diff --git a/ivy/Ivy.scala b/ivy/Ivy.scala
index f612effb6..b5043f8dd 100644
--- a/ivy/Ivy.scala
+++ b/ivy/Ivy.scala
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@ import CS.singleton
 
 import org.apache.ivy.{core, plugins, util, Ivy}
 import core.{IvyPatternHelper, LogOptions}
-import core.cache.{CacheMetadataOptions, DefaultRepositoryCacheManager}
+import core.cache.{CacheMetadataOptions, DefaultRepositoryCacheManager, ModuleDescriptorWriter}
 import core.module.descriptor.{Artifact => IArtifact, DefaultArtifact, DefaultDependencyArtifactDescriptor, MDArtifact}
 import core.module.descriptor.{DefaultDependencyDescriptor, DefaultModuleDescriptor, DependencyDescriptor, ModuleDescriptor, License}
 import core.module.descriptor.{OverrideDependencyDescriptorMediator}
@@ -352,6 +352,9 @@ private object IvySbt
 				}
 				rmr
 			}
+			// ignore the original resolver wherever possible to avoid issues like #704
+			override def saveResolvers(descriptor: ModuleDescriptor, metadataResolverName: String, artifactResolverName: String) {}
+
 			def isChanging(dd: DependencyDescriptor, requestedRevisionId: ModuleRevisionId): Boolean =
 				!localOnly && (dd.isChanging || requestedRevisionId.getRevision.contains("-SNAPSHOT"))
 		}
diff --git a/launch/Update.scala b/launch/Update.scala
index c219eb4b6..594349ec1 100644
--- a/launch/Update.scala
+++ b/launch/Update.scala
@@ -291,8 +291,9 @@ final class Update(config: UpdateConfiguration)
 	{
 		val cacheDir = settings.getDefaultRepositoryCacheBasedir()
 		val manager = new DefaultRepositoryCacheManager("default-cache", settings, cacheDir) {
+				// ignore resolvers wherever possible- not ideal, but avoids issues like #704
+			override def saveResolvers(descriptor: ModuleDescriptor, metadataResolverName: String, artifactResolverName: String) {}
 			override def findModuleInCache(dd: DependencyDescriptor, revId: ModuleRevisionId, options: CacheMetadataOptions, r: String) = {
-				// ignore the resolver- not ideal, but avoids thrashing.
 				super.findModuleInCache(dd,revId,options,null)
 			}
 		}