pomArtifact =
                    new DefaultArtifact(artifact.getGroupId(), artifact.getArtifactId(), "pom", artifact.getVersion());
        }

        return pomArtifact;
    }

    /**
     * Creates POM artifact out of passed in artifact by dropping classifier (if exists) and rewriting extension to
     * "pom". Unconditionally, unlike {@link #toPomArtifact(Artifact)} that does this only for artifacts without
     * classifiers.