diff --git a/impl/maven-impl/src/main/java/org/apache/maven/impl/model/DefaultModelBuilder.java b/impl/maven-impl/src/main/java/org/apache/maven/impl/model/DefaultModelBuilder.java
index 60a49fcc2e96..cd38dc88b9f1 100644
--- a/impl/maven-impl/src/main/java/org/apache/maven/impl/model/DefaultModelBuilder.java
+++ b/impl/maven-impl/src/main/java/org/apache/maven/impl/model/DefaultModelBuilder.java
@@ -552,7 +552,9 @@ public void mergeRepositories(Model model, boolean replace) {
                     // filter out transitive invalid repositories
                     // this should be safe because invalid repo coming from build POMs
                     // have been rejected earlier during validation
-                    .filter(repo -> repo.getUrl() != null && !repo.getUrl().contains("${"))
+                    .filter(repo -> repo.getUrl() != null
+                            && !repo.getUrl().contains("${")
+                            && (repo.getId() == null || !repo.getId().contains("${")))
                     .map(session::createRemoteRepository)
                     .toList();
             if (replace) {
diff --git a/impl/maven-impl/src/test/java/org/apache/maven/impl/model/DefaultModelBuilderTest.java b/impl/maven-impl/src/test/java/org/apache/maven/impl/model/DefaultModelBuilderTest.java
index 5f6146fc2c26..d361faad123a 100644
--- a/impl/maven-impl/src/test/java/org/apache/maven/impl/model/DefaultModelBuilderTest.java
+++ b/impl/maven-impl/src/test/java/org/apache/maven/impl/model/DefaultModelBuilderTest.java
@@ -107,12 +107,16 @@ public void testMergeRepositories() throws Exception {
                         Repository.newBuilder()
                                 .id("third")
                                 .url("${thirdParentRepo}")
+                                .build(),
+                        Repository.newBuilder()
+                                .id("${uninterpolatedRepoId}")
+                                .url("https://valid.url")
                                 .build()))
                 .build();
 
         state.mergeRepositories(model, false);
 
-        // after merge
+        // after merge: "second" filtered (uninterpolated URL), "${uninterpolatedRepoId}" filtered (uninterpolated ID)
         repositories = (List<RemoteRepository>) repositoriesField.get(state);
         assertEquals(3, repositories.size());
         assertEquals("first", repositories.get(0).getId());