diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 4c14fb2f..1977837e 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -487,13 +487,6 @@ under the License.
       <scope>test</scope>
     </dependency>
 
-    <dependency>
-      <groupId>commons-io</groupId>
-      <artifactId>commons-io</artifactId>
-      <version>2.16.1</version>
-      <scope>test</scope>
-    </dependency>
-
     <!-- test -->
     <dependency>
       <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugin-testing</groupId>
diff --git a/src/test/java/org/apache/maven/plugins/site/deploy/AbstractSiteDeployWebDavTest.java b/src/test/java/org/apache/maven/plugins/site/deploy/AbstractSiteDeployWebDavTest.java
index a245f79d..58e4fbca 100644
--- a/src/test/java/org/apache/maven/plugins/site/deploy/AbstractSiteDeployWebDavTest.java
+++ b/src/test/java/org/apache/maven/plugins/site/deploy/AbstractSiteDeployWebDavTest.java
@@ -20,13 +20,13 @@
 
 import java.io.File;
 import java.nio.charset.StandardCharsets;
+import java.nio.file.Files;
 import java.util.Arrays;
 import java.util.Collections;
 import java.util.HashMap;
 import java.util.List;
 import java.util.Map;
 
-import org.apache.commons.io.FileUtils;
 import org.apache.maven.artifact.repository.layout.DefaultRepositoryLayout;
 import org.apache.maven.bridge.MavenRepositorySystem;
 import org.apache.maven.doxia.tools.SiteTool;
@@ -220,12 +220,12 @@ public void davDeployThruProxyWitAuthzInProxy() throws Exception {
     private void assertContentInFiles() throws Exception {
         File htmlFile = new File(siteTargetPath, "site" + File.separator + "index.html");
         assertTrue(htmlFile.exists());
-        String fileContent = FileUtils.readFileToString(htmlFile, StandardCharsets.UTF_8);
-        assertTrue(fileContent.contains("Welcome to Apache Maven"));
+        String htmlFileContent = new String(Files.readAllBytes(htmlFile.toPath()), StandardCharsets.UTF_8);
+        assertTrue(htmlFileContent.contains("Welcome to Apache Maven"));
 
         File cssFile = new File(siteTargetPath, "site" + File.separator + "css" + File.separator + "maven-base.css");
         assertTrue(cssFile.exists());
-        String cssContent = FileUtils.readFileToString(cssFile, StandardCharsets.UTF_8);
+        String cssContent = new String(Files.readAllBytes(cssFile.toPath()), StandardCharsets.UTF_8);
         assertTrue(cssContent.contains("background-image: url(../images/collapsed.gif);"));
     }
 
diff --git a/src/test/java/org/apache/maven/plugins/site/deploy/AuthAsyncProxyServlet.java b/src/test/java/org/apache/maven/plugins/site/deploy/AuthAsyncProxyServlet.java
index c7a40b0e..0c654c9f 100644
--- a/src/test/java/org/apache/maven/plugins/site/deploy/AuthAsyncProxyServlet.java
+++ b/src/test/java/org/apache/maven/plugins/site/deploy/AuthAsyncProxyServlet.java
@@ -26,10 +26,13 @@
 
 import java.io.File;
 import java.io.IOException;
-import java.util.*;
+import java.nio.file.Files;
+import java.util.ArrayList;
+import java.util.Base64;
+import java.util.Enumeration;
+import java.util.List;
+import java.util.Map;
 
-import org.apache.commons.io.FileUtils;
-import org.apache.commons.io.IOUtils;
 import org.eclipse.jetty.proxy.AsyncProxyServlet;
 
 /**
@@ -121,7 +124,8 @@ public void service(ServletRequest req, ServletResponse res) throws ServletExcep
 
                     if (request.getMethod().equalsIgnoreCase("PUT") && targetPath != null) {
                         File targetFile = new File(siteTargetPath, targetPath);
-                        FileUtils.writeByteArrayToFile(targetFile, IOUtils.toByteArray(request.getInputStream()));
+                        targetFile.getParentFile().mkdirs();
+                        Files.copy(request.getInputStream(), targetFile.toPath());
                     }
 
                     response.setStatus(HttpServletResponse.SC_OK);
diff --git a/src/test/java/org/apache/maven/plugins/site/deploy/SimpleDavServerHandler.java b/src/test/java/org/apache/maven/plugins/site/deploy/SimpleDavServerHandler.java
index 0e0b26fb..78f780b9 100644
--- a/src/test/java/org/apache/maven/plugins/site/deploy/SimpleDavServerHandler.java
+++ b/src/test/java/org/apache/maven/plugins/site/deploy/SimpleDavServerHandler.java
@@ -25,12 +25,11 @@
 
 import java.io.File;
 import java.io.IOException;
+import java.nio.file.Files;
 import java.util.ArrayList;
 import java.util.Enumeration;
 import java.util.List;
 
-import org.apache.commons.io.FileUtils;
-import org.apache.commons.io.IOUtils;
 import org.eclipse.jetty.server.Handler;
 import org.eclipse.jetty.server.Request;
 import org.eclipse.jetty.server.Server;
@@ -74,7 +73,8 @@ public void handle(String target, Request r, HttpServletRequest request, HttpSer
 
                 if (request.getMethod().equalsIgnoreCase("PUT")) {
                     File targetFile = new File(siteTargetPath, targetPath);
-                    FileUtils.writeByteArrayToFile(targetFile, IOUtils.toByteArray(request.getInputStream()));
+                    targetFile.getParentFile().mkdirs();
+                    Files.copy(request.getInputStream(), targetFile.toPath());
                 }
 
                 // PrintWriter writer = response.getWriter();