diff --git a/maven-surefire-report-plugin/src/main/java/org/apache/maven/plugins/surefire/report/SurefireReportRenderer.java b/maven-surefire-report-plugin/src/main/java/org/apache/maven/plugins/surefire/report/SurefireReportRenderer.java
index 4910c966c0..9cf0039a70 100644
--- a/maven-surefire-report-plugin/src/main/java/org/apache/maven/plugins/surefire/report/SurefireReportRenderer.java
+++ b/maven-surefire-report-plugin/src/main/java/org/apache/maven/plugins/surefire/report/SurefireReportRenderer.java
@@ -205,7 +205,7 @@ private void renderSectionPackages() {
             Map<String, Object> packageSummary = parser.getSummary(testSuiteList);
 
             tableRow(new String[] {
-                '{' + packageName + ", #" + packageName + '}',
+                createLinkPatternedText(packageName, '#' + packageName),
                 String.valueOf(packageSummary.get("totalTests")),
                 String.valueOf(packageSummary.get("totalErrors")),
                 String.valueOf(packageSummary.get("totalFailures")),
@@ -297,7 +297,7 @@ private void renderSectionTestSuite(ReportTestSuite suite) {
 
         sink.tableCell_();
 
-        tableCell('{' + suite.getName() + ", #" + suite.getPackageName() + '.' + suite.getName() + '}');
+        tableCell(createLinkPatternedText(suite.getName(), '#' + suite.getPackageName() + '.' + suite.getName()));
 
         tableCell(Integer.toString(suite.getNumberOfTests()));
 
diff --git a/maven-surefire-report-plugin/src/test/java/org/apache/maven/plugins/surefire/report/stubs/DependencyArtifactStubFactory.java b/maven-surefire-report-plugin/src/test/java/org/apache/maven/plugins/surefire/report/stubs/DependencyArtifactStubFactory.java
index 01c383f45b..06f9900edb 100644
--- a/maven-surefire-report-plugin/src/test/java/org/apache/maven/plugins/surefire/report/stubs/DependencyArtifactStubFactory.java
+++ b/maven-surefire-report-plugin/src/test/java/org/apache/maven/plugins/surefire/report/stubs/DependencyArtifactStubFactory.java
@@ -18,25 +18,6 @@
  */
 package org.apache.maven.plugins.surefire.report.stubs;
 
-/*
- * 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.
- */
-
 import java.io.File;
 import java.io.IOException;
 
@@ -45,10 +26,6 @@
 import org.apache.maven.artifact.versioning.VersionRange;
 import org.apache.maven.plugin.testing.ArtifactStubFactory;
 
-/**
- * DependencyArtifactStubFactory
- *
- */
 public class DependencyArtifactStubFactory extends ArtifactStubFactory {
     private boolean flattenedPath = true;
 
diff --git a/surefire-report-parser/pom.xml b/surefire-report-parser/pom.xml
index 5577980864..e99f5cc108 100644
--- a/surefire-report-parser/pom.xml
+++ b/surefire-report-parser/pom.xml
@@ -41,10 +41,6 @@
       <groupId>org.apache.maven.shared</groupId>
       <artifactId>maven-shared-utils</artifactId>
     </dependency>
-    <dependency>
-      <groupId>org.apache.maven.reporting</groupId>
-      <artifactId>maven-reporting-api</artifactId>
-    </dependency>
   </dependencies>
   <build>
     <plugins>