diff --git a/ivy/src/main/scala/sbt/MakePom.scala b/ivy/src/main/scala/sbt/MakePom.scala
index cbfb0a5a1..5e49243d3 100644
--- a/ivy/src/main/scala/sbt/MakePom.scala
+++ b/ivy/src/main/scala/sbt/MakePom.scala
@@ -174,7 +174,13 @@ class MakePom(val log: Logger)
 			case x => x.toArray
 		}
 		val (scope, optional) = getScopeAndOptional(configs)
-		makeDependencyElem(dependency, scope, optional, artifactClassifier(artifact), artifactType(artifact))
+		val classifier = artifactClassifier(artifact)
+		val baseType = artifactType(artifact)
+		val tpe = (classifier, baseType) match {
+			case (Some(c), Some(tpe)) if Artifact.classifierType(c) == tpe => None
+			case _ => baseType
+		}
+		makeDependencyElem(dependency, scope, optional, classifier, tpe)
 	}
 	def makeDependencyElem(dependency: DependencyDescriptor, scope: Option[String], optional: Boolean, classifier: Option[String], tpe: Option[String]): Elem =
 	{
diff --git a/sbt/src/sbt-test/dependency-management/pom-type/build.sbt b/sbt/src/sbt-test/dependency-management/pom-type/build.sbt
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..e06101113
--- /dev/null
+++ b/sbt/src/sbt-test/dependency-management/pom-type/build.sbt
@@ -0,0 +1,13 @@
+scalaVersion := "2.10.2"
+
+libraryDependencies += "org.scala-sbt" %% "sbinary" % "0.4.1" withSources() withJavadoc()
+
+lazy val checkPom = taskKey[Unit]("check pom to ensure no <type> sections are generated")
+
+checkPom := {
+	val pomFile = makePom.value
+	val pom = xml.XML.loadFile(pomFile)
+	val tpe = pom \\ "type"
+	if(!tpe.isEmpty)
+		error("Expected no <type> sections, got: " + tpe + " in \n\n" + pom)
+}
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diff --git a/sbt/src/sbt-test/dependency-management/pom-type/test b/sbt/src/sbt-test/dependency-management/pom-type/test
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..0e9f0f7b6
--- /dev/null
+++ b/sbt/src/sbt-test/dependency-management/pom-type/test
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+> checkPom
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