diff --git a/aether-util/src/main/java/org/eclipse/aether/util/graph/transformer/ConflictResolver.java b/aether-util/src/main/java/org/eclipse/aether/util/graph/transformer/ConflictResolver.java
index a9f4a00719ad567d6728d47ee27ee1efa979c937..57d91d85dc59bc3e28f9444d0c6dbbd37d5074ab 100644
--- a/aether-util/src/main/java/org/eclipse/aether/util/graph/transformer/ConflictResolver.java
+++ b/aether-util/src/main/java/org/eclipse/aether/util/graph/transformer/ConflictResolver.java
@@ -954,19 +954,7 @@ public final class ConflictResolver
         }
 
         /**
-         * Gets the original scope of the winning dependency, not to be confused with {@link #getScope()} which returns
-         * the effective scope.
-         * 
-         * @return The original scope of the winning dependency or {@code null} if no winner has been selected yet.
-         */
-        public String getWinnerScope()
-        {
-            return ( winner != null ) ? winner.node.getDependency().getScope() : null;
-        }
-
-        /**
-         * Gets the effective scope of the winning dependency, not to be confused with {@link #getWinnerScope()} which
-         * returns the original scope.
+         * Gets the effective scope of the winning dependency.
          * 
          * @return The effective scope of the winning dependency or {@code null} if not set yet.
          */
diff --git a/aether-util/src/main/java/org/eclipse/aether/util/graph/transformer/JavaScopeSelector.java b/aether-util/src/main/java/org/eclipse/aether/util/graph/transformer/JavaScopeSelector.java
index 48b64d033198fd18e8ac5ecae357d7fcb56139ee..17db0040fa7d908777e3f6ef9963f139020dcc21 100644
--- a/aether-util/src/main/java/org/eclipse/aether/util/graph/transformer/JavaScopeSelector.java
+++ b/aether-util/src/main/java/org/eclipse/aether/util/graph/transformer/JavaScopeSelector.java
@@ -40,7 +40,7 @@ public final class JavaScopeSelector
     public void selectScope( ConflictContext context )
         throws RepositoryException
     {
-        String scope = context.getWinnerScope();
+        String scope = context.getWinner().getDependency().getScope();
         if ( !JavaScopes.SYSTEM.equals( scope ) )
         {
             scope = chooseEffectiveScope( context.getItems() );