diff --git a/liberty-maven-plugin/src/main/java/io/openliberty/tools/maven/AbstractLibertySupport.java b/liberty-maven-plugin/src/main/java/io/openliberty/tools/maven/AbstractLibertySupport.java
index 1ac17e7e6..757286c37 100644
--- a/liberty-maven-plugin/src/main/java/io/openliberty/tools/maven/AbstractLibertySupport.java
+++ b/liberty-maven-plugin/src/main/java/io/openliberty/tools/maven/AbstractLibertySupport.java
@@ -149,7 +149,7 @@ protected String resolvePropertyReferences(String value) {
                     String replacementValue = project.getProperties().getProperty(varName);
                     if (replacementValue != null) {
                         returnValue = returnValue.replace("${"+varName+"}", replacementValue);
-                        getLog().debug("Replaced Liberty configuration property reference ${"+varName+"} with value "+replacementValue);
+                        getLog().info("Replaced Liberty configuration property reference ${"+varName+"} with value "+replacementValue);
                     }
                 } else {
                     getLog().debug("Could not replace property reference: "+varName+" in value: "+value);
diff --git a/liberty-maven-plugin/src/main/java/io/openliberty/tools/maven/InstallFeatureSupport.java b/liberty-maven-plugin/src/main/java/io/openliberty/tools/maven/InstallFeatureSupport.java
index 40fd9f93a..0e78d800f 100644
--- a/liberty-maven-plugin/src/main/java/io/openliberty/tools/maven/InstallFeatureSupport.java
+++ b/liberty-maven-plugin/src/main/java/io/openliberty/tools/maven/InstallFeatureSupport.java
@@ -113,11 +113,7 @@ public void error(String msg, Throwable e) {
         @Override
         public File downloadArtifact(String groupId, String artifactId, String type, String version) throws PluginExecutionException {
             try {
-                // Look for and replace maven props in the coordinates
-                return getArtifact(resolvePropertyReferences(groupId), 
-                                    resolvePropertyReferences(artifactId), 
-                                    type, 
-                                    resolvePropertyReferences(version)).getFile();
+                return getArtifact(groupId, artifactId, type, version).getFile();
             } catch (MojoExecutionException e) {
                 throw new PluginExecutionException(e);
             }
@@ -146,10 +142,8 @@ protected Set<String> getDependencyFeatures() {
         List<org.apache.maven.model.Dependency> dependencyArtifacts = project.getDependencies();
         for (org.apache.maven.model.Dependency dependencyArtifact: dependencyArtifacts){
             if (("esa").equals(dependencyArtifact.getType())) {
-                // Look for and replace maven props in the artifactId
-                String artifactId = resolvePropertyReferences(dependencyArtifact.getArtifactId());
-                result.add(artifactId);
-                getLog().debug("Dependency feature: " + artifactId);
+                result.add(dependencyArtifact.getArtifactId());
+                getLog().debug("Dependency feature: " + dependencyArtifact.getArtifactId());
             }
         }
         return result;
diff --git a/liberty-maven-plugin/src/main/java/io/openliberty/tools/maven/PrepareFeatureSupport.java b/liberty-maven-plugin/src/main/java/io/openliberty/tools/maven/PrepareFeatureSupport.java
index a2e51c00a..a4ac003c5 100644
--- a/liberty-maven-plugin/src/main/java/io/openliberty/tools/maven/PrepareFeatureSupport.java
+++ b/liberty-maven-plugin/src/main/java/io/openliberty/tools/maven/PrepareFeatureSupport.java
@@ -78,7 +78,8 @@ public void error(String msg, Throwable e) {
         @Override
         public File downloadArtifact(String groupId, String artifactId, String type, String version) throws PluginExecutionException {
             try {
-                // Look for and replace maven props in the coordinates
+                // Look for and replace maven props in the coordinates. This is necessary when called from 
+                // PrepareFeatureUtil.downloadArtifactsFromBOM(File) because that bom file will not have been processed by maven.
                 return getArtifact(resolvePropertyReferences(groupId), 
                                     resolvePropertyReferences(artifactId), 
                                     type,