diff --git a/maven-wrapper-plugin/src/main/java/org/apache/maven/plugins/wrapper/WrapperMojo.java b/maven-wrapper-plugin/src/main/java/org/apache/maven/plugins/wrapper/WrapperMojo.java
index e6fcfad2..e5381e5b 100644
--- a/maven-wrapper-plugin/src/main/java/org/apache/maven/plugins/wrapper/WrapperMojo.java
+++ b/maven-wrapper-plugin/src/main/java/org/apache/maven/plugins/wrapper/WrapperMojo.java
@@ -146,6 +146,24 @@ public void execute()
         }
 
         mavenVersion = getVersion( mavenVersion, Maven.class, "org.apache.maven/maven-core" );
+
+        try {
+            File downloaderClass = basedir.toPath().resolve(".mvn/wrapper/MavenWrapperDownloader.class").toFile();
+            if ( downloaderClass.exists() ) {
+                downloaderClass.delete();
+            }
+            if ( ! "source".equals( distributionType ) ) {
+                File downloaderJava = basedir.toPath().resolve(".mvn/wrapper/MavenWrapperDownloader.class").toFile();
+                if ( downloaderJava.exists() ) {
+                    downloaderJava.delete();
+                }
+            }
+        }
+        catch ( Exception e )
+        {
+            throw new MojoExecutionException( "distributionType can't clean up MavenWrapperDownloader", e );
+        }
+
         try
         {
             replaceProperties( wrapperVersion, Files.createDirectories( basedir.toPath().resolve( ".mvn/wrapper" ) ) );