 import org.apache.maven.plugins.annotations.Mojo;
 import org.apache.maven.plugins.annotations.Parameter;
@@ -294,12 +296,6 @@ public class CheckstyleViolationCheckMojo extends AbstractMojo {
     @Parameter(property = "encoding", defaultValue = "${project.build.sourceEncoding}")
     private String inputEncoding;
 
-    /**
-     * @since 2.5
-     */
-    @Component(role = CheckstyleExecutor.class, hint = "default")
-    protected CheckstyleExecutor checkstyleExecutor;
-
     /**
      * Output errors to console.
      */
@@ -489,7 +485,18 @@ public class CheckstyleViolationCheckMojo extends AbstractMojo {
 
     private File outputXmlFile;
 
+    /**
+     * @since 2.5
+     */
+    protected CheckstyleExecutor checkstyleExecutor;
+
+    @Inject
+    public CheckstyleViolationCheckMojo(final @Named("default") CheckstyleExecutor checkstyleExecutor) {
+        this.checkstyleExecutor = checkstyleExecutor;
+    }
+
     /** {@inheritDoc} */
+    @Override
     public void execute() throws MojoExecutionException, MojoFailureException {
         checkDeprecatedParameterUsage(sourceDirectory, "sourceDirectory", "sourceDirectories");
         checkDeprecatedParameterUsage(testSourceDirectory, "testSourceDirectory", "testSourceDirectories");
diff --git a/src/main/java/org/apache/maven/plugins/checkstyle/exec/DefaultCheckstyleExecutor.java b/src/main/java/org/apache/maven/plugins/checkstyle/exec/DefaultCheckstyleExecutor.java
index 1ad2baca..f5278229 100644
--- a/src/main/java/org/apache/maven/plugins/checkstyle/exec/DefaultCheckstyleExecutor.java
+++ b/src/main/java/org/apache/maven/plugins/checkstyle/exec/DefaultCheckstyleExecutor.java
@@ -18,6 +18,9 @@
  */
 package org.apache.maven.plugins.checkstyle.exec;
 
+import javax.inject.Inject;
+import javax.inject.Named;
+
 import java.io.ByteArrayInputStream;
 import java.io.File;
 import java.io.FileInputStream;
@@ -49,8 +52,6 @@
 import org.apache.maven.artifact.DependencyResolutionRequiredException;
 import org.apache.maven.model.Resource;
 import org.apache.maven.project.MavenProject;
-import org.codehaus.plexus.component.annotations.Component;
-import org.codehaus.plexus.component.annotations.Requirement;
 import org.codehaus.plexus.logging.AbstractLogEnabled;
 import org.codehaus.plexus.resource.ResourceManager;
 import org.codehaus.plexus.resource.loader.FileResourceCreationException;
@@ -61,16 +62,21 @@
 /**
  * @author Olivier Lamy
  * @since 2.5
- *
  */
-@Component(role = CheckstyleExecutor.class, hint = "default", instantiationStrategy = "per-lookup")
+@Named
 public class DefaultCheckstyleExecutor extends AbstractLogEnabled implements CheckstyleExecutor {
-    @Requirement(hint = "default")
     private ResourceManager locator;
 
-    @Requirement(hint = "license")
     private ResourceManager licenseLocator;
 
+    @Inject
+    public DefaultCheckstyleExecutor(
+            final @Named("default") ResourceManager locator, final @Named("license") ResourceManager licenseLocator) {
+        this.locator = locator;
+        this.licenseLocator = licenseLocator;
+    }
+
+    @Override
     public CheckstyleResults executeCheckstyle(CheckstyleExecutorRequest request)
             throws CheckstyleExecutorException, CheckstyleException {
         if (getLogger().isDebugEnabled()) {
@@ -255,6 +261,7 @@ protected void addSourceDirectory(
         }
     }
 
+    @Override
     public Configuration getConfiguration(CheckstyleExecutorRequest request) throws CheckstyleExecutorException {
         try {
             // Checkstyle will always use the context classloader in order