diff --git a/src/it/download-licenses-exclude-transitive-deps/invoker.properties b/src/it/download-licenses-exclude-transitive-deps/invoker.properties
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..441ff83dd
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/it/download-licenses-exclude-transitive-deps/invoker.properties
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+invoker.goals = clean validate -X
diff --git a/src/it/download-licenses-exclude-transitive-deps/pom.xml b/src/it/download-licenses-exclude-transitive-deps/pom.xml
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..7e2c00bb3
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/it/download-licenses-exclude-transitive-deps/pom.xml
@@ -0,0 +1,54 @@
+<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
+<project xmlns="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0"
+    xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance"
+    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.codehaus.mojo.license</groupId>
+  <artifactId>it-test</artifactId>
+  <version>1.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+  <name>Integration Test</name>
+  <url>http://maven.apache.org</url>
+  <description>
+    Check default execution.
+  </description>
+
+  <dependencies>
+    <dependency>
+      <groupId>org.wildfly</groupId>
+      <artifactId>wildfly-ejb-client-bom</artifactId>
+      <type>pom</type>
+      <version>9.0.1.Final</version>
+    </dependency>
+    <dependency>
+      <groupId>junit</groupId>
+      <artifactId>junit</artifactId>
+      <version>4.13.1</version>
+    </dependency>
+  </dependencies>
+
+  <build>
+    <plugins>
+      <plugin>
+        <groupId>org.codehaus.mojo</groupId>
+        <artifactId>license-maven-plugin</artifactId>
+        <version>@pom.version@</version>
+        <executions>
+          <execution>
+            <id>exclude-pom</id>
+            <goals>
+              <goal>download-licenses</goal>
+            </goals>
+            <phase>validate</phase>
+            <configuration>
+              <excludeTransitiveDependencies>true</excludeTransitiveDependencies>
+              <excludedTypes>pom</excludedTypes>
+              <licensesOutputDirectory>${project.build.directory}/generated-resources/licenses</licensesOutputDirectory>
+              <licensesOutputFile>${project.build.directory}/generated-resources/licenses.xml</licensesOutputFile>
+            </configuration>
+          </execution>
+        </executions>
+      </plugin>
+    </plugins>
+  </build>
+</project>
diff --git a/src/it/download-licenses-exclude-transitive-deps/postbuild.groovy b/src/it/download-licenses-exclude-transitive-deps/postbuild.groovy
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..3681d8f98
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/it/download-licenses-exclude-transitive-deps/postbuild.groovy
@@ -0,0 +1,51 @@
+/*
+ * #%L
+ * License Maven Plugin
+ * %%
+ * Copyright (C) 2008 - 2011 CodeLutin, Codehaus, Tony Chemit, Tony chemit
+ * %%
+ * This program is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify
+ * it under the terms of the GNU Lesser General Public License as
+ * published by the Free Software Foundation, either version 3 of the
+ * License, or (at your option) any later version.
+ *
+ * This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
+ * but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+ * MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
+ * GNU General Lesser Public License for more details.
+ *
+ * You should have received a copy of the GNU General Lesser Public
+ * License along with this program.  If not, see
+ * <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/lgpl-3.0.html>.
+ * #L%
+ */
+def assertExistsFile(file)
+{
+    if ( !file.exists() || file.isDirectory() )
+    {
+        println(file.getAbsolutePath() + " file is missing or a directory.")
+        assert false
+    }
+    assert true
+}
+
+def assertNotExistsFile(file)
+{
+  if ( file.exists() )
+  {
+    println(file.getAbsolutePath() + " file should not exists.")
+    assert false
+  }
+  assert true
+}
+
+file = new File(basedir, 'target/generated-resources/licenses/eclipse public license 1.0 - epl-v10.html');
+assertExistsFile(file);
+
+file = new File(basedir, 'target/generated-resources/licenses/lgpl - lgpl-2.1.txt');
+assertNotExistsFile(file);
+
+file = new File(basedir, 'target/generated-resources/licenses.xml');
+assertExistsFile(file);
+
+return true;
diff --git a/src/it/download-licenses-exclude-transitive-deps/src/main/java/org/codehaus/mojo/HelloWorld.java b/src/it/download-licenses-exclude-transitive-deps/src/main/java/org/codehaus/mojo/HelloWorld.java
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..16aaa7fed
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/it/download-licenses-exclude-transitive-deps/src/main/java/org/codehaus/mojo/HelloWorld.java
@@ -0,0 +1,15 @@
+package org.codehaus.mojo;
+
+public class HelloWorld
+{
+
+    /**
+     * @param args
+     */
+    public static void main( String[] args )
+    {
+        // TODO Auto-generated method stub
+
+    }
+
+}
diff --git a/src/main/java/org/codehaus/mojo/license/download/LicensedArtifactResolver.java b/src/main/java/org/codehaus/mojo/license/download/LicensedArtifactResolver.java
index 7a8f4a312..a23320a55 100644
--- a/src/main/java/org/codehaus/mojo/license/download/LicensedArtifactResolver.java
+++ b/src/main/java/org/codehaus/mojo/license/download/LicensedArtifactResolver.java
@@ -46,6 +46,7 @@
 import org.codehaus.mojo.license.api.MavenProjectDependenciesConfigurator;
 import org.codehaus.mojo.license.api.ResolvedProjectDependencies;
 import org.codehaus.mojo.license.download.LicensedArtifact.Builder;
+import org.codehaus.mojo.license.utils.MojoHelper;
 import org.slf4j.Logger;
 import org.slf4j.LoggerFactory;
 
@@ -132,7 +133,7 @@ public void loadProjectDependencies(
                 continue;
             }
 
-            final String id = artifact.getGroupId() + ":" + artifact.getArtifactId() + ":" + artifact.getVersion();
+            final String id = MojoHelper.getArtifactId(artifact);
 
             if (verbose) {
                 LOG.info("detected artifact {}", id);
@@ -193,7 +194,7 @@ public void loadProjectDependencies(
                 }
 
                 if (remove) {
-                    result.remove(entry.getKey());
+                    result.remove(MojoHelper.getArtifactId(entry.getValue()));
                 }
             }
         }