diff --git a/main/src/main/scala/sbt/Defaults.scala b/main/src/main/scala/sbt/Defaults.scala
index 53bc0ddbb..42f23de55 100644
--- a/main/src/main/scala/sbt/Defaults.scala
+++ b/main/src/main/scala/sbt/Defaults.scala
@@ -2822,17 +2822,20 @@ object Classpaths {
     Defaults.globalDefaults(
       Seq(
         publishMavenStyle :== true,
+        sbtPluginPublishLegacyMavenStyle := true,
         publishArtifact :== true,
         (Test / publishArtifact) :== false
       )
     )
 
+  private val publishSbtPluginMavenStyle = Def.task {
+    sbtPlugin.value && publishMavenStyle.value
+  }
   val jvmPublishSettings: Seq[Setting[_]] = Seq(
     artifacts := artifactDefs(defaultArtifactTasks).value,
-    packagedArtifacts := packaged(defaultArtifactTasks).value ++
-      Def
-        .ifS(sbtPlugin.toTask)(mavenArtifactsOfSbtPlugin)(Def.task(Map.empty[Artifact, File]))
-        .value
+    packagedArtifacts := Def
+      .ifS(publishSbtPluginMavenStyle)(mavenArtifactsOfSbtPlugin)(packaged(defaultArtifactTasks))
+      .value,
   ) ++ RemoteCache.projectSettings
 
   /**
@@ -2841,7 +2844,7 @@ object Classpaths {
    * valid POM file, that is a POM file that Maven can resolve.
    */
   private def mavenArtifactsOfSbtPlugin: Def.Initialize[Task[Map[Artifact, File]]] =
-    Def.ifS(publishMavenStyle.toTask)(Def.task {
+    Def.task {
       val crossVersion = sbtCrossVersion.value
       val legacyArtifact = (makePom / artifact).value
       val pom = makeMavenPomOfSbtPlugin.value
@@ -2849,8 +2852,13 @@ object Classpaths {
 
       def addSuffix(a: Artifact): Artifact = a.withName(crossVersion(a.name))
       val packages = legacyPackages.map { case (artifact, file) => addSuffix(artifact) -> file }
-      packages + (addSuffix(legacyArtifact) -> pom)
-    })(Def.task(Map.empty))
+      val legacyPackagedArtifacts = Def
+        .ifS(sbtPluginPublishLegacyMavenStyle.toTask)(packaged(defaultArtifactTasks))(
+          Def.task(Map.empty[Artifact, File])
+        )
+        .value
+      packages + (addSuffix(legacyArtifact) -> pom) ++ legacyPackagedArtifacts
+    }
 
   private def sbtCrossVersion: Def.Initialize[String => String] = Def.setting {
     val sbtV = (pluginCrossBuild / sbtBinaryVersion).value
diff --git a/main/src/main/scala/sbt/Keys.scala b/main/src/main/scala/sbt/Keys.scala
index cd5b520c0..82d778c2f 100644
--- a/main/src/main/scala/sbt/Keys.scala
+++ b/main/src/main/scala/sbt/Keys.scala
@@ -491,6 +491,7 @@ object Keys {
   val makeIvyXmlLocalConfiguration = taskKey[PublishConfiguration]("Configuration for generating ivy.xml.").withRank(DSetting)
   val packagedArtifacts = taskKey[Map[Artifact, File]]("Packages all artifacts for publishing and maps the Artifact definition to the generated file.").withRank(CTask)
   val publishMavenStyle = settingKey[Boolean]("Configures whether to generate and publish a pom (true) or Ivy file (false).").withRank(BSetting)
+  val sbtPluginPublishLegacyMavenStyle = settingKey[Boolean]("Configuration for generating the legacy pom of sbt plugins, to publish to Maven").withRank(CSetting)
   val credentials = taskKey[Seq[Credentials]]("The credentials to use for updating and publishing.").withRank(BMinusTask)
   val allCredentials = taskKey[Seq[Credentials]]("Aggregated credentials across current and root subprojects. Do not rewire this task.").withRank(DTask)
 
diff --git a/sbt-app/src/sbt-test/dependency-management/sbt-plugin-publish/build.sbt b/sbt-app/src/sbt-test/dependency-management/sbt-plugin-publish/build.sbt
index bc05305f8..27cb09743 100644
--- a/sbt-app/src/sbt-test/dependency-management/sbt-plugin-publish/build.sbt
+++ b/sbt-app/src/sbt-test/dependency-management/sbt-plugin-publish/build.sbt
@@ -3,26 +3,27 @@ import scala.util.matching.Regex
 lazy val repo = file("test-repo")
 lazy val resolver = Resolver.file("test-repo", repo)
 
-lazy val example = project.in(file("example"))
+lazy val sbtPlugin1 = project.in(file("sbt-plugin-1"))
   .enablePlugins(SbtPlugin)
   .settings(
     organization := "org.example",
+    name := "sbt-plugin-1",
     addSbtPlugin("ch.epfl.scala" % "sbt-plugin-example-diamond" % "0.5.0"),
     publishTo := Some(resolver),
-    checkPackagedArtifacts := checkPackagedArtifactsDef.value,
-    checkPublish := checkPublishDef.value
+    checkPackagedArtifacts := checkPackagedArtifactsDef("sbt-plugin-1", true).value,
+    checkPublish := checkPublishDef("sbt-plugin-1", true).value
   )
 
-lazy val testMaven = project.in(file("test-maven"))
+lazy val testMaven1 = project.in(file("test-maven-1"))
   .settings(
-    addSbtPlugin("org.example" % "example" % "0.1.0-SNAPSHOT"),
+    addSbtPlugin("org.example" % "sbt-plugin-1" % "0.1.0-SNAPSHOT"),
     externalResolvers -= Resolver.defaultLocal,
     resolvers += {
       val base = (ThisBuild / baseDirectory).value
       MavenRepository("test-repo", s"file://$base/test-repo")
     },
     checkUpdate := checkUpdateDef(
-      "example_2.12_1.0-0.1.0-SNAPSHOT.jar",
+      "sbt-plugin-1_2.12_1.0-0.1.0-SNAPSHOT.jar",
       "sbt-plugin-example-diamond_2.12_1.0-0.5.0.jar",
       "sbt-plugin-example-left_2.12_1.0-0.3.0.jar",
       "sbt-plugin-example-right_2.12_1.0-0.3.0.jar",
@@ -30,11 +31,41 @@ lazy val testMaven = project.in(file("test-maven"))
     ).value
   )
 
-lazy val testLocal = project.in(file("test-local"))
+lazy val testLocal1 = project.in(file("test-local-1"))
   .settings(
-    addSbtPlugin("org.example" % "example" % "0.1.0-SNAPSHOT"),
+    addSbtPlugin("org.example" % "sbt-plugin-1" % "0.1.0-SNAPSHOT"),
     checkUpdate := checkUpdateDef(
-      "example.jar", // resolved from local repository
+      "sbt-plugin-1.jar", // resolved from local repository
+      "sbt-plugin-example-diamond_2.12_1.0-0.5.0.jar",
+      "sbt-plugin-example-left_2.12_1.0-0.3.0.jar",
+      "sbt-plugin-example-right_2.12_1.0-0.3.0.jar",
+      "sbt-plugin-example-bottom_2.12_1.0-0.3.0.jar",
+    ).value
+  )
+
+// test publish without legacy Maven artifacts
+lazy val sbtPlugin2 = project.in(file("sbt-plugin-2"))
+  .enablePlugins(SbtPlugin)
+  .settings(
+    organization := "org.example",
+    name := "sbt-plugin-2",
+    addSbtPlugin("ch.epfl.scala" % "sbt-plugin-example-diamond" % "0.5.0"),
+    sbtPluginPublishLegacyMavenStyle := false,
+    publishTo := Some(resolver),
+    checkPackagedArtifacts := checkPackagedArtifactsDef("sbt-plugin-2", false).value,
+    checkPublish := checkPublishDef("sbt-plugin-2", false).value,
+  )
+
+lazy val testMaven2 = project.in(file("test-maven-2"))
+  .settings(
+    addSbtPlugin("org.example" % "sbt-plugin-2" % "0.1.0-SNAPSHOT"),
+    externalResolvers -= Resolver.defaultLocal,
+    resolvers += {
+      val base = (ThisBuild / baseDirectory).value
+      MavenRepository("test-repo", s"file://$base/test-repo")
+    },
+    checkUpdate := checkUpdateDef(
+      "sbt-plugin-2_2.12_1.0-0.1.0-SNAPSHOT.jar",
       "sbt-plugin-example-diamond_2.12_1.0-0.5.0.jar",
       "sbt-plugin-example-left_2.12_1.0-0.3.0.jar",
       "sbt-plugin-example-right_2.12_1.0-0.3.0.jar",
@@ -46,65 +77,63 @@ lazy val checkPackagedArtifacts = taskKey[Unit]("check the packaged artifacts")
 lazy val checkPublish = taskKey[Unit]("check publish")
 lazy val checkUpdate = taskKey[Unit]("check update")
 
-def checkPackagedArtifactsDef: Def.Initialize[Task[Unit]] = Def.task {
+def checkPackagedArtifactsDef(artifactName: String, withLegacy: Boolean): Def.Initialize[Task[Unit]] = Def.task {
   val packagedArtifacts = Keys.packagedArtifacts.value
-  val deprecatedArtifacts = packagedArtifacts.keys.filter(a => a.name == "example")
-  assert(deprecatedArtifacts.size == 4)
 
-  val artifactsWithCrossVersion = packagedArtifacts.keys.filter(a => a.name == "example_2.12_1.0")
+  val legacyArtifacts = packagedArtifacts.keys.filter(a => a.name == artifactName)
+  if (withLegacy) {
+    assert(legacyArtifacts.size == 4)
+    val legacyPom = legacyArtifacts.find(_.`type` == "pom")
+    assert(legacyPom.isDefined)
+    val legacyPomContent = IO.read(packagedArtifacts(legacyPom.get))
+    assert(legacyPomContent.contains(s"<artifactId>$artifactName</artifactId>"))
+    assert(legacyPomContent.contains(s"<artifactId>sbt-plugin-example-diamond</artifactId>"))
+  } else {
+    assert(legacyArtifacts.size == 0)
+  }
+  
+  val artifactsWithCrossVersion =
+    packagedArtifacts.keys.filter(a => a.name == s"${artifactName}_2.12_1.0")
   assert(artifactsWithCrossVersion.size == 4)
-
-  val deprecatedPom = deprecatedArtifacts.find(_.`type` == "pom")
-  assert(deprecatedPom.isDefined)
-  val deprecatedPomContent = IO.read(packagedArtifacts(deprecatedPom.get))
-  assert(deprecatedPomContent.contains(s"<artifactId>example</artifactId>"))
-  assert(deprecatedPomContent.contains(s"<artifactId>sbt-plugin-example-diamond</artifactId>"))
-
   val pomWithCrossVersion = artifactsWithCrossVersion.find(_.`type` == "pom")
   assert(pomWithCrossVersion.isDefined)
   val pomContent = IO.read(packagedArtifacts(pomWithCrossVersion.get))
-  assert(pomContent.contains(s"<artifactId>example_2.12_1.0</artifactId>"))
+  assert(pomContent.contains(s"<artifactId>${artifactName}_2.12_1.0</artifactId>"))
   assert(pomContent.contains(s"<artifactId>sbt-plugin-example-diamond_2.12_1.0</artifactId>"))
 }
 
-def checkPublishDef: Def.Initialize[Task[Unit]] = Def.task {
+def checkPublishDef(artifactName: String, withLegacy: Boolean): Def.Initialize[Task[Unit]] = Def.task {
   val _ = publish.value
   val org = organization.value
-  val files = IO.listFiles(repo / org.replace('.', '/') / "example_2.12_1.0" / "0.1.0-SNAPSHOT")
-
+  val files = IO.listFiles(repo / org.replace('.', '/') / s"${artifactName}_2.12_1.0" / "0.1.0-SNAPSHOT")
+  val logger = streams.value.log
+  
   assert(files.nonEmpty)
   
-  val Deprecated = s"example-${Regex.quote("0.1.0-SNAPSHOT")}(-javadoc|-sources)?(\\.jar|\\.pom)".r
-  val WithCrossVersion = s"example${Regex.quote("_2.12_1.0")}-${Regex.quote("0.1.0-SNAPSHOT")}(-javadoc|-sources)?(\\.jar|\\.pom)".r
+  val legacyRegex =
+    s"$artifactName-${Regex.quote("0.1.0-SNAPSHOT")}(-javadoc|-sources)?(\\.jar|\\.pom)".r
+  val legacyArtifacts = files.filter(f => legacyRegex.unapplySeq(f.name).isDefined)
+  if (withLegacy) {
+    val legacyJars = legacyArtifacts.map(_.name).filter(_.endsWith(".jar"))
+    assert(legacyJars.size == 3, legacyJars.mkString(", ")) // bin, sources and javadoc
+    val legacyPom = legacyArtifacts.find(_.name.endsWith(".pom"))
+    assert(legacyPom.isDefined, "missing legacy pom")
+    val legacyPomContent = IO.read(legacyPom.get)
+    assert(legacyPomContent.contains(s"<artifactId>$artifactName</artifactId>"))
+    assert(legacyPomContent.contains(s"<artifactId>sbt-plugin-example-diamond</artifactId>"))
+  } else {
+    assert(legacyArtifacts.size == 0)
+  }
   
-  val deprecatedJars = files.map(_.name).collect { case jar @ Deprecated(_, ".jar") => jar }
-  assert(deprecatedJars.size == 3, deprecatedJars.mkString(", ")) // bin, sources and javadoc
-
-  val jarsWithCrossVersion = files.map(_.name).collect { case jar @ WithCrossVersion(_, ".jar") => jar }
+  val withCrossVersionRegex =
+    s"$artifactName${Regex.quote("_2.12_1.0")}-${Regex.quote("0.1.0-SNAPSHOT")}(-javadoc|-sources)?(\\.jar|\\.pom)".r
+  val artifactWithCrossVersion = files.filter(f => withCrossVersionRegex.unapplySeq(f.name).isDefined)
+  val jarsWithCrossVersion = artifactWithCrossVersion.map(_.name).filter(_.endsWith(".jar"))
   assert(jarsWithCrossVersion.size == 3, jarsWithCrossVersion.mkString(", ")) // bin, sources and javadoc
-  
-  val deprecatedPom = files
-    .find { file => 
-      file.name match {
-        case pom @ Deprecated(_, ".pom") => true
-        case _ => false
-      }
-    }
-  assert(deprecatedPom.isDefined, "missing deprecated pom")
-  val deprecatedPomContent = IO.read(deprecatedPom.get)
-  assert(deprecatedPomContent.contains(s"<artifactId>example</artifactId>"))
-  assert(deprecatedPomContent.contains(s"<artifactId>sbt-plugin-example-diamond</artifactId>"))
-
-  val pomWithCrossVersion = files
-    .find { file =>
-      file.name match {
-        case pom @ WithCrossVersion(_, ".pom") => true
-        case _ => false
-      }  
-    }
+  val pomWithCrossVersion = artifactWithCrossVersion.find(_.name.endsWith(".pom"))
   assert(pomWithCrossVersion.isDefined, "missing pom with sbt cross-version _2.12_1.0")
   val pomContent = IO.read(pomWithCrossVersion.get)
-  assert(pomContent.contains(s"<artifactId>example_2.12_1.0</artifactId>"))
+  assert(pomContent.contains(s"<artifactId>${artifactName}_2.12_1.0</artifactId>"))
   assert(pomContent.contains(s"<artifactId>sbt-plugin-example-diamond_2.12_1.0</artifactId>"))
 }
 
@@ -118,5 +147,5 @@ def checkUpdateDef(expected: String*): Def.Initialize[Task[Unit]] = Def.task {
     .map(_._2)
   val obtainedSet = obtainedFiles.map(_.getName).toSet
   val expectedSet = expected.toSet + "scala-library.jar"
-  assert(obtainedSet == expectedSet, obtainedFiles)
+  assert(obtainedSet == expectedSet, obtainedSet)
 }
diff --git a/sbt-app/src/sbt-test/dependency-management/sbt-plugin-publish/test b/sbt-app/src/sbt-test/dependency-management/sbt-plugin-publish/test
index ec720452b..e5e7096dd 100644
--- a/sbt-app/src/sbt-test/dependency-management/sbt-plugin-publish/test
+++ b/sbt-app/src/sbt-test/dependency-management/sbt-plugin-publish/test
@@ -1,11 +1,19 @@
-> example / checkPackagedArtifacts
+> sbtPlugin1 / checkPackagedArtifacts
 
-> example / checkPublish
-> testMaven / checkUpdate
-> set testMaven / useCoursier := false
-> testMaven / checkUpdate
+> sbtPlugin1 / checkPublish
+> testMaven1 / checkUpdate
+> set testMaven1 / useCoursier := false
+> testMaven1 / checkUpdate
 
-> example / publishLocal
-> testLocal / checkUpdate
-> set testLocal / useCoursier := false
-> testLocal / checkUpdate
+> sbtPlugin1 / publishLocal
+> testLocal1 / checkUpdate
+> set testLocal1 / useCoursier := false
+> testLocal1 / checkUpdate
+
+> sbtPlugin2 / checkPackagedArtifacts
+
+# test publish without legacy artifacts and resolve
+> sbtPlugin2 / checkPublish
+> testMaven2 / checkUpdate
+> set testMaven2 / useCoursier := false
+> testMaven2 / checkUpdate