diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 2aa53eda..f3c7abcb 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -342,6 +342,7 @@ under the License.
         </configuration>
         <executions>
           <execution>
+            <?m2e execute onConfiguration,onIncremental?>
             <id>modello-cache</id>
             <goals>
               <goal>java</goal>
@@ -351,6 +352,7 @@ under the License.
             <phase>generate-sources</phase>
           </execution>
           <execution>
+            <?m2e execute onConfiguration,onIncremental?>
             <id>modello-cache-xsd</id>
             <goals>
               <goal>xsd</goal>
@@ -375,6 +377,18 @@ under the License.
         <artifactId>build-helper-maven-plugin</artifactId>
         <version>3.4.0</version>
         <executions>
+          <execution>
+            <id>add-sources</id>
+            <goals>
+              <goal>add-source</goal>
+            </goals>
+            <phase>generate-sources</phase>
+            <configuration>
+              <sources>
+                <source>${basedir}/target/generated-sources/modello</source>
+              </sources>
+            </configuration>
+          </execution>
           <execution>
             <id>add-resources</id>
             <goals>
diff --git a/src/main/java/org/apache/maven/buildcache/CacheControllerImpl.java b/src/main/java/org/apache/maven/buildcache/CacheControllerImpl.java
index 5cef32ac..9779a482 100644
--- a/src/main/java/org/apache/maven/buildcache/CacheControllerImpl.java
+++ b/src/main/java/org/apache/maven/buildcache/CacheControllerImpl.java
@@ -481,9 +481,10 @@ public void save(
             build.getDto().set_final(cacheConfig.isSaveToRemoteFinal());
             cacheResults.put(getVersionlessProjectKey(project), rebuilded(cacheResult, build));
 
+            localCache.beforeSave(context);
+
             // if package phase presence means new artifacts were packaged
             if (project.hasLifecyclePhase("package")) {
-                localCache.beforeSave(context);
                 localCache.saveBuildInfo(cacheResult, build);
                 if (projectArtifact.getFile() != null) {
                     localCache.saveArtifactFile(cacheResult, projectArtifact);
diff --git a/src/test/java/org/apache/maven/buildcache/its/Issue74Test.java b/src/test/java/org/apache/maven/buildcache/its/Issue74Test.java
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..d2a45d6c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/test/java/org/apache/maven/buildcache/its/Issue74Test.java
@@ -0,0 +1,98 @@
+/*
+ * 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.maven.buildcache.its;
+
+import java.io.IOException;
+import java.nio.file.Files;
+import java.nio.file.Path;
+import java.nio.file.Paths;
+import java.util.List;
+import java.util.stream.Collectors;
+
+import org.apache.maven.buildcache.its.junit.IntegrationTest;
+import org.apache.maven.buildcache.util.LogFileUtils;
+import org.apache.maven.it.VerificationException;
+import org.apache.maven.it.Verifier;
+import org.junit.jupiter.api.Assertions;
+import org.junit.jupiter.api.Test;
+import org.slf4j.Logger;
+import org.slf4j.LoggerFactory;
+
+/**
+ * Check if cached builds are cleaned up correctly also for projects
+ * which don't contain a package phase.
+ */
+@IntegrationTest("src/test/projects/mbuildcache-74-clean-cache-any-artifact")
+public class Issue74Test {
+
+    private static final Logger logger = LoggerFactory.getLogger(Issue74Test.class);
+
+    @Test
+    void simple(Verifier verifier) throws VerificationException, IOException {
+        verifier.setAutoclean(false);
+        verifier.setMavenDebug(true);
+
+        // first run - uncached
+        verifier.setLogFileName("../log-1.txt");
+        verifier.setSystemProperty("passed.by.test", "123");
+
+        verifier.executeGoal("verify");
+
+        verifier.verifyErrorFreeLog();
+        verifier.verifyTextInLog("Local build was not found");
+        verifyBuildCacheEntries(verifier, 1);
+
+        // second run - modified
+        verifier.setLogFileName("../log-2.txt");
+        verifier.setSystemProperty("passed.by.test", "456");
+
+        verifier.executeGoal("verify");
+
+        verifier.verifyErrorFreeLog();
+        verifier.verifyTextInLog("Local build was not found");
+        verifyBuildCacheEntries(verifier, 1);
+    }
+
+    private static void verifyBuildCacheEntries(final Verifier verifier, long expectedBuilds)
+            throws VerificationException, IOException {
+        String buildInfoXmlLog =
+                LogFileUtils.findFirstLineContainingTextsInLogs(verifier, "Saved Build to local file: ");
+        String buildInfoXmlLocation = buildInfoXmlLog.split(":\\s")[1];
+
+        Path buildInfoXmlPath = Paths.get(buildInfoXmlLocation);
+        // buildinfo.xml -> local -> hash -> project
+        Path projectPathInCache = buildInfoXmlPath.getParent().getParent().getParent();
+
+        logger.info("Checking '{}' for cached builds ...", projectPathInCache);
+
+        if (!Files.exists(projectPathInCache)) {
+            throw new VerificationException(
+                    String.format("Project directory in build cache doesn't exist: '%s'", projectPathInCache));
+        }
+
+        List<Path> entries =
+                Files.list(projectPathInCache).filter(p -> Files.isDirectory(p)).collect(Collectors.toList());
+
+        Assertions.assertEquals(
+                expectedBuilds,
+                entries.size(),
+                "Expected amount of cached builds not satisfied. Found: "
+                        + entries.stream().map(p -> p.getFileName().toString()).collect(Collectors.joining(",")));
+    }
+}
diff --git a/src/test/projects/mbuildcache-74-clean-cache-any-artifact/.mvn/extensions.xml b/src/test/projects/mbuildcache-74-clean-cache-any-artifact/.mvn/extensions.xml
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..4be880d4
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/test/projects/mbuildcache-74-clean-cache-any-artifact/.mvn/extensions.xml
@@ -0,0 +1,25 @@
+<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
+<!--
+
+    Copyright 2023 the original author or authors.
+
+    Licensed 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.
+
+-->
+<extensions>
+    <extension>
+        <groupId>org.apache.maven.extensions</groupId>
+        <artifactId>maven-build-cache-extension</artifactId>
+        <version>${projectVersion}</version>
+    </extension>
+</extensions>
diff --git a/src/test/projects/mbuildcache-74-clean-cache-any-artifact/.mvn/maven-build-cache-config.xml b/src/test/projects/mbuildcache-74-clean-cache-any-artifact/.mvn/maven-build-cache-config.xml
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..1bbaaaba
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/test/projects/mbuildcache-74-clean-cache-any-artifact/.mvn/maven-build-cache-config.xml
@@ -0,0 +1,28 @@
+<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8" ?>
+
+<!--
+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.
+-->
+
+<cache xmlns="http://maven.apache.org/CACHE-CONFIG/1.0.0">
+  <configuration>
+    <local>
+      <maxBuildsCached>1</maxBuildsCached>
+    </local>
+  </configuration>
+</cache>
diff --git a/src/test/projects/mbuildcache-74-clean-cache-any-artifact/pom.xml b/src/test/projects/mbuildcache-74-clean-cache-any-artifact/pom.xml
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..73e8feb3
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/test/projects/mbuildcache-74-clean-cache-any-artifact/pom.xml
@@ -0,0 +1,60 @@
+<!--
+
+    Copyright 2023 the original author or authors.
+
+    Licensed 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.
+
+-->
+<project xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance" xmlns="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0"
+         xsi:schemaLocation="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0 http://maven.apache.org/maven-v4_0_0.xsd">
+
+    <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
+    <groupId>org.apache.maven.caching.test.mbuildcache-74</groupId>
+    <artifactId>mbuildcache-74</artifactId>
+    <version>0.0.1-SNAPSHOT</version>
+    <packaging>pom</packaging>
+
+    <properties>
+        <maven.compiler.source>1.8</maven.compiler.source>
+        <maven.compiler.target>1.8</maven.compiler.target>
+    </properties>
+
+    <build>
+        <plugins>
+            <plugin>
+                <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
+                <artifactId>maven-enforcer-plugin</artifactId>
+                <version>3.4.1</version>
+                <executions>
+                    <execution>
+                        <id>require-property</id>
+                        <goals>
+                            <goal>enforce</goal>
+                        </goals>
+                        <configuration>
+                            <rules>
+                                <requireProperty>
+                                    <property>passed.by.test</property>
+                                    <message>Property passed.by.test is required</message>
+                                    <regex>\d{3}</regex>
+                                    <regexMessage>The passed.by.test property must consist of 3 digits. (actual=${passed.by.test})</regexMessage>
+                                </requireProperty>
+                            </rules>
+                        </configuration>
+                    </execution>
+                </executions>
+            </plugin>
+        </plugins>
+    </build>
+
+</project>