Index: maven-artifact-manager/src/main/java/org/apache/maven/artifact/repository/metadata/DefaultRepositoryMetadataManager.java
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--- maven-artifact-manager/src/main/java/org/apache/maven/artifact/repository/metadata/DefaultRepositoryMetadataManager.java	(revision 723815)
+++ maven-artifact-manager/src/main/java/org/apache/maven/artifact/repository/metadata/DefaultRepositoryMetadataManager.java	(working copy)
@@ -195,8 +195,7 @@
             ArtifactRepositoryPolicy policy =
                 metadata.isSnapshot() ? repository.getSnapshots() : repository.getReleases();
 
-            if ( ( policy.isEnabled() && !repository.isBlacklisted() )
-                && ( loadMetadata( metadata, repository, localRepository, previousMetadata ) ) )
+            if ( policy.isEnabled() && loadMetadata( metadata, repository, localRepository, previousMetadata ) )
             {
                 metadata.setRepository( repository );
                 selected = repository;