diff --git a/jmx/jmx-itests/pom.xml b/jmx/jmx-itests/pom.xml
index b3bae890f5..0c27bbdcff 100644
--- a/jmx/jmx-itests/pom.xml
+++ b/jmx/jmx-itests/pom.xml
@@ -76,6 +76,11 @@
             <artifactId>org.apache.aries.jmx.core.whiteboard</artifactId>
             <version>1.1.7-SNAPSHOT</version>
         </dependency>
+        <dependency>
+            <groupId>org.apache.aries.jmx</groupId>
+            <artifactId>org.apache.aries.jmx.mbeanserver-platform</artifactId>
+            <version>0.0.1-SNAPSHOT</version>
+        </dependency>
         <dependency>
             <groupId>org.osgi</groupId>
             <artifactId>org.osgi.compendium</artifactId>
diff --git a/jmx/jmx-itests/src/test/java/org/apache/aries/jmx/AbstractIntegrationTest.java b/jmx/jmx-itests/src/test/java/org/apache/aries/jmx/AbstractIntegrationTest.java
index dc27be19ca..250d5ddafa 100644
--- a/jmx/jmx-itests/src/test/java/org/apache/aries/jmx/AbstractIntegrationTest.java
+++ b/jmx/jmx-itests/src/test/java/org/apache/aries/jmx/AbstractIntegrationTest.java
@@ -40,11 +40,9 @@
 import javax.management.MBeanServerInvocationHandler;
 import javax.management.ObjectName;
 
-import org.apache.aries.jmx.test.MbeanServerActivator;
 import org.junit.runner.RunWith;
 import org.ops4j.pax.exam.Option;
 import org.ops4j.pax.exam.junit.PaxExam;
-import org.ops4j.pax.exam.options.MavenArtifactProvisionOption;
 import org.ops4j.pax.exam.spi.reactors.ExamReactorStrategy;
 import org.ops4j.pax.exam.spi.reactors.PerClass;
 import org.osgi.framework.Bundle;
@@ -87,17 +85,10 @@ protected Option jmxRuntime() {
 				mavenBundle("org.apache.aries.jmx", "org.apache.aries.jmx.api").versionAsInProject(),
 				mavenBundle("org.apache.aries.jmx", "org.apache.aries.jmx.whiteboard").versionAsInProject(),
 				mavenBundle("org.apache.aries.testsupport", "org.apache.aries.testsupport.unit").versionAsInProject(),
-				mbeanServerBundle()
+				mavenBundle("org.apache.aries.jmx", "org.apache.aries.jmx.mbeanserver-platform").versionAsInProject()
 				);
 	}
 
-	protected Option mbeanServerBundle() {
-		return provision(bundle()
-		        .add(MbeanServerActivator.class)
-		        .set(Constants.BUNDLE_ACTIVATOR, MbeanServerActivator.class.getName())
-		        .build(withBnd()));
-	}
-	
 	protected Option bundlea() {
 		return provision(bundle()
 		        .add(org.apache.aries.jmx.test.bundlea.Activator.class)
diff --git a/jmx/jmx-itests/src/test/java/org/apache/aries/jmx/test/MbeanServerActivator.java b/jmx/jmx-itests/src/test/java/org/apache/aries/jmx/test/MbeanServerActivator.java
deleted file mode 100644
index 3b07a222e9..0000000000
--- a/jmx/jmx-itests/src/test/java/org/apache/aries/jmx/test/MbeanServerActivator.java
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,35 +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.aries.jmx.test;
-
-import javax.management.MBeanServer;
-import javax.management.MBeanServerFactory;
-
-import org.osgi.framework.BundleActivator;
-import org.osgi.framework.BundleContext;
-
-public class MbeanServerActivator implements BundleActivator {
-
-	public void start(BundleContext context) throws Exception {
-		MBeanServer mBeanServer = MBeanServerFactory.createMBeanServer();
-		context.registerService(MBeanServer.class, mBeanServer, null);
-	}
-
-	public void stop(BundleContext context) throws Exception {
-	}
-
-}