diff --git a/resources/tests/org.eclipse.core.tests.resources.saveparticipant/build.properties b/resources/tests/org.eclipse.core.tests.resources.saveparticipant/build.properties
index c69b9aed9d0..d5e62fc7b47 100644
--- a/resources/tests/org.eclipse.core.tests.resources.saveparticipant/build.properties
+++ b/resources/tests/org.eclipse.core.tests.resources.saveparticipant/build.properties
@@ -13,8 +13,7 @@
 #     Mickael Istria (Red Hat Inc.) - 417025 Get rid of nested jars
 ###############################################################################
 source..=src/
-bin.includes = plugin.xml,\
-               .,\
+bin.includes = .,\
                META-INF/,\
                about.html
 src.includes = about.html
diff --git a/resources/tests/org.eclipse.core.tests.resources.saveparticipant/plugin.xml b/resources/tests/org.eclipse.core.tests.resources.saveparticipant/plugin.xml
deleted file mode 100644
index c6ef3a9273b..00000000000
--- a/resources/tests/org.eclipse.core.tests.resources.saveparticipant/plugin.xml
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,11 +0,0 @@
-<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
-<?eclipse version="3.0"?>
-<plugin>
-
-    <extension point="org.eclipse.core.tests.harness.tests">
-    <test id="org.eclipse.core.tests.resources.saveparticipant.SaveManagerTest">
-      <run class="org.eclipse.core.tests.resources.saveparticipant.SaveManagerTest"/>
-    </test>
-  </extension>
-
-</plugin>