diff --git a/src/main/java/org/apache/maven/plugins/dependency/utils/filters/DestFileFilter.java b/src/main/java/org/apache/maven/plugins/dependency/utils/filters/DestFileFilter.java
index be52f1f5d..669c90c13 100644
--- a/src/main/java/org/apache/maven/plugins/dependency/utils/filters/DestFileFilter.java
+++ b/src/main/java/org/apache/maven/plugins/dependency/utils/filters/DestFileFilter.java
@@ -24,7 +24,6 @@
 import java.util.LinkedHashSet;
 import java.util.Set;
 
-import org.apache.commons.lang3.StringUtils;
 import org.apache.maven.artifact.Artifact;
 import org.apache.maven.plugins.dependency.fromConfiguration.ArtifactItem;
 import org.apache.maven.plugins.dependency.utils.DependencyUtil;
@@ -284,7 +283,7 @@ public boolean isArtifactIncluded(ArtifactItem item) throws ArtifactFilterExcept
         }
 
         File destFile;
-        if (StringUtils.isEmpty(item.getDestFileName())) {
+        if (item.getDestFileName() == null || item.getDestFileName().isEmpty()) {
             String formattedFileName = DependencyUtil.getFormattedFileName(
                     artifact, removeVersion, prependGroupId, useBaseVersion, removeClassifier);
             destFile = new File(destFolder, formattedFileName);
@@ -298,13 +297,13 @@ public boolean isArtifactIncluded(ArtifactItem item) throws ArtifactFilterExcept
     }
 
     /**
-     * Using simply {@code File.getLastModified} will return sometimes a wrong value see JDK bug for details.
+     * {@code File.getLastModified} sometimes returns a wrong value. See JDK bug for details.
      * <p>
      * https://bugs.openjdk.java.net/browse/JDK-8177809
      *
      * @param file {@link File}
      * @return the last modification time in milliseconds.
-     * @throws ArtifactFilterException in case of a IO Exception.
+     * @throws ArtifactFilterException in case of an IOException
      */
     private long getLastModified(File file) throws ArtifactFilterException {
         try {
diff --git a/src/main/java/org/apache/maven/plugins/dependency/utils/markers/UnpackFileMarkerHandler.java b/src/main/java/org/apache/maven/plugins/dependency/utils/markers/UnpackFileMarkerHandler.java
index 00c7be06e..396f39fc5 100644
--- a/src/main/java/org/apache/maven/plugins/dependency/utils/markers/UnpackFileMarkerHandler.java
+++ b/src/main/java/org/apache/maven/plugins/dependency/utils/markers/UnpackFileMarkerHandler.java
@@ -20,7 +20,6 @@
 
 import java.io.File;
 
-import org.apache.commons.lang3.StringUtils;
 import org.apache.maven.plugins.dependency.fromConfiguration.ArtifactItem;
 
 /**
@@ -52,22 +51,22 @@ public UnpackFileMarkerHandler(ArtifactItem artifactItem, File markerFilesDirect
     protected File getMarkerFile() {
         /*
          * Build a hash of all include/exclude strings, to determine if an artifactItem has been unpacked using the
-         * include/exclude parameters, this will allow an artifact to be included multiple times with different
-         * include/exclude parameters
+         * include/exclude parameters. This allows an artifact to be included multiple times with different
+         * include/exclude parameters.
          */
         File markerFile;
         if (this.artifactItem == null
-                || (StringUtils.isEmpty(this.artifactItem.getIncludes())
-                        && StringUtils.isEmpty(this.artifactItem.getExcludes()))) {
+                || this.artifactItem.getIncludes().isEmpty()
+                        && this.artifactItem.getExcludes().isEmpty()) {
             markerFile = super.getMarkerFile();
         } else {
             int includeExcludeHash = 0;
 
-            if (StringUtils.isNotEmpty(this.artifactItem.getIncludes())) {
+            if (!this.artifactItem.getIncludes().isEmpty()) {
                 includeExcludeHash += this.artifactItem.getIncludes().hashCode();
             }
 
-            if (StringUtils.isNotEmpty(this.artifactItem.getExcludes())) {
+            if (!this.artifactItem.getExcludes().isEmpty()) {
                 includeExcludeHash += this.artifactItem.getExcludes().hashCode();
             }