diff --git a/ivysettings.xml b/ivysettings.xml
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..2cb9d1630
--- /dev/null
+++ b/ivysettings.xml
@@ -0,0 +1,19 @@
+<ivysettings>
+	<settings defaultResolver="sbt-chain"/>
+	<include url="${ivy.default.settings.dir}/ivysettings-public.xml"/>
+	<include url="${ivy.default.settings.dir}/ivysettings-local.xml"/>
+	<resolvers>
+		<ibiblio name="scala-tools" m2compatible="true" root="http://scala-tools.org/repo-releases/"/>
+		<url name="scala-snapshots" m2compatible="true" >
+			<artifact pattern="http://scala-tools.org/repo-snapshots/[organization]/[module]/2.8.0-SNAPSHOT/[artifact]-[revision].[ext]" />
+		</url>
+		<chain name="sbt-chain" returnFirst="true" checkmodified="true">
+			<resolver ref="local"/>
+			<resolver ref="public"/>
+			<resolver ref="scala-tools"/>
+		</chain>
+	</resolvers>
+	<modules>
+		<module organisation="org.scala-lang" revision="2.8.0-.*" resolver="scala-snapshots"/>
+	</modules>
+</ivysettings> 
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/project/build/CrossCompileProject.scala b/project/build/CrossCompileProject.scala
index 6b8f4a40b..a0cbba756 100644
--- a/project/build/CrossCompileProject.scala
+++ b/project/build/CrossCompileProject.scala
@@ -7,16 +7,13 @@ import scala.xml.NodeSeq
 * separate JVM and no partial compilation is done.*/
 abstract class CrossCompileProject extends BasicScalaProject with MavenStyleScalaPaths
 {
-	/** Used for 2.8.0-SNAPSHOT*/
-	val scalaToolsSnapshots = "Scala Tools Snapshots" at "http://scala-tools.org/repo-snapshots"
-
 	/* The base configuration names for the versions of Scala*/
 	private val version2_7_2 = "2.7.2"
 	private val version2_7_3 = "2.7.3"
 	private val version2_7_4 = "2.7.4"
 	private val version2_7_5 = "2.7.5"
 	private val version2_7_6 = "2.7.6"
-	private val version2_8_0 = "2.8.0-SNAPSHOT"//"2.8.0.r18462-b20090811081019"
+	private val version2_8_0 = "2.8.0-20090910.003346-+"
 	private val base = "base"
 
 	/* The configurations for the versions of Scala.*/