diff --git a/maven-release-plugin/src/main/java/org/apache/maven/plugins/release/PerformReleaseMojo.java b/maven-release-plugin/src/main/java/org/apache/maven/plugins/release/PerformReleaseMojo.java
index 7994e2a65..f7d7bc2bc 100644
--- a/maven-release-plugin/src/main/java/org/apache/maven/plugins/release/PerformReleaseMojo.java
+++ b/maven-release-plugin/src/main/java/org/apache/maven/plugins/release/PerformReleaseMojo.java
@@ -20,14 +20,11 @@
  */
 
 import java.io.File;
-import java.util.Map;
 
 import org.apache.maven.plugin.MojoExecutionException;
 import org.apache.maven.plugin.MojoFailureException;
-import org.apache.maven.plugins.annotations.Component;
 import org.apache.maven.plugins.annotations.Mojo;
 import org.apache.maven.plugins.annotations.Parameter;
-import org.apache.maven.scm.manager.ScmManager;
 import org.apache.maven.shared.release.DefaultReleaseManagerListener;
 import org.apache.maven.shared.release.ReleaseExecutionException;
 import org.apache.maven.shared.release.ReleaseFailureException;
@@ -46,7 +43,7 @@
  */
 @Mojo( name = "perform", aggregator = true, requiresProject = false )
 public class PerformReleaseMojo
-    extends AbstractReleaseMojo
+    extends AbstractScmReleaseMojo
 {
     /**
      * A space separated list of goals to execute on release perform. Default value is either <code>deploy</code> or
@@ -88,18 +85,6 @@ public class PerformReleaseMojo
     @Parameter( defaultValue = "false", property = "localCheckout" )
     private boolean localCheckout;
 
-    /**
-     * The SCM username to use.
-     */
-    @Parameter( property = "username" )
-    private String username;
-
-    /**
-     * The SCM password to use.
-     */
-    @Parameter( property = "password" )
-    private String password;
-
     /**
      * When cloning a repository if it should be a shallow clone or a full clone.
      */
@@ -125,23 +110,6 @@ public class PerformReleaseMojo
     @Parameter( defaultValue = "false", property = "dryRun" )
     private boolean dryRun;
 
-    /**
-     * Add a new or overwrite the default implementation per provider.
-     * The key is the scm prefix and the value is the role hint of the
-     * {@link org.apache.maven.scm.provider.ScmProvider}.
-     *
-     * @since 2.5.3
-     * @see ScmManager#setScmProviderImplementation(String, String)
-     */
-    @Parameter
-    private Map<String, String> providerImplementations;
-
-    /**
-     * The SCM manager.
-     */
-    @Component
-    private ScmManager scmManager;
-
     @Override
     protected String getAdditionalProfiles()
     {
@@ -152,15 +120,7 @@ protected String getAdditionalProfiles()
     public void execute()
         throws MojoExecutionException, MojoFailureException
     {
-        if ( providerImplementations != null )
-        {
-            for ( Map.Entry<String, String> providerEntry : providerImplementations.entrySet() )
-            {
-                getLog().info( "Change the default '" + providerEntry.getKey() + "' provider implementation to '"
-                    + providerEntry.getValue() + "'." );
-                scmManager.setScmProviderImplementation( providerEntry.getKey(), providerEntry.getValue() );
-            }
-        }
+        super.execute();
 
         // goals may be splitted into multiple line in configuration.
         // Let's build a single line command
@@ -179,16 +139,6 @@ public void execute()
                 releaseDescriptor.setScmSourceUrl( connectionUrl );
             }
 
-            if ( username != null )
-            {
-                releaseDescriptor.setScmUsername( username );
-            }
-
-            if ( password != null )
-            {
-                releaseDescriptor.setScmPassword( password );
-            }
-
             releaseDescriptor.setScmShallowClone( scmShallowClone );
 
             releaseDescriptor.setLocalCheckout( localCheckout );
diff --git a/maven-release-plugin/src/test/java/org/apache/maven/plugins/release/stubs/FlatMultiModuleMavenProjectStub.java b/maven-release-plugin/src/test/java/org/apache/maven/plugins/release/stubs/FlatMultiModuleMavenProjectStub.java
index 44ff46869..82ef5c1a9 100644
--- a/maven-release-plugin/src/test/java/org/apache/maven/plugins/release/stubs/FlatMultiModuleMavenProjectStub.java
+++ b/maven-release-plugin/src/test/java/org/apache/maven/plugins/release/stubs/FlatMultiModuleMavenProjectStub.java
@@ -29,7 +29,7 @@
 
 /**
  * <p>Stub for a MavenProject with a flat structure.</p>
- * 
+ *
  * <p>TODO: shouldn't need to do this, but the "stub" in the harness just throws away values you set.
  * Just overriding the ones I need for this plugin.</p>
  *
@@ -40,7 +40,7 @@
  */
 public class FlatMultiModuleMavenProjectStub
     extends org.apache.maven.plugin.testing.stubs.MavenProjectStub
-{   
+{
     public void setDistributionManagement( DistributionManagement distributionManagement )
     {
         getModel().setDistributionManagement( distributionManagement );
@@ -57,46 +57,57 @@ public Model getModel()
         return model;
     }
 
+    @Override
+    public Model getOriginalModel() {
+        Model originalModel = super.getOriginalModel();
+        if ( originalModel == null )
+        {
+            originalModel = new Model();
+            setOriginalModel( originalModel );
+        }
+        return originalModel;
+    }
+
     public DistributionManagement getDistributionManagement()
     {
         return getModel().getDistributionManagement();
     }
-    
+
     public List<String> getModules()
     {
         List<String> modules = new ArrayList<String>();
         modules.add( "../core" );
         modules.add( "../webapp" );
         modules.add( "../commons" );
-        
+
         return modules;
     }
-    
+
     public File getBasedir()
     {
         return new File( "/flat-multi-module/root-project" ).getAbsoluteFile();
     }
-    
+
     public Scm getScm()
     {
         Scm scm = new Scm();
         scm.setConnection( "scm:svn:file://localhost/target/svnroot/flat-multi-module/trunk/root-project" );
-        
+
         return scm;
     }
-    
+
     @Override
     public String getGroupId()
     {
         return "GROUPID";
     }
-    
+
     @Override
     public String getArtifactId()
     {
         return "ARTIFACTID";
     }
-    
+
     @Override
     public String getVersion()
     {