diff --git a/src/main/java/org/codehaus/mojo/aspectj/AjcHelper.java b/src/main/java/org/codehaus/mojo/aspectj/AjcHelper.java
index 9b701f4d..cb74cc7c 100644
--- a/src/main/java/org/codehaus/mojo/aspectj/AjcHelper.java
+++ b/src/main/java/org/codehaus/mojo/aspectj/AjcHelper.java
@@ -100,8 +100,11 @@ public static String createClassPath( MavenProject project, List<Artifact> plugi
             File artifact = classPathElement.getFile();
             if ( null != artifact )
             {
+              String type = classPathElement.getType();
+              if (!type.equals("pom")){
                 cp += classPathElement.getFile().getAbsolutePath();
-                cp += File.pathSeparatorChar;
+                cp += File.pathSeparatorChar;                
+              }
             }
         }
         Iterator<String> outIter = outDirs.iterator();