diff --git a/maven-plugin/src/main/java/eu/maveniverse/maven/toolbox/plugin/GavTreeMojo.java b/maven-plugin/src/main/java/eu/maveniverse/maven/toolbox/plugin/GavTreeMojo.java
index 1c24724d..c367219c 100644
--- a/maven-plugin/src/main/java/eu/maveniverse/maven/toolbox/plugin/GavTreeMojo.java
+++ b/maven-plugin/src/main/java/eu/maveniverse/maven/toolbox/plugin/GavTreeMojo.java
@@ -9,17 +9,12 @@
 import java.util.Locale;
 import org.apache.maven.plugin.AbstractMojo;
 import org.apache.maven.plugin.MojoExecutionException;
-import org.apache.maven.plugin.MojoFailureException;
 import org.apache.maven.plugins.annotations.Mojo;
 import org.apache.maven.plugins.annotations.Parameter;
-import org.eclipse.aether.artifact.Artifact;
 import org.eclipse.aether.artifact.DefaultArtifact;
 import org.eclipse.aether.collection.CollectResult;
 import org.eclipse.aether.collection.DependencyCollectionException;
 import org.eclipse.aether.graph.Dependency;
-import org.eclipse.aether.resolution.ArtifactDescriptorException;
-import org.eclipse.aether.resolution.ArtifactDescriptorRequest;
-import org.eclipse.aether.resolution.ArtifactDescriptorResult;
 import org.eclipse.aether.util.graph.visitor.DependencyGraphDumper;
 
 @Mojo(name = "gav-tree", requiresProject = false, threadSafe = true)
@@ -37,12 +32,6 @@ public class GavTreeMojo extends AbstractMojo {
     @Parameter(property = "scope", defaultValue = "runtime", required = true)
     private String scope;
 
-    /**
-     * Set it {@code true} for "as project" mode.
-     */
-    @Parameter(property = "asProject", defaultValue = "false", required = true)
-    private boolean asProject;
-
     /**
      * Set it {@code true} for verbose tree.
      */
@@ -50,41 +39,20 @@ public class GavTreeMojo extends AbstractMojo {
     private boolean verbose;
 
     @Override
-    public void execute() throws MojoExecutionException, MojoFailureException {
+    public void execute() throws MojoExecutionException {
         Runtime runtime = Runtimes.INSTANCE.getRuntime();
         try (Context context = runtime.create(ContextOverrides.create().build())) {
             Toolbox toolbox = new ToolboxImpl(context.repositorySystem());
             Toolbox.ResolutionScope resolutionScope =
                     Toolbox.ResolutionScope.valueOf(scope.toUpperCase(Locale.ENGLISH));
-            CollectResult collectResult;
-            if (asProject) {
-                Artifact artifact = new DefaultArtifact(gav);
-
-                // for test only: "as project" means we use MavenProject, here it is just simulated
-                ArtifactDescriptorRequest descriptorRequest = new ArtifactDescriptorRequest();
-                descriptorRequest.setArtifact(artifact);
-                descriptorRequest.setRepositories(context.remoteRepositories());
-                ArtifactDescriptorResult descriptorResult = context.repositorySystem()
-                        .readArtifactDescriptor(context.repositorySystemSession(), descriptorRequest);
-
-                collectResult = toolbox.collectAsProject(
-                        context.repositorySystemSession(),
-                        resolutionScope,
-                        artifact,
-                        descriptorResult.getDependencies(),
-                        descriptorResult.getManagedDependencies(),
-                        descriptorResult.getRepositories(),
-                        verbose);
-            } else {
-                collectResult = toolbox.collectAsDependency(
-                        context.repositorySystemSession(),
-                        resolutionScope,
-                        new Dependency(new DefaultArtifact(gav), scope),
-                        context.remoteRepositories(),
-                        verbose);
-            }
+            CollectResult collectResult = toolbox.collectAsDependency(
+                    context.repositorySystemSession(),
+                    resolutionScope,
+                    new Dependency(new DefaultArtifact(gav), scope),
+                    context.remoteRepositories(),
+                    verbose);
             collectResult.getRoot().accept(new DependencyGraphDumper(getLog()::info));
-        } catch (ArtifactDescriptorException | DependencyCollectionException e) {
+        } catch (DependencyCollectionException e) {
             throw new MojoExecutionException(e);
         }
     }
diff --git a/maven-plugin/src/main/java/eu/maveniverse/maven/toolbox/plugin/TreeMojo.java b/maven-plugin/src/main/java/eu/maveniverse/maven/toolbox/plugin/TreeMojo.java
index db1a60ac..b2e8f484 100644
--- a/maven-plugin/src/main/java/eu/maveniverse/maven/toolbox/plugin/TreeMojo.java
+++ b/maven-plugin/src/main/java/eu/maveniverse/maven/toolbox/plugin/TreeMojo.java
@@ -1,14 +1,66 @@
 package eu.maveniverse.maven.toolbox.plugin;
 
+import eu.maveniverse.maven.mima.context.Context;
+import eu.maveniverse.maven.mima.context.ContextOverrides;
+import eu.maveniverse.maven.mima.context.Runtime;
+import eu.maveniverse.maven.mima.context.Runtimes;
+import eu.maveniverse.maven.toolbox.shared.Toolbox;
+import eu.maveniverse.maven.toolbox.shared.internal.ToolboxImpl;
+import java.util.Locale;
+import java.util.stream.Collectors;
+import org.apache.maven.RepositoryUtils;
 import org.apache.maven.plugin.AbstractMojo;
 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.project.MavenProject;
+import org.eclipse.aether.artifact.ArtifactTypeRegistry;
+import org.eclipse.aether.collection.CollectResult;
+import org.eclipse.aether.collection.DependencyCollectionException;
+import org.eclipse.aether.util.graph.visitor.DependencyGraphDumper;
 
 @Mojo(name = "tree", threadSafe = true)
 public class TreeMojo extends AbstractMojo {
+    /**
+     * The resolution scope to display, accepted values are "runtime", "compile" or "test".
+     */
+    @Parameter(property = "scope", defaultValue = "runtime", required = true)
+    private String scope;
+
+    /**
+     * Set it {@code true} for verbose tree.
+     */
+    @Parameter(property = "verbose", defaultValue = "false", required = true)
+    private boolean verbose;
+
+    @Component
+    private MavenProject mavenProject;
+
     @Override
-    public void execute() throws MojoExecutionException, MojoFailureException {
-        getLog().info("boo");
+    public void execute() throws MojoExecutionException {
+        Runtime runtime = Runtimes.INSTANCE.getRuntime();
+        try (Context context = runtime.create(ContextOverrides.create().build())) {
+            ArtifactTypeRegistry artifactTypeRegistry =
+                    context.repositorySystemSession().getArtifactTypeRegistry();
+            Toolbox toolbox = new ToolboxImpl(context.repositorySystem());
+            Toolbox.ResolutionScope resolutionScope =
+                    Toolbox.ResolutionScope.valueOf(scope.toUpperCase(Locale.ENGLISH));
+            CollectResult collectResult = toolbox.collectAsProject(
+                    context.repositorySystemSession(),
+                    resolutionScope,
+                    RepositoryUtils.toArtifact(mavenProject.getArtifact()),
+                    mavenProject.getDependencies().stream()
+                            .map(d -> RepositoryUtils.toDependency(d, artifactTypeRegistry))
+                            .collect(Collectors.toList()),
+                    mavenProject.getDependencyManagement().getDependencies().stream()
+                            .map(d -> RepositoryUtils.toDependency(d, artifactTypeRegistry))
+                            .collect(Collectors.toList()),
+                    context.remoteRepositories(),
+                    verbose);
+            collectResult.getRoot().accept(new DependencyGraphDumper(getLog()::info));
+        } catch (DependencyCollectionException e) {
+            throw new MojoExecutionException(e);
+        }
     }
 }