diff --git a/ivy/IvyInterface.scala b/ivy/IvyInterface.scala
index be3d2cd3d..76c910cbb 100644
--- a/ivy/IvyInterface.scala
+++ b/ivy/IvyInterface.scala
@@ -178,7 +178,9 @@ final case class SftpRepository(name: String, connection: SshConnection, pattern
 }
 
 import Resolver._
+@deprecated("Maven repository at scala-tools.org is being phased out, consider using an alternative resolver", "0.12.0")
 object ScalaToolsReleases extends MavenRepository(ScalaToolsReleasesName, ScalaToolsReleasesRoot)
+@deprecated("Maven repository at scala-tools.org is being phased out, consider using an alternative resolver", "0.12.0")
 object ScalaToolsSnapshots extends MavenRepository(ScalaToolsSnapshotsName, ScalaToolsSnapshotsRoot)
 object DefaultMavenRepository extends MavenRepository("public", IBiblioResolver.DEFAULT_M2_ROOT)
 object JavaNet2Repository extends MavenRepository(JavaNet2RepositoryName, JavaNet2RepositoryRoot)
@@ -190,13 +192,25 @@ sealed trait JavaNet1Repository extends Resolver
 
 object Resolver
 {
+	val TypesafeRepositoryRoot = "http://repo.typesafe.com/typesafe"
+	val SbtPluginRepositoryRoot = "http://scalasbt.artifactoryonline.com/scalasbt"
+	val SonatypeRepositoryRoot = "https://oss.sonatype.org/content/repositories"
+	@deprecated("Maven repository at scala-tools.org is being phased out, consider using an alternative resolver", "0.12.0")
 	val ScalaToolsReleasesName = "Scala-Tools Maven2 Repository"
+	@deprecated("Maven repository at scala-tools.org is being phased out, consider using an alternative resolver", "0.12.0")
 	val ScalaToolsSnapshotsName = "Scala-Tools Maven2 Snapshots Repository"
+	@deprecated("Maven repository at scala-tools.org is being phased out, consider using an alternative resolver", "0.12.0")
 	val ScalaToolsReleasesRoot = "http://scala-tools.org/repo-releases"
+	@deprecated("Maven repository at scala-tools.org is being phased out, consider using an alternative resolver", "0.12.0")
 	val ScalaToolsSnapshotsRoot = "http://scala-tools.org/repo-snapshots"
 	val JavaNet2RepositoryName = "java.net Maven2 Repository"
 	val JavaNet2RepositoryRoot = "http://download.java.net/maven/2"
 
+	def typesafeRepo(status: String) = new MavenRepository("typesafe-" + status, TypesafeRepositoryRoot + "/" + status)
+	def typesafeIvyRepo(status: String) = url("typesafe-ivy-" + status, new URL(TypesafeRepositoryRoot + "/ivy-" + status + "/"))(ivyStylePatterns)
+	def sbtPluginRepo(status: String) = url("sbt-plugin-" + status, new URL(SbtPluginRepositoryRoot + "/sbt-plugin-" + status + "/"))(ivyStylePatterns)
+	def sonatypeRepo(status: String) = new MavenRepository("sonatype-" + status, SonatypeRepositoryRoot + "/" + status)
+
 	/** Add the local, Maven Central, and Scala Tools releases repositories to the user repositories.  */
 	def withDefaultResolvers(userResolvers: Seq[Resolver]): Seq[Resolver] =
 		withDefaultResolvers(userResolvers, true)
diff --git a/main/Defaults.scala b/main/Defaults.scala
index 000355cbe..9a5af36e7 100755
--- a/main/Defaults.scala
+++ b/main/Defaults.scala
@@ -59,7 +59,7 @@ object Defaults extends BuildCommon
 		parallelExecution :== true,
 		sbtVersion <<= appConfiguration { _.provider.id.version },
 		sbtBinaryVersion <<= sbtVersion apply binarySbtVersion,
-		sbtResolver <<= sbtVersion { sbtV => if(sbtV endsWith "-SNAPSHOT") Classpaths.typesafeSnapshots else Classpaths.typesafeResolver },
+		sbtResolver <<= sbtVersion { sbtV => if(sbtV endsWith "-SNAPSHOT") Classpaths.typesafeSnapshots else Classpaths.typesafeReleases },
 		pollInterval :== 500,
 		logBuffered :== false,
 		connectInput :== false,
@@ -364,7 +364,7 @@ object Defaults extends BuildCommon
 				  }
 			}
 		}
-																																																
+
 
 	def selectedFilter(args: Seq[String]): String => Boolean =
 	{
@@ -1102,9 +1102,15 @@ object Classpaths
 		flatten(defaultConfiguration in p get data) getOrElse Configurations.Default
 	def flatten[T](o: Option[Option[T]]): Option[T] = o flatMap idFun
 
-	lazy val typesafeSnapshots = typesafeRepo("snapshots")
-	lazy val typesafeResolver = typesafeRepo("releases")
-	def typesafeRepo(status: String) = Resolver.url("typesafe-ivy-"+status, new URL("http://repo.typesafe.com/typesafe/ivy-" + status + "/"))(Resolver.ivyStylePatterns)
+	lazy val typesafeReleases = Resolver.typesafeIvyRepo("releases")
+	lazy val typesafeSnapshots = Resolver.typesafeIvyRepo("snapshots")
+	@deprecated("Use `typesafeReleases` instead", "0.12.0")
+	lazy val typesafeResolver = typesafeReleases
+	@deprecated("Use `Resolver.typesafeIvyRepo` instead", "0.12.0")
+	def typesafeRepo(status: String) = Resolver.typesafeIvyRepo(status)
+
+	lazy val sbtPluginReleases = Resolver.sbtPluginRepo("releases")
+	lazy val sbtPluginSnapshots = Resolver.sbtPluginRepo("snapshots")
 
 	def modifyForPlugin(plugin: Boolean, dep: ModuleID): ModuleID =
 		if(plugin) dep.copy(configurations = Some(Provided.name)) else dep